Season 5 premiere “No Sanctuary” recap, Carol rescues the group from Terminus

Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) in Season 5 Episode 1. Photo by Gene Page/AMC.
Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) in Season 5 Episode 1. Photo by Gene Page/AMC.
The Walking Dead season 5 premiere “No Sanctuary” was last night and wow what an episode. It was an action-packed episode with Carol rescuing Rick and the others as a herd of walkers headed towards Terminus. You can read the full recap of the episode on our Season 5 Episode 1: No Sanctuary recap.

The major points from this episode are (in order how they appeared in the episode):

  • Sam, who Rick and Carol met on their supply run last season, is also a captive at Terminus and is the first to die in the episode
  • A herd is headed towards Terminus from all of the gunfire in the season 4 finale; Carol sets off an explosion at Terminus and goes into Terminus with the herd as she is masked with walker blood and guts
  • We learn that Terminus was once a real sanctuary but a group of maurauders raped and killed some of the Terminus people
  • Rick shot Gareth in the shoulder it appeared, so he is still alive
  • Rick and the group escape Terminus and re-group in the woods where Carol appears and hugs ensue; Carol then leads the group to the cabin where Tyreese has baby Judith; Rick and Carl are reunited with baby Judith and Sasha is reunited with Tyreese
  • Michonne doesn’t have her katana, as it’s still in Terminus, she has to get it back somehow right?
  • Morgan (Lennie James) is back! If you stuck around to the end and after the preview for next week you would see the scene with Morgan walking into the forest, following some markings on trees. Hopefully he meets up with Rick and the group at some point.

The most touching scene had to be when Rick was reunited with baby Judith, watch that scene below.


Looking ahead to next week’s episode…

Season 5 episode 2 is named “Strangers” and the description of the episode is: “With supplies running low and not knowing whether to trust the people around them, Rick leads a mission where the risk might not be worth the reward.”

The Walking Dead season 5 episode 2 “Strangers” promo

Sneak Peek #1: episode 502 – “Strangers”

Sneak Peek #2: episode 502 – “Strangers”

In the sneak peek video above we see that the group will find Father Gabriel. From the previews after episode 1, it looks like the group will go to Father Gabriel’s church as well.

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