This slow-paced episode is certainly not the best or most interesting of all Walking Dead episodes, but it just has this charm about it and I'm glad many of you guys are digging it. Watch this one on its own, forget the plot even, and it's like a short artsy film about a boy, his dad and a young woman(Michonne). It's bleak but beautiful, a good break from the previous action-packed "showdown"-style episode.
Once again, I think Rick is at the center of this charm the show has. He is the most developed character I've ever seen(and the actor is great). Even when dozing off for half the episode, everything that happens seems to be tied to him. Being the leader he has literally "made" much of the plot and is the reason Carl and Michonne are where they are(and alive). Because all this, watching him so beat and weak was very hard and tragic, yet I feel the Rick we are seeing here is much more resilient than he was at this season's start. I'm counting on him!
I think he is why this episode is better than the next one. Michonne and Carl are doing a good job and are also developing in character. Next episode "In Mates" feels just a wee bit weaker in comparison, with undeveloped\weak characters like Tyreese, the two little girls and the most-hated, returning Carol. Why the hell bring that woman back? I have absolutely no idea. But I'm looking forward too see it all make sense.
Once again, I think Rick is at the center of this charm the show has. He is the most developed character I've ever seen(and the actor is great). Even when dozing off for half the episode, everything that happens seems to be tied to him. Being the leader he has literally "made" much of the plot and is the reason Carl and Michonne are where they are(and alive). Because all this, watching him so beat and weak was very hard and tragic, yet I feel the Rick we are seeing here is much more resilient than he was at this season's start. I'm counting on him!
I think he is why this episode is better than the next one. Michonne and Carl are doing a good job and are also developing in character. Next episode "In Mates" feels just a wee bit weaker in comparison, with undeveloped\weak characters like Tyreese, the two little girls and the most-hated, returning Carol. Why the hell bring that woman back? I have absolutely no idea. But I'm looking forward too see it all make sense.