I really liked this week's episode actually - thought they found the right blend of menace and evil for the Governor without going too far into the overly comic-like type of villain. What he did to Maggie was imho (as a girl) almost worse than if he had actually raped her - that kind of mental mindf##k and taking away of your power can be much more shattering than a physical beating/molestation. At least I think so.
Glenn had such a great story line in this episode too - regardless of whether you thought the chair would break that easily or not, pure moment of awesomeness when he manages to kill the zombie. And then when he has the gun pointed at his face and steps toward it, lifting his chin in a defiant way to show he won't betray the group, what a change from the start of season 1 where he was so afraid of everything.
As for Michonne, she really is like a computer - she hoards her information doling it out sparingly and not offering up anything that might lead the group off the path she thinks is best. I'm ready for her to be a bit more multi-dimensional tho - yeah she's a great zombie killer and total bad@ss but can't we see her start to be more than that? Seriously, enuf with the "I smelled a zombie fart that won't go away" face already.
You could see that it was all a set up to lead to a big cliff hanger next week tho which might be why some felt it didn't really feel to move along but it was a good lead in to our last episode of this half...Sundays won't be the same without TWD to look fwd to.
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