I’m glad it’s looking like we’ll be picking up the momentum
next episode, what with the zombies in the barn and all. It seems every episode
I change my mind about how I want the pacing to be, but I think I’ve decided I’m
okay with one or two lower episodes, but we can’t be having long stretches of
no progress. Well, I can’t even call it “no progress,” because there isn’t
really any central goal right now. Yes, yes, that’s kinda the point of the
show. But I need some things to be moving forward. Five episodes Sophia’s been
lost. Only really Rick and Daryl care at this point, I don’t even think Carol
cares all that much anymore. She’s not even real anymore. She’s just this…idea
now, used to create storylines like having Daryl go search some more and having
Rick and Shane debate about the cores of their personalities.
Also, so many people are dumb. Let’s go one at a time.
Glenn, my dear buddy Glenn. He gets the cold shoulder from Maggie and starts
pouting like a child. Then he goes to talk to Lori about her pregnancy for
God-knows-why, she obviously doesn’t want to discuss it. So then he goes to
Dale and starts asking if everyone is on their period. Really. You think Maggie
doesn’t want to fuck you again because she’s PMS-ing? That’s a strange level of
arrogance coming out of you Glenn. Plus, you know Lori is pregnant, she doesn’t
have to worry about her time of the month anymore. And then he just pulls
Andrea into the mix too, because why not? Andrea is just bitchy; it has nothing
to do with her menstruation. Stupid
Glenn. And you were so good last week.
Maggie is also pretty dumb this week. Telling her dad he
doesn’t have to treat her like she’s 16, and then turns around and starts
passing notes at the kids’ table about a coital rendezvous spot. That’s not the
dumbest part though. She asks him where
they want to do it. Even she freakin’ lives there and knows the area better. And
there’s that barn full of zombies she doesn’t want anyone knowing about. Maybe
she should’ve set up the meeting place. Don’t just make someone do something
stupid for the sake of drama.
Oh yeah, Andrea shoots Daryl. Which is stupid. Not because
she couldn’t tell it was him, I mean, he looked like shit and was walking like
a zombie. What was stupid of her was that she shot when Rick and the gang were
super close to Daryl. She’s not a good shot (as we see when she, thank God, only
grazes Daryl) and even if it was a zombie, she might have shot one of the non
zombies. Dumb.
I agree with Doc. I wouldn’t want these people hanging
around me place much longer either. Making dumb decisions, taking my horses
without asking. Also I want them to get off the farm and have some things
happen to them. I liked Daryl’s scenes (EXCEPT GODDAMN IMAGINARY MERLE
GODDAMMIT) because nothing that happened to him was due to him making a stupid
mistake. Too much of what happened this episode was because someone did
something stupid. Of course, this might all be intentional fodder that will be
used to bolster Doc’s desire to get them to leave. But I want these people to
be put into situations because of the circumstances they are living in and not
because they’re making mistakes.
Other thoughts:
-Another flashback cold open. Showing the military destroying Atlanta and Lori/Shane/the gang watching. Seems completely unnecessary to me. Didn't provide anything for the rest of the episode. Just random.
-So Daryl was actually wearing sleeves this episode because
he had a premonition that he would need to rip them off from bandaging purposes
later.
-Rick, becoming self-aware, thanks to Shane and that Dairy
Queen waitress. “My good intentions are making us weaker that I can’t make the
hard decisions for the good of the group. Maybe I’m holding on to a way of
thinking that doesn’t make sense anymore.” This means progress and character
development? Or does this just mean that now that Rick knows what he’s like, he
can really roll up his sleeves and commit to it? There’s slightly more drama in
the latter option, but it’s in the category of frustrating drama.
-"It's a wonder you people have survived this
long." Honestly though.
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