It’s finally back tonight. 
And The Talking Dead is now a full hour in length 
. Let’s see where last left off Rick & co had successfully rescued Maggie & Glen from Woodville, but lost Daryl, the Governor has condemned the Dixon boys to fight eachother to the death in the arena, and Carl has a new group of survivors locked up. Based on the previews AMC’s been airing during the marathon there’s some major fallout over Woodbury being breached and some residents want to flee.
Hmm, so Michael Rooker is in the full opening credits, at least for this episode, not listed as “featuring” or “starring” or “special guest appearance by”, but in the full cast opening credits…
Maybe Merle will be around for,a few episodes…
I really hope Rick means it, what he just said to Michonne. Can’t stand her.
She’s less annoying than Merle.
That’s one big baby for only being a week old.
So Rick is having visions of a woman in a white dress; who could that possibly be? :rolleyes: Even death can’t stop her from fucking things up. So Rick may need to be relieved of command, and his lieutenant has left so there’s not really an obvious successor. I’m not sure if Glenn’s ready to step up, Hershal’s too old, Carl’s too young, and the women are too female (sorry, couldn’t resist ;)). Seriously though I don’t see either Carol or Maggie being ready for leadership; although Maggie’s closer. Beth is to young and busy taking care of the baby.
So, Rick’s channeling his own HeadSix now?
So say we all?
Is Andrea going to be the new ruler of Woodbury? Will Rick get his shit straight? Will he really kick the newbies out? That one dude wants to attack the group.
Woodbury has to attack the prison, right?
I am sure the Dixon brothers will reappear. I think Carl will have some kind of big moment. Also katana queen.
Rick needs to sleep.
Merle needs to shut up.
Daryl needs to come back.
A “meh” episode, and perhaps that’s being kind. I give more leeway to transition episodes, but this one annoyed me quite a lot. First, Merle and Darryl’s immediate rescue was pat and sapped away all of the drama. It would have been far more interesting to me if they had to either fight their way out on their own or, better, use some guile. Darryl then going off with Merle is pretty pointless, though arguably still within his character (I feel the writers have shown he’s grown out of his brother’s shadow and no longer has any great psychological submission to Merle, and wouldn’t put the group in a “It’s either both of us or none of us” situation). Andrea’s uninspiring speech to the easily-swayed members of Woodbury didn’t do much for me. The Governor just seems to be dicking around. Michonne’s near-muteness is eye-rolling at this point. And above all, I hope they’re not going to keep on the “Rick is going nuts” sub-plot. There’s so much potential in all the interesting stuff going on around them that I’d hate to see them waste time on hallucinations. There surely must be a better way to deal with Rick’s guilt and inner turmoil.
Good stuff about the episode included its use of Herschel as counselor and medic; the dialogue between Carol and Carl and later between Carol and Herschel’s daughter; and the way it explores the dynamics of Tyrese’s group and Ty’s moral sensibilities. The tension between Glen and Maggie was pretty good too.
I needed an option for “missed it.” 
I’ll have to try to track it down online or something.
AMC’s airing repeats tonight and Friday at 10pm.
Near? I don’t think she said a DAMN thing this episode. Are we quite sure she’s not counting the minutes 'til Wapner’s on? It’s either that, or she’s a petulant 3-year-old.
GODDAMNIT TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON WHEN ADDRESSED! WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR!? WHAT FLAVOR ICE-CREAM DO YOU LIKE!? DO YOU KNOW ANDREA!?
[silence]
She could have been a kick-ass character. Hell, Clint Eastwood said maybe twenty words in his spaghetti westerns and everyone loved him. Instead, she’s moved to the top of my Next Zombie Victim list, having elbowed Merle aside with a silent scowl. Hey, is she getting paid scale if she doesn’t speak during an episode?
Rick’s graduating from aural to visual hallucinations. Great. At this rate everyone’s going to be on my list. Is it too late to spin off Daryl, Glen & Maggie onto another show? Screw it. A nickel says Glen and Maggie get the uncommunicative sulks after their run-in with the governor.
Seriously. Are they paying her by the line?
Would’ve been more dramatic and more ambiguous if Merle was actually thankful for the rescue and seemed willing to play ball with the group. Rick could’ve read it for an act and still booted him, but they made it an easy decision by making Merle such a gigantic asshole who can’t play nice for 5 minutes when he needs to.
Also, Andrea’s rally the troops speech to the town has to be one of the lamest speeches of those sorts ever. I think I took a quick nap during it.
God that was a boring episode. Hopefully it picks up soon
This coming Friday at 10 p.m., and this latest episode will be shown at 8 p.m. next Sunday before the new one. (which will be repeated, what, three times after midnight Sunday)/
Considering he out-right tried to murder Glenn, and didn’t do any favors for Maggie, I’m not sure there’s much there to begin to work with to play nice. If Michone was the only one he tried to kill, there’d be more possibility since they don’t trust her and might believe parts of whatever spin Merle would give it. Add to that the fact that Merle hates Rick for leaving him on that roof, so Merle doesn’t have much incentive to even want to stay with the group.
All along Merle’s said he wants his brother. What better way to get Daryl than to act like a jerk to the group Merle hates anyway, forcing an ultimatum? Even though Daryl’s changed, it’s partly because he started seeing the group as family, so of course he has strong loyalty to his actual family. Merle knows Daryl well enough to know that and was probably banking on Daryl choosing him over the group.
To me, that scene was completely in character for Daryl, especially where he’s a bit sad to be leaving the group, passing along goodbyes to the people not there. And he doesn’t leave angry, just disappointed, another sign of his growth. Season 1 and even early season 2 Daryl would have left in a cloud of anger.
Could someone give me a quick bullet point spoiler of what happened? Thanks!