‘The Walking Dead’ Midseason 5 Premiere Recap: ‘What Happened And What’s Going On’

Spoiler alert! The following recap contains spoilers.

After a heartbreaking midseason finale where we lost Beth and any remaining shelter for our survivors, “The Walking Dead” picked things back up with even more devastation. If you were looking for a bit of reprieve, you’re watching the wrong show.

You’ll probably agree that this was one of “The Walking Dead’s” most abstract episodes since the days of the Lori hallucinations, starting with flashes of what at first looks like Beth’s funeral but is later revealed to be the result of an even more recent loss.

With a swift chop, Tyreese’s arm hits the bedroom floor and the group attempts to carry its heftiest survivor out of the neighborhood. The gates open and we see one of the most visually intense shooting scenes of the season as they flee to the car parked in the woods. Tryeese’s foot gets stuck in the wire fence that Noah nicked himself on and the journey seems impossible — especially when the car gets stuck in the mud and subsequently covered in wriggling walker torsos — but they make it out with Tyreese still alive. He’s still hallucinating, now seeing Beth driving the car with Bob in the front seat. It isn’t until we see the car slow to a stop and Rick and Glenn pull the body out from the backseat that we know Tyreese is gone.

At the end of the episode, we see the same funeral scene that we saw at the top, only now it’s clear that it’s Tyreese’s body that’s being buried, with his signature beanie hanging on the crude wooden cross. Sasha must be destroyed but she looks numb. She can barely lift her arm to pour the first shovel dirt over her brother’s grave. As the credits roll, the usual theme music is replaced by the sound of his grave being dug.

To say it was a chilling end to an eerie episode is an understatement.

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