Episode  15, This Sorrowful Life

Summary:

The governor has convinced Rick to hand over Michonne, and goes to recruit Merle, Daryl, and Hershel to help him. Merle actually tells Rick the truth about what the Governor is going to do to Michonne, and Rick seems to accept it. I really hope Rick doesn’t plan on doing it. Is he really that thick that he thinks the Governor is going to honor the deal?

Thankfully, Rick doesn’t leave us hanging for long, and we find out he doesn’t plan on going through with it even it was a little late.  Merle figured Rick would back out and decides to take matters into his own hand.

The ending was touching and sad. Poor Daryl.

Things I loved about this episode…

• Michonne taking down walkers with her sword in the opening scenes. She’s one badass I want on my side when all hell breaks loose. 
• Merle “Do we have any whiskey? Hell – I’d even drink vodka.”
• Glenn telling Daryl that he cares more for Maggie than he does about himself. The love story between Maggie and Glenn is very touching. One of the few positive story lines left.
• Daryl – “I just want my brother back.”  Merle – “Get out of here man.”  Typical brother exchange. My big brother hates it when I show him emotion too.
• Glenn asking Hershel for his blessing to marry Maggie. I remember a time when that would have pissed Hershel off.  Now it makes him happy.
• Merle setting off the car alarm. The dinner bell is RINGING!!!! Best kill of the night goes to Michonne.
• Merle dragging the walkers to the meeting place with his car. A great way to even the odds. It actually made me like Merle for a second or two. I loved when he was taking out members of the Woodbury crew and covering his fire behind theirs  I’m just sorry he only got a few of them before the Governor got him.
• The Governor biting off two of Merle’s fingers
• When Rick see’s Michonne walking back to the prison and he has her in his cross hairs, all I could think was “If that was Andrea, she would have shot Michonne.”

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Rick making plans to turn Michonne over. It is one thing to have Rick turn “darker” – but I think it will ruin him if he goes through with it.
• Rick thinking about using Cat5e cable to tie up Michonne. It is too flexible and thick. Much better off using baling wire, or something thin and bendable.
• You think that Michonne would know better than to go anywhere with Merle don’t you?
• Glenn getting Maggie’s ring from a walker. It seems a little sick.
• Why did Merle let Michonne go? It didn’t really make sense to me? He suddenly turns into a decent guy?
• Everyone is a bit too clean.
• It was sad and touching when Daryl had to kill Merle.

Doesn’t everyone want someone like that in their life? That is a lucky husky.

Maggie rocks…

Skip forward to 1:05 to see the good stuff.

There is a nice demonstration of the buck shot versus a slug on a human head.

Episode  14,  Prey

Summary:

The episode starts with a flash back to Michonne and Andrea in the woods. Then to the Governor making an “O face” between two steel collars. No idea what is going on yet.

Overall episode 14 felt a like like episode 13, which means it was a lot of filler.  There were some great scenes, but overall they amounted to 10 minutes out of the whole episode.

Things I loved about this episode…

• Milton turns out to be kind of a good guy. I was glad to find out that he actually tried to warn Andrea as the Governor starts his descent into madness.
• Andrea’s ass when she was running.
• The Governor being a psychotic creep in the abandoned building. Very well done.
• Shovel kill.
• Andrea hiding behind the door and sicking a nice sized herd on the Governor. Is he dead? Nope – how the hell did he survive that?

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Andrea killing three walkers with a three inch blade. I think it is a bit harder to get through a brain casing than that.
• I know it’s the zombie apocalypse and some things are going to be hard to come by, but a flashlight with batteries seems like a must have for survival. Why is Andrea moving around the abandoned building with no light?
• Walkers are too easy to kill lately.
• The Governor surviving.

Boondock Saints and The Walking Dead series are clearly his best work.

But if you love Norman Reedus, they are all improved because of him.

Don’t mess with his pooch!