This season started off so happy. I was genuinely surprised by how happy it was. Then, in the midseason finale, The Walking Dead killed off Beth, whom I loved, and another beloved character died this week as well. Even worse, “What Happened and What’s Going On” was yet another episode almost as emotionally draining as “The Grove”, made only more emotional by one of the characters hallucinating the two little girls from the “The Grove” as he slowly bled out and died.
Spoilers after the jump.
I hate cliffhangers. I really do, because no matter how angry I get at the rest of the season, cliffhanger endings actually make me want to tune in for the next season. Season 4 has left me feeling very ambivalent about this show. There are parts of it that I really did not like—such as the Governor’s storyline and ending—and there have been other parts of it that I loved.
Spoilers and a trigger warning for rape ahead.
Spoilers! And potentially triggering content!
This week’s episode was just as exciting as last week’s, and it brought us a lot of great character moments. As a whole, this season is shaping up very nicely, despite a few iffy things here and there, like killing off every black character thus far besides Tyreese and Sasha. And though I was disappointed that Andrea didn’t feature in this episode at all, considering what happened last week, “This Sorrowful Life” managed to be thrilling just the same.
When first watching this episode, I honestly thought it was going to be about Rick moping around because he planned on handing Michonne over to the Governor, which makes little sense now that I think about it. In “Arrow on the Doorpost” I thought Rick could tell that the Governor was BSing him about the deal. I mean, the Governor allowed Merle to almost kill Glenn, he sexually assaulted Maggie, lied about everything involving the Atlanta survivors to Andrea, and attacked the prison with walkers. Clearly, he’s a man of his word.
But all that aside, I could certainly see why the temptation to hand Michonne over to the Governor was there. And looking back on the whole Randall incident of last season, I sincerely worried that Rick would go through with the plan. I was pleasantly surprised when he didn’t.
Spoilers!
“Prey” is a vast improvement over “Arrow on the Doorpost.” And it has everything that the previous episode lacked, including stakes. “Arrow on the Doorpost” didn’t amount to much, because the outcome was obvious and didn’t really progress the plot, besides telling us what we already knew. In “Prey”, Andrea, with Milton’s help, has finally figured out what the Governor plans to do. She runs away from Woodbury and attempts to travel to the prison in order to warn Rick and the others about their impending slaughter.
Trigger Warning: violence, rape, abuse
Well, I’ve wanted to do weekly reviews for The Walking Dead to go along with our weekly SPN reviews, and I might as well start now. This show is amazing. I love everything about it. I love its female characters along with its male characters, I love how it’s unafraid to kill anyone, and I love how it’s not Resident Evil.
Spoilers are after the jump.
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