EllenC

It was nice of Rick to name all the characters we've been wanting to see. Really, shouldn't they be a little more concerned with the immediate threat pushing on the walls? Especially given the lack of inner supports.

And BTW, you guys now have me imagining "The Zombie Apocalypse Bachelorette," where Eugene, Spencer, FPP, Tobin etc. vie for Rosita's attention. Another sign I'm getting bored with this show, even though I don't want to!

You beat me to it! Zombie Apocalypse Amnesia. While "Lost" had the same kind of "are we making this up as we go along?" plotting, I don't remember often thinking that Hurley wasn't acting like Hurley any more, etc. Well, except when Locke actually was different people. And smoke monsters and whatever Desmond was doing and all that. Never mind. Maybe the Governor was actually a smoke monster and he can't really die, and he was in the group whose faces weren't shown in this episode, b/c it seemed very much like the first time we saw him after the helicopter went down. As we continue to repeat ourselves. Help people, get screwed. We get it. Although in Daryl's case, it's not like he can actually SEE a single bit of what is going on so maybe we make allowances there. Was I the only one hearing ZZ Top when Abe walked out in his new clothes? I don't totally see Sasha's interest, but if you're mostly clean, not an Alexandrian and not Gabriel, why not I guess. As for all the mystery groups living nearby and ongoing nonsensical geography -- if Georgia can have A Magical Forest, why can't Virginia? Still a lot better than FTWD.

Yep. Officially HATE the splitting up of characters.

Definitely a hugely traumatic episode, as was the one before with the wolves' attack. (That one gave me nightmares and the zombies barely scare me at this point.) This week's shifted so much focus, though, to the Alexandrians and their reactions. (Regardless of the Morgan episode.) I hope we will get to see a little more of our group's reactions to everything that has gone on. Obviously everything can't be on camera and I don't need everything shown to me, but the emotional tone/storyline of this episode just seemed odd and choppy to me. I feel like Jessie keeps saying the same things and they're only trying to make me care about some of these newcomers because they're cannon fodder. I have enough characters that I actually do care about who haven't had much to do this season. End repetitive rant. : )

... Oh, and in my head I had Morgan babysitting Judith. Because if wolfie gets out and threatens her, M should be the one to have to kill said W. (And I can only assume no one has shared Morgan's pacifist actions with Rick.) Although I keep thinking that at some point, FPP, who now has weaponry IIRC, HAS to play a bigger role, right? Clearly I'm overthinking this.

Delurking to say so much word to everyone who felt the characters were acting, well, out of character. I know that to expect any kind of reality in a zombie show is rather dumb. And I was willing to handwave (with a huge eye roll) 2 episodes ago when neither Glenn nor Michonne made any attempt at getting on a roof or in a tree, given the obvious fire escapes and tall gates/fences, or at least seemed a little less at a loss. (And I could even take all of that if we'd seen a brief scene in this episode with Michonne and Heath feeling regret. At least show them checking on Scott? I could barely tell it was Michonne that Deanna was listening to at the start. Guess I'm slow to engage.) But I'm supposed to think that the man who bit out a jugular, ran down a handcuffed man, engineered a prison takeover that Merle Dixon had told the pirate governor was impossible due to the # of walkers, came up with the (ill conceived, maybe) plan to deal with a quarry of walkers, etc. ... This man's seeming reaction in this episode to walkers surrounding the home of his children is "eh, be quiet and maybe they'll wander off. Think I'll go get a kiss." Is Rick still in any walkie-talkie contact with the away team? If not, why count on them? Surely he's not. If he's still slightly in panic mode, as he was in the RV, let's explore THAT. I wrote a few scenes in my head that must have been happening off camera: Carol delivering very special casserole & cookies to Morgan's wolf after teaching the few useful ASZers some skills; Eugene, Heath and Michonne building a catapult or spinning knife contraption to take out walkers by the walls (SOMETHING); more people on perimeter guard; yes, as someone said, Tobin and friends fortifying at least a couple of houses as backup; Father Gabriel leading prayers for Glenn and Nicholas b/c at least someone other than Maggie should care (Nick's son?) ... Stuff and thangs instead of speechifying (or at least more clearly going on in the background of speechifying). Sigh. Then again, this IS the lot that slept with open cell doors at the prison.