Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode. Spoilers will lurk like groaning cover’budge ers…###There's a peculiar phenomenon in TV, peculiar ly Stateside reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s, where the creative team, likely pressured by executives concerned with regards to’concerning’with respect to audiences not "acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting it" find themselves repeating inin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mation handed out in pilot episodes across subsequent installments. Given that last week's A New Beginning felt like a pilot in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a new incarnation of The Walking Dead, perhaps it's merely’barely fitting that the slower early stages of this one features characters going over what we already know with regards to’concerning’with respect to the slow progress and rising tensions between the communities. As food becomes ever scarcer, infrastructure continues to break down and supplies run out, there are of course going to be arguments when one group has more than another.###But while it's not always laid out in the most compelling fashion – we acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure it, The Walking Dead, there are still challenges even if there isn't much in the way of a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile (despite’in spite of’albeit the seeds are being planted in/with regard to’concerning’regarding that, and the lurking plot moves along by offing a character at the end who will be missed as much as a hole in the chest).###The attempts at dramatising the idea of issues between the camps still come across as hackneyed at old-fashioned – the in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer Saviors were always going to be trouble, and the scrap between Darryl and Zach McGowan's stereotypically arrogant and bullish Justin is the worst example of that. Justin even throws sand in Darryl's eyes, which makes it feel like something out of a 1950s cowboy reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue .###Things at least come to life, ironically with this week's infusion of cover’budge er blood, as miscommunications and sloppy cover’budge ie talkie maintenance bring about’result in’contribute to’account for’make for’trigger a herd of zombies invading a construction site. The resulting battle between the humans and the undead is brief fun, and the consequences are actually felt by someone we (sort of) care with regards to’concerning’with respect to as Aaron is trapped and wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile ly injured.###Back in the lowlight category, we possess’own’nurse the "reveal" (long since ruined by trailers) that Rick has been visiting Negan in jail and chatting with regards to’concerning’with respect to the progress they're all making to rub it in his face. It's not a wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile use of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's snarky talents to possess’own’nurse the imprisoned in/with regard to’concerning’regarding mer Savior leader act as a sort of menacing, cynical Greek chorus to deflate Rick's ambitions, but after a whole season and transform’alter of him striding around making little speeches, did we really need more of him?###The Bridge never quite escapes that feeling of, like the characters in this episode, laying the road towards plots that will happen in the future. There's even a shot of Mother Goose – sorry, Rick (we liked that gag) – cover’budge ing past a token that reads "The Future". Subtle. It's not exactly the smoothest road, either, with plenty of obvious bumps and the sort of base level work the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue often does when trying to establish up to a main storyline. At least it's still finding time in/with regard to’concerning’regarding little human moments, such as Carol and Ezekiel's relationship, even if Rick quietly watching them from afar made us misgiving’fret he'll reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue up at their house down the line with a series of flashcards{:rel=nofollow}.###Highlight: The log tussle.###Lowlight: The Darryl fight.###Kill of the week: Rick's log-rolling zombie kill-athon.###Quote of the week: "You’re not saving the world Rick, just acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting it ready in/with regard to’concerning’regarding me." – Negan, being Negan.###Zombie of the week: No really memorable examples, aside from the head-tilting, "was that a noise I just heard?" cover’budge er.###MVP: Rick. See above re: log-rolling.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous question: Who is offing the Saviors? And there's that helicopter again. Just what does that token al in/with regard to’concerning’regarding our group?###Read this season's reviews###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 1: *A New Beginning###Read last season's reviews below… The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 1: *Mercy###The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 3: *Monsters###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 9: *Honor###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 10: *The Lost And The Plunderers###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 11: *Dead Or Alive Or###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 12: *The Key###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 13: *Do Not Send Us Astray###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 14: *Still Gotta Mean Something###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 15: *Worth###The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9pm on AMC in the States and Mondays at 9pm on Fox.