This weeks episode of the Walking Dead left me feeling more than a little bit abused… but in a good way.
After last week’s rather lax episode, which seemed to be more bothered with setting up new storylines than progressing anything current, I’m happy to say that we are back to a good old fashioned gore-fest.
With the action split between Rick’s group and Mi-rea (Michonne and Andrea),, this episode was packed full of tension, suspension and emotion, and undoubtedly showed a pivotal moment in the season, possibly even the entire series.
The theme this weeks seems to be consequences, with Rick’s actions in episode two coming back to bite, in a rather sadistic karmic cycle.
Do you remember Andrew? The guy from the prison group who Rick (Andrew Lincoln) left to die in a pit of Walkers two weeks ago in one of his most inhumane moments?
Well, he came back, and he wasn’t happy. He brought hell down on the heads of Rick’s group and the sequence of revenge-tainted events he puts into action lead to the gruesome exits for two of the shows main and original cast.
This episode features the deaths of both Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) as a herd of Walkers is set loose in the prison by Andrew in an attempt to reap revenge on Rick and to take back the cell-block.
While T-Dog’s time on the show was always numbered as he has not exactly been a pivotal character since season one, the death of Lori was easily the most shocking and heart-wrenching scenes so far this season and possibly in the show overall.
The tension rises throughout the episode as things go from bad to worse with T-Dog being bitten on the shoulder, not exactly a place you can brutally slice off, the prison alarm system being set off, attracting yet more Walkers, and Lori going into labour at possibly the worst moment of any woman on any television programme… ever.
The events lead to the sacrificial deaths of these two characters as they attempt to save the lives of other members of the group.
The entire sequence is brilliantly shot, and beautifully acted… well as beautifully acting as it can be when you are supposed to be having your throat chewed out.
Lori: Dead alive or Walker?
It is going to be interesting to see how the traumatic events of this episode affect the group. With the death of two long-standing members and the birth of Lori’s baby, this could make or break them.
The fact that the deaths of Lori and T-Dog are largely down to the rash and cruel actions of Rick is bound to have a major impact on his character development, not to mention group dynamics.
There will also undoubtedly be psychological fall out for both Maggie (Lauren Cohen), who is forced to essentially kill Lori by performing a C-section without aesthetic and Carl (Chandler Riggs) who then had to shoot his own mother to prevent her turning (though this was off camera and everyone knows no one in TV is dead until you see a corpse).
The fall out is going to be long-lasting and traumatic and it will be exciting to see how each character reacts. It will surely be one of the major ongoing features of the season and possibly the entire series.
The most disappointing aspect of the entire episode was that this great centre piece was inter-spliced with scenes of Andrea (Laurie Holden) and Michonne (Danai Gurira)’s continued adventures in stupid-land.
Andrea, again, exhibits how truly terrible she is at judging someone’s character, giving Merle (Michael Rooker) a map to the farm from last season and flirting with The Governor (David Morrissey), eventually being persuaded to stay at the village.
The fact all of her scenes were bookended but such an exciting episode from Rick’s group, with characters who have frankly been less annoying throughout in serious danger, just highlighted how irritating Andrea has become.
I know that she is supposed to symbolise something about how the morals of the old world no longer apply in the world of the Walkers, and that to attempt to do so is not only idiotic it is down right dangerous, but seriously, won’t someone bite her already?.
In spite Andrea this episode continues a high quality season and I know I say it every week but I genuinely can’t wait until next weeks episode, roll on Friday!
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Television: The Walking Dead – Season 3 – Episode 4 – The Review (Spoiler Alert)
This weeks episode of the Walking Dead left me feeling more than a little bit abused… but in a good way.
After last week’s rather lax episode, which seemed to be more bothered with setting up new storylines than progressing anything current, I’m happy to say that we are back to a good old fashioned gore-fest.
With the action split between Rick’s group and Mi-rea (Michonne and Andrea),, this episode was packed full of tension, suspension and emotion, and undoubtedly showed a pivotal moment in the season, possibly even the entire series.
The theme this weeks seems to be consequences, with Rick’s actions in episode two coming back to bite, in a rather sadistic karmic cycle.
Do you remember Andrew? The guy from the prison group who Rick (Andrew Lincoln) left to die in a pit of Walkers two weeks ago in one of his most inhumane moments?
Well, he came back, and he wasn’t happy. He brought hell down on the heads of Rick’s group and the sequence of revenge-tainted events he puts into action lead to the gruesome exits for two of the shows main and original cast.
This episode features the deaths of both Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and T-Dog (IronE Singleton) as a herd of Walkers is set loose in the prison by Andrew in an attempt to reap revenge on Rick and to take back the cell-block.
While T-Dog’s time on the show was always numbered as he has not exactly been a pivotal character since season one, the death of Lori was easily the most shocking and heart-wrenching scenes so far this season and possibly in the show overall.
The tension rises throughout the episode as things go from bad to worse with T-Dog being bitten on the shoulder, not exactly a place you can brutally slice off, the prison alarm system being set off, attracting yet more Walkers, and Lori going into labour at possibly the worst moment of any woman on any television programme… ever.
The events lead to the sacrificial deaths of these two characters as they attempt to save the lives of other members of the group.
The entire sequence is brilliantly shot, and beautifully acted… well as beautifully acting as it can be when you are supposed to be having your throat chewed out.
Lori: Dead alive or Walker?
It is going to be interesting to see how the traumatic events of this episode affect the group. With the death of two long-standing members and the birth of Lori’s baby, this could make or break them.
The fact that the deaths of Lori and T-Dog are largely down to the rash and cruel actions of Rick is bound to have a major impact on his character development, not to mention group dynamics.
There will also undoubtedly be psychological fall out for both Maggie (Lauren Cohen), who is forced to essentially kill Lori by performing a C-section without aesthetic and Carl (Chandler Riggs) who then had to shoot his own mother to prevent her turning (though this was off camera and everyone knows no one in TV is dead until you see a corpse).
The fall out is going to be long-lasting and traumatic and it will be exciting to see how each character reacts. It will surely be one of the major ongoing features of the season and possibly the entire series.
The most disappointing aspect of the entire episode was that this great centre piece was inter-spliced with scenes of Andrea (Laurie Holden) and Michonne (Danai Gurira)’s continued adventures in stupid-land.
Andrea, again, exhibits how truly terrible she is at judging someone’s character, giving Merle (Michael Rooker) a map to the farm from last season and flirting with The Governor (David Morrissey), eventually being persuaded to stay at the village.
The fact all of her scenes were bookended but such an exciting episode from Rick’s group, with characters who have frankly been less annoying throughout in serious danger, just highlighted how irritating Andrea has become.
I know that she is supposed to symbolise something about how the morals of the old world no longer apply in the world of the Walkers, and that to attempt to do so is not only idiotic it is down right dangerous, but seriously, won’t someone bite her already?.
In spite Andrea this episode continues a high quality season and I know I say it every week but I genuinely can’t wait until next weeks episode, roll on Friday!
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