I promised myself I would stop posting until I answered all my backed up comments
But I clearly lied. And also did not expect to have ~feelings~ about tonight's The Walking Dead.
This was by far one of my favorite episodes they've done, with also one of my LEAST favorite plot results. I'm so torn on how to feel about it all. I have been WAITING for Morgan to come back since Rick said goodbye in season 1, but I'd honestly given up ever actually expecting him to come back. And then here he is! TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE. (Well-done on not spoiling that twist in the trailers, AMC commercial team.) What I WANTED was for him to actually join Rick's group (though that would of course entail the show feeling compelled to kill off the other black male character, given its TERRIBLE TERRIBLE track record with that), but that would mean the show would actually give me ONE TINY SHRED of happiness and GOD FORBID it do that.
Side note here that a)I still actively resent the show for how they killed Lori (yes I have actually read the comics and know what happened there and no, it's no better) and b)I know this is a post-apocalyptic zombie wasteland, and they are exploring the dark side of what happens to people's humanity in those conditions, but a relentlessly bleak show with literally NO opportunity for even fleeting happiness (except that one time before they killed Lori, so now I can't even trust any minorly happy moments they might have) is not a show I'm actually interested in watching. I keep watching TWD because...I don't know. Because I like Rick, mostly (more on that in a minute), but with every episode I just get more and more disinterested in watching this group of people be miserable all the time. Miserable and/or obnoxious, CARL.
Side note to my side note: Oh, Carl. I...man, I really want to like you. I feel really sorry for you a lot of the time, but there is just something about you that bugs the heck out of me. Tonight's episode was one of the prime examples, where you are super annoying to Michonne and then you twist it around by being actively kind of adorable with the picture thing.
Side note to my side note to my side note: Michonne, I was primed to love you going in (see above, re: reading the comics - and good grief do I SINCERELY HOPE that they have diverged from your storyline there), but tonight just made my heart burst. Whoever wrote this episode nailed exactly what you can be: badass, witty, hardcore, and yet also with the ability to talk and have a personality. It was the perfect balance and I loved it (and you) so much.
Where the heck was I? RIGHT, Morgan, okay, back to my original thought. I was so disappointed that they OF COURSE went the most depressing of all possible routes with Morgan's story, but I legitimately love that they used it to help Rick get over his own shit and (hopefully) start to get his act back under control. One of the redeeming things about the earlier seasons of the show (for me, at least!) was Rick's "Lawman in a Lawless World" thing (a trope of which I am VERY fond; see: Lee Adama). I don't enjoy loose cannon, reckless, crazy Rick. I realize he's gone through some terrible things, and I cannot say I would do any better in his place, but I believe HE can do better. So while I hate that Morgan is on his own (again, some more), I like the way they used it in context of the show. TORN.
That last image of Morgan wheeling the body really got me, too. I found that especially heartbreaking. (And then of course the hitchhiker was torn to bits. Because this show hates anything good.) Anyway, next week's episode doesn't look very interesting to me because it's back to the stuff I am least interested in in this show. I wish we'd get more episodes like this one, these slower-paced, character pieces. Did I mention I actually really liked season 2? I'm in a minority there.
Okay that's it. I will totally focus on getting comments answered next. I WILL.
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This was by far one of my favorite episodes they've done, with also one of my LEAST favorite plot results. I'm so torn on how to feel about it all. I have been WAITING for Morgan to come back since Rick said goodbye in season 1, but I'd honestly given up ever actually expecting him to come back. And then here he is! TOTALLY OUT OF THE BLUE. (Well-done on not spoiling that twist in the trailers, AMC commercial team.) What I WANTED was for him to actually join Rick's group (though that would of course entail the show feeling compelled to kill off the other black male character, given its TERRIBLE TERRIBLE track record with that), but that would mean the show would actually give me ONE TINY SHRED of happiness and GOD FORBID it do that.
Side note here that a)I still actively resent the show for how they killed Lori (yes I have actually read the comics and know what happened there and no, it's no better) and b)I know this is a post-apocalyptic zombie wasteland, and they are exploring the dark side of what happens to people's humanity in those conditions, but a relentlessly bleak show with literally NO opportunity for even fleeting happiness (except that one time before they killed Lori, so now I can't even trust any minorly happy moments they might have) is not a show I'm actually interested in watching. I keep watching TWD because...I don't know. Because I like Rick, mostly (more on that in a minute), but with every episode I just get more and more disinterested in watching this group of people be miserable all the time. Miserable and/or obnoxious, CARL.
Side note to my side note: Oh, Carl. I...man, I really want to like you. I feel really sorry for you a lot of the time, but there is just something about you that bugs the heck out of me. Tonight's episode was one of the prime examples, where you are super annoying to Michonne and then you twist it around by being actively kind of adorable with the picture thing.
Side note to my side note to my side note: Michonne, I was primed to love you going in (see above, re: reading the comics - and good grief do I SINCERELY HOPE that they have diverged from your storyline there), but tonight just made my heart burst. Whoever wrote this episode nailed exactly what you can be: badass, witty, hardcore, and yet also with the ability to talk and have a personality. It was the perfect balance and I loved it (and you) so much.
Where the heck was I? RIGHT, Morgan, okay, back to my original thought. I was so disappointed that they OF COURSE went the most depressing of all possible routes with Morgan's story, but I legitimately love that they used it to help Rick get over his own shit and (hopefully) start to get his act back under control. One of the redeeming things about the earlier seasons of the show (for me, at least!) was Rick's "Lawman in a Lawless World" thing (a trope of which I am VERY fond; see: Lee Adama). I don't enjoy loose cannon, reckless, crazy Rick. I realize he's gone through some terrible things, and I cannot say I would do any better in his place, but I believe HE can do better. So while I hate that Morgan is on his own (again, some more), I like the way they used it in context of the show. TORN.
That last image of Morgan wheeling the body really got me, too. I found that especially heartbreaking. (And then of course the hitchhiker was torn to bits. Because this show hates anything good.) Anyway, next week's episode doesn't look very interesting to me because it's back to the stuff I am least interested in in this show. I wish we'd get more episodes like this one, these slower-paced, character pieces. Did I mention I actually really liked season 2? I'm in a minority there.
Okay that's it. I will totally focus on getting comments answered next. I WILL.
This entry was cross-posted at my Dreamwidth account. Please comment here or there. (
comments at DW)