Air Date: Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 9/8c on AMC.
Rating:
“We can still come back. We’re not too far gone. We can come back. I know, we all can change.” – Rick Grimes
To the writers and producers of The Walking Dead, you are some evil geniuses. To leave things in such turmoil, making your loyal viewers wait for two months to find out how it all ends, just isn’t fair. I’m so flummoxed right now. I’m teary eyed, upset, and out of my frigging mind. You guys are good. Too good. You know I’m tuning in when the show returns in February, but for right now, I’m not talking to you. One word: Hershel (Scott Wilson).
Observations and thoughts:
No Words
Just Desserts
So, all the lovely things I may have thought about the Governor (David Morrissey) in the last two episodes have been pushed to the side. This mofo is beyond crazy. I’m not sure why he thinks he needs to have the prison, why he feels he has to have it to protect the ones he’s responsible for now. For a man who doesn’t care to have the lives of others in his hands, the Governor sure does relish the opportunity. He’s taking advantage of a bad situation. He’s taken the reins of his newfound camp and is attempting a coup, with a damn tank in tow! “I got more people, more firepower … we need this prison.”
Our Fearless Leader
I don’t like seeing Rick (Andrew Lincoln) beg. What it comes down to is he’s afraid of what will come of his charges. He’s in charge, whether he wants to be or not. There’s a council, but its members still look to Rick for guidance. He’s the natural born leader. So what’s a leader to do when he finds his home is being threatened? How does he go up against a tank and a bunch of armed men? With his six-shooter on his hip, that’s how. “We’re not leaving.”
History Repeats Itself
The Governor is a master manipulator (in case you hadn’t noticed). He always makes moves to counteract others before they even know they’ve been conned. How else do you think he gets a camp full of good people to turn into murderers? He doesn’t allow himself to lose. He shows us his true colors and doesn’t apologize for it. I think this characteristic is the final nail in the coffin for Lilly (Audrey Marie Anderson). I get the feeling she’s had her doubts about the man she knows as “Brian,” and seeing how cold and calculating he is proves her point.
Random thoughts:
I should have known something was up when Bob (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) steps into a medical role. First hint, right? I still didn’t see it coming and I’m not going to be the same.
And everyone is split up, yet again. I can’t wrap my head around what’s going to happen and who is with whom.
Did anyone else yell at their TV for Hershel and Michonne (Danai Gurira) to stop wasting gasoline? Have they forgotten how precious everything is during an apocalypse? I would think walkers were flammable enough as it is.
In the Governor’s race to keep everyone alive, he sure does screw up. In what turns out to be a long line of deaths, Meghan (Meyrick Murphy) pulls a Penny. How sad is that? The Governor doesn’t even realize how foolhardy his plan is because he’s blinded by his maniacal need to destroy.
Carl (Chandler Riggs) finally drops the I’m-a-grown-man-cause-I-shoot-good façade. In what has to be the first time since his mother’s death, we see an emotion from the man-child that doesn’t include a scowl and attitude. The chip falls from Carl’s shoulder as he breaks down sobbing in a heartrending scene, proving he’s still just a little boy thrust into adulthood. But I think with this revelation comes something we won’t expect. Carl may be headed down an even darker path—there’s rage behind those tears and someone’s gonna pay.
Memorable lines:
The Governor: “They’re the key. We can have the prison without killing anyone. But, we need to be prepared to.”
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The Governor: “You’re a good man, Hershel. Better than Rick.”
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Hershel: “If you understand what it’s like to have a daughter, then how can you stand to threaten to kill someone else’s?”
The Governor: “Because they aren’t mine.”
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Rick to the Governor: “You have a tank, you don’t need hostages.”
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Rick to the Governor: “We can all live in the prison or none of us can.”
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Rick: “Don’t look back, Carl. Just keep walking.”
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