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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Disagree, while I can't think of an episode to put in that place, I think last night set up a lot of future conflict. It solidified Daryl's position in the group, "he is all in".
Also, Andrea struggling into tight pants, and Maggie topless saves this from being Worst Episode Ever, insert Comicbook Guy
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Honestly this kind of stuff is what ruins it for me. This could just be a really awesome badass show with strong female (and male) characters, but then they have to throw in the obligatory unnecessary overt sexualization. They didn't need to show Andrea struggling into her pants, we would have got the idea that they just had sex without that. It was done entirely to stroke the male gaze.
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Originally Posted by JerzeeGirl
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.
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I really appreciate that they didn't take it any further, it wasn't totally necessary (though definitely would have solidified how evil the Governor is, so I guess it depends what they wanted to go for), but I have to say I disagree with you. I don't see how this could be worse than if he had raped her. They're both probably traumatizing, but actually having that power taken away from you sounds far more traumatizing than someone threatening to. In the end, she at least had the relief that it never happened, but if it had happened then she would have had a lot taken from her.