And so it begins again. After a gruesomely long winter break, The Walking Dead has returned. No recap, but I'm giving my thoughts about the episode.
First off, I'm soooooooo happy to have this show back. During the break, I've truly become a big Walking Dead fan, obtaining all the comic issues and the game by Telltale Games (buy the game if you haven't yet. Guaranteed tears at the end). The wait was way too long and the days got so long as the date approached. But now, I feel so good to finally be able to talk about it.
I'll get to the Dixon brothers in a minute, but I must talk about the more pressing matter: Rick and his shattered mind. I thought it was weird when he started freaking out when he was looking at Judith, but I just accounted it to Lori's death still being fresh and not sleeping for an extended period. But then we got to the last scene, where he just completely lost it when he sees ghost Lori. Man, was that a creepy scene, one that I was not expecting. I wonder if he and Lori are going to have some conversations like they had over the phone in the comics. Either way, that was the absolute worst time for Rick's mind to break. Tyreese and his gang are going to question Rick now, not to mention what Rick's group thinks about him freaking out. What happens if, when the Governor eventually attacks, something happens to Rick like when he "saw" Shane at Woodbury? It's going to be interesting to see how everyone responds to Rick snapping, and to see how Rick himself deals with all of it, especially seeing as Judith has Lori's eyes. Is that all Rick is going to think about whenever he looks at his newborn daughter?
Now, on to the Dixon brothers. I was watching the show while watching the "Daryl" feed on Twitter explode and I was just laughing at all of it. I understand people being upset about their favorite character leaving, but it was crazy to see how popular Daryl really is. I knew that he was going to come back and when they released the preview for next week's episode, I heard Daryl fans sigh in relief. Did he do the right thing, going off with Merle? Both sides have their pros and cons, but if I was in Daryl's shoes, I would have done the same. Family is the most important thing in the world, and if you have the chance to be with family, then you take it. Out of everyone there, I'm surprised Rick didn't understand that. Sure, I get that no one on the show likes Merle (though he was absolutely hilarious in the brief airtime he had), but Rick has done so much for his family over the seasons, so I thought that he would at least understand a little bit. Also, I feel so bad for Carol (yeah, I said it). She's lost so many people that she was close to, and now, knowing that Daryl is alive but left, that one has to hurt. But it shows how strong a character she is. I don't know if she'll meet the same fate as she does in the comics (gruesome, by the way), but I kinda hope she doesn't.
On the Woodbury front, we FINALLY get to see the badass Governor. This Gov doesn't give a shit about anything or anybody, even Andrea. Honestly, I love it. Sure, the Gov from the first half of the season was creepy, but this is the Governor we all know and love from the comics. You can already tell he is ruthless now, and he is hellbent on finding the prison. I loved the scene in the beginning of the episode when he shot the walker and then just walked around the tear gas/smoke. I just sat there and thought to myself "This...this right here is the Governor". I was also happy to see a less annoying Andrea this week. She has become one of my favorites from the comics, so to see her like this was a little annoying, but this episode gives me at least a little hope that she will get better and come to her senses. I was wondering while watching the episode if Andrea is going to get some control of Woodbury, seeing her give that speech about surviving the apocalypse.
I'm a little surprised that Michonne wasn't in more of the episode. I'm even more shocked about Rick's decisions to not only planning on forcing her out, but also by his initial decision to refuse help from Tyreese and his group. Also, that little talk Hershel had with Glenn, telling Glenn that he is almost like a son to him? That one got me right in the feels. I'm also loving badass Carl. I loved how that one guy from Tryeese's group thinks they can take the prison group. Carl would've f*cked him up big time.
Overall, a very powerfully strong return for the top show on TV. The hardest thing is the grading of this episode. While it was a strong episode and I could not find any big faults in it, it wasn't my favorite episode of the season so far. It's up there, probably in the top three, but it wasn't my favorite. So, I'll give the episode a 9 out of 10, though it is the strongest 9 anyone could ever give a TV episode.
More reviews to come this week, as I'm hoping to start reviewing again. School's been rough so far and I haven't had a lot of time to do much besides that. But I have a broken PS3 (sad face) so I'll have more time to write. Especially with three highly anticipated books coming this week. I'll be back at some point this week, so keep a weathered eye on the horizon.
Thanks for reading!
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