I especially like the needle stuck in her chest.

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Episode  4, Killer Within

 

Summary:

There is someone trolling at the prison. The episode starts with him luring walkers in with a dead deer and then breaking a chain holding a gate shut.

The two remaining convicts want to “join” the main group, but Rick is against it. My brother believes that Rick is slowly turning into Shane, but I’m not sure. I’d like to believe he’ll never get that bad.

Then the fun starts. Whoever is stalking the prison orchestrates all hell breaking loose.

Maggie of course goes into labor during all of this. Carl is a true stoic, taking everything in stride. The birth scene was brutal. My summary on that is poor Carl.

Things I loved about this episode…

• Glenn and Maggie in the guard tower. Nothing like getting caught doing the deed.
• Michonne putting the little bits together about what is going on in the governor’s compound. My only problem is that she goads him on. There is a time to keep your mouth shut and just walk.
• Carl making eyes at Hershel’s younger daughter. I hope the young love doesn’t turn into tragedy.
• Carl kicking ass when the walkers get in.
• When the stalker sets off the speakers, pulling all the walkers in.
• T-Dogg saving Carol at the end.
• The prisoner shooting the stalker who turned out to be another prisoner.

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Hershell using crutches. Wasn’t it just Sunday Rick hacked his leg off with a hatchet?
• God dammit, T-Dogg gets bit.
• And worse than T-Dogg getting bitt, the Al’s Car Lot commercial. I don’t know why, but it makes me want to put a screwdriver on the table and drive my head down into it.
• Andrea giving Merle directions to the farm. Come on, do you really think he doesn’t care about revenge for being left behind and having to cut his own hand off.
• Carl should have freaked when Maggie said, let’s take your pants off to Lori.  And the kid is way to calm watching his mom squeeze a baby from her crotch.
• Andrea deciding to stay. You think she might listen to the women who kept her alive.
• Lori dying in childbirth. That just sucked.
• Does the prison have formula? Who the hell is going to feed the baby?

How to starve a zombie death…

Episode  3, Walk with Me

 

Summary:

The episode starts with a helicopter experiencing some technical difficulties. The bird goes down in sight of Andrea and Michone. The helicopter pulls in an unknown group of survivors to investigate. And lo and behold, Merl is with the newcomers.

SO what are the people of Woodbury after?  I didn’t see a whole lot of women in town.  Is it the classic breeding scenario? – Nope, right after the commercial break the town looks a lot more normal. So what is the badness? There has to be badness.

The Governor seems real interested in other groups. I wonder if he is going to raid them? Is it a contest to see who can get the most supplies? Michone seems to feel that something is off in the Governor’s community, she keeps giving him the stink eye.  So the question is why? Why?  Only fifteen minutes left in the episode. Are we going to find out tonight or are we going to be forced to wait until next week?

Nope, we found out.  It is all about the guns and supplies. The people in the new community will pretty much kill anyone for their supplies. Interestingly, there are two groups in the community, those who know about the killings, and those who don’t. They keep the “innocent townsfolk” in the dark about how they are getting their supplies.

And then, at the very end, you see that the Governor likes to sit in a chair and watch walker heads in aquariums. (still not as weird as binders full of women)

Things I loved about this episode…

• Michone uses her two zombies to carrry stuff, they both have backpacks on.
• Michone don’t mess around. When her two “pet” walkers are making too much noise she doesn’t hesitate to take their heads.
• Merl is back!!!!!!!!!!!! I love his dagger hand.
• When the Governor says welcome to “Woodbury” – I used to work in Woodbury. I loved that line.
• Michone is super intense, which I think is realistic. I think you’d have to be tough as nails to survive.
• The Governor walking into the midst of the soldiers during the ambush.  Great Action scene.

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Is anyone afraid of getting zombie juice in their faces when they are going at them with baseball bats?
• Everyone at the new compound is a bit too clean.
• The Governor walking into the midst of the soldiers during the ambush.  Great Action scene. But…I think it highly unlikely that they would be able to take out all the soldiers without a single one of them getting a shot off. And since the Governor was out in the open, I don’t think he would have gotten away without taking a bullet or too.

Cat and Mouse by James Patterson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This book is so hard to describe. I can only say it is like the hot girl who will talk to you, but she has horrible breath. You can’t help but stick around, and hey, she’s talking to you which is a bonus, but in the end, you just can’t get around the fact that you know kissing her would be like licking a public toilet.
So what you might ask is so likeable about the book?
The story is awesome and Patterson can write a thriller like no one else. The story segments are great. It is the big picture that makes it fall apart. I actually commented on it in an earlier review, how I was afraid I could see the pattern emerging.
The moment Thomas Peirce was mentioned, and he was going to be a doctor, did anyone not know he was going end up being Mr. Smith? And if you did, do you start drinking before noon?
It was just so telegraphed and not a surprise at all. And that makes it very hard as a reader, because the line to line writing is so good, but it just sucks when you know how it is going to end thirty pages in. And at least for myself, it doesn’t help that I still couldn’t put it down.
Book 5 better not have someone in the FBI, a cop, or another person “on” the investigation doing the deed.
And for Christ’s sake, please move Alex, or put bars and your doors and windows. Your kids were almost murdered, Nana almost died, and you have now been assaulted twice in your house. Maybe if you are hunting crazy people, you should invest in some better security.
And that reminded me, after kids are attacked in their own home and beaten, I don’t think they snap back to normal so quickly.
Arghhh, I really liked reading it, but disliked it as a whole, even though I liked it. Damn you pretty girl with bad breath.