How does anyone not love this show?!
“The Walking Dead” returned to AMC last night for the second half of its initially-soul-crushing seventh season, and a handful of noteworthy things happened. For starters, iconic Day of the Dead zombie “Dr. Tongue” popped up for a cameo appearance, and let’s not forget that Rick finally found his smile again. What the hell was he smiling about? I guess we’ll find out next week.
But the standout highlight of the Greg Nicotero-directed episode, titled “Rock in the Road,” was unquestionably an epic sequence that saw Rick and Michonne (aka “Richonne”) laying waste to what must’ve been hundreds of walkers in a matter of mere seconds. Many fans are calling it the show’s best zombie kill, and I’ll go one further: it was the show’s coolest moment… EVER.
Things got incredibly tense when our beloved group of survivors came across a dangerous trip wire in the road, set up by the Saviors: a steel cable was stretched between two cars, and all kinds of explosives were attached to it. They decided to steal the explosives in preparation for their impending battle with Negan and his villainous gang… and that’s when the zombies showed up.
With a massive horde of walkers shambling towards them, Rick and Michonne each got in one of those aforementioned cars and used the steel cable between them to plow through the horde, sending blood, guts, and limbs flying everywhere. Nicotero had recently teased “one hell of a bad ass walker sequence” in the episode, and goddamn did he deliver on that promise.
Check out the Ghost Ship-inspired sequence below!
