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Things havent really looked up since then.
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The scenes filmed outsideand at night!always feel claustrophobic and genuinely scary.
It was deliciously gruesome.
So it was best to let the kid and his family exit stage om nom nom.
And its pretty brilliant that Carol, as she is known to do, indirectly gets the kid killed.
His final moments are tense, as he focuses on each grotesque face ready to eat him.
The minute Jessie and Ron spend trying to get Sam to keep moving is heart attack-inducing.
The shot of Carls brand new eye hole is pretty gross.
It gets the job done.
This is surely a top 3 most shocking moment in the shows history?
That brings me to how shockingly hilarious the opening of the episode was.
(The comics did something similar with one of these characters, actually.)
What a bunch of douchebags, Daryl says, rocket launcher still in hand.
If you didnt laugh, then I just have a very sick sense of humor.
That really was the takeaway for me tonight.
By the end, it seems like they might even build something out of it.
It was nice to watch all of these characters band together and save their community.
Actually, Carol and Morgan do get to talk more about their differences.
(My guess is Morgan.)
Merritt Wevers Denise Cloyd has really grown on me this season.
At first, she kind of just felt like an extra character, but shes actually a secret badass.
I really like that we get to see the doctor angle of the apocalypse, thanks to her storyline.
I hope to see way more of her in the coming weeks.
Did Wolfie (the nameless Wolves Leader) redeem himself tonight by saving Denise not once, but TWICE?
Does Morgan therapy work?
I guess well never truly know.
This is solidWalking Dead.
Speaking of redemption, Father Gabriel sort of shines in this episode, doesnt he?
If thats not a beacon of hope, I dont know what is.
Blah blah blah, Enid and Glenn.
Why is Enid even on this show?
This scene seems to serve as nothing more than a breather between all the action.
Id argue that something else might have served this role more effectively.
Its a reminder thatThe Walking Deadcan drag when it decides to focus on obscure subplots concerning very minor characters.
No, calling it plot development is probably too nice.
The word is probably gimmick.
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