The Walking Dead may have changed the game completely in last night’s episode. The new trio revealed at the end of last episode bring a surprise. Michonne makes Carl bearable through the power of canned cheese. And Rick gets stuck in a cheesy ’80s college sex comedy turned deadly!
“Claimed”
isn’t epic, but for concentrating 80% on Rick, Michonne and Carl (mostly
Rick, who actually spends most of the episode in one room) and 20% on
Glenn, Tara and the newcomers, it’s got tension, we learn about the
characters organically, Carl isn’t too terrible, and there’s a major
twist. It’s exactly what I want out of a regular TWD episode.
We begin
with Rick, Carl and Michonne at the house. Carl and Michonne share a
bowl of cereal, and a wistful Michonne wishes she had soy milk. Carl
does not care for soy milk, and recounts an anecdote where soy milk made
him barf, and laughingly recounts all the other fake milk products he’d
rather have than soy milk until he includes to Judith’s formula, and
makes himself super-sad. As awkward as this all is, Rick is just
grateful to hear Carl laugh, even for a second.
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