The Walking Dead – Dead City: Doma Smo – Season 1 – Episode 6 – RECAP

November 10, 2023 SkipTvAds

“We are at Home” Doma Smo, as the tittle of episode six says we are at home makes me think if now Negan is at home?? I have now finish season one of Dead City, probably the first spin off of the original The Walking Dead series that really has nothing to do with zombies, at the same time I was watching Daryl Dixon that is a bit different in that sense because over there it has to do a lot with Zombies but not in the traditional way where they are after you only. Season One of Dead City still feels a bit slow and to be honest episode six does feel like a to be continue episode, lot of things are left hanging and we will have to wait for season two, Hollywood Strike is over meaning that productions will start to catch up so probably we will have season two next year.

Episode six finally reveal the true reason why Maggie went looking for Negan, on episode five Giny call Maggie a liar after she find out there was no missing grain at the Hill Top before he escape to Manhattan looking for Negan, episode six also confirm that anyone who thought that The Croat or Maggie wanted to kill Negan it was never the case, the man was more safe than a deposit box, at Manhattan they wanted Negan to lead them, a higher power was behind the curtain waiting, wanting him to be the new king of the hill for the war that is ahead them.

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After Giny and Maggie got out of the tunnels for some mystic reason they met with Negan, that’s how TV works so don’t ask me because Negan and Perlie were on their way to the dock, Manhattan is so fucking huge and they just some how manage to met again after all the debacle that is going on, I really thought Giny was going to talk this time like finally she is going to spill the beans but it was Negan that kept talking about how she should not be there etc etc and I was like LET THE GIRL TALK!! but she didn’t and Maggie had the chance to dodge a bullet on the spot after Negan ask him if she knew anything about Giny been there to what she answer mmmeee?? NNNOOO!! asking like she doesn’t know Giny can set her liar ass on fire anytime she wants, meh Negan goes with Maggie after he gave a pep talk to Giny and Marshall Perlie takes Giny back to firm land, back to the Hill Top, at this point Giny becomes irrelevant for the rest of the episode.

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Negan and Maggie take refugee inside a tall building, looking out side the window waiting for someone to show up on the streets, The Croat? , well I’m not sure about that because if I was looking for someone I would probably be on the roof top where I have more sight, anyways TV magic again and a car shows up on the main street.

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You tell me how they know its The Croat? they decided to go after the car, unless they car parks on the main street, that it didn’t it would be easy to find it ON FOOT!!! this are the things that I dont like about episode six, all this details feel rush, may be when you are watching the episode you dont pay much attention but its the adrenaline and dopamine running through your brain that makes you forget about it, how the fuck they go down twenty story building and still have energy to run after the car??

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See,it was not on the main road but lets say that big smoke cloud helps them to locate it, after all Zombies don’t know how to start a fire so there must be humans inside, as they walk into the building, good old silver fox Negan question Maggie about why Giny would come to Manhattan and if she knew anything about it, like he just wanted to understand Giny, you know been a good guy, probably even good step father. It is here where Maggie drops the ball telling Negan she assume Giny wanted to talk to him explain him why she came to Manhattan and Negan was like “Giny talk to me? Did she talk to you? When did Giny start fucking talking?” Giny doesnt even talk with herself, barely whistle.

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Maggie pulls one of her knifes after she look at Negan and probably though “Fuck I just fuck it up…Giny talking, that was so stupid of me”, tries to stab Negan but he manage to run away until they get to this scene where they are fighting on top of a structure with a lot of Zombies below them, I knew none of them were going to fall so it was a bit over the top and predictable, you tell me if Negan doesn’t want to change his life and make up for his mistakes in the past that he doesn’t kill Maggie and even let her turn him in.

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At this point he finally understood why The Croat took Hershel and why Maggie went looking for Negan, it look weird that when The Croat was chasing him at the stadium it was like he was trying to be friends with him to the point he thought about it latter on but still Negan wanted to do the right thing and help Maggie get back her son from The Croat. The Croat tells Negan how he has been looking for him for months, he want him alive, how after thinking how to get him finally find out about Maggie and knew she was going to be the key to get Negan, Doma Smon saying like we are home Negan, its here where we belong.

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They get to a bank where the exchange is going to happen, they had Hershel inside the bank safe, at this point Negan still doubt if he is going to be ok but in that universe they are its most likely he might die, Negan gives in without putting any fight and the only thing he ask from Maggie is to take care of Giny, Maggie felt shitty but probably her thirst of revenge against him was bigger, Maggie gets Hershel but her son is still kidnap even when its free in the out world, mentally Hershel is broken, they already had all kind of problems him knowing about what happen to his father and thinking Maggie tries to safe the world for everyone except him.

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After Marshall Perlie drops off Giny at the Hill Top where for now she agree to stay, Perlie goes back to New Babylon where is gets interview by their leader, he let Negan live after they bond, remember Negan safe his ass at the island more than once so he was in debt with him.

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Perlie sits there at the office with a few other Marshall, he is welcome as a hero, lie his ass telling them how he killed Negan, I really thought they were going to hang him, Perlie been at Manhattan was actually a happy accident for New Babaylon, seems they are interested in The Croat Methane Mix, he have found a we to turn Zombies into fuel, meaning they can have tech running again, not only cars but generators and other type of machinery with the most abundant resource on Earth at the moment, Zombies.

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Back at Manhattan, we get to the final straight of the episode, pedal to the metal, The Croat takes Negan back to their hide out, the building that had the big smoke cloud at the back, its a theater, at the dressing room was the lady he talk to on episode five, The Dama, wtf is with this people and their nicknames starting with “THE”, drop the THE (Facebook), its on this final scene that we get all the details of The Croat plan well The Dama plan because he is just a the tool to get their fuel and now get to Negan, the leader she was looking for, seems Manhattan is split between many groups but united can become a strong force not to fuck with and that’s what she wants, for some time now she hold control over a good part of Manhattan but there is also Harlem, even during the Zombie Apocalypse Harlem remains strong, she believes main land already know of their Zombie based fuel and they coming for it, she also tells Negan how all this can be his she just need him to lead the pack and not to leave him with unanswered questions she explain how she cleverly got him sitting where he is at right now, getting Hershel was not enough so she personally question him and crack him up to the point his soul is now hers, she even took a souvenir, pinky toe, so he never forgets she can go back and take another one, Hershell tells her about how Negan killed his father, besides they have been tracking him, getting intel on him and she figure out Negan must be trying to change his life, make up for his mistakes thats how she knew he would not say NO to help Maggie when she ask for.

Episode six I think gives a good closure but at the same time it doesn’t, it finally tell us exactly why The Croat took Hershel, why Maggie went looking for Nega because episode five tells us it was The Croat that ask her to look for him and bring Negan to him but not the reason why, The Dama came up to the stage and in less than ten minutes gives in all the details that help us crack the code of season one, Negan is the lone wolf they have been looking to lead and unite Manhattan Pack, The Dama loves Negan talent to put up a show and showing the rest who has big balls even when out number and out gun, exactly the type of leader she is looking for to control the entire island, for now looks like her intentions is not to conquer the world but to protect what they have and New Babylon the invaders but that still to be prove on season two.

There were a lot of details that I didn’t like about the series like how they move from one place to another, how they always manage to find each other like they wearing an Apple Tag or something but still when watching TV series you need to understand all this is fiction, meaning all this is a lie and bull shit like that goes on.

For season two I don’t think Maggie, Hershel of the Hill Top is out of the equation, as a fact because of Hershel and Maggie their entire community will be at risk, Marshal Perlie is been interview and caught bullshitting so what if he tells about the Hill Top?? New Babylon would love to take over it, with all the problems going on between Maggie and Hershel, he might run back to The Dama, when the episode is about to be over Maggie found Hershel’s drawings most refer to when he was kidnap and there was a portrait from The Dama so stupid Hershel can run back to her if he feels his mother is not on his side or he doesn’t feel safe or had any other trauma that makes him feel safer over at Manhattan, I see season two been the invasion of Manhattan, not a bad tittle.

Finally I’m done with season one, soon will build up an overall recap giving my opinion about it.

Episode 1: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-walking-dead-dead-city
Episode 2: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-walking-dead-dead-city-bfb148430be3
Episode 3: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-walking-dead-dead-city-866d68c6c6a62
Episode 4: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-walking-dead-dead-city-1c9782843a9c3
Episode 5: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-walking-dead-dead-city-stories-we-tell-ourselves-season-1-episode-5-recap

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The Continental: Theater of Pain – Episode 3 – RECAP

October 24, 2023 SkipTvAds

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Different than popular opinion from Crystal Generation I did enjoy The Continental specially Episode Three for sure was the best, It’s true that it was not so close to John Wick himself but that is the best part because this could the door that opens to other spin off from the same world, I kept saying it on my other two post of episode one and two, it was very little what was known about the High Table not even Charon knew the extend of it I might even dare to say not even Cormac for just thinking he could bring down the High Table, not even John Wick himself was able to bring it down but rather win under their own terms and he still dies on chapter four.

After a very slow episode two as expected the last episode was pure fire with constant action, I really enjoy how not only one character was able to put up some really good shooting and fight scenes, Yen, Miles, KD but the one who really stole the show as Lou, on episode two she did a great display of her fighting skills going against a gang that was bullying her but on the third episode I saw a fight scene I could never imagine.

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I have heard of shooting or fighting inside an elevator but fighting on a fucking phone booth? the greatest part is the balance of this fight, what make it so amazing is that it was not two crazy skill fighters but a man Mayhew who is way bigger and potentially stronger than Lou on that tight space and then Lou who is skinny, less weight, less brute force but she fucking him up so badly all inside of a two by two phone booth, this was only one of the few scenes that made this last episode amazing, on IMDB episode three got a solid eight and that says a lot, over all I give this series an eight out of ten.

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Winston manage to assemble a small crew but he is after something way bigger and that’s Mazie’s army although he haven’t crack her code yet, Love that’s is all she wants but what kind of love exactly? Miles and the rest almost back out when he told them Mazie is not yet with them but he was right they going to war so even with here there is no guaranty that their plan will work out, they are taking over a hotel that is basically a fortress.

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Ray McKinnon was a great addition to this mini series playing as Jenkins, an old sharp shooter who refuse to to recognize he is now old and need glasses, Mile’s old friend still got it and turn out to be a key asset to take over The Continental, McKinnon also adds in my opinion the entire side of the comedy aspect of this mini series.

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On Episode three many are seeking the truth and revenge at the same time and if we pay attention almost every single story goes back to Cormac and the hotel, for example Lou and Mile’s father use to work for Cormac and different to what Lou knows of her father he was another assassin under contract with Cormac, her brother Miles try to protect her from this sad truth but it was a local Asian Gangster name Chen who open her eyes, he gave her the very own gun her dad use to kill many, I’m no gun expert but that’s a big ass gun looks like a .50

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Another revelation from this episode was KD story, she started the series as just investigating gangster that were going in and out of the hotel but she was after Frankie, I think she only mention him twice, after Frankie went MIA for her then she focus on Winston and the Hotel, never understood what truly happen inside the Hotel but she knew they protect all kind of criminals and latter infiltrate with a High Table Coin she got from a dead shooter who work for Cormac, her true story is that she was the only survivor after the fire Winston and Frankie started on an apartment, never told anyone all this time until she finally put her hands on Winston and was ready to pull the trigger and take vengeance by her own hands.

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Last best fight of the night was between Yen and The Twins, specially the Gretel who shoot Frankie in the head after he gave up and jump from the helicopter, the twins Hansel and Gretel were under contract by Cormac, Yen is a character that carry a lot of fighting power and now is full of rage to the point she doesn’t care about her life anymore all she wants is to kill the twins, she doesnt even care about Winston plan thats why she goes old school when she met Frankie and puts on a C4 vest to blow up when she catch the twins. This was a very freaky fight from Gretel, this is a good example how an actor can be good at performing their role and not saying a word, in my opinion from the two Gretel was the best at it.

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After everything was settle and the fight was over, it’s obvious this was a fight the good guys would win, many died but at the end it was expected for Winston to take over the Hotel, after all on the movies he is the manager of the continental, he faces the Adjudicator who pay him a visit, to a certain point she left Cormac to die because the High Table never send reinforces but Winston was aware she was not the person he would talk to but he had to send a message to those at a higher position within the High Table so he did what no body else would that’s kill the Adjudicator, this action kinda contradicts how Winston behave on the movies when he did what the Adjudicator told him too although he was always trying what Cormac did, try to win using their own rules against the High Table, this was many years before the John Wick movies so probably he was young and wild back then.

The Continental was a mini series that at first I was skeptical about it since it landed on Peacock as its not a a AAA streaming media in terms of the content that is release on this service, another thing that got me worry is that most of the cast was a not very well known except Gibson and many have the opinion he is going down hill on his career, after all this I decided to give it a try for many reasons probably the most important one is that I love the underdog and this was the case, a series with a great story but release on a not popular streaming service with actors that not many know off.

After three good episodes I give The Continental a solid 8/10, the second episodes as expected was the slowest one but the first and third really nail it with a good story and packing a lot of action, many though this was going to be around the story of the High Table and probably John friendship with Winston but it was not the case, it was all about Winston and how he started at the Hotel, how he started doing business with the High Table, if we pay attention not much is reveal about the High Table during the series and this opens the door for some other spin off.

I didn’t want to take the fun out of the action scenes so I didn’t describe them just the final outcome of the different side stories besides Winston, everything on this story happen because of Cormac so it was just a matter of time before people like Winston, Lou, Frankie, KD and even the High Table take revenge.

Episode 1: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-continental-loyalty-to-the
Episode 2: https://ecency.com/hive-121744/@skiptvads/the-continental-brothers-in-arms

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