The Walking Dead: The Damned
It’s not taking long for The Walking Dead to go off the rails this season. The Damned was a complete mess. It was non-stop action with constant fighting, which one would think would be a good thing. But there was no setup. There was no context to what was going on. It would have been much better if they had clued the viewer into what was actually going, maybe ten to fifteen minutes at the beginning of the episode to explain the plan instead of the slow motion, isolation shots of various characters. The powers that be behind the show dropped the ball in what could have been an exciting, tension filled episode if they only bothered to let the viewer know what was happening and what it meant. The other thing that bothered me was the absolute endless amount of ammunition these factions have. Not only do they apparently have the ammunitions supply that only a US military base could provide, but apparently they don’t have to reload when they are shooting either.
Morgan
Morgan became unhinged in this past episode, and I like this version of Morgan far more than the pacifist version of Morgan. Now, they have Jesus playing that role, and things didn’t work out so well for him. Morgan has become The Terminator, just going around obliterating everything in his path. I suppose the theme of this episode is what combat and war can do to a person. Jesus has to talk Morgan off the ledge at the end of this episode, but I like Terminator Morgan.
Jesus
Apparently, there is a contractual obligation that there has to be a minimum of one pacifist among the Allied Forces at all times, and since Morgan has become the Terminator, Jesus has become the pacifist. And just like it didn’t work out so well for Morgan, it also doesn’t work so well for Jesus, as seen when he turns his back on a Savior prisoner, only to have that same guy turn on him and put a gun to his head. Yes, Jesus used his ninja skills to get out of the situation, but he didn’t even learn his lesson that in a war, you can’t be kind and benevolent to your enemy.
Ezekiel and Carol
I had no idea what this group was doing. As the episode wore on, I was getting some semblance of an idea of what the other groups were doing, but Ezekiel, Carol, and Company were marching to somewhere for some reason that never was established in this episode. For some reason, they needed Sheeba to bite the face off of a man they were apparently chasing, but it seemed to be a big setup to use Zeke’s tiger and to have philosophical conversations between Ezekiel and Carol. This whole plot line was an epic fail.
Aaron
Yet another shootout that didn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason. In this case, the group led by Aaron are trying to pin down a group of Saviors so that Rick and company can do their thing. This was so telegraphed that Eric, Aaron’s significant other, was going to bite the dust or at least get badly injured. Eric has had about five minutes of air time in this entire series, and they kept focusing on him over and over again, so it came as no surprise when he had been shot and was bleeding out. By the way, besides having an endless supply of ammo, none of these people can shoot if their lives depended on it (which it did).
Rick
So, apparently Rick, Daryl and company were trying to get a cache of weapons but it was never established whether or not this was at the main Savior compound or some outpost. They kill a bunch of people and Rick comes across an abandoned baby. I’m not sure what happens to the baby, but apparently this baby doesn’t cry despite all of the gunfire and is still abandoned at the end of this exchange. The episode ends with the reemergence of Morales, who I wouldn’t have recognized except that I just recently watched season one with my son, who has started watching the series. Morales is with the Saviors now, and he has Rick at gun point, when he tells Rick that it’s all over and he calls the Saviors and tells Rick that they are coming back. But who did he call and how are they coming back? The main Savior compound has been overrun by zombies. Negan is surrounded in a trailer with Father Gabriel by zombies. How could they possibly be in a position to come to wherever they are right now with force? Did the writers suddenly become brain-dead like the zombies they write about? What’s going on?
Perhaps you’re not as confused as I am, but boy did this episode leave a lot to be desired.
Morgan
Morgan became unhinged in this past episode, and I like this version of Morgan far more than the pacifist version of Morgan. Now, they have Jesus playing that role, and things didn’t work out so well for him. Morgan has become The Terminator, just going around obliterating everything in his path. I suppose the theme of this episode is what combat and war can do to a person. Jesus has to talk Morgan off the ledge at the end of this episode, but I like Terminator Morgan.
Jesus
Apparently, there is a contractual obligation that there has to be a minimum of one pacifist among the Allied Forces at all times, and since Morgan has become the Terminator, Jesus has become the pacifist. And just like it didn’t work out so well for Morgan, it also doesn’t work so well for Jesus, as seen when he turns his back on a Savior prisoner, only to have that same guy turn on him and put a gun to his head. Yes, Jesus used his ninja skills to get out of the situation, but he didn’t even learn his lesson that in a war, you can’t be kind and benevolent to your enemy.
Ezekiel and Carol
I had no idea what this group was doing. As the episode wore on, I was getting some semblance of an idea of what the other groups were doing, but Ezekiel, Carol, and Company were marching to somewhere for some reason that never was established in this episode. For some reason, they needed Sheeba to bite the face off of a man they were apparently chasing, but it seemed to be a big setup to use Zeke’s tiger and to have philosophical conversations between Ezekiel and Carol. This whole plot line was an epic fail.
Aaron
Yet another shootout that didn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason. In this case, the group led by Aaron are trying to pin down a group of Saviors so that Rick and company can do their thing. This was so telegraphed that Eric, Aaron’s significant other, was going to bite the dust or at least get badly injured. Eric has had about five minutes of air time in this entire series, and they kept focusing on him over and over again, so it came as no surprise when he had been shot and was bleeding out. By the way, besides having an endless supply of ammo, none of these people can shoot if their lives depended on it (which it did).
Rick
So, apparently Rick, Daryl and company were trying to get a cache of weapons but it was never established whether or not this was at the main Savior compound or some outpost. They kill a bunch of people and Rick comes across an abandoned baby. I’m not sure what happens to the baby, but apparently this baby doesn’t cry despite all of the gunfire and is still abandoned at the end of this exchange. The episode ends with the reemergence of Morales, who I wouldn’t have recognized except that I just recently watched season one with my son, who has started watching the series. Morales is with the Saviors now, and he has Rick at gun point, when he tells Rick that it’s all over and he calls the Saviors and tells Rick that they are coming back. But who did he call and how are they coming back? The main Savior compound has been overrun by zombies. Negan is surrounded in a trailer with Father Gabriel by zombies. How could they possibly be in a position to come to wherever they are right now with force? Did the writers suddenly become brain-dead like the zombies they write about? What’s going on?
Perhaps you’re not as confused as I am, but boy did this episode leave a lot to be desired.
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