Eh, thought the episode was ok, but back half of this season does seem to be dragging a bit at this point. Group is broken into too many pieces, and going to be all season before we touch on anyone from the first episodes again at this rate. Really going to spend a whole half-season just touching in with 6 different groups briefly, and then setting them all on the road to terminus, where they can meet up for 10 seconds before we get the view of that camp to close it out? Pretty disappointing plot outline IMO. And the way this has been working, whenever they come up with something interesting, we leave that group for too long and go focus on someone else, no payoff week to week.
When you look at how much they did with the first 6 episodes of the series, stands out pretty sharply to how much we've started to stretch this thing out. Everyone's on their own and taking a little time to absorb what happened and realize they are better off in a group than alone; I got it. Back to telling a story vice wandering the woods in groups of 2 or 3. More interesting than literally sitting around doing nothing at the farm, but it's pretty close to that point.
Burning their shelter down in the middle of the night was retarded. Heavy-handed writing at best, we GET he's letting go, but maybe do it in the morning when you're a little more safe? Getting drunk while outside the safety of, say, a prison wall, is pretty dumb in a ZA. Passed out or numbed reflexes doesn't lead to a healthy long life. And having both people get drunk is even more foolish.
Only shock of this entire episode was that Beth didn't take the final step and make a move on Daryl. Was fully expecting that to happen, especially by the time she got to playing "never have I ever..." or telling him she's a grown woman now and he'll miss her when she's gone. She went right to the edge, and just didn't lean in as expected. Other than that, felt pretty expected/retread.
Golf course was kinda nice just from the aspect of getting characters out of the familiar set and out exploring again. Shows us a little more of the world that's gone, which was appreciated.
moment when Beth took her second drink from the moonshine, she would have still been rolling around the floor from the first drink and by her 3rd or 4th passed out completely.
Good point. As if the golf caddies, waiters, chefs et al would still show up for work in the middle of a ZA. This is where the writers don't think the plot out well despite the best intentions. I'll accept that the cars still run and the gasoline is still good because I've suspended my disbelief that the dead can come back to life and don't rot very fast. [/snob]
