The Walking Dead: World Beyond Episode 6 Review – Shadow Puppets

Perhaps I’m just projecting the character of Abraham onto the actor, but as a director, Michael Cudlitz seems to be able to have fun with his material, no matter how dark. Throughout “Shadow Puppets,” there are a lot of fun little touches and moments to lighten things up and serve as an effective tension break during some of the more nervous moments. Towards the end of the episode, as Iris is skulking into an abandoned department store, there are two back-to-back scares, one a fake-out involving a mannequin that’s really amusing, then a legitimate one where a walker, out of nowhere, thrusts a hand out of a gated area into the middle of a scene in which Iris and Percy are talking. That’s one of the biggest jumps The Walking Dead: World Beyond has gotten out of me, thanks in great part to just how well timed it is, and how it comes just long enough after the initial jump scare that it’s no longer expected. Felix is involved in another great jump scare later in the episode; it’s less scary, but it’s more clever thanks to using dressing room mirrors to set up the surprise