Yes thats my only purpose in the world. Can't complain about one episode of one tv show I watch on the internet...
It's pretty lame overall. Dude was fat and out of shape. Should have used a character with better physical attributes. Maybe even a real expert in Aikido. I don't know much about Aikido, but in general, to be proficient in a new martial art takes years of training. I'm doubtful these two guys were together for years. And as an expert in Aikido, he can't handle not getting bitten by a single walker? Quite lazy and convenient to push Morgan forward. I was hoping for, by the middle of the episode, a massive invasion of walkers that the master was able to hold off but die doing so for Morgan to escape with Morgan still yet to master the skills or convinced of the art of peace. Just lazy. The story telling to develop Morgan's character I get, but Morgan trying to convince a Wolf? That's amateurish. It lack of any wisdom and show sign of lack of any mental realism. After this episode, I don't mind Morgan dying anything now. He was a unique character with potential. Now, he just live in an unrealistic reality and is boring.
Maybe they were trying to be ironic here? Who...in their right mind...would turn their back to a walker? I was thinking maybe part of the irony was here is this guy trying to heal Morgan when he hasn't actually healed himself really. As he mentioned, he had been alone since he starved the guy who killed his family. He may have thought he was better but then all the stuff coming out about Morgan's wife and child actually made white Miyagi vulnerable and maybe not wanting to make that journey he was talking about. So, while it seemed he was saving Morgan that moment and being heroic, he was actually quite prepared to die himself and felt he was long overdue. He didn't even really react emotionally at all to being bit. It was just business as usual. The truth is white Miyagi could have just killed the walker no problem in that situation. While Morgan was actually wanting to get it over with, white Miyagi had actually come to terms with dying a while ago and maybe losing his goat sent him over the edge. He was probably projecting on the goat as being his last remaining family in that situation and Morgan was his prodigy worth saving. I think white Miyagi set himself up to be bit on purpose in that situation...either consciously or subconsciously.
If I was white Miyagi, I would have killed Morgan after the 10th time he was screaming "KILL ME"! I would've been like "alright, geez, enough with the screaming. You're scaring the goat for God's sake" So freaking emo.....
This episode was deep. But i get that not everyone would understand it. Most just want to see action anyway.
The goat wasn't dead yet. Eastman didn't know the goat was dead until after the bite when Morgan brought the body to the graveyard. The biting scene just needs to be looked at through the lens of the series to date; when we need someone to die, walkers are stealthy and unstoppable and our characters won't use common sense without they approach them.
Anyone know of any sites that do good episode recaps? Now that grantland is gone I'd like a new site!
I don't believe you. He learn how to use a staff and read a book. That backstory could be told through exposition. Not a full 90 min episode. We have to care about Morgan now? They're never going to kill him off. Oh well, it is what it is. I hope that's done with and on to the next episode.
LOL...just cause someone didn't like this episode doesn't mean they are too dumb to understand it. Its Walking Dead not The Canterbury Tales.
lol its a show about zombies and we're complaining about the legitimacy of Aikido in the show. Z-Nation is where its at! They just found out about Z-Weed...
What a waste of an episode. I want the damn plot to move forward. I wouldn't mind as much if TWD was a Netflix series that releases an entire season at once instead of one episode per week.
I hold it with higher expectation. It's not a show about zombies. Zombies is the background to the show about human nature and relationship. If it's just about zombies, few would watch.
I consider not watching, waiting for it to show up on Netflix and get over the season in a day. Did that before and was about to skips past seasons or at least FF through it. This is what make Netflix's model so attractive!
i think serial watching is better. it makes us watch together. its builds anticipation and it gives a week for everybody to discuss the show and kind of creates a community around it. for example, narcos is a great show but you won't find any 20 page discussion threads on it. does breaking bad have the same impact if it was all released on netflix? i don't think so
It wasn't a bad episode.. not as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Everyone was once enamored with Morgan and how he became this "jedi knight" as some of you referred to him. Now everyone is sulking and pouting cause he's not as "bad ass" as you want him to be. It was obvious he wasn't going to go and become Carol all of a sudden. We already have Daryl and Carol plus maybe Spoiler Jesus coming soon. They are probably about as bad ass as bad assery gets. Like I said I didn't mind the episode, it shows that Morgan was pretty much dealing with the same thing Rick was when Lori died (nutty syndrome). But obviously, everyone wants to see wtf is happening with Glenn... I'm almost 100% positive once everyone finds out they'll be highly disappointed and come on here to b**** about the show again. It's cool, I get it, just the way it all works!
I suppose "deep" is one way to describe it, but understanding the episode wasn't the issue at all. The acting was good. Lennie James and John Carroll Lynch did fine with what they were given. I also understand the desire to pull back from so much action after the first two episodes. But putting out 90 mins of tangental stuff while keeping Glenn's fate a mystery was amateurish trolling. I like Lennie James as an actor (much better in Line of Duty than TWD), but Morgan just isn't all that interesting to me. I feel as if this "character development" was shoved down my throat.
Thought it was a great episode. I was curious how Morgan went from raving lunatic to normal again. I really enjoyed it and after 3 action packed episodes in a row, I have no issues with a slower backstory episode. Great acting.
Woody Harrelson doesn't approve of Morgan's peaceful mantra, but Sam Rockwell has his back. https://youtu.be/Mzuaw0wIuvA
