Review: The Walking Dead "Save the Last One" (The Walkers Aren't the Only Ones to Fear)

Air Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011 9/8c on AMC

★★★★★

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Just what do you see in that mirror, Shane?

Finally! A shower! How fricking long have I been waiting to see our folks get to use some hot water, soap, and towels?! Duh! Since that episode in season one when Rick first met Morgan (Hung’s Lennie James). So why hasn’t anyone taken advantage of it? A nice hot shower after not having one for weeks can lift one’s spirits. (Not that I would know anything about that.) The opening scene of “Save the Last One” leaves me pondering what’s happened since last week’s “Bloodletting.” Last season, each new episode continued from the previous one but it seems that isn’t happening this time around. We’re getting flashbacks, fast forwards, and everything in between. I don’t mind the change up; I just don’t like cliffhangers that leave us waiting so long to find out what’s happened.

Shane (Jon Bernthal) scares me almost as much as the Walkers. It’s not only his personality but the look on his face. His lack of control and overall demeanor make me wonder what kind of man we’re dealing with. One minute he’s risking his life doing something brave, trying to save someone else, and then he’s as cutthroat as they come. What else has happened in his life we aren’t privy to? How did he slip into a relationship with his best friend’s wife after such a short time thinking he was dead? I can’t dislike him too much, although I want to. My feelings for him are a Catch-22.

Observations and thoughts:

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The suspense during this scene is riveting!

The suspense is too much to handle. I want Shane and Otis (Pruitt Taylor Vince) to make it back from the high school alive, but you know something will go wrong. And of course, it does. What I like most about the scenes they’re in is the tense emotion the writing creates as you wonder how they will escape a room full of Walkers. I want to turn away because I’m afraid of what will happen, yet I have to know what’s coming next.

Here’s what I don’t understand: the farmhouse is all lit up like a Christmas tree. Why is it the light, voices, and living, breathing people don’t attract the Walkers?

Where in the hell is Sophia (Madison Lintz) and why hasn’t anyone found her yet? It’s been at least two days and she hasn’t come across anyone? I’m not too sure what that means. Plus, I’m getting annoyed. You just know she’s either going to lead a herd of Walkers back to the Winnie, or the farm house.

Rick (Andrew Lincoln) asks, “Do you really think it would be better if Carl…? If we just gave up?” What a question! I don’t think I could give up on my child like that. I get Lori’s (Sarah Wayne Callies) argument because living day to day in survival mode isn’t the kind of life you’d want for your child, but the thought of not having them in your life period just doesn’t even compute with me.

I’m not sure if I asked this before but, are the Walkers faster this season? I mean, they used to have a slow dragging walk, now the bastards come at you in a sprint. Talk about upping the ante. I can see why things are seriously turning worse, and quickly.

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What could Otis have done differently? I don't know.

Daryl (Norman Reedus) is full of laughs and seems to be the one person you can count on to be upbeat. The story about his “itchy ass” still has me in stitches. You have to admire a person who can laugh at themselves. The thing I like most about him is his pragmatism. He doesn’t think like everyone else and he looks to the positive instead of the negative. You have to wonder how he can keep so calm when the world has gone to hell in a hand basket.

The decision over Carl’s (Chandler Riggs) life or death is dragging on a bit much for me. I can’t take anymore ‘we have to decide now or else’ discussions. We know Shane will make it back in time, we know the doc (Scott Wilson) will perform the surgery and all will be well. Can we just get to that point and past it please? I can’t take the waiting, the deciding or the blood transfusions.

Speaking of blood transfusions, why is Rick not laid out somewhere? Really, people. All the blood he’s given and he’s not passed out? Drinking orange juice isn’t going to make it all better. Don’t make me take back my love for you The Walking Dead.

“Save the Last One” drags a bit at points but is saved by Daryl’s comedic chattering, and Shane and Otis’ mad dash through the high school. Talk about suspense. But I think it’s time to move on and find out what happened to Merle (Michael Rooker). I’m not the only one still thinking about his missing hand, am I? Plus, this stagnant position at the farm is making me twitchy. We don’t want to see survivors hanging out in a farmhouse for the rest of the season. We want to see people being chased, bitten and fighting for their lives. Like Otis. Damn you, Shane. Damn you.

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