The Walking Dead

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Season 9
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 31, 2010
Season #: 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 133 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 133
  3. Negative: 24 out of 133
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  1. Just4gamerstube
    Apr 17, 2019
    5
    Season 9 started off strong and ended flat, Rick's last 5 episodes which were 1-5 were great, no boring spots, Rick's exit was the best exit in the shows history. I personally felt it was also weak as well seeing as Negan and Rick i believe talked 1 time throughout season 9 and that was just pitiful. We were supposed to bring these characters to war and Rick and negan in season 9 talk forSeason 9 started off strong and ended flat, Rick's last 5 episodes which were 1-5 were great, no boring spots, Rick's exit was the best exit in the shows history. I personally felt it was also weak as well seeing as Negan and Rick i believe talked 1 time throughout season 9 and that was just pitiful. We were supposed to bring these characters to war and Rick and negan in season 9 talk for all of 50 seconds. Season 9 started of with a bang and ended crappy. There has been tons of praise for Angela Kang and while she did good i believe she turned the show into too much of a soap opera. The Whisperers were introduced this season and omg i laughed any time those losers showed up. The Whisperers were just not scary and too overhyped. They also introduced lydia which literally has no point in being in the show now that Carl is gone.

    Pro's of season 9

    First 5 episodes were fantastic
    Show went in good directions

    Cons
    Show went in terrible directions as well
    Pike victims
    Too many characters killed off

    The walking dead limped it's way through season 9, it went from a good 5 episodes and the rest were mostly terrible. After Rick's exit the show went in constant decline in the ratings. I think the show needs an exit strategy I do not see this show last another 10 years as gimple seems to think. Daryl just doesn't have enough chops to pull this show into massive ratings land on his own. Norman Reedus is great as Daryl but as a supporting cast not a main protag he is still too quiet and sometimes falls back into mute zone.    … Expand
  2. MattBrady99
    Feb 23, 2020
    6
    “I found them.”

    They did it. They actually took the criticism on board about the last seasons. While not brilliant, but a massive improvement in pacing and bringing something interesting to a familiar structure that it always kept me on my toes. The Walking Dead Season 9 felt incredibly fresh as new show runners take hold of the steering wheel and breathe new life into a decomposing    “I found them.”

    They did it. They actually took the criticism on board about the last seasons. While not brilliant, but a massive improvement in pacing and bringing something interesting to a familiar structure that it always kept me on my toes. The Walking Dead Season 9 felt incredibly fresh as new show runners take hold of the steering wheel and breathe new life into a decomposing show. A new threat and a great loss throughout. If these new writers continue on this path, then expect great things.

    Andrew Lincoln, what can I say without sounding like a broken record here. I get bewildered each time. This is Andrews last season on the show and lets just say he didn’t go out quietly. An heroic send off while also still being alive, but then again I think it's the best thing they could of done. I wish Lincoln got more love outside of The Walking Dead fan community, as he was the reason why I stuck around for so long despite the shows downhill in quality. Very few actors can to do that for me. At the moment the show is still standing on it’s own feet without Rick, but his absence will forever be felt. Love you Andrew.

    Danai Gurira, Lauren Cohan, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan all knocked it out of the park as well. In terms of the actor that carried the emotional corn and weight this season has to be Danai Gurira, who’s struggling to keep things in balance while restricting her own fire that’s burning deep inside. The same could be said about Lauren Cohan. Despite being in the first half of the season, but seeing Maggie as the leader in this post-apocalyptic world was the most interesting part. Also the direction they took for Negan was the best redirect character decision I’ve seen and the audience (including me) being won over by his devilish charm.

    We got new a threat this season and lets just say things aren’t gonna get easy for the Rick crew. They are known as The Whisperers, a group of survivors who wear the skins of walkers in order to pass among the dead and lead herds of walkers. They do deliver on the creepy and menacing description. I find it incredibly interesting that whenever they are not in walker skins, they still whisper to each other back at camp. Samantha Morton plays Alpha, the leader of The Whisperers. The way Samantha moves her head or whenever she stares, it’s super unnerving. Another one the gave me the creeps was Beta played by Ryan Hurst. The character himself doesn't come across as human, but more animal. I say this in a person way, because it adds to the unease. His whispering tone of voice is gravelly and slow compared to everyone else. These two made the show interesting again.

    And then the episode ‘The Calm Before’ happened and the rug was pulled right under me. The way it builds up tension and this sense of dread as you wait in anticipation for something horrible to happen was achieve by Laura Belsey brilliant directing and the cast fantastic acting. At this point I didn’t expect this show to still have surprises up its sleeve. The final few minutes hits the audience like a bus. You felt like you were standing alongside the characters again.

    The cinematography and music perfectly grounded the story this season. Well, to be fair those were always the strongest elements throughout the entire show.

    However, I thought the finale was a bit anticlimactic compared to everything else that happened this season. The whole episode is characters walking around during a storm. I hate sounding like a broken record here, but why do characters keep making stupid decisions? Well I tell you why….to add conflict to the scene for tension purposes. I personally think the drama should happen naturally in the scenes where I would care a little more since the outcome is always the same as the last.

    At times this season can be painfully predictable and the writers often taking safe choices, even when they have demonstrated some risk taking.

    Overall rating: Angela Kang is the key to all of this.    … Expand
  3. Dragonfly44
    Oct 29, 2020
    6
    Its no better than Season 7 or 8, its just mediocre in different ways. 63/100
  4. Mrmouha99
    May 15, 2019
    4
    The first 4 episodes were very good. Rick can save this show alone, but he left this show just like Maggie and Michonne, after the first 4 episodes the show went downhill, bad acting, lazy writing, Very Very Very predictable story, this show is dying.
  5. Onlyclassicvg1
    Nov 19, 2021
    6
    Conozca a Tony Soprano: su hombre de negocios promedio de mediana edad. Tony tiene una esposa obediente. Un hijo no tan obediente. Una hija llamada Meadow. Un tío que está perdiendo las canicas. Un sobrino impulsivo. Una amante no demasiado secreta. Y un psiquiatra para contarle todos sus secretos, excepto el que ella ya

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Jeff Stone
    Oct 1, 2018
    91
    The first three episodes of Season 9 are as strong as anything the show’s done since the heyday of Season 4. ... Even better, these new episodes make an effort to give most of the sprawling cast something to do.
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  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 27, 2018
    60
    The reset is as promising as it is necessary. [1-14 Oct 2018, p.11]
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Patrick Gomez
    Sep 27, 2018
    83
    The world of The Walking Dead is still a scary and dangerous place. Characters will still die and characters will still show their horrific true colors, but characters will also laugh, and love and, gosh darnit, they’ll live this season. ... With Rick at relative peace as his final episodes approach--though Lincoln may be directing some episodes!--it’s intriguing to watch another member of his group go dark.
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