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The Walking Dead – Season 7, Episode 8

Hearts Still Beating

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Air Date: Dec 11, 2016

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi

76%

34 Reviews

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Negan's unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies; things quickly spin out of control.

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Critics Consensus

"Hearts Still Beating" corrects course after a frustrating first half to The Walking Dead's seventh season, using an improved pace and some welcome narrative jolts to set up a hopeful, rousing conclusion.

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James White

Empire Magazine

Hearts Still Beating closes out the first half of the seventh season on - gasp! - an actually hopeful note, which signals the show might actually be headed to the Return Of The Jedi stage of this particular arc.

4/5

Nov 8, 2017

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Steve Johnson

Chicago Tribune

I am so excited about this change in the momentum of the series, which had been doing kind of a slow burn for most of the season.

Dec 12, 2016

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Kelly Lawler

USA Today

"Hearts Still Beating" simultaneously gave us brief glimpses of what made the show work before this season and reminded us of the season's greatest flaws.

Dec 12, 2016

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Kevin Fitzpatrick

ScreenCrush

The Walking Dead Season 7 was in desperate need of a goal to strive toward, and seems fundamentally to misunderstand the problem with taking eight episodes for such a foregone conclusion.

Jun 19, 2018

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Dan Caffrey

CBR

Ultimately though, the compartmentalized structure of this season paid off, as proven tonight by the final moments of "Hearts Still Beating."

Dec 12, 2017

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Blair Marnell

CraveOnline

There were some positives in this episode. Daryl's escape from the Sanctuary was well staged, while Rick and Aaron's adventures with the river walkers was one of the more unique zombie moments that the show has had this season.

Apr 3, 2017

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Episode Synopsis

Negan's unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies; things quickly spin out of control.

Director: Michael E. Satrazemis
Executive Producer: Frank Darabont, Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, Scott M. Gimple
Screenwriter: Matthew Negrete, Channing Powell
Network: AMC
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release Date: Dec 11, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr. 0 min.