Utterly compelling and unexpected episode. I did not expect the pauses (in the action and plot) to be so poignant and... moving. The mirroring of the first meal and the last meal between Bill and Frank. The depth of the horrors of the things left unsaid and unspoken - the mum with her baby being quietly and swiftly evacuated, the unfinished letter that Ellie stops reading, Joel's extended moment of private grief. Even the wilted flowers, melted down candles, and the curtains billowing in the wind as the scene slowly fades spoke of untold volumes. "It’s frankly remarkable that what is ostensibly an action-horror series could make time — in its third episode, no less — for an alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking short film about companionship. It’s as though the opening montage from the movie “Up” were extended to about 45 minutes and then dropped into the middle of “World War Z.”"I chuckled at Murray's references to this two very disparate movies. But the episode felt like something more.

Utterly compelling and unexpected episode. I did not expect the pauses (in the action and plot) to be so poignant and... moving. The mirroring of the first meal and the last meal between Bill and Frank. The depth of the horrors of the things left unsaid and unspoken - the mum with her baby being quietly and swiftly evacuated, the unfinished letter that Ellie stops reading, Joel's extended moment of private grief. Even the wilted flowers, melted down candles, and the curtains billowing in the wind as the scene slowly fades spoke of untold volumes. "It’s frankly remarkable that what is ostensibly an action-horror series could make time — in its third episode, no less — for an alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking short film about companionship. It’s as though the opening montage from the movie “Up” were extended to about 45 minutes and then dropped into the middle of “World War Z.”"I chuckled at Murray's references to this two very disparate movies. But the episode felt like something more.

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