Lori Grimes was far from perfect. And by far from perfect I
mean if she was standing on the top of Mount Everest, then perfect would be in
an underground bunker in the heart of Louisiana. But she was also smart enough
to accept that she had made too many mistakes, that she was so imperfect that
at this point there was no way to reconcile herself. So she sized up her
remaining options and did the only positive thing left that she could do. Let
go.
As much I hated the character because her constant
inconsistencies, poor judgment on just about everything, and being a detriment
to the rest of the group’s success; that was a highly emotional and well
executed death scene to say the least. Lori takes her last moments on this now
apocalyptic Earth to confess to young Carl how easily the world can change you,
and that change will probably be for the worst if you allow it. Then after
Carl has heard enough of her blubbering after Lori delivers the baby and
dies from blood loss, Carl is forced to put her down with his trusty sidearm.
So in a span of about 5 minutes he is forced to watch his mother in labor, get
gutted, and has to finish her off himself. Hopefully Herschel has some psychiatric
experience from his past.
So as we lose someone who whines a lot and is much more a hindrance
than they are useful in terms of helping in a zombie apocalypse, we gain
another. The birth of the newborn will certainly bring about a whole host of
problems for our survivors going forward, but that wasn’t even remotely what
was going through Rick’s mind when he first saw it. And give credit to Andrew
Lincoln for this one because that was some amazing acting, especially at the
moment when he knelt down and screamed “Oh Nooo” when he saw Carl and was able
to put all the pieces together about what his son just had to endure. I would
not want to be a zombie in the path of Rick anytime soon.
What made this episode really special though is that Lori’s
death came as an even bigger surprise seeing as it was the second death of a “main”
character in the episode. The great Theodore “T-dog” Douglass also bit the dust
in this one. What made the character so special to me was that the name “T-dog”
was somehow less absurd than the actor’s actual name “Iron E.” Unfortunately it
was clear early on in the episode that he wasn’t long for this world, what with
him speaking up for the first time ever and the emergence of another black
actor. For whatever reason there’s an unwritten rule in shows like this that
you can’t have two actors of color sharing the screen. But considering how little the show made us
want to care about him at least he got a cool death out of it and was able to
sacrifice himself for the team.
In other news, we got some more insight at what’s going on
in Woodbury. Merle has his little heart set on finding his baby brother, but
the Governor doesn’t seem very interested in allowing him to try and accomplish
this task. Andrea and Michonne continue their disagreement as to whether or not
they should stay or go. Personally, considering they haven’t actually seen any shenanigans going
on from those in charge in here, I don’t see how you can justify leaving the
only town left in the world that has electricity and protection available to
them based solely on a “gut feeling.”
This episode was able to keep the season three hot streak
going for the show and actually has a strong argument for best episode the
series has ever made. Things are going to change drastically for a main group
in the immediate future as I’m sure Rick will go off the deep end, especially
since this whole mess started from him chasing that prisoner Andrew out into
the yard without actually finishing him off. I made the mistake of forgetting
that in any kind of action or sci-fi show you have to assume that unless you
actually see a person die on screen, there’s a good chance they’re still alive.
A few other thoughts:
- Setting up a trap?
- Glen had a super underrated episode considering all the other messes that happened. Not only was he able to score some guard tower sex, but also had one of the better zombie kills to date by straight up slicing off one their heads with his machete. Plus he foreshadows all the craziness by asking: “Oh man. Can’t we just have one good day?” at the beginning of the episode.
- I hope this isn’t the last time we see Herschel take out a zombie with his crutches.
- “How come we never hooked up?” –Merle is really one with words.
- The Governor tells Andrea his name is really Phillip. Yeah I’d go by “The Governor” too.
What did everyone else
think? Comments are always welcome.
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