With Carl recovering, the group puts their focus on finding Sophia. Glenn and Maggie go for a trip to find supplies.With Carl recovering, the group puts their focus on finding Sophia. Glenn and Maggie go for a trip to find supplies.With Carl recovering, the group puts their focus on finding Sophia. Glenn and Maggie go for a trip to find supplies.
- Bloated Well Walker
- (as Brian Keith Hillard)
- Walker
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe flower Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata) is the state flower of Georgia. It grows throughout Georgia and can survive many different climates including drought. The flower is not indigenous to North America, it is native to southern China and Taiwan and can be found as far south as Laos and Vietnam. It was introduced to the southeastern United States around 1790 and is considered an invasive species.
- GoofsThe premise of getting the walker out of the well is invalid and pointless. Once the water is contaminated with any kind of disease vector it would be considered unsafe to drink.
- Quotes
[Daryl tells Carol the story of the Cherokee rose]
Carol Peletier: A flower?
Daryl Dixon: [Daryl hands Carol the flower he picked] It's a Cherokee rose. The story is that when American soldiers were moving Indians off their land on the trail of tears the Cherokee mothers were grieving and crying so much 'cause they were losing their little ones along the way from exposure and disease and starvation. A lot of them just disappeared. So the elders, they, uh, said a prayer. Asked for a sign to uplift the mothers' spirits, give them strength and hope. The next day, this rose started to grow right where the mothers' tears fell.
Daryl Dixon: [Daryl pauses] I'm not fool enough to think there's any flowers blooming for my brother. But I believe this one bloomed for your little girl.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016)
We heard from Maggie, no less than 10 minutes before, that there are 5 wells on the farm. OK, so when Dale and the much more active T-Dog discover the zombie tribute to Sadako trapped down well number 2 they decide that they've gotta bring it out alive to prevent water contamination.
Obviously this was going to spell trouble and chaos ensued when the rusted pump collapsed, but after getting Glenn out they figured they'd use the horse to drag out the deep Z diver instead. So why not use the horse in the first place? or even more logically – use another well? And who would want to drink water that a zombie had been bathing in? Seeing the guts spill out back into the well was pretty gruesome and T-Dog putting what was left out of it's misery was fun to watch, but ultimately it felt like this scene was only there to give us our weekly fix of the undead.
Maggie's reaction to this was interesting and there have been a few disapproving glances between her and Hershel when the others have killed walkers. This looks like it could cause some conflict later on.
The best part of the episode for me was without a doubt seeing Glenn get a reward for all of his well wading and supply missions. Or maybe this was a bit of karma for saving Rick's ass way back in the second episode. Fans of the comics would have known this was coming and so probably weren't surprise when the pair decide to get it on right there in the store. What would have been nice would have been if the pair had an unexpected guest – remember two's company, three's necrophilia.
As most of the stronger male characters were recovering from one thing or another the only real action would have come from Daryl in his search for the missing girl. Although he didn't find much other than a 'Cherokee Rose' and a used can of tuna it was insightful to see another side to his character when he spoke with Susanne. He seems to have really developed since we first met him and as he's not in the comics it will be good to see what the writers decide to do with him and his brother, should he reappear.
The tempo of this episode was in many ways a let down compared to the magnitude of "Save the last one", but there were some key moments to keep the story flowing and the development of Lori's pregnancy is going to add more depth to the storyline in the coming weeks.
6/10 Scene of the episode – GLENN GETTING SOME
- richjepson24
- Dec 5, 2011
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