The Walking Dead S7 E5: Go Getters

I don’t know if it’s bad acting or bad writing, or a little from column A and a little from column B, but Gregory is really irritating. It’s not just in a “love to hate him” way. He’s just one note of craven cowardice and incompetence over and over again. There’s no nuance at all. Then the Saviors show up to reinforce the same point yet again that they are in charge and they’ve cowed the rest of the communities. It’s getting a little repetitive but it is fun to see how the rest of the Saviors have so little autonomy that they’re all acting like Negan, with surface charm combined with sadism.

It was satisfying to see Maggie belt Gregory and tell him to call her Maggie Rhee instead of honey or dear. I am excited by the prospect of Maggie showing more leadership abilities but I wish she could do more of it sitting down because I am nervous about that baby. Delegate.

Still, driving that tractor over the zombies probably didn’t tax Maggie too much. The farm girl did find an efficient way to clear the field of zombies. The whole thing was kind of amusing since it was the equivalent of the Saviors lighting a bag of dog poop and leaving it on the doorstep of Hilltop, only with zombie attacks and loud music. Meanwhile, Gregory sleeps through half of it. Thanks for your leadership.

I guess the roller skating scene with Enid and Carl was cute and at least the kiss changed things up. I thought it was funny that Carl crashed the car because of course he doesn’t know how to drive. Survival has probably been a higher priority than Rick setting up cones in a parking lot and teaching his son how to parallel park. It just seems like we’ve gone to this well too many times before, with Enid needing to leave and go on some unnecessary, dangerous mission and then Carl following her, because these people never learn that splitting up never works out.

I liked the reappearance of Jesus. He’s pretty and I think it’s funny that the characters slip his name into their dialogue so it sounds like either prayer or taking the Lord’s name in vain.