I’m assuming that tremor I felt at 9:59 p.m. last night was
the reaction from Walking Dead fandom
to Rick and Michonne hooking up. I’m fine with this. The relationship happened
organically, with Michonne bonding with Carl a few seasons back and getting closer
to Rick. She will be a good, calming influence on him as she is more measured
and cautious whereas he can get swept up in emotion.
This latest episode telegraphed this development, with
Michonne casually walking out of the shower in Rick and Carl’s presence and
then the two talking at the end of the day like an old married couple. I loved
Michonne’s “Oh, so you had a day”
after Rick told her about the toothpaste that ended up at the bottom of a lake.
This was an easygoing episode after the chaos last week.
After a time jump, Carl is dealing well with the trauma of losing an eye. If
the show had prolonged his recovery, it would have been too much of a rehash of
when he got shot back at the farm. Denise is in a relationship with Tara (and thanks
to my Ohio in-laws, I did already know that pop is what we call soda).
I kind of liked the buddy comedy thing with Rick and Darryl
because the show could use some humor sometimes to leaven the grim progression
of the zombies. I don’t know why they don’t use more music because CDs will
still work in cars and if they have electricity at home. They might as well
make use of whatever small pleasures they still have. This is also a reminder
that you might want to keep your physical media in case of an apocalypse.
The introduction of pretty-eyed Jesus was fun and
intriguing. It was kind of a sly joke that a guy with that nickname could
miraculously escape from being tied up and all that.
That whole thing with Deanna’s son putting her out of her
misery was kind of touching. You can’t very well have zombie mom wandering
around out there killing people.
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