Necrotic Ambulators

The first season of The Walking Dead was mediocre at best. Unfortunately, it was also beset with quite a large dose of sexism and misogyny and didn’t have nearly enough stories about women (who would, duh, be half of the survivors so they should get half the stories). I almost gave up on the show after that point.tumblr_n2q6i8uUK81qk5g8wo1_500

But then season two improved greatly, and after that it has continued to get better and better, both in terms of storytelling and allowing women to have full lives on screen.

And then season four.

Damn.

The whole season was great, with several moments where I was thinking I cannot believe that just happened on an American TV show. Not even anything gory, necessarily, but just something utterly unconventional and shocking yet utterly appropriate to the story. (Very had to do, by the way, so kudos to the writers.)

“The Grove” is the third best episode of any TV show I have ever seen, behind two episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

I’m difficult to surprise and even harder to shock, but a few times it was like I didn’t even want to look at the screen.

And then the last scene.

“Just look at the flowers, Lizzie.”

Melissa McBride as Carol just could not be any better. She amazes me with the lines she walks and how deftly she does so. She seems like someone you might meet on the street, at a café, might overhear talking in the grocery store.

Just don’t look at the flowers if she asks you to.