Last Night's TV: The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, and More (SPOILERS!)

VIEW IN BROWSER THIS ISSUE: The Walking Dead, The Good Wife, Once Upon a Time, Homeland TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT The Walking Dead Does Its Zombie Duty AMC BECAUSE: It's hard to say how staring upon a pit packed to the brim with undead walkers, milling about in all their zombie-like glory, will affect you until the day comes. For Rick, it's quick action; for fans of The Walking Dead, it's giddy, unadulterated joy. Welcome to the Zombie Parade. READ OUR RECAP The Walking Dead AMC WHAT HAPPENED: Norman Reedus slow-riding a motorcycle down a dirt road, Pied Piper-ing a sea of undead walkers in his wake... season 6 is clearly giving the people what they want. When Rick and Morgan discover the reason for Alexandria's low man-eating population (a blocked-in quarry full of an unimaginable number of milling walkers), it's a ticking time bomb wrapped up in a zombie bow. EW recapper Jonathon Dornbush says, "The Rick who led his group into Alexandria is a Rick not willing to undertake such an obstacle without a plan," but as a few Alexandria dwellers try to remind him, it's not always about what Rick wants. So, when a barricade breaks unexpectedly, what was a preemptive plan becomes a rushed necessity. Cue Daryl's moto-march of the walkers (only missing a Morgan Freeman narration) down an open road lined with cars, cue the attention-drawing flares -- like cats and laser pointers, but for walkers -- cue the plan going perfectly... and cue a blaring horn coming from town at the last second, drawing the walkers to the exact place from which they were being led. Like the old saying goes: The best laid plans often go awry at zombies' love of loud noises. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Dark(er) Rick is here, he incites fear -- get used to it. And while there's some fleshing out to be done, the A.V. Club is initially feeling this shift: "Psychologically, Rick has lost too many friends (and loved ones), been driven too hard and too long to hold on to his mercy ... and taking his 'I'm trying to be a good guy here!' shtick and turning it dark is a strong choice that helps makes his early wishy-washiness feel more intentional." And the man himself, Andrew Lincoln, is all about season 6 Rick: "He's not going to pull any punches ... it's school of hard knocks the way he's doing it. He's saying, you run with us or you die." That's a pretty solid methodology considering the, uh, giant hoard of flesh-hunting zombies unleashed in the premiere that (to the delight of fans) shan't be letting up anytime soon. "I think we are unashamedly a zombie show this season, and certainly you'll see it's unrelenting up until episode 9," says Lincoln. The Walking Dead, season 6: It's the zombie show you've always wanted out of your zombie show. READ OUR RECAP The Good Wife CBS WHAT HAPPENED: Are you ready to rumble? Because, as EW recapper Samantha Highfill says, Sunday's The Good Wife "was all about battles: Cary vs. Howard, Alicia vs. Nancy, son vs. mother, Eli vs. Ruth." But perhaps more importantly, it was about the addition of Jeffrey Dean Morgan to the season 7 cast as Jason Krause, the investigator Alicia hires after her initial Kalinda 2.0 (not!) choice totally bombs... and presumably not just for his salt-and-pepper beard. Jason helps Alicia and new badass in town, Lucca, dig up witnesses on a nearly unwinnable case involving parental consent, what defines art, and child pornography -- which is to say, a toughie. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Fall TV is all about getting exploratory with its lead characters right now, and as Paste Magazine says of Alicia's presumed agreement to grant Frank Landau one free "nay" vote in exchange for a position on the election board, "Saint Alicia's descent into the dark side continues." Of course, she's readily aided and abetted by reigning campaign manager of darkness, Eli, who's just trying to make Ruth paranoid enough to biff it as Peter's campaign manager. And so far, everything is turning up Eli-and-Alicia. READ OUR RECAP Once Upon a Time ABC WHAT HAPPENED: Once Upon a Time is taking it old school (like, preschool-old-school) as Sunday night's episode is "brought to you by the word 'heroes,' the food 'mushrooms,' and the No. 3," according to EW recapper Andrea Towers. But as it turns out, you better mark those heroes down as a couple of slightly bumbling, totally bro-tastic princes, and make that "mushroom" a toadstool that should allow the Storybrooke gang to finally get Merlin out of that darned tree and save Emma/Camelot. To make matters more confusing, it turns out that Arthur, one of our presumed heroes from Camelot, is actually more of a villain, stealing the all-important toadstool for his own protection, and sacrificing his squire in the name of a little more thievery in the name of establishing a mini-Camelot in present-day Storybrooke. Sure, okay. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Oh, and Lancelot is alive. It's all very confusing! You might hope that a D.T.R. between Emma and Hook could at least provide a little clarity, but only heartbreak that way lies. When Dark Emma turns herself back into Light Emma (working title) to ask Hook if he ever really loved her, he responds, "I loved." Past tense, y'all. Series co-creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis tell TV Line that even as the Dark One, Emma is feeling all sorts of conflicted: "She is dark, but she does have feelings for Hook, and those things are at war within her and really are pushing her in the action she's going to be taking next." As for Hook, "His main goal is saving Emma from herself." Here's to love (in every tense of the word). READ OUR RECAP One More Thing... "Beirut Is Not Safe for You" Showtime NOOOO: We'll spell it out for you: "M-A-T-H-I-S-O-N." After finally offing his target, Homeland's final moments see Quinn head to his little postbox, do his little mercenary crossword puzzle, and discover his next target (see above). Considering we only know of Saul's involvement with Quinn's killer-for-hire assignments, and that Carrie was nearly blown up a few scenes earlier in Beirut, season 5 is begging the question: Exactly how many people are trying to kill Carrie Mathison... and how many of them are her former colleagues? READ OUR RECAP Also Check Out... Recommended by Copyright © 2015 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved. WANT MORE? To subscribe to any of EW.com's email products, please click here. PRIVACY POLICY Please click here for our privacy policy. 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