Season 2, episode 9 was some of it's most action filled episodes yet. It started with Lori in the precarious situation of being in a car that is flipped on it's side while injured on a deserted road at night while walkers are always around. She faces herself in front of a walker that would literally lose his face to be able to press it inside the broken windshield to be able to feed. If you ask me, she wouldn't be much of a meal. Otis on the other hand was a veritable buffet for the walkers. Poor Otis.
The entire scene with Lori was handled well cinematically. In fact, the entire episode was shot very well. Weird angles, views from above and from the eye view of a dead character. This was directed by a man going by the name of Bill Gierhart. From his IMDB.com page, he was a camera operator that worked on "The Shield". This is where we see what Glen Mazzara is bringing to TWD now. He bought in someone with camera operating experience and it showed. Some of the best filmed scenes of the season. I didn't catch who the writers were. Can anyone help me with that?
Also Rick, Herschel, and Glenn are in a bad situation but fighting against other walkers that are alive. They are seeking their two friends that Rick put down in self defense last week and they will not leave until they have them. Our heroes are kind of trapped inside the bar where they were last week while the others who are heavily armed shoot at them. The entire scene was handled well. And Herschel showed some bravery and initiative here, while Glenn became a mouse. Steven Yeun who plays Glenn said on the "Talking Dead" which goes on at midnight Eastern time that his character is the eyes through where the viewer sees the show. I never saw it that way and if he's playing the character that way, he's making a mistake. No wonder he is so earnest in his portrayal. Steven, don't be such a whiny wuss. Even Dr. Carter when he was the "eyes" of "E.R." would take some action.
It was mentioned how every character does what they do because of love.
Rick loves his wife and son.
Lori loves her husband, her son, and herself.
Shane loves Lori.
Glenn loves Maggie and Maggie loves him and so forth.
This is what makes Daryl so interesting because he just takes action for survival reason and not because he's all gooey for someone. It also leaves poor T-Dog as a future redshirt that gets a few lines per episode.
Jon Bernthal who plays Shane keeps getting some of the best scenes and he knocks all of them out of the park. He continues to be the best actor on the show and will be missed once he inevitably is killed off. Whether it's a past writers' mistake or not, he is looking like a man that has been on the right side of many decisions made on the show. But the other characters in the group don't trust him. This was addressed well here by showing Dale and Lori going about in ways alternately stating-his-case and manipulating-her-husband to try and show he is a cancer to the group. Also by having Andrea say to Shane that his "presentation" was wrong. A perfect way to put it.
Interesting note: The young actor with his leg impaled on that spoked fence went to college with Jon Bernthal. Bernthal didn't even know he had been cast on the show until he saw him on the farm set.
I had no problem with this episode. In fact, it had action and made me root for Rick a bit more. Also it established clearly that Lori can be manipulative and that it's not a mistake that we all dislike her. My peeve with this episode is something that has been done on TWD often. Injuries and illnesses sometimes are glossed over in the narrative.
Beth is in what looks like a catatonic state with her eyes open almost all the time. When I see this, I feel my eyes dry up as if sand had gotten into them. People, close her eyes or something!
Lori is injured in her car and apparently spent enough time for the sun to go down from the time it occurred. But by the halfway point of the episode she is fine. No one asks to check if she miscarried. Nothing.
Herschel must have a tolerance for liquor. He must have just begun to drink when Rick and Glenn found him? Would have been made for interesting scenes if he had been brandishing a weapon while drunk.
Carl who had an injury that almost killed him (shot in his chest) is walking around like nothing. Damn Herschel did great work!
What else?
Enough from me. What did you think?
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