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Ron Hogan for Den of Geek also compared the episode positively to The People Under The Stairs, giving the episode 4.5 out of 5 stars. [5] Hogan praised Nicotero's direction, the writing, and the themes of horror, calling it "the most jaw-clenching, teeth grinding episodes of straight-out horror that The Walking Dead has done."
Other critics reviewed the episode positively. John Saavedra of Den of Geek! gave it four out of five stars: "Anyone hoping for an incredibly bloody hour of murder and mutilation the likes of which we'd never seen before on The Walking Dead should be pretty pleased with the season 7 premiere". [12]
Ron Hogan of Den of Geek gave the episode 4 out of 5 stars, writing that, "The Walking Dead hasn’t always done a good job of making villains well-rounded characters, but with the Whisperers, Angela Kang and company is doing a solid job of turning what would otherwise be a group of masked psychopaths into a Shakespearian drama company of back ...
Norman Reedus is a good actor and we actually got to see more of his range this past Walking Dead season." [6] Ron Hogan of Den of Geek gave the episode a 4/5 rating, praising Lynn Collins' performance, and wrote: "Collins, in particular, does a masterful job of presenting a fully formed character in a handful of scenes." [7]
[5] Writing for Den of Geek!, Ron Hogan in his review said: "The Walking Dead rarely deals in taut emotions, preferring to manipulate with big pushes and pokes. The Calm Before has that in spades, but the creative team is able to dial it back, sprinkling moments of hopefulness in front of Alpha.
"Now" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on November 8, 2015. The episode was written by Corey Reed and directed by Avi Youabian. The Alexandria community deals with the aftermath of the Wolves' attack.
Ron Hogan of Den of Geek gave the episode 4 out of 5 stars, writing: "As far as cold openings go, this one runs hot, and while it burns itself out quickly, it's a perfect set-up for the following episode, which features The Walking Dead in hunting mode for both the A plot and the B plot."
Ron Hogan for Den of Geek gave the episode 3 out of 5 stars, writing that: "It feels dismissive to call 'Promises Broken' a table-setting episode, but that’s what it is." [3] Hogan praised the chemistry between Reedus and Collins, but felt that the episode was mostly setup for future episodes, and the episode by itself is only mediocre. [3]