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"Some Guy" is the fourth episode of the eighth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on November 12, 2017. The episode was written by David Leslie Johnson and directed by Dan Liu. This episode is mainly centered on the character of King Ezekiel (Khary Payton).
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club graded the episode a B+ and said: "The show has made an effort to delineate the tensions between the Kingdom and Saviors in small but believable ways, and when violence does happen, it happens in a way neither side entirely expects, but seems entirely inevitable in retrospect".
Both episodes begin with a flashforward of the deaths (although this is not known until the end) and feature re-appearances of dead characters, as well as the episode titles referencing time. [5] This episode was dedicated in memory of American comic artist Bernie Wrightson, who died on March 18, 2017. [6]
Several months after the massacre, winter has arrived and the Kingdom has fallen due to burst pipes, rot, and fires, and is unable to keep up its infrastructure. Ezekiel makes the decision to abandon the Kingdom, assembling a large caravan of the remaining survivors to seek out better shelter at the Hilltop, though not before he broadcasts their situation via radio to anyone who might be ...
King Ezekiel (full name in the television series: Ezekiel Sutton) is a fictional character from the comic book series The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name, on which he is portrayed by Khary Payton. Ezekiel is the leader of the Kingdom, a community of survivors terrorized by a vicious group called the Saviors.
Alex McLevy writing for The A.V. Club praised the episode with a qualification of A− and in his review he said: "At best, “The Calm Before” could be a memorial for what this show has been as it heads toward a new future, a reminder of what it used to look like during its strongest seasons, before reshuffling the undead chessboard of its ...
The episode's teleplay was written and directed by Frank Darabont, the series creator. Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead comic books, had considered the idea of creating a television show based on the comic series, but did not move forward. Darabont expressed interest in developing the series for television.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the episode has an approval rating of 89% with an average score of 6.80 out of 10, based on 19 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "While packed with several gripping plot threads, a rewarding showcase of Negan is what truly makes 'What It Always Is' a stand out episode of the season."