An especially effective scene saw Rick hiding under a bed while two intruders fought over it, it was part domestic nightmare part Three Stooges sketch, but it was one of the few underwear filling scenes in the show that did not have a zombie anywhere near the proceedings. The show did such an amazing job building up tension through only showing exactly what Rick saw. The limited point of view made the intruders more frightening than any zombie hoard by controlling what the viewer can see. Usually, the violence of the show is overt, not showing the mayhem surrounding Rick as Carl and Michonne were away made the sequences some of the more heart wrenching in recent memory. It also served as a reminder that there is no rest, no chance of domestic tranquility in this world as Rick and company already lost their comfy home. The main event though is the arrival of Abraham Ford, Rosita and her booty shorts, and Eugene and his mullet. Ford seems like a pragmatic type, he certainly is portrayed as capable and dangerous and he operates with his crew like a well oiled machine, a dynamic that Glenn and Tara fit right into. Glenn is, of course, obsessed with finding Maggie, while Abraham is obsessed with bringing Eugene to Washington because of a claim that the scientist knows how to end the Walker problem. This is first time since the C.D.C. that there is any mention of anything happening in the outside world and it effectively opens the story to a new set of possibilities. The feeling of the show has changed since the prison was destroyed from an intense and claustrophobic grouping of personal stories to a world of limitless possibilities. There is almost an agoraphobic felling to the show as literally anything can be out there in the vast openness of the world, lurking. It seems the womb like confines of the prison was more appealing in many ways. Splintering the group has been any interesting structural choice as the writers can now focus on short vignettes and spread the world out instead of having every character reacting to the same challenges. It has a certain Game of Thrones feel with a tightly knit family unit spread around a dangerous world trying to get back to each other. Let’s just hope the survivors of The Walking Dead don’t get invited to a wedding. But zombies were there too and Abraham, Glenn, Tara, Rosita, and Eugene are going to make for a fun unit of undead killers to watch even if Eugene is the worst shot in television history. Zombie kill of the week: Abraham’s crowbar beat down on a Walker’s wet melon. Den of Geek Rating: 4.5 Out of 5 Stars Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
