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The Walking Dead
The Key
Directed by
Greg Nicotero
TV-MA
S8 • E12
Mar 18, 2018
46m
8.1
8.2
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Hilltop's leadership faces a difficult dilemma after the arrival of unexpected visitors. Rick comes face to face with an adversary.
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Cast of The Key
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
Cooper Andrews
Jerry
Katelyn Nacon
Enid
Austin Amelio
Dwight
Pollyanna McIntosh
Jadis
Jayne Atkinson
Georgie
Kim Ormiston
Hilda
Misty Ormiston
Midge
The Walking Dead - S8 • E12 Ratings & Reviews
Geek Girl Authority
Noetta Harjo
The first half of the season, Rick was so wishy-washy and it was kind of annoying. This Rick... yeah, he still talked too much, but he was on a mission and was relentless about completing that mission. Go Rick Go!
Syfy Wire
Alyse Wax
Tonight's episode was much better than the last couple episodes. I feel like we are finally moving forward.
CBR
Alexandra August
[This] episode of The Walking Dead, represents the first time we've ever really seen Negan sweat - and with good reason.
io9.com
Rob Bricken
Given how the show almost desperately keeps its characters from growing-or resets them almost immediately whenever they manage it-it's genuinely hard for me to imagine that there is a really better future in store for Hilltop and its inhabitants
The Verge
Nick Statt
... to be honest, it's invigorating to see that TWD has a long-term plan that goes beyond the grueling Rick vs. Negan competition.
TV Fanatic
Steve Ford
After trudging along since its midseason return and with only four episodes remaining in the season, The Walking Dead desperately needed to kick things into high gear. And thankfully, that's exactly what "The Key" accomplished.
TV Guide
Liam Mathews
That's all well and good - Georgie's giving a much-needed injection of hope to our survivors - but who is she really?
Paste Magazine
Jim Vorel
"Best" might not be quite the right word, but I feel like it's safe to say that tonight's Walking Dead episode, "The Key," was the most entertained I've been during the second half of season 8.
Rolling Stone
Noel Murray
As with last week's "Dead or Alive Or," it's a lot easier to sit through The Walking Dead's circuitous dialectics when the characters are actually doing something while they state their respective cases.
Forbes
Erik Kain
In 'The Key' we get some action, some deceit and betrayal, and a few new faces. Sadly, we also get more Enid scenes.
AV Club
Laura Bogart
The Key is simultaneously a reminder of how mercilessly boring The Walking Dead can be and a tantalizing, frustrating glimpse at another version of the show, one that leans into the inherent surreality of the zombie apocalypse.
New York Times
Charles Bramesco
This episode mixes things up a touch by incorporating a car chase, one of the vessels for action not yet exhausted by a series that relies primarily on hand-to-hand combat.
TV Line
Charlie Mason
The breezes blowing in Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead carried on them more than the usual stench of rotting corpses and testosterone. If you sniffed real hard, you could also get a noseful of the change that was in the air.
Uproxx
Dustin Rowles
The series is in desperate need of a shake-up, and the only way it can start to change and evolve is to finally get past the All Out War.
Empire Magazine
James White
By far the most interesting strand was one that appeared to break with comic book canon in the most significant way yet, and provided some much needed levity in a series that has all but abandoned it.
indieWire
Jeff Stone
"The Key" is a pretty eventful episode by "Walking Dead" standards, but it's still primarily about hitting notes the show has hit before.
Variety
Joe Otterson
This week's episode of "The Walking Dead" pretty much had it all: a strong Rick-centered storyline, great performances from the supporting characters (most notably Steven Ogg's Simon), and plenty of intense walker-slaying action.
Entertainment Weekly
Nick Romano
I've been cooling on Negan for quite some time. I think it was the lack of mystique...So when the look on Simon's face gives off the same "I'm over this" vibe, I feel somewhat validated.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Richard Rys
Well, well, well! Just when it seemed like the season had run out of gas like Gabriel's jalopy, things get real interesting in "The Key," thanks to a series of fortunate events and some new characters who literally come out of nowhere.
Guardian
Luke Holland
The show had a chance to throw us a much-needed curveball, to buck a trend of its own laborious making. Instead it fell into familiar, rote patterns of Event TV - patterns it desperately needs to break free from.
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