Some will live, some will die – but the world moves on…

The producers of World Beyond have stuck to their guns and made this show a two-season, pretty much self-contained entity – inasmuch as anything set in a rapidly expanding franchise really can be. I am absolutely certain that some of those who survive the events of the closing episodes will be seen again; others, the repercussions of their deaths will resonate across the running series as well as the forthcoming special events.

You can read Alasdair Stuart’s detailed reviews of each episode here (and yes there are spoilers in them) but viewing the second season as a whole, there are still some of the issues of pacing that affected the first (and some of these I suspect can be blamed on COVID restrictions – without any commentaries or behind the scenes material, it’s hard to tell) and the nagging feeling that certain things are being done here to avoid lengthy flashbacks in the main series. But there are plenty of twists, some more obvious than others, and knowing we are truly entering an endgame in the second half of this set gives the episodes an edge that some of both the main show and Fear… have lacked.

As far as the technical level goes, these look and sound terrific – purists may spot the odd artefact in the first disc (which has four episodes on it), and to the general audience, these are a great presentation. But as far as value added material goes? There’s a Comic-Con panel (available on YouTube) and…er… that’s it.

Verdict: Another interesting experiment with format for the Walking Dead universe comes to a fair conclusion. 7/10

Paul Simpson

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