i've seen a lot of shows build to something. along the way, several questions unanswered.
biggest question i have right now is - if you're gonna go search for weapons, why go home? and if home is that close, how did you "find" a prison when you lived what, an hour from it? when they first found the prison rick said the weapons were kept off site yet they've never gone to look for them.
so let's go back to my old hometown, where i grew up believing...(art garfunkle reference, sorry) and look for weapons and handguns in bars where rick signed the permit. i still don't understand how the gap happened in finding the prison guard weapons, or how he can be in gas distance from home but never knew of where he is now, much less where the prison guns would be.
that aside, tonight was amazing.
it set the end to crazy rick. i think they took it too far and i count it as "filler" to the core.
i also feel like the whole "morgan" thing was well written, poorly thought out. it's meant to advance a story, not be a part of it. while i'm glad rick finally "reloaded", i'd never have sold out morgan to get there. he's far too good a character to throw away for some smiley faced gernades and weapons we outlaw today.
the guy with the backpack...how does he live for more than a year with a bright orange backpack only to die at a very convenient time? not sure what's in the backpack, but it sucked you go from "f everyone" to "maybe we should trust again" in 60 min.
the character who grew the most tonight was obviously michonne. to another degree, carl. carl parkaeeted ricks view of michonne and that did a 180 in a matter of 20 minutes. but carl also was a road to getting michonne involved into the core. she's proved herself and rick has opened up.
i'd never have sold out the potential of morgan for what we got tonight. sorry. dude traps zombies and burns them when he has enough. so how did he go around and gather the weapons he has? his traps are passive, his results, aggressive. poorly written and hopefully overlooked. i just hate the lack of consistency and "it's hollywood" to make lazy writing win.
i love the fact carl is growing up, just tired of the afterthought in which he does.
the latest theme is end the show on a thoughtful song cause thoughtfulness is gone from the script.
this is still one of my favorite shows on TV. but it's starting to be a victim of it's own success and taking short cuts on logic, will catch up.
