Summary: Rick goes back into the prison in a rampage after Lori's death. Daryl and Maggie go on a supply run to get baby formula. Michonne prowls through the Governor's quarters and reclaims her sword. She kills walkers that were being kept in Woodbury. The Governor is displeased with Michonne. Michonne and Andrea try to leave Woodbury and Merle lets them go. Michonne leaves but Andrea stays. The Governor holds a gladiator fight with walkers watching for entertainment which disgusts Andrea. Rick receives a phone call.
The Good: Rick's slaughter after learning of Lori's death was pretty solid. It made sense for his character to bury himself away after losing Lori and shows that her death has had a huge effect on him which will likely change him even more going into the future. At this rate, there may not be much of season 1 Rick left by the end of this season. I liked some of the stuff that happened in Woodbury. The Governor's daughter is an interesting new development. The idea that this character lost his family and is in denial about it is a fresh new look at grief and it helps give another layer to a character who I'm steadily becoming more interested in. This development also helps ask some meaningful questions about the walker research which is going on (see: The Unknown). I thought the idea of a walker gladiator fight was pretty good. I thought the Governor had sound reasoning for including it in there and I think it does a good job of exploring how different kind of cultures and pastimes need to be formed in a post-apocalyptic world. I also think that it's a fair way to get Andrea to be a little unsure about Woodbury as she only views walkers as frightening threats after spending so much time outside of Woodbury. The Bad: Michonne is a big problem for the show. She is portrayed as a protagonist but she is so bad at communicating her emotions and is completely unreasonable, which makes me heavily dislike her. I hate that she is incapable of basic communication with Andrea and she doesn't even try to convince her of how Woodbury is unsafe. She just tells her the place is dangerous with no evidence. Of course Andrea won't listen to that! Worse yet, Michonne proves to be a total jerk as she leaves Andrea inside of what she believes to be a hornet's nest without a second thought. Why should I care about this cold-hearted and stupid person? Furthermore, the show has failed to make Woodbury appear as a villainous location. I don't buy that the place is dangerous because there is nothing that has been presented to me which proves this. So far, the Governor appears to be a string leader of a group he cares about, with the only issues being that the character is clearly at least a little unhinged. That's not bad at all, so I don't know why Michonne is so convinced that these people are dangerous. I'm with Andrea here, Michonne is dumb. I didn't like how heavily they framed the gladiator fight as an inexcusable sin for Woodbury that proves to Andrea how dangerous the place is. Surely Andrea at least slightly understands the Governor's reasoning and doesn't immediately decide that Michonne was right. Additionally, the Governor comes off as a fool for not telling Andrea what was happening beforehand, as something like this would surely be horrific for her if the Governor hadn't mentioned it was staged. The story at the prison was pretty weak. Aside from Rick, the effects of several important characters dying are very minimal. It doesn't feel like the earthshaking event that it seemed like in the previous episode. What hurts the most is how nobody reacted at all to Carol's apparent death. They all just accepted it. Even Daryl, who spent forever hunting down Sophia who they all thought was dead. Why didn't they do the same for Carol? They never found her body. I thought it was hilarious that the show finally decided to give T-Dog some development after he was dead. I was displeased with how carelessly the walkers were handled in this episode. The writers apparently forgot that scratches were fatal as nobody does anything to worry about the scratches throughout the episode, from the Governor getting grabbed by Penny to the gladiator fight scene where the walkers actually grab the guys. Furthermore, I didn't like how careless Merle, Milton and the others were with the walkers they were reigning in. If it were me, I would never do that job unless I was in full riot gear. There were some awkward moments in this episode. The most notable was Carl saying the names of all of those who they lost. It wasn't particularly bad, just weird, and I don't think it had the desired effect. I also wasn't sure what to think of the scene with Rick and the fat walker (see: The Unknown). The Unknown: What was the Governor's list of names for? Why did he write all those lines? Did the Governor actually tame a walker? Was Penny partly tamed by him? That's really interesting. It also adds on to Milton's research on walkers. Did the Governor tame Penny because she knew him when she was alive? Is there actually a more sinister side to Woodbury? There doesn't appear to be so far but I might be wrong. I was very confused by Rick killing the one walker. Was it purely symbolic? Did the walker do something to Lori? Where was Lori's body? Did this walker eat it? What was that phone call at the end? Is somebody else alive in the prison? Is it Carol? Also how is the phone working? Are the generators running somehow? Or is this just a hallucination? Best Moment: Not much to choose from in this episode. I liked Daryl quickly killing the possum for dinner. Character of the Episode: The Governor. Conclusion: This was a fine continuation of the story, but the episode felt shallow with not much depth to it at all. The Woodbury story hasn't been very compelling so an episode centered around it isn't very impressive. Score: 55
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