Posted on:Episode 207: Pretty Much Dead Already
What was that? Mid-season finale?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Whew. I’m sorry, had to get that out of my system. But, seriously, no new episodes until February? This ish better be good and… it is. It is so good! Join me won’t you?
During breakfast, Dale and Maggie play angel and devil on Glenn’s shoulders. Poor guy, but when forced to choose between what’s right and having sex, he chose the path of righteous, forced celibacy by blurting, “The barn’s full of Walkers.” What a subtle, nuanced speech that was.
Shane begins creeping his toes over the edge of the Cliffs of Insanity while the survivors inspect the integrity of the barn. They argue about what to do next, whether they’ll clear the barn or just leave. No one but Shane wants to leave without Sophia, which is not unexpected. Rick wants to get Hershel’s blessing before taking out the Walkers. However, Dale lets everyone in on Hershel’s belief that these are just sick people, not unlike paranoid schizophrenics, which I’m sure the paranoid schizophrenic community really appreciates. As they argue, the Walkers begin pounding on the doors.
Glenn tries to talk to Maggie, all she wants to do is put an egg in his hat and smash it on his head.
Over in the stables, Daryl is saddling up a horse, hopefully not Nelly, when Carol comes in. She tells him not to go out, that he’s not healed yet, they don’t know if they’ll find Sophia and that they can’t lose him too. He pitches a fit and throws a saddle, which only goes to show how not-healed he is, he calls Carol a “stupid bitch” and storms out for good measure. I really can’t figure out if there’s a Carol/Daryl love match going on here, or if she’s more the nurturing mother figure he never had. I bet we all know which I’m hoping for. Also, in my hometown this weekend, 3 out of 3 women who watch the show that I talked to are into Daryl. It’s not just me.
In the RV, WaaAndrea is raiding the artillery to both help Rick look for Sophia and keep a watch at the barn for Shane. Knowing what he knows about Shane, Dale tries to warn WaaAndrea off of her new friend with benefits, but she won’t have it, she likes that he’s “not a victim.”
Rick is busy interrupting Hershel’s lunch of canned peaches and the Bible. He lets Hershel know that they know what’s in the barn, but they’d still like to stay. Hershel tells him they need to be out by the end of the week. Rick tells him that a lot has changed since the cameras stopped rolling and Hershel saw his last glimpses of the outside world, that if the survivors are sent off, it’s a death sentence. Oh, and he tosses in that Lori’s pregnant. Maggie overhears all of this from the hallway. Later, she quotes the scripture that Hershel quoted to her when she was 14, angry and only wanted to smoke and shoplift (no one’s surprised, right?), “Love one another as I have loved you.” Hershel asks her if this is, “about that Asian boy.” Fed up, she says that his name is Glenn and that he saved her life from one of those people he thinks is just sick. She seems to have migrated to Team Zombie Killers, which you would too if you were nearly eaten.
Shane continues toeing the cliff edge over by the barn and tells Rick that they need to clear the barn or leave. They argue until Rick tells him that they have to stay because Lori’s preggers. A shocked Shane congratulates Rick as he skulks away.
Shane takes off to confront Lori, because as a narcissist he thinks this is all about him, and that the baby must be his. He says that Rick isn’t made for this world and he is. He asks her to count the times he’s saved her life against the times Rick has, which huh? If Lori’s supposed to be giving up her lady parts to whoever has saved her life the most times, I say Daryl wins. Lori essentially tells him to take a long walk off a short pier, saying that even if the baby is biologically his, it will never be his. Carl catches him mid-storm off and tells him that wanting to leave Sophia is bullshit. Good on you Carl.
Shane continues storming over to the RV where he finds that all the guns have gone missing. He rages after Dale, who he knows took off with the guns.
Meanwhile, Jimmy (What’s up, Jimmy!) rushes in and tells Hershel that, “It’s happened again.” Uh oh, that doesn’t sound so good. Hershel and Jimmy go find Rick, who’s planning the days Search for Sophia with WaaAndrea. She offers to help, but Hershel’s all no girls allowed. So, Hershel, Rick and Jimmy take off to whatever happened again. What is it that happened… again? Some Walkers done got themselves trapped in the swamp muck. It seems that getting them out used to be one of Otis’ chores, but now Rick and Jimmy’ll be pulling them out by the neck and herding them to the barn. In the process, Jimmy almost gets bit. Rick’s face is all “WTF?” but he helps anyway.
Daryl and Carol are by a pond, looking at another Cherokee rose as he tells her they’ll find Sophia.
Glenn confronts Maggie again, telling her he told the others because he wanted to. He says, “Secrets get you killed. And, I’d rather have you pissed off at me and alive, than liking me and dead.” Looks like this was the right answer, but Maggie gets straight to the making out, right there on the front lawn of the farm house. Ah, sweet post-apocalyptic love.
Back in the swamps, Dale’s preparing to hide the guns, but here comes crazy, crazy Shane. Dale threatens to shoot Shane who says that Dale’s pretty much dead already. Dale doesn’t take this as the insult that Shane means it to be, saying that at least he may not last much longer, but at least he hasn’t let this world beat him and turn him into terrible person. Implied in saying that Shane is made for this world is that he is, indeed, a terrible person.
Shane runs back up to the farm house, passing out guns and foaming at the mouth about how they need to clear the barn.
(I think his ears might be melting down the sides of his head and he looks like Danny from New Kids on the Block. That’s the worst New Kid.)
Shane's little-known first job.
T-Dog spots the Walker wranglers off in the distance, and everyone takes off toward the barn. Shane has now well and truly lost it, as everyone else stands back, he begins breaking the locks on the barn doors. He screams about how the Walkers are already dead, which ok, stop making me agree with you Shane. By way of demonstration, he shoots the lady Walker Hershel was leading to the barn several times before finally taking the head shot.
The Walkers begin coming out of the barn, the survivors essentially line up for target practice. Rick hangs back, while Hershel crumples to the ground, watching all of these people he loved meet their final end.
It's just like the carnival game, except with more dead people.
The gunshots die down and we hear moans from inside the barn. One last Walker emerges and it’s Sophia.
O! M! G! Y'all!
Holy balls, she’s been there the whole time. The group is stunned, Carol tries to rush to her, but is stopped by Daryl. Everyone stands and stares, Rick steps up and does what needs to be done.
Don't look, Carl, Daddy's going to kill your friend.
He draws his revolver and shoots Sophia in the head. See, it’s not that Rick, “isn’t built for this world” or “can’t make the hard choices,” he would just rather try to find a better way. Unlike Shane, he still has higher brain function.
It looks like February will find Hershel back on the sauce and everyone dealing with the fallout of what transpired at the barn. It also looks like Shane is doing his best to make everyone mad, so maybe he’ll just die already. Wow, I really viscerally hate him. I think it’s because he’s such a bully to poor, old Dale. And, shut up, I don’t care if he keeps things interesting. Anywhoozles, I know we’ll all be anxious for new episodes for the next 2 (2!) months, but try and keep your pants on until then, so no thinking about Daryl. Or Maggie. In the mean time, in between time, check out all of the other fun things we’ve got going on at Megatouch.com, you won’t be disappointed!
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You missed the scene where Shane and Daryl almost throw down… Who would win in a fight?!?!
I’m with Daryl.
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How to win arguments the Rick Grimms way. “MY WIFE’S PREGNANT!”
Hey, we got a badass over here!
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And shush about Shane. He’s my new favorite character!
omg, that’s my new favorite meme
which one? lol
I’m ALWAYS with Daryl. You should know that by now.