The Walking Dead - Small Screen Review

The Walking Dead - Small Screen Review

Episode Three - Save The Last One

Hershel tells Lori and Rick that he might need to perform Carl's surgery without anesthesia if Shane and Otis do not return soon. Daryl and Andrea return to the forest to find Sophia. The search leads to Daryl share an insightful childhood memory. In the woods, the two come upon a walker hanging from a tree, which they kill after a friendly debate.

Glenn and T-Dog arrive at the Greene home, where T-Dog's injury is treated while Glenn and Maggie talk about faith. Lori contemplates letting Carl die to end his suffering, while Rick holds to the belief that Carl may yet live in a better future. Meanwhile, Shane and Otis fight to escape the high school, only to face more walkers at every turn. An injured Shane betrays Otis to escape the walkers, and returns to the Greene home just in time for Carl's surgery. Shane misleads everyone about Otis's death and destroys the only clue that he himself was responsible, having shot Otis in the leg.

Episode Four - Cherokee Rose

Dale, Daryl, Andrea and Carol arrive at the Greene home and set up camp as Carl recovers. Since Shane is still injured and Rick is weak from blood loss, Daryl decides to search alone for Sophia. He does not find Sophia, but instead finds a Cherokee Rose (a Native American sign in which children were protected), and gives it to Carol. Hershel takes Rick on a tour; he then tells him that he should leave the property after Carl heals and they find Sophia.

Rick begs Hershel to reconsider that they leave; the latter will think about letting them stay if they follow certain guidelines. Dale and T-Dog decide to retrieve water from a nearby well, although they realize that there is a walker inside. Since the survivors cannot kill it for it might infect the water further, they decide to use Glenn as bait to lure the walker out of the well. They succeed, but due to the moisture from the well, the walker's legs and internal organs spill back in the well, infecting the water; T-Dog then kills the walker. Maggie and Glenn decide to head to a local pharmacy, where Maggie offers to have sex with Glenn. Glenn retrieves a pregnancy test, requested by Lori; Lori uses it and realizes that she is pregnant.

Pretty much nothing happens or better yet I can say the same things happen but different situations; the past three episodes. Now I do not mind that at all. This is a drama with zombies and drama comes first but the last three episodes all feel like the same thing given to us. To me they could have cut it down to two episodes worth and then give us something different in the fourth. Thankfully it seems the story with pick up next episode.