Walking Dead - Better Angels

[dr.strangelove]

WOW, now that was an AWESOME episode. The funeral for Dale was nice, but then the action started and it really never let up.

I can't believe Shane killed Randall and then tried to play that he escaped. It was just so obvious. He played that crazy part well. I loved the Rick/Shane scene. It was AWESOME.

When Carl first appeared, I thought Damn Lori, can't you watch that boy. They need to leash him.

Rick finally did what we all knew he had to do, and offed Shane. But, when Randall and Shane both returned as zombie's we confirmed what we talked about before, they all already have the virus. It just does not activate until you are dead.

That last scene was great. I had to rewind the DVR and brighten the screen, but it looks like 100+ walkers are heading toward Rick/Shane and the house. Its gonna be a big battle to get out of there. No way all of them are going to make it.

[Morning Dew]

1. And they just unpacked their vehicles and put everything in the farmhouse - YIKES! That's a problem.

From the preview, it looks like they might try luring a number of the walkers into the barn. That could take some pressure off by cutting down the number of loose walkers.

The wounds to Shane's face through the episode made his cheekbones even more prominent than usual, lending him a "walker-like" look in advance of his eventual fate. Nice touch - I wonder if it was intentional or if I'm just reading that interpretation into it.

Glenn seemed much more surprised than Daryl over Randall's return as a walker.

Unless Rick went back and grabbed his gun and Shane's gun ( borrowed from T-Dog), they're going to be down three handguns going into the battle. Shane's weapon is still laying on the ground covered by leaves.

[dr.strangelove]

2. I doubt he got Shane's

But no cop would forget about a gun left on the ground. Especially not one with a son who recently picked up a gun.

[ecstatic]

3. That Rick didn't immediately call B.S. when Shane

came to them with the story, but instead chose to have the men search the woods in the dark for someone who was likely already dead, sort of proved the point Shane had been making. Hopefully Rick tightens up because he is still way too naive and trusting. I hated to see Shane go, but there was no way he could live in the camp under the current circumstances. He died before revealing an important piece of info regarding how close Randall's camp was--I wonder if that will even matter now that the zombies are back.

[Morning Dew]

4. "I'm not the good guy anymore." - Rick Grimes

I think Rick knew it was time for the last confrontation with Shane and that he hoped it would end better. He stayed in a position where he could watch Shane until they came into the field and said something to the effect of "this is where it happens, then?"

And then, giving Shane one last chance, he did a Jesse James - he put his gun away and turned his back on Shane, saying, in effect, "I trust you". Shane, not being a 'dirty little coward', didn't shoot him in the back and left an opening for his own death.

Probably on purpose, whether he was conscious of it or not. I think Shane knew he wasn't really fit to live with the group anymore - that he had devolved too much, too fast. He goaded Rick into killing him.

Rick's use of the knife rather than a gun makes the killing more personal and finally shows his ability to really do what's necessary to protect his family and the group. This, in contrast to his inability in previous episodes to seal the deal on Randall or even his reluctance to dispatch Dale.