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old-fart · 03-18-2014, 09:42 AM

I thought it was an excellent episode. Very moving and provided lots of answers (for those that hadn't already figured out who was feeding the zombies at the prison).

Lizzie was absolutely a psychopath. She tortured and killed animals, heard the zombies talking to her, had no empathy, and no understanding of what she had done wrong.

Carol has transformed from a victim who was married to a wife beater, to a mother distraught over her missing daughter, to a bad ass that does whatever she thinks is required for "the good of the group" - although we learned in this episode that while she may appear cold, doing that "whatever needs doing" is hard on her emotionally - yet she does it anyway. Did Tyrees kill Lizzie... no, Carol had to do it. I think the episode was about the two girls somewhat (not just Carol and Tyrees). One was a gentle kid who didn't want to hurt anyone, much like Carol's daughter Sophie. The other was batcrap cray cray - a very interesting dichotomy that posed an interesting dilemma. I personally don't think you could leave her alive. She was a psychopath with access to weapons, and as Carol says you do what you need to do.

For those complaining about the overall story - you do realize this is based on a graphic novel right? While not directly scene for scene, it is following the general story line along fairly well with a few twists thrown in. I could have told you a half season ago that Lizzie was going to kill Mika at some point and wait until she came back - and I knew as soon as someone had fed a zombie a rat who it was. I could have told you the Governor was going to bring a tank to the prison. I could tell you what I think they will find at Terminus (although I don't believe that's in the graphic novel specifically).

Some of the episodes have definitely been very slow, and certainly some of the acting could be better... and the guns don't kick as much as maybe they would in real life, and yes everybody seems to be a better shot than is realistic... but it's a show about freaking zombies. If they wanted accuracy in a zombie show, then a new religion should be starting up after each "resurrection".

03-18-2014, 09:42 AM	#4154
old-fart Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Exp:	I thought it was an excellent episode. Very moving and provided lots of answers (for those that hadn't already figured out who was feeding the zombies at the prison). Lizzie was absolutely a psychopath. She tortured and killed animals, heard the zombies talking to her, had no empathy, and no understanding of what she had done wrong. Carol has transformed from a victim who was married to a wife beater, to a mother distraught over her missing daughter, to a bad ass that does whatever she thinks is required for "the good of the group" - although we learned in this episode that while she may appear cold, doing that "whatever needs doing" is hard on her emotionally - yet she does it anyway. Did Tyrees kill Lizzie... no, Carol had to do it. I think the episode was about the two girls somewhat (not just Carol and Tyrees). One was a gentle kid who didn't want to hurt anyone, much like Carol's daughter Sophie. The other was batcrap cray cray - a very interesting dichotomy that posed an interesting dilemma. I personally don't think you could leave her alive. She was a psychopath with access to weapons, and as Carol says you do what you need to do. For those complaining about the overall story - you do realize this is based on a graphic novel right? While not directly scene for scene, it is following the general story line along fairly well with a few twists thrown in. I could have told you a half season ago that Lizzie was going to kill Mika at some point and wait until she came back - and I knew as soon as someone had fed a zombie a rat who it was. I could have told you the Governor was going to bring a tank to the prison. I could tell you what I think they will find at Terminus (although I don't believe that's in the graphic novel specifically). Some of the episodes have definitely been very slow, and certainly some of the acting could be better... and the guns don't kick as much as maybe they would in real life, and yes everybody seems to be a better shot than is realistic... but it's a show about freaking zombies. If they wanted accuracy in a zombie show, then a new religion should be starting up after each "resurrection".