Andrea was finally going to the prison, so that must lead to something good, right?
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The one shining moment this week was watching Andrea (Holden) copy her friend and use a zombie as a shield.
This week's episode of The Walking Dead was on the wrong foot right off the bat. We spent almost the entire episode following Andrea (Laurie Holden), who has been one of the most underwhelming characters in the series. Let's take a look at what, exactly, this episode accomplished.
It didn't take long before we were back at Woodbury, with Andrea confronting The Governor (David Morrissey) about his raid on the prison. She, once again, got the run-around. At this point I would assume just about any other human being would have gotten bad vibes from the leadership at Woodbury, and either left or, at the very least, developed a serious case of skepticism. Instead, Andrea listens to The Governor, believes him, and also believes Milton (Dallas Roberts) when he tells her he'll cover for her. I'd say the biggest problem Andrea poses for the series right now is how involved in Woodbury she is. It's hard to get the full idea of how clever The Governor is when all he is doing is manipulating a bunch of no-name side characters and the dumbest main character. However, Andrea was finally going to the prison, so that must lead to something good, right?
As it turns out, even reuniting all of the characters for the first time since season one (if you include Merle (Michael Rooker)) isn't all the exciting. We got a few good moments, and realized just how out of touch from the main group Andrea has been for quite a while now, but the catch-up wasn't all that interesting because, well, we lived through it. The reunion involved a few conversations between some of the characters, including Carol (Melissa McBride) actually coming up with a pretty sweet idea of how to kill The Governor, but in the end, we saw very little action. There was a lot of talk, about Rick (Andrew Lincoln) stepping down as leader, or perhaps going to talk with The Governor, but none of that turned into much, and I got the feeling that we had only taken small baby steps towards the end of the series, rather than the much larger strides each episode should be taking at this point.
The only other storyline of note this week involved Tyrese (Chad L. Coleman), and his group, who, surprisingly, stumbled upon Woodbury. As a fan favorite from the comics, Tyrese is just itching to become more relevant to the plot, and now it seems like he might be gearing up for the wrong side. I'm very interested to see where his character goes over the course of the next few episodes, and I'm not entirely sure that I have a grasp on what the writers have in store for him.
That's about all that happened worth noting this week. The Walking Dead is a show that shouldn't be jogging in place at this point. There are a few too many underwhelming episodes interspersed amongst the good (which are very good, to be sure), including this one. I have no doubt that the season will end in spectacular fashion, and I'm sure just about every fan expects that, so why are we wasting our time getting there? Hopefully, something happens next week that pushes the characters into action.
