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Episode 10, Them

Summary:

The opening of “Them” is a little sad. Maggie is still grieving from the loss of her sister and Daryl is eating worms. It looks like its been a long hot summer and all the water has dried up.

Daryl & Carol head off from the road to try and find water. Carol tells Daryl that Beth saved her when they were in the hospital, and then gives him Beth’s knife. She tries to convince him they are still alive and need to feel the pain to survive.

The rest of the group keeps walking & talking as a horde slowly forms behind them. When they reach a bridge where they are planning on using the natural ravine on either side to simply push the walkers over the edge but Sasha goes psycho and forces everyone to fight.

When they move on they come upon a group of cars on the road and Maggie finds a walker in the trunk who looks like she was alive when she was bound, gagged, and put in the trunk. The zombie almost looks a little like Beth? Is that why Maggie seems so freaked out?

Daryl moved off into the woods to scout when they found the cars and only finds a dead dear and a walker. When he reaches the road again a group of feral dogs almost attacks but ends up being dinner.

While they are chowing down on dog Noah tells Sasha that her brother tried to help him and he’s not sure if he’ll make it. Sasha tells him the brutal truth that he won’t then – and then softens it a bit by telling him not to think, just eat.

As the eat Gabriel pulls his pastor’s collar off and throws it into the fire.

Maggie is suffering. She thought her sister was dead. Then her sister was alive but had been captive. Then she saw her and she was dead. It’s tearing Maggie apart and Glenn is doing his best to keep Maggie going. To not let her give up.

When we get back from the break Team Rick finds multiple bottles of water on the road with a sign that says its from a friend. But everyone is so paranoid except for Eugene they won’t drink it. Thankfully it starts to pour just at the moment of their crisis.

I would be freaked out that someone is watching me and can move fast enough to leave water in front of me.

Team Rick flees the coming storm by going to the barn that Daryl found while he was hurting himself. They find one walker inside which Maggie takes care of before they bed down for the night.

While they are huddled around a fire Rick tells a story about his grandfather. The moral is that they need to do what they have to do to survive and move on. Someday it will be better.

In the middle of sleepy time a horde shows up and a big game of “hold that door shut” begins. its raining and storming and everyone is struggling against the weight of the horde. When the sun comes up everyone is sleeping and I’m not sure if it was all a dream? Yes – I think Daryl was up all night having waking mares.

They they go outside the storm wrecked some trees and take a ton of walkers with them. Sasha says something like “the storm could have torn us apart” and Maggie tells her “it didn’t,” before they stare at a beautiful sunrise.

As they are sitting there Aaron comes up and tells Sasha and Maggie he’d like to talk to Rick, and he understands their hesitation. Because you know – stranger danger.

Then the preview for next week hints that Team Aaron isn’t a member of the good guys team.

Okay, I am going to give this episode a 3 out of 5 again. There was too much emotional anguish and pondering about the possibility of survival. Give me more zombicide please.

Things I loved about this episode…

Daryl eating a worm. (Pretty much anything Daryl does is awesome.)
When they show the shot of the road behind them and you realize Rick was talking about the walkers behind them when he mentioned waiting until they had some high ground.
Carol kissing Daryl’s forehead. They have such an oddly sweet relationship.
The way Team Rick was going to use the ravine to dispatch the walkers with minimum effort.
Glenn – “We can make it together- only together.” Glenn is now the voice of reason among the group.

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

Rick’s beard. Shave that thing.
Sasha putting everyone at risk by moving forward into the walkers. Do you let her go at that point or try and save her? That’s a tough one.
Eating roasted dog while you are thirsty. It is a real bad idea to eat meat when you have nothing to drink.
Poor Daryl putting a cigarette out on his hand. He feels so guilty that Beth died. I hate seeing him like this.