First off, I am happy to report that "The Walking Dead" has been picked up for a second season of 13 episodes. This first season will only be six episodes, so we only have four left to enjoy (the finale will be on December 5), but it's great to look forward to a second season. Now... onto this weeks episode.
This one was rightfully titled "Guts," bringing forth an extreme amount of zombie when a couple of our leading survivors smear themselves with blood and guts of hacked up zombies to trick the "walkers" into thinking they are not amongst the living. They not only have the guts smeared on them, but pieces hanging off their bodies, and they walk through the streets in search of weapons and other necessities to get out of Atlanta.
Out at the camp of safety, we find Rick's wife having an affair with his once deputy and close friend, Shane. The writers didn't spend too much time elaborating on their relationship - they connected in a time of grief and loneliness - and we can see the foreshadowing of future problems with this relationship.
You wait to find out what will happen with the racist angry man (Michael Rooker) left handcuffed on the roof, with the handcuff key falling down the drain. Without giving a spoiler here, I'll say the blood spilled is not caused by a zombie.
This show is so intense and by the time it finishes, I can't believe an hour has passed. This weeks episode was only an hour long, instead of an hour-and-a-half like last week, but filled up every moment with a quality program. This weeks episode was watched by over 4.7 million people (no wonder there will be a second season, right?!).
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
The Walking Dead - Season One, Episode One: 'Days Gone By'
What a show to premiere on Halloween night. I'm not much for the zombie shows, and I originally thought this would be better as a movie than a TV series, but I will admit I was completely mistaken. There is only one word to describe this show: fantastic.
Officer Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln) comes out of a coma (induced by a gunshot wound) to find a demolished hospital, decomposed/eaten bodies covered in flies, and no one else around for miles.
Talk about waking up on the wrong side of the bed.
One of the things I like most about this plot is that they didn't waste episodes explaining how zombies come to be. There is mention of being bit, dying, returning to "life" as a zombie. There, now you're caught up on how this all happened. Moving on...
Once he gets up from the his hospital bed, the cop makes his way towards his house, only to find his house abandoned by his wife and young son. I could see this leading to what was to come - I knew they would be alive somewhere and something scandalous would arise. Sure enough, she is later seen kissing his colleague at a camp they set up away from the zombies in Atlanta.
Officer Grimes encounters another man, Morgan (Lennie James), and his young son, Duane (Adrian Turner), and stays in seclusion with them for a while before he makes his way to Atlanta. Morgan's wife was bit by a zombie and it's like she has a memory because she often returns to the house as though she is looking for her family. Morgan is faced with a painstaking decision if she should eliminate her and put her out of her misery or not. Ultimately, he's unable to put her out of her misery but still can't leave her behind to go to Atlanta with Grimes. I think this added a personal angle to the story and the zombies - they aren't all just these random beings roaming around with their arms in the air. This is the shell of a loved one.
This episode ran for an hour-and-a-half and when it ended, I couldn't believe the suspense I had just endured and couldn't believe it was already over.
And then there's the cliffhanger - the mystery voice that comes across the radio inside the tank saying to officer Grimes, "Hey you, dumbass. Yeah, you in the tank. Cozy in there?"
If you haven't watched this episode yet, let me forewarn you: the graphic nature is not overly extreme, but there is the death of a horse. :(
Officer Rick Grimes (played by Andrew Lincoln) comes out of a coma (induced by a gunshot wound) to find a demolished hospital, decomposed/eaten bodies covered in flies, and no one else around for miles.
Talk about waking up on the wrong side of the bed.
One of the things I like most about this plot is that they didn't waste episodes explaining how zombies come to be. There is mention of being bit, dying, returning to "life" as a zombie. There, now you're caught up on how this all happened. Moving on...
Once he gets up from the his hospital bed, the cop makes his way towards his house, only to find his house abandoned by his wife and young son. I could see this leading to what was to come - I knew they would be alive somewhere and something scandalous would arise. Sure enough, she is later seen kissing his colleague at a camp they set up away from the zombies in Atlanta.
Officer Grimes encounters another man, Morgan (Lennie James), and his young son, Duane (Adrian Turner), and stays in seclusion with them for a while before he makes his way to Atlanta. Morgan's wife was bit by a zombie and it's like she has a memory because she often returns to the house as though she is looking for her family. Morgan is faced with a painstaking decision if she should eliminate her and put her out of her misery or not. Ultimately, he's unable to put her out of her misery but still can't leave her behind to go to Atlanta with Grimes. I think this added a personal angle to the story and the zombies - they aren't all just these random beings roaming around with their arms in the air. This is the shell of a loved one.
This episode ran for an hour-and-a-half and when it ended, I couldn't believe the suspense I had just endured and couldn't believe it was already over.
And then there's the cliffhanger - the mystery voice that comes across the radio inside the tank saying to officer Grimes, "Hey you, dumbass. Yeah, you in the tank. Cozy in there?"
If you haven't watched this episode yet, let me forewarn you: the graphic nature is not overly extreme, but there is the death of a horse. :(
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