The Walking Dead: Recap and Review Episode 414 The Grove

Lastnights episode of The Walking Dead was the darkest episode of anything I have seen on television.  It was emotional and just when you think it can't get any more crazy, the show just takes you further and further into darkness.   One thing I love about this show is they always have something gut wrenching and mind blowing in store for us and this week the writers gave us just that and much more.  This weeks episode was not only dark, but also just as compelling as any episode of The Walking Dead.

The episode starts with a very far glance at what looks like a child playing with a zombie.  When this

was happening I was thinking to myself it was Lizzie but then thought "no way maybe she's not playing and she's runnning".  Then the episode proceeds with Carol and Lizzie talking, and they discuss several things like Sophia and Lizzies weird obsession with the zombies.  Then in the morning Carol and Lizzie get some kind of medicine out of a tree for the cut on Tyreese's arm.  Tyreese and Carol have a discussion about the girls and Lizzie's weird obsession with the zombies and not being able to see them for what they are.  Carol also talks about her concern for Mika's inability to hurt anything, even when her life is at risk.  We see Lizzie's struggle more and more as the episode goes on and we see how she gets more and more disturbed when zombies are killed.  Tyreese wants to kill a zombie, and Lizzie stops him and says that he didn't need to kill it.  Meanwhile, Carol is talking to Mika about killing people or zombies when she needs to.  Carol is very concerned that Mika cannot defend herself, even when her life is at risk.  Mika and Carol then find a house, and Mika says a very important thing that her mom said that really applies to the entire show and that was "everything works out exactly how its suppose to.  After this, the episode starts to pick up and get beyond disturbing and gut wrenching.  First starting with Mika having to shoot a zombie inches from baby Judith because Lizzie would not run from the zombie.  Then we see the part where Lizzie is playing tag with the zombie as I suspected in the beginning.  Carol sees Lizzie playing with the zombie from the window and then goes outside to save her and kills the zombie.  Of course, Lizzie freaks out again like Carol has killed her best friend.  Carol and Tyreese then decide that they are not going to Terminus and that they are going to stay behind and live at the house, at least for the time being.  Lizzie then decides to feed the zombie that Tyreese did not kill down at the train tracks and starts talking about getting changed.  Then a herd of zombies comes, and Mika talks her into running.  Carol, Tyreese, and the girls do a pretty good job of taking out the small herd of zombies.  The next day Carol and Tyreese are talking about their final decision to stay at the house and not go through to Terminus.  When they come back Lizzie has crossed the ultimate thresh hold of crazy and stabs her sister to change her into a zombie.  Then Lizzie proceeds to talk about killing Judith as well to turn her into a zombie.   After this, Carol talks her out of harming Judith and to give her the gun that she was pointing at Carol and Tyreese.  She talks Lizzie into going with Tyreese and

promises Lizzie that she will not try and revive Mika.  It was too late for Mika, and Carol knew it so she couldn't really try and save her.  Think that's crazy?  Well it gets even more gut wrenching than a little girl stabbing her own sister, and talking about stabbing a baby as well.  Carol and Tyreese are absolutely lost for words, and they don't know what to do.  The only thing they do know is that Lizzie cannot be around the baby, and that the ultimate goal is to keep the baby safe no matter what.  But Carol also knew that Tyreese would not be able to survive alone since he needed a few kids to save his life.  Regardless they knew that Lizzie could not stay with them.  Tyreese also tells Carol that Lizzie was the one feeding the zombies at the prison, and that he thinks Lizzie might have killed Karen and David.  Carol tells Tyreese that this is impossible because Lizzie would have waited for them to turn.  Carol then takes Lizzie for a walk and Lizzie is begging Carol to forgive her and asking her if she is mad at her.  Carol tells Lizzie to look at the flowers and then raises her gun and shoots Lizzie in the head.  Then back at the house Carol tells Tyreese that she was the one who killed Karen and David and that he could "do what he needed to do".  Tyreese was upset, but told Carol that he would forgive her, but not forget.  Carol and Tyreese then decide after the events that happened at the house that they could not stay there.  Too many bad things had happened and it was time to move on, and the place to move onto was Terminus where most of the rest of the group had decided to move towards.  


 

Overall I give this episode a 10 out of 10. This episode was gut wrenching in every way and had us

all by surprise.   Just when we thought the episode wasn't going to get any more dark it just keeps going.  The writers of The Walking Dead just took television horror to a whole new level, and we have seen the darkest horror that may have ever crossed television.  The Walking Dead has delivered us another amazing episode leaving us wanting more.  Just when we think the show has covered every possible aspect of grief during the zombie apocalypse they deliver us something more gut wrenching and dark than any show has before.  Not only did the writers do a phenomenal job with this episode, but the actors did such an amazing job as well.  Melissa McBride (Carol) did an incredible job with going through every possible emotion that Carol could have been feeling and was absolutely flawless. (Tyreese) also did an amazing job, and also expressed every emotion perfectly with Tyreese going through so much with the kids as well as finding out that Karen killed David.  Although the girls did an excellent job throughout the show I think it was time for their exit, and was glad the show followed right along with the comic.  As horrible as both of the girls deaths were it was still an amazing episode. The cast and crew could not have done a better job with this episode and I cannot wait for more next week and to see how this show will proceed throughout the next two episodes.

 

Every week I like to include the sneak peek for next weeks show.  Here it is and stay tuned for next weeks review.

There are only two episodes left of The Walking Dead and the show is only on for one hour every week.  I love getting my horror and zombie fix more than once per week, and by doing that I love reading some excellent zombie books.  Lately I have been enjoying the Walking Dead novel series.  It is such a great series and ties in with the comic and show so well.  It goes into some great character depth and I love it just as much as I read the comic book series.  If you are looking for another great zombie comic with more humor than I would suggest Dan Conner's, My Gal the Zombie.  Its a great comic with no gore, but some great humor and art.  The thing I love about My Gal, the Zombie is the great diversity that the book takes you through.  Another great zombie book that is a little more on the horror side is Brian Parker's, GNASH.  This is a great novel that I have been enjoying and its a great book.  Brian also has a children's zombie book that your little ones may enjoy.  Get caught up on some great reading material while The Walking Dead is not on TV, unfortunately the season is about to come to an end. 

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