You have to hand it to The Walking Dead. Of all the possible storylines and events that the show could have explored in the wake of the hospital and Beth’s disappearance and sudden, unexpected death in the midseason finale, the death of yet another character felt a little farther removed from the realm of possibility. And yet that’s exactly what the midseason premiere delivered, in a surprisingly affecting episode that said goodbye to Tyreese, while also establishing a new goal for the other survivors.
What sets ‘What’s Happened and What’s Going On’ apart from other entries in the series detailing the loss of a major character is the manner in which Tyreese’s death was looked at through the lens of the character himself. Normally, the distance between the audience and the character is pretty far, but here, director Greg Nicotero and writer Scott Gimple close that gap dramatically, and the result is a genuine sense of loss, without the usual spectacle to go along with it.
Certainly much of that sense of loss has to do with the likeability of actor Chad L. Coleman. Since his arrival on the show, Coleman brought with him (in addition to other cast members of The Wire) a variation on the emotional state of the usual survivor that the series definitely needed. He was the big, burly man with a soft heart and conscience that seemed to wear him down more so than any of the events he was forced to endure. Tyreese was the antithesis to the increasingly hardened and ruthless Rick; he was, in large part, the group’s quiet, reserved moral center.
Source: http://screenrant.com/walking-dead-season-5-episode-9-mideason-whats-happened-reviews/
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