by Dalton Belcher
We opened with a small bit of Gareth, it shows that he wasn’t always such a cult-leading monster, but he is now so I’m not sure if this will change any of our opinions of him.
Rick’s gone survivalist mode… “Go for their eyes first, then their throats.”
They use flash bang grenades! How about Rick getting a shot in on that guy, even after being stunned by a flash bang grenade? Using the top of the train car to avoid attacks like Rick and Company were planning is very smart. Throat slashes like crazy. Then the two heart-stopping moments where Glenn almost met a violent baseball bat end…shew. Rick just has become the king of macho quotes, “Machete with a red handle…that’s what I’m gonna use to kill you.”
Then we move to Carol, Tyreese, and Judith with a cliffhanger to start and episode. Carol doesn’t plan on staying with the group. Her character arc has been so interesting. Okay, good to know there’s still people with fireworks around. Could Carol saving the group be enough for Rick to let her back in?
Carol covering herself in walker guts and walking with the herd is brilliant. Carol might be the coolest person ever. That explosion she caused allowing the walkers in and destroying Terminus’ defenses was brilliant.
Rick cutting himself loose to unleash a violent knife attack on his would-be killers is amazing. Eugene is just a great kind of brilliance. He’s got a super country voice, spitting out such intelligent gibberish. Carol walking through the pain and suffering she single-handedly brought about was startling and effective.
What a creepy visual, our heroes walking through slaughtered bodies. The person Glenn wants to save and set free ends up becoming a person he has he to kill before he turns (what a tragic turn, even trying to be a “good guy” backfires. Everything’s not so black and white anymore). Rick gunned down about 10 people from behind. He has become a person that will do the bad things so others won’t have to, going back to saving Carl.
Carol’s journey through Terminus was terrifying. Then she ran into the cook of Termini (Termini Mary) and had a brawl in the “Candle Room”. Carol taking a shot at her leg, she is one bad woman. Carol cemented herself as the most awesome woman on TV when she left the walkers to devour Termini Mary.
Tyreese made the one really stupid decision on the show taking his eyes off the Termini Redneck. Up until this point, nothing had bothered me about this episode, but if you’re not going to at least tie the guy to a board or something in that house, at least watch him!
Tyreese busting through the door and manning up is at least somewhat better. As he screams “I won’t”, he beats the face in of the mouthy, Termini Redneck.
There’s no cure? Or is there? Eugene, buddy, you are dancing around an answer.
When Rick opened that train car, it was like a scene out of a war movie. The blood, carnage, and smoke rising.
Carol and Daryl! Caryl…or is it Darol? Rick even cracked a smile upon seeing her, interesting how Daryl stepped aside to allow Rick to handle the situation; it’s understood now that Rick is the leader.
Rick taking off in a dead sprint to Judith, Sasha and Tyreese reuniting, and all this with smoke rising in the background…just amazing. Eugene’s awkward mannerisms and faces are just hilarious. Was the ESPN “30 for 30” music playing during that scene?
Abraham and Rosita going along with Rick (for now), It really shows how Rick’s become a de-facto leader for anyone he’s around.
The closing scene of the Termini folk stuck in the train car (and not seeing Gareth die onscreen) implies to me that we haven’t seen the last of them.
Morgan!!! Morgan!!! I have to wonder if he’s still crazy or if he has finally come to terms with reality.
It’s interesting to note that a large portion of our scenes from the trailers were from this episode.
From “The Talking Dead”, the hippy guy from season 4 was at the trough, very nice callback.
Quotes -
“We’re friends with the chick with the sword and the kid with the hat” - Carol
“Gonna kill em” - Carol
“You’re a good guy. That’s why you’re gonna die today.” – Termini Redneck Guy
“Don’t. Let him turn.” - Rick
“We gotta let those people out. That’s still who we are. It’s gotta be.” - Glenn
“They raped and they killed and they laughed over weeks. You’re the butcher or the cattle.” –Termini Cook
“Point it at my head.” – Termini Cook
“Fire with fire.” - Eugene
“They don’t get to live.” - Rick
“I had to…I could.”
9/10
That is how The Walking Dead should be: action packed, violent and an edge-of-your seat hour of entertainment. We covered a LOT of ground; I personally thought may take half the season to do. It will be interesting to see where we go from here. I can’t justify a 10, because there were just a few moments where Tyreese’s behavior was a bit frustrating and felt like a plot device. Rick and Carol were the highlights for me; both were very cool in this episode. There was a bit of a theme set up for the show this season: How far will you go? We see how far the Termini and Rick have gone to save themselves and we now will see how this changes our group and shapes the rest of this season.
We opened with a small bit of Gareth, it shows that he wasn’t always such a cult-leading monster, but he is now so I’m not sure if this will change any of our opinions of him.
Rick’s gone survivalist mode… “Go for their eyes first, then their throats.”
They use flash bang grenades! How about Rick getting a shot in on that guy, even after being stunned by a flash bang grenade? Using the top of the train car to avoid attacks like Rick and Company were planning is very smart. Throat slashes like crazy. Then the two heart-stopping moments where Glenn almost met a violent baseball bat end…shew. Rick just has become the king of macho quotes, “Machete with a red handle…that’s what I’m gonna use to kill you.”
Then we move to Carol, Tyreese, and Judith with a cliffhanger to start and episode. Carol doesn’t plan on staying with the group. Her character arc has been so interesting. Okay, good to know there’s still people with fireworks around. Could Carol saving the group be enough for Rick to let her back in?
Carol covering herself in walker guts and walking with the herd is brilliant. Carol might be the coolest person ever. That explosion she caused allowing the walkers in and destroying Terminus’ defenses was brilliant.
Rick cutting himself loose to unleash a violent knife attack on his would-be killers is amazing. Eugene is just a great kind of brilliance. He’s got a super country voice, spitting out such intelligent gibberish. Carol walking through the pain and suffering she single-handedly brought about was startling and effective.
What a creepy visual, our heroes walking through slaughtered bodies. The person Glenn wants to save and set free ends up becoming a person he has he to kill before he turns (what a tragic turn, even trying to be a “good guy” backfires. Everything’s not so black and white anymore). Rick gunned down about 10 people from behind. He has become a person that will do the bad things so others won’t have to, going back to saving Carl.
Carol’s journey through Terminus was terrifying. Then she ran into the cook of Termini (Termini Mary) and had a brawl in the “Candle Room”. Carol taking a shot at her leg, she is one bad woman. Carol cemented herself as the most awesome woman on TV when she left the walkers to devour Termini Mary.
Tyreese made the one really stupid decision on the show taking his eyes off the Termini Redneck. Up until this point, nothing had bothered me about this episode, but if you’re not going to at least tie the guy to a board or something in that house, at least watch him!
Tyreese busting through the door and manning up is at least somewhat better. As he screams “I won’t”, he beats the face in of the mouthy, Termini Redneck.
There’s no cure? Or is there? Eugene, buddy, you are dancing around an answer.
When Rick opened that train car, it was like a scene out of a war movie. The blood, carnage, and smoke rising.
Carol and Daryl! Caryl…or is it Darol? Rick even cracked a smile upon seeing her, interesting how Daryl stepped aside to allow Rick to handle the situation; it’s understood now that Rick is the leader.
Rick taking off in a dead sprint to Judith, Sasha and Tyreese reuniting, and all this with smoke rising in the background…just amazing. Eugene’s awkward mannerisms and faces are just hilarious. Was the ESPN “30 for 30” music playing during that scene?
Abraham and Rosita going along with Rick (for now), It really shows how Rick’s become a de-facto leader for anyone he’s around.
The closing scene of the Termini folk stuck in the train car (and not seeing Gareth die onscreen) implies to me that we haven’t seen the last of them.
Morgan!!! Morgan!!! I have to wonder if he’s still crazy or if he has finally come to terms with reality.
It’s interesting to note that a large portion of our scenes from the trailers were from this episode.
From “The Talking Dead”, the hippy guy from season 4 was at the trough, very nice callback.
Quotes -
“We’re friends with the chick with the sword and the kid with the hat” - Carol
“Gonna kill em” - Carol
“You’re a good guy. That’s why you’re gonna die today.” – Termini Redneck Guy
“Don’t. Let him turn.” - Rick
“We gotta let those people out. That’s still who we are. It’s gotta be.” - Glenn
“They raped and they killed and they laughed over weeks. You’re the butcher or the cattle.” –Termini Cook
“Point it at my head.” – Termini Cook
“Fire with fire.” - Eugene
“They don’t get to live.” - Rick
“I had to…I could.”
9/10
That is how The Walking Dead should be: action packed, violent and an edge-of-your seat hour of entertainment. We covered a LOT of ground; I personally thought may take half the season to do. It will be interesting to see where we go from here. I can’t justify a 10, because there were just a few moments where Tyreese’s behavior was a bit frustrating and felt like a plot device. Rick and Carol were the highlights for me; both were very cool in this episode. There was a bit of a theme set up for the show this season: How far will you go? We see how far the Termini and Rick have gone to save themselves and we now will see how this changes our group and shapes the rest of this season.