Yeah, I guess. My brother and I were talking about it, though. Long poles with knives on them? Long spikes? A gun shot as a last resort? Wait a minute, Rick has silencers--what about that? It just seems so stupid--"hey EVERYONE in the pool with the walkers". So stupid. And I guess you're right about the elevator but it just seems too perfectly dramatic--let's pick the one escape plan that involves dozens of walkers. _
I tend to agree that Sunday's episode sucked but the season as a whole has been great. I don't mind that they like showing "how other people live" but it's not exactly a new idea either. I would have rather they drag out the Garrett/Terminus survivor storyline a bit longer to be honest. As for guessing what happens next: I think it's safe to assume that Darryl has that kid Beth helped escape (Noah?) and he's going to tell them how to get in and whatnot. So maybe there will be some action coming. It's hard to say whether Carol is hurt or not, they would have to know that they took in injured people to know to fake being injured in the first place and why would she do that and send Daryl back to get Rick and them which could take a lot of time and be dangerous? It would make more sense for her to fake being hurt and try to break her and Beth out and Daryl can provide cover or even try and sneak in himself. Unless a sufficient amount of time has already elapsed but it doesn't seem like it's been long since Noah escaped and Carol came in. I guess we'll find out. I just hope they don't have any episodes that bad for the rest of the season.
The front door wasn't available because, as evident from the end of the episode, cops were there. There should have been a better solution to the elevator shaft. They just jumped into a room of walkers. They should have died, but apparently Beth knows how to blow heads off with marksman accuracy in pitch black conditions, but is a complete weenie when slow walkers are evenly spaced in a parking lot. Really dumb episode, but I am not convinced that Carol gave herself up. I'd like it, though. If that IS the case, she would have already met Noah, and she and Darryl would already have set up a signal for the ambush from the Home Group to take the hospital over. I'm guessing the Dr. joins the group. They haven't had anything close to a Dr. since Herschel died.
If Noah is going to join the cast which black character do they kill off to take his place? Tyrese is getting kind whiny...
I thought Bob died because of the priest but if the priest isn't going to be an ongoing character then I guess they still are not exceeding their quota of active black actors on the show.
I personally would have knocked him out too and then left him there to rot. Unbelievable. The team might as well rejoin the other group. Ima usin Tapatalkie.
Good episode, much better than last week, but it left me a bit bummed or maybe hollow would be a better term. Even though I knew all along that it was a lie, I couldn't help hope that maybe there was some truth to it. But now that it's out there in the open, it just leaves one despondent (in the sense of the show, not in real life) about the characters, the group, where do they go from here--just wander the earth until the ends of their lives? There used to be some purpose other than survival, but now it appears that's all there is. As dark as the show is, I feel it just got darker. _
I liked the episode overall and I enjoyed how they have treated Eugene. Yeah he may seem cowardly and all but to me, it gives his character life and makes him look real to be such a scumbag and coward. Reminds me of Ben Paul if you know what I am referring to and why I really liked the character so much. Incompetent, cowardly, (somewhat) goofy. I love that in a character. Not every character can be Daryl Dixon, you need guys like Gabriel and Eugene who represent the other side of how someone would react during the Apocalypse. Not everyone will be brave or gung ho for some action, no matter how much we think we would be if such a catastrophe would ever happen. I personally like these types of characters because to me, they feel real. In events in real life, many people tuck their tails between their legs and run away. Its human nature. Its why I can't get mad at either Eugene or Gabriel, they are ashamed of their cowardice but they can't help it. They just aren't born to do this nor should it be expected of them, the worse possible outcome happened to the world and to everyone around them. Morgan didn't have the ability to shoot his dead wife, nor did he have the heart to save his son. Its why I love the character so much, he carries the burden that he failed both his son and wife and he will carry that to his grave and to him, its a literal curse to be alive but he doesn't want to give up. Its why "Clear" is considered one of, if not the best episode of the series, its because you saw a character evolve and be humanized like Morgan's.
This episode finally answered the question we have all been wondering: Is Sgt. Ginger banging Hot Hispanic?
My friend said Eugene did the same thing in the comics. I can't believe no one spoiled that for me. Thanks guys! Crazy turn of events.
Speaking of Morgan, I can't wait until he joins the group, assuming that's what will happen. Lots of potential there.
I knew Eugene was full of it. Like other people said I guess they are returning to the group, no sense in being separated now other than if Glen and Maggie don't want to rejoin because they don't like the way Rick is doing things. Maybe they will all get back together and go save Beth and Carol. Note: sorry for being late to the party but was out of town until yesterday so only got to watch it last night.
As for the episode, again like with the Beth episode....unnecessary. So much that we saw for almost the first 3/4's of the episode, we knew about. We knew about Carol's struggle burning Karen and another person, we knew about her struggle shooting Lizzie, we knew she had to kill dozens of people in Terminus. We know she is not what she used to be and has evolved. There was no reason for much of an episode to be devoted to this, no matter how much I love Melissa McBride and the Carol character. We've seen so much Daryl/Carol interactions that there wasn't even some random, unseen paring like Carol/Tyrese was or Tara/Glenn. It wasn't until maybe the final 15 minutes or so where what we saw actually had meaning toward the story. That's a big problem, it goes back to my saying that the 40+ minutes they have need to be precious and have meaning and not be something redundant. The viewers know how much Carol cares about her "new family" and knows she's come a long way as a human in this crazy world they live in where she had to make choices she's not proud of and will "go to hell for". This wasn't like Michonne's past where nobody had a ounce of idea why she became so bitter and why she does not trust many people, that was done very well. This is more of the same. Just so frustrating, it took until Noah being introduced in this episode where any meaning to the overall story happened. The actions scenes felt kind of forced for the sake of having them imo, like the silly car flip by action star Daryl Dixon.
