figured i would follow up as to why i didn't like the episode since most actually did, and a lot of the dissatisfaction discussion has centered around the acting abilities of the children...
to me the episode was poor because i don't really care about lizzie and mika. sure it sucks to see kids die like they did, but i'm not emotionally invested in their outcomes. the show has had lots of loss: shane, dale, sophia, andrea, lori, etc and even people we loved to hate like merle and the governor. they were characters i cared about and their death impacted the show and those that were left.
yet those girls were not important. aside from carol, no one really had a bond with them. they were both pretty useless. one was crazy. the impact was about as small as beth losing jimmy in season 2 or her new bf at the beginning of this season.
additionally, it is compounded by the lack of movement for this whole second half of the season. just like wasting an entire episode to show that carl is still just a kid that needs his dad, this episode only accomplished 1 totally minor thing. thats ok if you are an afternoon soap opera with 200 episodes a year. but this show only has 16 for a whole season, and we are wasting an entire episode to kill off 2 minor characters?
perhaps it is me. perhaps i have unrealistic expectations of this show. but the reason i started watching this show was in season 1. every single episode had me so nervous. i was absolutely engrossed. each episode had a lot of action and development. yet its turned into such a slow paced soap opera that i now get up and do laundry in the middle of an episode.
its just disappointing to see something go from totally awesome to watch to something run of the mill.
/rant
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