Walking Dead S4E10
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| Beth has writer's block, so she and Darryl take a break |
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
Dear Diary: Today I killed some zombies.
After last episode's "After," this week we find out what happened to the other folks after the prison battle. And our favorite characters are a splintered group of survivors.
Darryl and Beth made their escape together, and they are wandering through the woods, looking for shelter and the others. Beth's voiceover about what she wrote in her diary when they first settled in the prison is in sharp contrast to the contemporary state of affairs. She is trying to remain optimistic, while Darryl is reverting back to his former self, the grunting, unfeeling shell he was at the start of the series. They come across some fresh #zombiechow, but they can't figure out whether the remains are their former cellmates.
Tyrese is looking out for Lizzy, Mika, and yes, baby Judith. So the "a dingo ate the baby" jokes will stop. Tyrese strangely decides that leaving Judith in the incapable hands of Lizzie while he investigates a far cry for help is a good idea. Lizzy, the baby rabbit killer, is annoyed that Judith is crying, and in an awkward scene, covers Judith's mouth to muffle her cries. Luckily, Carol shows up out of nowhere to save the day, and the baby. There is a budding sociopath, and we will have to see how the Lizzie storyline progresses.
Maggie, Sasha, and Bob are grouped together, and they come across the prison bus (that Glenn was supposed to be on). They kill all the #zombs on the bus, but no Glenn. How all the folks on the bus, who are not main characters, became zombies is a mystery. But Bob said it best, "they were good people." Yeah, if you say so, Bob. Glad someone knew who they were. But since no one even knows any of these redshirts, they are not a loss to the main story arc.
Glenn awakens on the second floor of the prison, with lots of zombies crawling around below. And he collects and scavenges the second floor for supplies, including the orange backpack that the #zombiechow guy was wearing when Rick, Carl, and Michonne met up with Morgan in "Clear." He finds the riot gear and offers a great POV shot as he wades through the sea of zombs, while avoiding bites, thanks to the riot gear. Obviously, zombies can't grab you when you're wearing the magic riot gear suit. Good to know. Glenn finds Tara huddled inside a fence. He rescues her, and they make their escape. But Glenn, still suffering the aftereffects of his bout with the mysterious virus that ravaged the prison earlier this season, passes out. And a military truck with three new characters emerges. These new guys (actually, two guys and a girl wearing some tight-fitting military fatigues) will likely become regulars as this season moves forward.
Everyone is accounted for, and Carol, Tyrese, and the kids are on their way to the source of the radio transmission that Darryl heard earlier, so there will be a sanctuary for the survivors, once they regroup.
Glad to see the survivors are out of the prison, and on to new adventures.
Random Thoughts:
- No Rick Carl, or Michonne this week.
- Lizzy is a little lunatic. Carol should be proud.
- Tyrese, not sure what you were thinking leaving those kids alone.
- Glenn's opening scene looked like something out of XBox's "State of Decay," but maybe I play too many zombie video games.
- Two dudes (one had a gun) were eaten by zombs when Tyrese tried to save them. How do you survive this long and you can't take down four zombies? I mean, one of you has a freakin' gun!
What did you think?
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