I would have rated this episode quite low, if it wasn't for Rick. Apart from his scenes, I wasn't a huge fan of this episode. Michonne & Carl were OK, but they didn't do that much in the episode. I'm not keen on the cartoons that are Abraham, Eugene and Rosita either, and never been a fan of Tara. So the scenes with those in it were, to me, very weak. Nothing against Glenn, but the rest of that group is a drag. Rick, IMO, was the star of the show with those scenes in the house. Really good, tense stuff, and Rick at his best (leaving the bathroom door open was pure genius).
So I gave this a 7/10. If there was no Rick, it could have been a lot lower.
best parts were the tension that Rick survived in the house. and my wife noted that Rick purposely left the toilet door ajar when he climbed out the window, to enable the awaken zombie to wreak some havoc in the house!
Eugene was really annoying .
what are the chances that the last guy Maggie kills in the bus has Glenn's wavy black hair :s
i didn't understand the whole picture frame bit that Carl gave to Michonne (with the ominous music and tense eyeballs when she saw the painting)
i didn't understand the whole picture frame bit that Carl gave to Michonne (with the ominous music and tense eyeballs when she saw the painting)
It's probably an indirect reference to Lizzie's fate:
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I think that frame was a painting the mother or father of the girl pictured there was making of her before the outbreak, and the crossings and the blood were added later on, as an attempt to release the stress as he/she decided that he/she needed to put down his/her daughter. Kind of a mental breakdown. And I believe that either Michone had to do the same for her son, or even her boyfriend/husband/lover/whatever did it without her consent, which might make sense, since IIRC she said her pet walkers deserved their fate. That would be why she is so touched after seeing both the painting and the room where what I can only guess was the mother of those kids killed them and then killed herself.
Sure, but I still think the physical resemblance with Lizzie is some kind of hint or "easteregg" and probably symbolizing her fate.
Oh, yeah, that's definitely possible. I thought you meant that was the only reason it appeared. But it could totally be both.
Hey, does anyone know what are those posters in the room just before Rick killed Lou? Especially the "columbia (Colombia?)" one with the skull?
I think it is extremely likely that the house Michonne and Carl explored was connected in some way to Mary (and her family?). Not only does the "bloody" painting bear a very strong resemblance to her, but there was also a painting of sunflowers hanging on the wall in the hallway. In "Us", when Glenn, Maggie, Abraham and the others arrive at Terminus, two of the most prominent sights they see are sunflowers, and Mary.