The Sky Is a Graveyard finds Silas tied up outside. Is he prone to violence? The rest of the team struggles to decide what to do with him. He was found passed out in a room with a body. Worse, his wrench was covered in blood. Did he kill Percy and Percy’s Uncle? Percy’s Uncle had his head bashed in and Percy is missing. Silas remains tied up outside while the survivors struggle with what to do next.
Things don’t get any better for Silas after they search his bad and find Iris’s drawings she’d thrown away before they started their journey. Is Silas fixated on Iris? Did Silas kill Percy and his uncle out of jealousy?
Flashbacks
As the team tries to figure out what to do with Silas he has flashbacks. We see what happened in his house when he was younger. Silas’s father was abusive, beating his mother and him alike. The question is, did Silas kill them both? What actually happened? When Silas sparred with his father he must have killed him. When Silas goes upstairs in the flashback he finds his father has turned. Silas then flees to his room only to be forced to kill his father a second time after his mother comes home and is attacked.
Silas is suffering in his own hell as the rest of the group takes sides. Hope is ready to convict Silas while Huck is ready to leave him chained up when they walk away. Iris and Elton don’t quite buy it though, believing that Silas wouldn’t have hurt anyone without cause.
Silas is suffering, and when a walker is coming for him he seems at peace, ready to let it end. He’s is only saved because Hope comes out in time to spear the Zombie.
Morning
The next morning Iris goes out to talk to Silas, to ask him what happened. He reveals he got out of his restraints, but he stayed to talk to her. He doesn’t really remember what happened, all he remembers is anger.
After Silas leaves, Elton decides that he has to follow him. He thinks that Silas will have a better chance at surviving if he has someone to watch his back. Elton tells Hope that he’s going to find Silas, then his mother. This brings Hope to tell him the truth, that she killed his pregnant mother.
Silas and Elton move off, each of them on a different path for the moment.
The Sky Is a Graveyard ends with Huck revealing that she’s Elizabeth’s daughter when her mother hands her a watch, and Huck asks if it was Dads’? Huck then confirms that the package is safe, and she only has 48 before the rest of the survivors come looking for. They have to debrief fast so she can get to the other survivors. Who is the package? Is it Hope or Iris?
The Sky Is a Graveyard Scoring
It took eight episodes for me to have that moment where I’m actually curious to see what happens next episode. In the end, it wasn’t enough to save the full episode. There is a ton of dialogue without much depth, which is why the episode scored a 62/100,. This makes it an episode you should save for a Rainy Day.
| Season | Episode | Episode Name | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Brave | 70 |
| 1 | 2 | The Blaze Of Glory | 50 |
| 1 | 3 | The Tyger and the Lamb | 65 |
| 1 | 4 | The Wrong End of a Telescope | 71 |
| 1 | 5 | Madman Across the Water | 60 |
| 1 | 6 | Shadow Puppets | 60 |
| 1 | 7 | Truth Or Dare | 60 |
| 1 | 8 | The Sky Is a Graveyard | 62 |
| 1 | 9 | The Deepest Cut | 55 |
| 1 | 10 | In This Life | 50 |
| Season | Episode | Episode Name | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Human Flow | 85 |
| 1 | 2 | Drive | 80 |
| 1 | 3 | Summer School | 70 |
| 1 | 4 | Alone | 82 |
| 1 | 5 | Diner | 86 |
| 1 | 6 | Heist | 90 |
| 1 | 7 | The Tunnel | 83 |
| 1 | 8 | The Stadium | 91 |
| 2 | 1 | The Cold | 95 |
| 2 | 2 | Prelude | 80 |
| 2 | 3 | Card Game | 91 |
| 2 | 4 | Cold War | 83 |
| 2 | 5 | White Horse | 88 |
| 2 | 6 | Currency | 69 |
| 2 | 7 | The Lodge | 75 |
| 2 | 8 | The Plane | 99 |
