The first episode of the Final Season season does a good job of establishing everything, which is what the first episode is supposed to do. We meet up with Clementine and AJ again. We learn about their developing relationship. We get a sense that the overarching theme for the game will be Clem's struggle to mould AJ into the best person he can be. This struggle is, of course, affected by the state of the world, forcing Clem to find a balance between being a survivor who will do anything to stay alive but won't end up like so many of The Walking Dead's villains who do so at the expense of others. The first episode also establishes the setting (a boarding school for troubled youth), the supporting cast (the troubled youths), and some initial conflict (the constant fight to find more food and the looming threat of another group of survivors). First episodes are rarely as heavy-hitting as the final ones, and this is the case here. Still, it's a satisfying start to the game.