Episode 13: Forget
While our survivors continue to awkwardly settle into "civilized" life in Alexandria, the theme of the day is 're-house training our wild animals'.
For such a low-action episode (being centered around a welcome party), this episode is so cram packed full of information and character development that it's hard to remember it all without watching two or three times. Instead of giving a play-by-play (that would be a novel), we'll just give a very brief synopsis with our final thoughts.
This, our friends, was some damn fine writing. Some are worried that an extended stay in Alexandria will convert the show into a soap opera, but if the writing keeps up with this pacing and standard it would be a good thing. We have successfully established where everyone is emotionally and where we could be heading, in the midst and context of this surreal cocktail party. The whole episode nearly felt very dreamlike as our survivors sipped wine from stemware in their clean party outfits, in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.
Rick, Daryl, and Carol have all but planned an all out coup, but by the end Daryl is wanting to work it from the inside after Aaron gives him Eric's job as co-recruiter and a "new" bike, hinting that Daryl may splinter from the group as some have speculated. Oh Daryl, you're too easily bought! Carol has once again shown her penchant for being the classic Disney witch; syrupy sweet until you get her alone and then she threatens to snatch you from your bed and leave you to die alone tied to a tree. Rick, as some have foreseen, has clearly taken a liking to Jessie and is entertaining thoughts of eliminating the competition (her husband, Pete). Sasha does not believe in the sanctuary of Alexandria and clearly believes them all to be deluding themselves. Michonne, on the other hand, decides to retire her katana as a wall hanging over the fireplace and dons her Deputy's jacket. Everyone else seems to be adjusting rather well.
As far as Alexandria herself is concerned, our band of survivors are very likely going to end up bad news. They have brought in with them their hardness and understanding that in this new world you have to take and kill to survive. They seem poised to convert the idyllic sanctuary into a hybrid settlement somewhere between Woodbury and the Prison with a dash of Terminus, preparing them for war with outsiders if confronted. After all, what better to do with the lessons learned from those failed camps than apply what worked from each of them to this one?
There are just three episodes left this season and we seem to be gearing up toward some sort of conflict that will cement Rick and crew as the leadership in Alexandria for the foreseeable future. There may be a coup, but there may not be a need for one if the conflict is from an outside source that our guys fend off. Someone will die, and it's probably going to be more than just poor Pete the #PorchDick. If Carol sprouts big horns and her eyes turn red again it might just be her time.
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