The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 5
I’ll be honest I’m not a fan of these standalone episodes, with
season 4 episode 14 “The Grove” being the exception. The Walking Dead is billed
as an ensemble drama, but for some reason the show insists on taking these
detours which feature only a few characters. This season started out really
strong with three episodes featuring a large cast and multiple stories going on
with the action moving quickly. However we've moved away from that in the past
two episodes (And the next one based on the preview) and this is what we’re
stuck with. With all that being said, I really did enjoy the last night’s
episode “Self Harm” I think if they embrace the “LOST” style of flashing back
to a previous time for one character to give us more backstory, and character
development these standalones (This isn't a word, but I don't really care) will become more palatable.
But let’s talk about the important part of the episode, the
boning!
Oh, not the boning?
Oh right… Eugene has a secret.
He’s not a scientist, instead
he’s just a guy who is pretty smart, and reasoned that his best chance for
survival is to pretend that he holds the cure to the zombie apocalypse, thus convincing
strong people to escort him to Washington. Why Washington? Well he thinks that
if any place in the country would be equipped to withstand an apocalyptic event
it would be the nation’s capital. Not terrible logic I suppose, it will be
interesting to see if the group still heads towards Washington, or if they stay
in the Atlanta area. This is a game changer and we’ll have to wait and see
where the show goes from here. It was a great moment, but I’m a little
concerned that it will take the wind out of the sails of the season. Before
Eugene dropped his bombshell we had a clear trajectory of the season, they were
going to Washington, the nightmare was coming to an end, and things were going
to change. Now that this secret is out its unclear where the characters are
going to go, and what they are going to do.
I have a confession, much like Eugene I’ve not be completely
forth right with my friends. What I mean by that is when I’ve talked about the
show with my friends and family I’ve had to try and dance around the discussion
of Eugene’s cure. I’m an avid fan of the comic books, so I knew that there was
a strong chance that Eugene was lying (granted the show strays from the source
material quite a bit so I really couldn’t be sure) I do apologize to everyone
for that, hope we can still be friends… please don’t punch me in the face!
-Brian Meagher
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