So, two episodes into the new season. I'm pretty happy with it so far. Lots of guts and gore, lots of tension, Lori is being detached from relevance so she will be easier to kill, Carl is an unstable psycho in the making, Rick is officially a hard core BAMF that you do NOT fuck with, Daryl continues to be awesome and a BAMF in his own redneck Deliverance kind of way...
Anyone still got shit to complain about? (duh... )
I thought episode 2 had a few features that were all time worst for this show. And I love this show. And I loved episode 2.
But the worthless scene of Maggie crying and telling Hershel goodbye for five minutes? And then he didn't die? Lame.
Then, the whole premise that five convicts could reside together in a cafeteria for ten months and still look and act like normal convicts. Sorry, especially considering how psycho long-haired dude was, that whole group wasn't unbelievable. If I was penned up in a jailcell for ten months with no outside interaction, I'm showing some signs of lunacy. I'm probably pissing off the other four guys until one of them (who is also looney) tries to kill me. Especially if I was already unstable enough to be in a federal prison. What were they doing for ten months? Playing "I Spy"? Charades? Drop the soap?
I'm also realizing that my worst fears about this show are true. The seasons are much more enjoyable as two six hour movies as opposed to one 45 minute episode per week.
I do think the plot could benefit from them travelling more. Season 2 was locked up on a farm. Now they're locked up in a prison. Unfortunately, we know they'll be in the prison at least one more episode because Lori will have the baby there. Then the previews have given away The Governor and his compound as the next location. And I'm sure they'll be there for most of season 3.
This is post-apocalyptic USA. Let's see a little bit of what's going on outside of Atlanta.