[Max Cow Disease]

I have a strange relationship with this show. The once tense survival horror that it once was has given way to this drawn out absurdity that I still watch every week and occasionally enjoy for some reason. Like, the goofiness of a “kingdom” of sorts being ruled by a former zookeeper with a domesticated tiger is quaint and amusing, but has felt way out of place for me and exhibits that the show’s sort of been wandering the wastes for a long while now (though I do like Ezekiel’s character a lot of the time, admittedly).

Regarding Ezekiel, I’d expect to see a mopey episode or two, followed by some sort of motivation from Carol, who will remind him of his “but yet I smile” shtick and get him back on the wagon. I’m not sure what he’ll do now though, given that the actual effective fighting force of the Kingdom has been eliminated from the equation.

With the now tag team of Rick and Daryl running amok, it’s interesting seeing Daryl repeatedly cancel out any of the humanity that Rick demonstrates by summarily executing everyone he sees (Morales, the dude behind the tree). You can tell which one of those two was cooped up in a room learning about Easy Street.