Hey y'all sorry to all of my (one) fans about the lack of posting last week, the Internet was being mysterious and illusive so I thought this week I'd give you twice the amount of The Walking Dead!!
Episode 2
"Bloodletting"
It's a waste of time, all this hopin' and prayin'. We're going to locate that little girl, and she's gonna be just fine. Am I the only one Zen around here? Good lord. - Daryl Dixon
***Warning Spoilers***
Episode 2
"Bloodletting"
It's a waste of time, all this hopin' and prayin'. We're going to locate that little girl, and she's gonna be just fine. Am I the only one Zen around here? Good lord. - Daryl Dixon
***Warning Spoilers***
In this episode we finally get to meet the Greene family and get to thefarmhouse albeit in a slightly different direction than the comic books with
Carl last episode shot in the stomach in a hunting accident rather than a case
of mistaken identity. The episode starts off with a flashback to the pre-walker world where Lori is talking to a fellow mum outside Carl's school waiting to pick him up and talking about the same fight that Rick talked to Shane about just before he fell into a coma. The conversation is a mirror of the conversation Rick had with Shane, Lori admits that she was the one being
hurtful and nasty, but that Rick's calm agreeableness and quite tone in arguments just pisses her off even more. During this conversation the Sheriffs car rolls up and Lori gets the news that Rick has been wounded.
The focus shifts back to the present where Rick is running through a seemingly endless field with Shane an overweight Otis (quite a departure from the comic book Otis, but it does have a purpose) trailing behind. Rick makes it
to the farmhouse with the whole Greene family is there to greet them, including
of course Hershel who takes the boy inside and tries to stabilise him. After
digging one of six (how does he know there are six?) bullet fragments out of
Carl without pain killers in a truly brutal scene that will have you wincing in
sympathy he patches up the wound and explains that Carl has lost a lot of blood
and he needs additional surgery to get those last five fragments out. However
in order to stop Carl from bucking up and down they need to drug him up to his
eyeballs and for that they need a respirator otherwise Carl won’t be able to
breathe. Otis, torn up about shooting a little boy offers to go and raid the
high school turned rescue centre nearby and Shane decides to tag along to
ensure that they can the equipment in time to save Carl.
Back in the forest Lori wonders about the lone shot they heard whilst
Andrea tries to comfort Carol who then has a foot-in-mouth moment when
comparing the situation to the late Amy. Daryl interjects with that delightful
quote above and you just know something’s wrong when the hot headed red neck is
the voice of reason in the group. Sure enough moments later Andrea, conforming
to stereotypes about blonde's and horror stories wanders off by herself and
almost becomes a human happy meal. That is until Maggie swoops in and clobbers
the Walker whilst on horseback picks up Lori and yells directions on how to get
to farmhouse. Very dramatic and leaves the group members with a stunned expression
on their faces.
At the RV T-dog and Dale continue looting cars until Dale notices how
infected T-dog's cut is which gives him a raging fever and an urge to point out
how precarious his situation is being the only black man still alive and
surrounded by two gun toting cops and one racist red neck. T-dog suggests in
what I hope is just fever talk about just packing up and leaving with the RV
and the supplies, to hell with the others. Dale resists and reminds him how
that dumb red neck (Daryl) has saved his life on more than one occasion. Their
little debate is interrupted by the search party's return and Daryl saves
T-dogs life (again) by sharing some of Meryl's STD medicine. Glenn and T-dog
take the spare car and drive towards the farm as T-dog with his infected cut
could use a little first aid whilst the others decide to wait another day for
Sophia who still hasn't turned up by nightfall.
to the farmhouse with the whole Greene family is there to greet them, including
of course Hershel who takes the boy inside and tries to stabilise him. After
digging one of six (how does he know there are six?) bullet fragments out of
Carl without pain killers in a truly brutal scene that will have you wincing in
sympathy he patches up the wound and explains that Carl has lost a lot of blood
and he needs additional surgery to get those last five fragments out. However
in order to stop Carl from bucking up and down they need to drug him up to his
eyeballs and for that they need a respirator otherwise Carl won’t be able to
breathe. Otis, torn up about shooting a little boy offers to go and raid the
high school turned rescue centre nearby and Shane decides to tag along to
ensure that they can the equipment in time to save Carl.
Back in the forest Lori wonders about the lone shot they heard whilst
Andrea tries to comfort Carol who then has a foot-in-mouth moment when
comparing the situation to the late Amy. Daryl interjects with that delightful
quote above and you just know something’s wrong when the hot headed red neck is
the voice of reason in the group. Sure enough moments later Andrea, conforming
to stereotypes about blonde's and horror stories wanders off by herself and
almost becomes a human happy meal. That is until Maggie swoops in and clobbers
the Walker whilst on horseback picks up Lori and yells directions on how to get
to farmhouse. Very dramatic and leaves the group members with a stunned expression
on their faces.
At the RV T-dog and Dale continue looting cars until Dale notices how
infected T-dog's cut is which gives him a raging fever and an urge to point out
how precarious his situation is being the only black man still alive and
surrounded by two gun toting cops and one racist red neck. T-dog suggests in
what I hope is just fever talk about just packing up and leaving with the RV
and the supplies, to hell with the others. Dale resists and reminds him how
that dumb red neck (Daryl) has saved his life on more than one occasion. Their
little debate is interrupted by the search party's return and Daryl saves
T-dogs life (again) by sharing some of Meryl's STD medicine. Glenn and T-dog
take the spare car and drive towards the farm as T-dog with his infected cut
could use a little first aid whilst the others decide to wait another day for
Sophia who still hasn't turned up by nightfall.
Back at the farmhouse Lori i
s reunited with Carl and Rick, who's feeling woozy from the two blood transfusions he's given Carl (that one glass of orange juice really didn't help much). Lori and Rick sit down and talk about the options with Hershel and are then shocked (with Rick almost Passing out) to realise that Herschel isn't a seasoned doctor, but rather a vet with no experience performing this kind of operation on humans.
The episode ends on a cliff hanger with Shane and Otis successfully entering the Walker infested school and nabbing the supplies only to find themselves surrounded and, ultimately trapped in the school with just a flimsy gate seperating them from a whole lot of Walkers all trying to make them into tasty manwhiches.
s reunited with Carl and Rick, who's feeling woozy from the two blood transfusions he's given Carl (that one glass of orange juice really didn't help much). Lori and Rick sit down and talk about the options with Hershel and are then shocked (with Rick almost Passing out) to realise that Herschel isn't a seasoned doctor, but rather a vet with no experience performing this kind of operation on humans.The episode ends on a cliff hanger with Shane and Otis successfully entering the Walker infested school and nabbing the supplies only to find themselves surrounded and, ultimately trapped in the school with just a flimsy gate seperating them from a whole lot of Walkers all trying to make them into tasty manwhiches.
Overall it was a pretty slow episode so for you adrenaline junkies you won’t
find your gore fixes here. Still there is some really nice character
development between Shane, Carl and Rick. Despite brushing him off last episode
it’s still very clear that Shane cares for Carl like his own son. There's also
a nice scene between Rick and Shane where Shane comforts and reassures a very
shocked Rick and you can see that even in spite of the jealousy Shane feels
over Rick's family that he's still like a bother to him. In the search party we
see Andrea come out from her shell with her opening up a little to Carol and,
after a near death experience by herself stick more closely with the group.
find your gore fixes here. Still there is some really nice character
development between Shane, Carl and Rick. Despite brushing him off last episode
it’s still very clear that Shane cares for Carl like his own son. There's also
a nice scene between Rick and Shane where Shane comforts and reassures a very
shocked Rick and you can see that even in spite of the jealousy Shane feels
over Rick's family that he's still like a bother to him. In the search party we
see Andrea come out from her shell with her opening up a little to Carol and,
after a near death experience by herself stick more closely with the group.
Not my favourite episode of the season, but a very solid effort!
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