This episode of The Walking Dead was unexpected from the very off. We now follow the three groups (Beth at the Hospital, Rick et al at the church and Eugene's safety crew to DC) in alternating episodes.
In the episode prior to this, you'd expect to see more of a development in the hospital and finally getting to see what happens on Daryl + Carol's journey to rescue Beth. However, we get great character development from the viewpoints of two rather mysterious till now characters - Sgt Abraham and Eugene.
This episode is where these two quiet really do shine as you see a glimpse into Abraham's history soon after the zombie apocalypse. His family deserts him after 'the straw that broke the camels back' moment occurs when he kills someone - who and why, we don't know!
On the edge of suicide, the Sargent is saved by the sense of hope that Eugene provides him when stumbling across his path with walkers. Deciding to retract the gun from his mouth after finding his wife and two children dead, he joins Eugene on the trip for the cure.
Eugene on the other hand is a totally different kettle of fish after this episode and by golly, I wasn't expecting it. Turns out that Eugene is no Doctor at all and just used this 'cure' as an opportunity to survive with a crew! He believes that DC has the safest protection against this apocalypse so used the story to get where he is today.
The whole episode concludes with us pondering where on earth the series can go next. It appears there is no hope other than to 'just survive' for all involved but I'm sure the writers and the comic book has more up its sleeve. Whether Eugene survives the brutal retaliation from Abraham or Abraham finally pulls the trigger on himself is yet to be seen.
This episode deserves a 9 because of the insight into the two very interesting characters that so far have taken a back seat.
In the episode prior to this, you'd expect to see more of a development in the hospital and finally getting to see what happens on Daryl + Carol's journey to rescue Beth. However, we get great character development from the viewpoints of two rather mysterious till now characters - Sgt Abraham and Eugene.
This episode is where these two quiet really do shine as you see a glimpse into Abraham's history soon after the zombie apocalypse. His family deserts him after 'the straw that broke the camels back' moment occurs when he kills someone - who and why, we don't know!
On the edge of suicide, the Sargent is saved by the sense of hope that Eugene provides him when stumbling across his path with walkers. Deciding to retract the gun from his mouth after finding his wife and two children dead, he joins Eugene on the trip for the cure.
Eugene on the other hand is a totally different kettle of fish after this episode and by golly, I wasn't expecting it. Turns out that Eugene is no Doctor at all and just used this 'cure' as an opportunity to survive with a crew! He believes that DC has the safest protection against this apocalypse so used the story to get where he is today.
The whole episode concludes with us pondering where on earth the series can go next. It appears there is no hope other than to 'just survive' for all involved but I'm sure the writers and the comic book has more up its sleeve. Whether Eugene survives the brutal retaliation from Abraham or Abraham finally pulls the trigger on himself is yet to be seen.
This episode deserves a 9 because of the insight into the two very interesting characters that so far have taken a back seat.