The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Warning : This clause contains spoilers for The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live ’s time of year 1 finale .
Summary
The Echelon Briefing was one of the biggest mysteries inThe Walking numb : The Ones Who Live , but the franchise already revealed its big machine three years ago . With theCRM being one of Rick ’s biggestWalking Deadvillains , their bullying came largely from the mystery around what made the group so herculean . While it was made decipherable they had large numbers pool and sophisticated technology , they did n’t do a lot of killing on - screen , making their nefarious side all the more intriguing . The Echelon Briefing helped answer some of the questions surrounding the CRM , but their evil twist was nothing new .
Given the Echelon Briefing grow Thorne from a possible CRM rebel to a loyal soldier , it seemed like there would be some huge Revelation to derive from the briefing . Thorne even hear killing Michonne inThe Ones Who Liveepisode 3 and attempted to bilk the protagonists ' architectural plan in the finale , express just how much Beale ’s speech won her over . However , while there was some grown entropy and significant context cater in the Echelon Briefing , The Walking Deadalready gave away the big twist three yr prior , making the weeks of progress - up experience a piddling anti - climactic .
We Already Knew The CRM Destroyed Omaha (& Wanted To Destroy Portland)
World Beyond Already Revealed The Ones Who Live’s Big Twist
During the close , The Ones Who Liverevealed that the CRM destroyed Omaha and signify to destroy Portland , but this was already mentioned inWorld Beyond . While the Echelon Briefing did explain important fresh point like the CRM having spy in other community and their belief that world only had 14 years left to live , their impending ravishment on Portland was the biggest takeout food . The conception of the CRM destroying their own community of interests is the twisted side that has been missing from the antagonist , butWorld Beyondalready showcased these plans and the Omaha tone-beginning three years ago .
The Ones Who Live Put Too Much Stock Into Its Echelon Briefing Twist
The Echelon Briefing Twist Lacked Much Impact Because Of World Beyond
Although the Echelon Briefing did serve a big design in the finale , The Ones Who Liveput too much gillyflower into it . If the briefing had some big moral dilemma that genuinely made Rick 2nd conjecture occupy down the CRM , it may have warranted the hype , but reiterating the same object asWorld Beyondwas a permit - down . Rick was never give out to bring together Beale ’s commission of slaughter innocent community and , while the melodic theme of humanity having 14 year leave to live was interesting , there was no literal grounds behind this claim to make Rick exchange his mind .
The Ones Who LiveandWorld Beyondhad the same fully grown reveal , which killed the plug around the Echelon Briefing and work it into wasted potential difference .
Rick did n’t even seem worried about this during the finale , making it much irrelevant . or else , The Ones Who LiveandWorld Beyondhad the same bragging reveal , which killed the ballyhoo around the Echelon Briefing and turned it into wasted electric potential . The Echelon Briefing did n’t really exchange anything about the finale , nor did it excuse why so many soldiers were committed to the plan . rather , it give Rick a very simple way to kill Beale , which would have been far more challenging if they were n’t alone together , proving that the briefing hurt the finale more than it helped it .
A surprising growing in The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live season 1 finale promises death for every role in the Walking beat enfranchisement .
The Ones Who Live’s Finale Redid World Beyond’s Final Episode
World Beyond and The Ones Who Live’s Finales Had Some Big Similarities
WhileThe Ones Who Live ’s finale did have its own peachy moments , it felt very standardised toWorld Beyond ’s final episode . Both conclusions focalize on the submarine seek to stop the potent CRM from destroying Portland . They both prevented the CRM from using accelerator grenade to put down the community and while this was done in different ways , it involved the same fighting against the odds moral force . World Beyondused a bunch of unconvincing hero work together to stand up to the CRM and frustrate their design while helping costless the scientists in the process .
The Ones Who Liveutilized Rick and Michonne ’s incredible endurance skills to take down the CRM on their own . blow up the gas dud not only block their plan , but it completely dismantled the CRM , one - upping whatWorld Beyond ’s champion were able to do . Both finales focused on the protagonists lay on the line their life for the greater good and defeating a seemingly unbeatable force . Their final view shared some similarities , as each show included full - circle reunification . Still , The Ones Who Livedoes boom more in this section and manage to end the CRM arc more definitively .
All six episode ofThe Ones Who Liveare currently available to watch on AMC and AMC+ .
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Episode #
Episode Title
Release Date
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1
" Years "
February 25
2
" lead "
March 3
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3
" Bye "
March 10
4
" What We "
March 17
5
" Become "
March 24
6
" The Last Time "
March 31
The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live be Rick Grimes and Michonne as they navigate a transform human race that challenges their relationship . Separated by distance and confront an unstoppable force , they strive to reunify and rediscover their identities in this continuation of the Walking Dead universe .
