When Addy and Mack splintered off from the rest of the gang I became vaguely concerned that we would never see them again. This worry was quickly replaced with eye-rolling on my part when this week’s episode moves forward with a joyous, technicolor montage of their Natural Born Killers-style assault on all zombie-kind, pausing to bone each other merrily along the way. We’re only seconds past this montage when Addy undermines everything we know about the couple by asking a fundamental question: What is their future, and do they even know each other that well? It’s rare too to find a moment of quiet respite in the midst of zombie mayhem — that was carved out here, and the effect was impressive. We know the show can do loud well, to see them try for eerie and emotionally raw and succeed? That’s a nice surprise. The device the script used — an Edge of Tomorrow slash Groundhog Day repeated dream-within-a-dream sequence — could have been cheesy, but it wasn’t, thanks in large part to the canny and focused performance of Matt Welsh. The couple starts the episode on the verge of something big breaking or coming together in their relationship. The episode ends with them coming together as Addy falls apart and the unexpected weight of the final moment was a homerun. 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!
