![]() ![]() Is it all an act? At first, you believe it has to be. ![]() So it was beyond strange to watch Carol play the weak counterpoint to her fellow female captors this episode in a dose of brilliant acting from Melissa McBride, who manages to keep viewers’ heads spinning throughout the entire exchange. Nick Statt: Carol’s shift from dependent mother and survivor of abuse to ruthless killer is arguably TWD's strongest character arc. It’s about the fragility of human life, and the idea that how these characters fight to protect and honor it will dictate who they’re going to become. But I’m including it here because the entire point of this episode isn’t about plot twists or kills. It’s an extremely quiet scene, and one that didn’t actually sway my QL score either way. The knife turns just a little bit more when Maggie discovers that the tattoo of "Frankie" on the woman’s arm wasn’t a nod to that dead boyfriend, but rather a remembrance of a baby she was going to have and ended up losing. First Maggie is called out for the violence her group has committed - "You’re not the good guys," she’s told - before discovering that her captor’s boyfriend was one of the Negan disciples blown to hell by Daryl a few weeks back. They’re scary because they’re so recognizable.īryan: This episode is firmly focused on the trauma women suffer in the zombie apocalypse, and nowhere is that more evident than in the interrogation between Maggie and her captor. They’re scary, but not because they’re larger than life. They decide to buy time, even though the man that Rick has captured is Primo, their doctor. Negan is certainly not with them, but from the way this group behaves it’s obvious they are just as matter-of-fact in the way they deal with murder as Rick’s group has become. There’s Alicia Witt’s Paula, the hardened leader of this group, the older woman Molly, and a couple of others. Our Quitting Likelihood after last week: 30% The Captureīryan Bishop: Last week the people that nabbed Carol and Maggie were mysterious voices on the other end of a walkie talkie, but this week’s episode starts with how that all went down. At that point it’s just time to go watch some old episodes of Scandal. ![]() The QL score starts at zero - that’s when we’re all-in and there’s no way we’d give up - and scales all the way up to 100. The metric we’re using is Quitting Likelihood. It’s enough to make you wonder why you’re watching in the first place, so during this season of The Walking Dead, we’re tracking our reaction to each and every episode, to see whether the show is giving us enough to keep going, or whether it’s time to leave the zombie apocalypse behind altogether. Game of Thrones may kill off people you love, and Homeland may test your patience, but there’s something unique about The Walking Dead’s ability to get you invested, hold your hand through long stretches of dialogue-heavy character building, and then blow it all to hell. No show likes to troll its audience quite like The Walking Dead. ![]()
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