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The sword came off the wall, but it was too late to make a difference.
“The Walking Dead” has always walked a line between comic book (or video game) and sociological treatise. The second half of its fifth season on AMC, which ended on Sunday night, was like eight episodes of post-apocalyptic debate club — a thought experiment that weighed the value of stability and community against the imperative of ruthless preparedness.
Ruthlessness won — marked by the decision of Michonne (Danai Gurira), who had held out hope until the end for a peaceful life in the fractured suburbia of Alexandria, to strap on her katana.
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