First and foremost, what many people believe happened in tonight's episode of The Walking Dead is not what I believed happened in tonight's episode of The Walking Dead. We'll get to that later. Last week we saw everything that was going on in Alexandria while Rick and company were on their mission to lead an army of Walkers away from the area. In "Thank You" we revisit Rick's group in the aftermath of hearing that very loud horn that is thwarting their plans. Here's what happened:
I Might Not Last The Day
Rick and his team are running through the woods after the portion of the Walkers that broke from the group and made a quick turn toward Alexandria. He gets Daryl on the walkie talkie and tells him to keep moving as planned. At least Daryl still has a ton of Walkers following him. Rick's group consists of Michonne, Glenn, Heath, Nicholas (he still sucks), and a handful of locals who aren't much help. Right away, the only other female in the group takes a page right out of Tara's playbook and hurts her ankle. Sheesh. Rick comes up with a new plan - he will run toward the empty RV in the road and pull it around to divert the rogue Walkers. He wants to go alone and tells everyone else to make their way home. He pulls Glenn and Michonne aside to give them instructions. "If something is in front of you, you kill it. No hiding. No waiting. You keep going." Michonne and Glenn point out the inexperience of the rest of the group and Rick isn't sympathetic. "You try to save them. You try. But if they can't keep up, you keep going." Pretty sure you are still within earshot of these people, Rick.
This happy little chat is cut short when they hear yelling. Yup, one of the guys in their group has already been attacked by a Walker and has had his throat torn out. Maybe Rick isn't being so harsh after all. Michonne puts her sword through his head and then they hear the horn stop. Silver lining? Do those exist on this show?
Rick heads to the RV and the locals are paranoid as they walk back home. There's a lot of "We have no idea what we're walking into" and "It's over, we're dead already" stuff. Michonne and Glenn put them in their place and the group presses on. They come across some Walkers and Glenn and Michonne try to take them on alone. They specifically tell the locals not to jump in unless they have to. Pretty sure they don't have to but they do anyway. One dude thinks it's a good idea to use his gun (though he has clearly not used one before), shoots another dude in the leg in the process, then promptly runs away. Super. Now we've got two leg injuries. Another guy gets bit on the back but Michonne and Glenn let him continue. I guess there's no sense in killing him right now when he might prove to be an absolute pain in the ass helpful later on.
The group comes upon an abandoned (obviously) street with some shops and a lot of broken down, useless cars. Glenn tells Michonne that as much as he needs to get home, he feels he can't leave anyone behind. Nicholas finds a hat on the ground that belonged to the idiot that ran away in the woods...and then they find the idiot just around the corner getting torn apart by Walkers. Who didn't see that coming? Everyone starts backtracking but there are now Walkers coming in all directions. Off to the nearest store they go.
Glenn comes up with a plan to burn a nearby building down in order to distract the Walkers outside. Lots of distracting going on today. He wants to go it alone and Michonne is not happy. She reminds him that he has a wife at home and Glenn says that's exactly why he wants to do this - to ensure the Walkers do not find Alexandria. "We all have a job to do." Nicholas offers to go with Glenn because he knows the area well...you know, because of all those runs he went on where people on his team always died. He sucks.
There'll Be Hell Today
Rick is heading toward the RV, taking out Walkers along the way, when Glenn radios in to say he's going to set a building on fire. "If you don't see smoke, they're still coming your way. I gotta go. Good luck dumb ass." Heh. It's like the Pilot episode all over again. Don't screw it up, Rick. He does make it to the RV and hauls ass toward Alexandria.
Michonne is trying to keep things calm and tends to the two leg injuries. They appreciate the help but tell Heath to leave them behind because they're slowing everyone down. Heath doesn't want to hear it and Michonne confirms that she won't leave them behind. They hear gunshots coming from Alexandria and are terrified as they see all of the Walkers outside head toward home. The ones inside that were locked in the storeroom inside, however, are more interested in the flesh in the store. Oh shit. The commotion lures the outside Walkers back to the store and these guys are in serious trouble.
They open the front doors and use everything they have to brush past the Walkers and get out of there. Leg injury #1 falls down right away. She's toast. The group runs into a dead end at a fence and they have a hell of a time getting everyone over. They don't. The guy with the back bite is done for. Well, he was done for anyway. Michonne and Health get leg injury #2 home safely, but home definitely isn't how they left it.
Meanwhile, Rick gets the RV to the right place and radios Glenn but Glenn isn't answering. He doesn't have time to think about it though because one of The Wolves busts into the vehicle in with a gun. Wait, when did they get guns? Daryl hears the gunfire and takes off toward the RV. Rick has already shot the guy but there are more outside. Wait though...the guy he shot has baby food in his pocket. Did those assholes take Judith? We didn't actually get a clear shot of the baby cam when Carl pulled out the casserole at the end of last week's episode. Damn it Carl! Rick shoots the remaining Wolves...but now the RV won't start...and here come the Walkers! Why wasn't there any smoke?
My Head Just Feels In Pain
Glenn and Nicholas make their way through the streets. The building Nicholas wanted to burn down is already in ruins...because Nicholas SUCKS. The duo encounters a dead end with a fence as well. There's a dumpster right there, so they can climb over the fence, right? Nope. There are just as many Walkers on the other side of the fence as there are coming toward them in the alley. Doesn't look good. They shoot and stab what they can, then Nicholas and Glenn climb up on the dumpster...and see their survival odds dwindling as the Walkers are within inches of yanking them down for a meal. It's too much for Nicholas. He's in his own world for a second before he faces Glenn, says "thank you," and shoots himself in the head. WTF?!?! He falls on top of Glenn and they fall to the ground. You have to be effing kidding me. We see Glenn's face in agony as Walkers are tearing through somebody's insides and I assume they are Nicholas' organs we see being passed around. When the camera pans out though, it seems like Glenn is part of the slaughter. My heart stops for just a second, but then I decide I'm not buying it....
Reasons Glenn is NOT dead:
1) There are no witnesses. If a major character dies then someone needs to see it. With the Walkers dismantling Nicholas they way they are, it's not like Glenn would have the opportunity to walk out of a barn like Sophia did.
2) The Walkers were seriously tearing shit up. Not sure how Glenn would have his head raised and looking around if he were the equivalent of The Scarecrow: "First they tore my legs off and threw them over there! Then they took my chest out and they threw it over there!" I will say it's a bit suspicious that none of these Walkers took a bite out of Glenn's face, but then again, maybe they were super pre-occupied with Nicholas....because he sucks.
3) There was definitely room under the dumpster for Glenn to fit. He's surrounded by Walkers and has guts all over him, so he could just roll under there and wait it out.
4) Spoiler alert: Glenn's death in the comics is epic and the producers owe him that if they're going to kill him off.
5) No one should hate Maggie that much.
On to other things though - has Judith been kidnapped? Did that little shit Enid take Judith before she left the note for Carl? Carl, whose one job was to protect Judith? If that story line is coming, I'm going to be pisssssed. My guess is Morgan will want to talk it out. Maybe they can have a bonfire with The Wolves and sing camp songs to wash all their worries away. Maybe instead of breaking bread, they can share crazy cheese. Maybe Carol will even share one of her water chestnut recipes. Ugh. Regardless of what is happening with Judith, I need Glenn to pop up again as soon as possible. Please, TWD writers, don't let this linger on for long.
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