Episode 15, Try
Summary:
Try starts off with Deanna and her husband mourning the loss of their son by listening to some freaky music. They get interrupted by Carol who leaves a casserole at their door – which Deanna leaves on the steps. Then she burns Carol’s note.
Outside the wall a walker stumbles to the gates only to be offed by Sasha from her vantage in the bell tower.
Out on patrol Daryl kills a walker and then he and Eric see a light in the distance. The next morning when they get to where they think they saw the light they find a dismembered body that appears to be missing some bits. A little ways off they find a woman tied to a try, her insides opened up so the walkers could feed. I think she was alive when they tied her up. She has the “W” on her forehead.
We then see the “interviews” and the townie blames Glenn and claims everything is Glenn’s fault. Who does the mayor believe?
Carol has been gathering information. She tells Rick just how badly Pete has been beating Jesse and the kids. Which just happens to lead to Pete coming outside to ask Rick what he’s doing. Rick tells Pete to keep walking, and keeps the revolver at his side hidden.
When we come back from commercial Michonne is lying in bed, looking very sad and concerned. 
Rosita comes in and tells her she thinks Sasha stayed in the tower all night long. They are both a little spooked as they walk outside the wall for the first time since they entered town. They are both jumpy. Michonne is not so sure she likes feeling “safe” – I think she’s afraid she is losing her edge. They find Sasha out in the wilderness just as she finds a massive horde. Michonne sees what is happening to Sasha and I think she sees herself. The three women go to town but there are a lot of walkers. Sasha appears to be losing her mind.
Rick then finds Deanna grieving and tells her they need to do something about Pete. Rick wants to separate Pete and Jesse and Deanna pushes him, asking him what they do if Pete refuses. She gets really mad when Rick says he would kill Pete. Deanna would rather just exile Pete if it comes to that – and then says she something ominous about doing the same to Rick if he got out of control. Later Rick confronts Jesse and she is mad, she doesn’t understand why he is trying to help her. She tells him she can take care of herself. Afterwards Rick seems unsettled. He’s struggling with what to do. Then he barges into her house and tells her that her son wanted a gun and that he doesn’t want her to die. He can keep her safe. All she has to do is say yes. She wants to know if she would do this for someone else. For anyone else. Rick says no and then Jesse says yes. Just then Pete comes in and tells Rick he has to leave. Pete has a crazy look in his eyes and Jesse tells him he has to go. She wants him out. Pete starts to freak out and actually starts to beat the crap out of Rick before they both go through the front window of the house.
It seems that everyone is playing outside the wall. Rosita and Michonne are looking for Sasha and Carl is trying to figure out what the teen girl is doing out there. Carl and his female friend find a walker and she uses an alarm clock to lure the walker. She tells Carl she likes being outside, likes running. They are supposed to be outside. Carl asks her what happened before she reached town but she doesn’t want to talk at first – and then they are interrupted by a walker horde which forces them to hide face to face in a tree. For a moment Carl almost makes his move but can’t, and the girl is glad because Carl is afraid of her too.
There is a brief scene with Glenn where he tells Nicolas he’s not allowed outside the walls again. Nicolas asks if Glenn is threatening him and Glenn tells him “No, I’m saving you.”
With just a few minutes left in the episode Rick and Pete are going at it in the street, beating the crap out of each other. Somehow drunk, wife beating Pete is getting the better of Rick. Then, when Rick finally gets a choke hold on Peter the mayor starts yelling and Rick pulls his gun and starts telling the mayor she has no idea. All while Sasha is taking head shots on “W” zombies outside the wall.
Then, just before Rick is going to shoot Pete in the head Michonne clocks him. (That back stabbing bleeeep.)
Things I loved about this episode…
- Glenn telling Rick that they need to make it work. Noah wanted that. I do think its the right thing. They should buckle down and make a go of it.
- Carol wanting to do something about Pete. I think he deserves it.
- Glenn telling Nicolas how its going to be and grounding Nicolas to behind the walls.
- Awkward Carl afraid to touch the girls hand in the tree.
Things that I didn’t like about this episode…
- The townie (Nicolas) blaming Glenn & Team Rick for Noah and the mayors deaths.
- Carl is outside the wall unattended again!
- Pete getting a few shots in on Rick during the fight over Jesse. Come on Rick you should have tore that guy apart.
- Rick giving his crazy speech on the street.
- Michonne betraying Rick and clocking him before he could kill Pete.
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