Review: The Walking Dead Episode 404, Indifference
This season of The Walking Dead has been one of the most compelling seasons yet. From shocking secrets to scenes packed with action it has been one that we have thoroughly enjoyed. One of the things we love about The Walking Dead is how much it relates to real life, even when you may not realize it. The zombies are a metaphor for everything that is evil in our lives, and the turmoil is all of our problems that surround the evil. We love it when a show relates to real lessons in life and the lesson this season has been that you have to pick up the pieces no matter what happens in your life and eventually move on. We also love how the show gives you the choice to end certain aspects of the story based on what you think the outcome is. We especially feel that this weeks episode was compelling in the aspect of real life problems, letting things go, and moving on.
Starting off the episode Rick was taping up his hand from his fight with Tyreese. Most of the episode involved Rick and Carol going on a mission to go to some homes to look for some over the counter medicines to relieve some pain for some of the sick people. Rick and Carol ran into a couple in one of the homes. They split up with the couple to find food and supplies and then arranged to meet back up later in the day. The guy never returned and the woman had become a new meal for the street zombies. Meanwhile Tyrese, Michonne, Daryl, and Bob were still on their hunt to the animal hospital. They were out of a vehicle so they had to get a new one. They came across a gas station that had a van but all of it was covered in vines. Tyreese just started hacking through the vines violently and Daryl told him to stop just in case there was a zombie or two in the vines. Tyreese of course did not listen and a few zombies popped out. Tyreese was the only one that would not let go of the zombie trying to attack him or kill the zombie. The rest of the group had long killed off their zombies while Tyreese is practically having a wrestling match when he could have easily killed the zombie right away. He eventually let go and the group was able to get in the van to head to the animal hospital. Once inside the rest of the group goes and stuffs their bags with medicines. As they left the group ran into a group of zombies and were able to barely escape and get on the roof after taking out a few along the way. Once fighting off the zombies the group was able to get on the roof and Bobs bag slipped into the zombies, and then he fought for everything he had to get the bag and he pulled hard then freed the bag from the zombies. The bag flew open at the rooftop and instead of medicine flying out a bottle of liquor flew out. Bob was there with the group to help them get the medicines because he was a medic, and this was the second time he put the group at risk looking for liquor. Daryl was of course fumed and was about to throw the bottle off the roof and Bob reached for his gun. Bob and Daryl had it out back and forth with words and we thought he may have been banished but it looks like Daryl is giving him another chance. The group headed off and it was time to head back to the prison, let's hope they don't run into more complications along the way. The show only glanced in on the other group at the veterinarian hospital for a short time then it was back to Rick and Carol. Back at the house where Rick and Carol were they kept continuing on with their very deep conversations. Throughout the episode Carol kept pushing Rick to talk about the people she had killed, and he didn't want to seem to talk about it until the very end. Then at the end of the show the most shocking thing happened that we don't think anyone was expecting and that was when Rick decided to ban Carol from the group for good. At this point it wasn't about how long Carol had been with them or how much she had done to help others out. It was the fact that she killed two people and what it really boiled down to was the fact that Rick could no longer trust her around his children. He said that she had changed and she wasn't the same innocent Carol that she was in the beginning. Rick also made a very good point that Tyreese would have killed Carol the moment he found out. Carol told Rick it could be their secret but Rick knew it was a secret that he could not keep for long. Carol also wanted to come back and at least bring the girls with her. Rick explained to her a life on the road is no life for those girls. Carol also gave Rick the watch that Ed gave her and said she didn't want it anymore. Rick loaded Carol up with supplies and send her on her way and after they parted ways this was the end to a groundbreaking episode.
Review
This weeks episode was exciting, thrilling, and shocking. We weren't totally shocked last week when Carol announced that she killed Karen and David. However, we were in total shock when Rick banished Carol from the group and send her on her way. Many people think that Carol did what she needed to do because no one else would step up. Carol accused Rick of doing the same thing with Shane, and to us it wasn't the same because Shane was trying to kill Rick. Carol gave Tyreese and Karen her word that Karen would be safe and then she decides to kill her and David before the sickness even set in. Rick made the point that Carol was not the same person that she was in the beginning and we agree. It was getting to the point where Rick could not trust Carol around the group and definitely not around his kids. Carol had changed, and not for the better she was starting to get an evil side, and she was also taking away rights that people had. She was taking away the parents rights to choose if they wanted their kids to have weapons, she was making decisions without the group, and she was even ending lives. Even Carl felt uneasy about her teaching the kids about the weapons, and we all know Carl is all about the weapons. We even think Carl was starting to become a little fearful about what Carol may do next. Their World is based around trust, and if you can't trust someone then you trust them around your loved ones. The group has enough to worry about without having to be concerned about trust. Let's say what Carol did wasn't wrong, Rick is right either the group would have wanted her banished or Tyreese would have killed her. As much rage as Tyreese has we don't feel like she would have been able to fight him off. We are hoping that Tyreese gets himself under control soon because he is a loose cannon as well. His anger is starting to become a danger for the group, and he may be send packing as well if he can't get it under control. A good example was the bushes, if he had just calmed down the group may not have been attacked by zombies. He may cause his own life to be taken quicker if he can't stop going on these tangents that are borderline suicidal. However I do feel that if Carol is getting banned from the group so should Bob. Bob has already caused so many issues and put his desire for liquor over the groups safety. Isn't this part of why the group didn't want Merle around is because of his issues with Drugs and Alcohol? Bobs liquor problem may be a problem for the group. In a normal World, drinking wouldn't be an issue, but when you have to be able to think as fast as they do Liquor isn't exactly the best thing to get a strait mind. Most of what this group goes through is impossible to handle sober, let alone drunk. We were a little shocked that Daryll let Bob continue on with the group. To us, putting the group at risk for alcohol twice and the first time costing someone their life. Regardless we are pumped for tonight's show and we can't wait.
The Talking Dead
This weeks Talking Dead was much more enjoyable than last week. We love watching the show for all the great behind the scenes, but we also like to see the celebrity guests and their perspective of the show. However, last week when they had Marilyn Manson on the show it was a train wreck. He couldn't even use the microphone properly let alone make any sense, and it was extremely hard to get through. This week there were some excellent points that were made. WWE wrestler Chris Jericho, and Gillian Jacobs were on the show and host Chris Hardwick even said at one point that he and Chris Jericho should switch places because of the excellent points he made. Jericho made so many good points that it really made the show. I was actually thinking to myself after the show ended that they should have named the episode "letting go", and then guest and WWE wrestler made the point that this episode was all about letting go. And he had some very valid points about how every person was letting go in their own way. He pointed out that Tyreese was letting go of Karen, Rick was letting go of Carol, Carol was letting go of the group, and Bob was letting go of alcohol. These were some very valid points because we felt like this was the episode of letting go. We also feel there was some more aspects of letting go. Carols and Rick were finally starting to let go of their loves ones, Sophia and Laurie. Michonne was finally letting go of her anger, and was actually starting to question herself about her anger and if its worth it. Bob we didn't feel was really letting go of Alcohol but he was trying to. Daryl let some things go with Bob that he maybe shouldn't have. There was so much letting go in this episode and its also one of the things we find most compelling about the show. This show isn't necessarily about zombies, but also about real life and how we deal with our problems. How we deal with reality, and how we protect our loved ones. Having a show relate to every problem in life is what makes it a great show. The special preview at the end we wished it had more, but it was still a pretty good preview. Dr S was very sick and Hershell was trying to help him, but as we saw in this preview his eyes were starting to bleed and come out of his head. Which we all know is what happens right before people turn with this illness. Lets hope that Glenn and the rest of the group are not to this point of sickness as well. WWE champion, made the point that the group needs someone that doesn't have kids and that is not emotionally attached. We think this is true, but we don't feel like that person should be Carol. It shouldn't be someone that is unstable and we feel like this is the only reason that Rick stopped making decisions. Is because he knew he was not well enough mentally to make them. We do feel like there should be someone with a higher authority that does not have a lot of emotions and family members to get attached to. The only person that could do this great of a job is Daryl. However, we do feel like this group has really grown into a family and decisions should be made by everyone. Have a council as they do now, although we do not think the result would have been different with Carol as a group decision. We still think if everyone decided as a group that she would be gone. Maybe Daryl would disagree and it will be very interesting to see how Daryl reacts to Carol being banned. Here is the trailer from last weeks Talking Dead they didn't include a lot in the special preview for the show, but watch it for more details on tonights episode.
In every Walking Dead blog we like to include some great zombie related books and places that we enjoy on a daily basis. The first book I would like to mention is Brian Parker's GNASH it is a great zombie book and fulfills every zombie novel readers desire. Also a great comic book for zombies (other than The Walking Dead) is Dan Conner's My Gal the Zombie. Dan is one of our favorite illustrators and writers and we love every single one of his books. We also love a few of our friends businesses that are right on set of The Walking Dead. One Place is Senoia Coffee and Cafe, and the other is Woodbury Shoppe. Both are on set so you can stop in and get some great food, merchandise, and even meet the cast and crew of The Walking Dead. If you are anywhere near Georgia I would not miss either one of these spots. The cafe has some great food that you won't find anywhere else, and the shoppe has some great merchandise that you also will not find anywhere else. Both places have online ordering for some items if you are not in the Georgia area.
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