Splinter (The Walking Dead)

[1][2] In the episode, Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura), and Princess (Paola Lázaro) are captured and separated by the mysterious troopers that surrounded them at the rail yard in "A Certain Doom".

Trapped inside a boxcar and claustrophobic with mounting anxiety, Princess struggles with memories of her traumatic past and attempts to escape.

As she struggles against her captors, Princess watches as Yumiko is hit hard on the head by a soldier with a rifle; the group is separated from each other and imprisoned in boxcars.

Soon afterward, a soldier (Cameron Roberts) enters the boxcar with a tray of food, but is ambushed by Ezekiel, who is able to knock the troop unconscious and then handcuffs him.

The showrunner Angela Kang explained: "During production, it was agreed that they shouldn't fly in actors based in European countries due to safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.

The site's critical consensus reads: "'Splinter' doesn't move this season's story forward in any meaningful way, but Paola Lázaro's performance and some hallucinatory flourishes keep this character-focused installment from being wholly redundant.

Club, Alex McLevy praised the character development of Princess and gave the episode a B, and wrote: "For all intents and purposes, it's essentially a one-woman show, too.

"[8] Nick Romano from Entertainment Weekly gave a negative review and wrote: "We already knew she was in great need of psychotherapy and anxiety meds, but did we need an entire hour focusing on her unraveling mental state?