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The Walking Dead
Mercy
Directed by
Greg Nicotero
TV-MA
S8 • E1
Oct 22, 2017
48m
7.1
7.8
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Rick and his group, along with the Kingdom and Hilltop, have banded together to bring the fight to Negan and the Saviors.
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Cast of Mercy
Andrew Lincoln
Rick Grimes
Lauren Cohan
Maggie Greene
Norman Reedus
Daryl Dixon
Danai Gurira
Michonne Hawthorne
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Negan Smith
Melissa McBride
Carol Peletier
Christian Serratos
Rosita Espinosa
Chandler Riggs
Carl Grimes
Seth Gilliam
Gabriel Stokes
Ross Marquand
Aaron
Josh McDermitt
Eugene Porter
Alanna Masterson
Tara Chambler
Lennie James
Morgan Jones
Khary Payton
Ezekiel Sutton
Cooper Andrews
Jerry
Katelyn Nacon
Enid
Tom Payne
Jesus Rovia
Austin Amelio
Dwight
Avi Nash
Siddiq
Dahlia Legault
Francine
The Walking Dead - S8 • E1 Ratings & Reviews
Geek Girl Authority
Noetta Harjo
I'm still excited about this season, especially after the last season was so frustrating. I'm ready to see my favorite people have some good things happen to them. No matter how short lived it is, I just want to see them smile.
Insider
Kirsten Acuna
Longtime fans of the series hoping for the glory days of the show will be very pleased with what they see.
Geeks of Color
Belinda Garcia
'Mercy,' Season 8's premiere episode, was underwhelming, especially following last season's opener, the unignorable 'The Day Will Come When You Won't Be,' which resulted in brutal, gruesome character deaths we still haven't recovered from.
Syfy Wire
Alyse Wax
I mostly liked this episode. It got off to a slow start, but then the war part began and I was sold.
io9.com
Rob Bricken
"Mercy" is a pretty solid start to the new season, which is heartening after a painfully slow season six and seven.
Metro
Rachael Vaughan Clemmons
While this year's premiere had a far less twists and turns than last year's ... there was still an itty bit of drama to spare.
CBR
Alexandra August
Luckily, "Mercy" manages delivers on both action and self-reflection without getting in its own way.
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Ed Power
The premiere significantly ratcheted up the pace after a dreary seventh series.
TIME Magazine
Megan McCluskey
The Walking Dead returned with a bang for its eighth season Sunday night.
San Jose Mercury News
Chuck Barney
As the show's producers promised, plenty of firepower was on display.
Entertainment Weekly
Nick Romano
Unlike last season, we don't have to wonder when the war with Negan will finally come. It's here, and at least that much brings us hope as we head into the uncertain future.
Guardian
Luke Holland
It delivered on spectacle, if not on logic. And it was fun.
indieWire
Jeff Stone
Yes, things happen this episode, it's just the way they happen range from "by the numbers" to "pretty dumb."
USA Today
Kelly Lawler
"Mercy" is nowhere near the best episode The Walking Dead has ever aired, but it's an effective season premiere that manages to add some energy into the aging series and at least partially hits the reset button.
TheWrap
Phil Hornshaw
For once, things are actually not all horrible, sad and depressing on The Walking Dead. It's pretty exciting.
New York Times
Charles Bramesco
In a bold narrative gambit that feels refreshing after the hints of creative exhaustion in Season 7, this hour hopscotches across time and, possibly, in and out of reality.
AV Club
Zack Handlen
After hemming and hawing and looking tortured for what felt like decades, Rick has decided to once again be a man of action, and "Mercy" has him taking the fight directly to the Saviors, with explosive and successful results.
Rolling Stone
Noel Murray
Though this chapter ends with a couple of big shootouts, its money scene comes right in the middle, with Negan and Rick barking threats at each other.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Richard Rys
Let's fret about the future later and celebrate a solid premiere that lives up to this season's tagline, "All Out War."
Independent (UK)
Jacob Stolworthy
The Walking Dead has regained its stride with heart-stopping aplomb.
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