This Is Why I Don’t Take Communion
Well, that and I don’t go to church, but that’s a whole other story. Poisoned communion wafers. Yeah, that’s going to cause a drop in your tithe. The very handsome Thomas Abigail shows up the the church of the damned (literally), he begs the Padre to not go after “her” and then proceeds to tell them all that the workers on the land will fight back to protect their families. Sounds ominous, right? Well just wait until the parishioners eyes all start bleeding and they start dying. That’ll put a damper in your angry mob plans. Just in case we weren’t putting two and two together thus far, the Padre even does us a solid and tells Thomas that Celia “did this”. Celia…Luis’ mother? Whaaaa?
In the beginning of this episode we are reminded of Luis telling us that “death is a way to new life”. Now, last week when I heard him say that, I really thought he was just being real proud of his mother and somewhat flippant about the whole walking dead thing. But then after getting shot and demanding to not get struck in the head, he handed over an owl medallion that seriously screwed with Daniel’s cranium. Interesting right? Let’s put this in the “DO NOT FORGET” category.
SOMEBODY SAID ASSHOLE IN SPANISH
Apparently someone knew how to say asshole in spanish because shit popped off real quick on the Abigail with the Mexican police. Also, the going rate in the zombie apocalypse to get into Mexico is a gold bar a head. Just remember that kids for future intel. Never know what you’ll need a funded zombie escape plan.
Yeah, so shots are fired, the two Mexican police officers are killed, and Luis is mortally (we’re assuming?) wounded. Maybe we should take ‘asshole’ out of the Spanish language. We could just replace it with Drumpf.
CHRIS IS THE WORST
Oh no thats cool, Chris. Just watch Madison get eaten, because she called you out on killing someone that wasn’t turning. No bigs Chris, you’re totally not a douche at all.
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That battle at the church was pretty awesome though right? So many people feeling so many things while killing so many walkers. Nick had a crisis over killing the little girl walker, Daniel over the Padre and the little boy. Chris being a dick about Madison. Alicia was pretty awesome in the fight though. And finally Ofelia did SOMETHING to be useful. So there’s that.
You’re killing me Strand, you’re killing me!
Seriously, whoever is still doubting if Strand ever loved Thomas, needs to get the fuck out of here. Watching Strand cry made my heart hurt. He clearly loved Thomas Abigail, and the fact that he basically lost his mind at the church when he found Thomas’ truck showed it. Then upon seeing Thomas again and seeing that he had been bit….Oh boy. The feels. THE. FEELS.
This is why Chris is the worst
Seriously, first you ask Alicia what was wrong with her, after you stood by watching a walker try and kill her mother. Then you try and threaten her into being silent about “not seeing anything”. Come on Chrissy, if you didn’t do anything and just froze like you kept saying, then why are you so worried about Alicia saying anything? Because you didn’t freeze. You’re just a totally creep like Reid said.
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Alicia, being smart for once, says something to Madison about Chris being a creep and Madison immediately says something to Travis. Travis who then takes great offense and kind of throws it in Maddie’s face that Nick was a no good druggie and he kind of helped with that.
I get where you’re coming from Travis, but Nick shooting up and Chris creeping down are two very different things. Seriously, you should put a bell on that kid.
Strand Makes a Promise
Thomas is dying. And Strand just wants him to pass peacefully, but Thomas doesn’t want to leave Strand. Can FTWD break my heart anymore? Oh wait, Strand offers to die with Thomas. Yup, that’ll do it.
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Strand makes the comment that Celia will watch over them and that really gets you thinking, what the hell does that mean?
Cue Daniel walking around in the orchard and upon hearing a dog crying, looks around to watch a boy putting a dog down a chute. UMMMM, WTAF? That’s when I knew, Celia is the much scarier female version of Hershel. Nothing can go wrong with that right?
Wait…haven’t we seen this before?
So, long story short there are a whole lot of walkers in the cellar. And now Daniel is basically Shane. And Celia is like I said, a douchier Hershel. Also, a scarier Hershel. Also, a Hershel that knows how to make poisoned communion wafers.
About that. I had put it together that Celia made the wafers, I even put together that she had her own walker petting zoo. What I didn’t put together and what stuck out as a sore thumb to me was that she gave Strand a wafer to peace out with. I just could not see Strand taking himself out that way. Strand is a bit more…dramatic than poison.
Celia doesn’t think that the walkers are really dead, and Nick goes to speak with her about that. He asks her, what are they? And she tells him, “They are what comes next”. Nick seems to accept that, but I have to think that he doesn’t Nick is a survivor. That boy has cut up a walker and wore it like a hazmat suit. He KNOWS they are dead. So what game is he playing with Celia?
Need another reason to know Strand Loved Thomas?
Because he put a pillow over Thomas’s face before shooting him in the head. I know Strand likes to keep clean but I just don’t think he would have placed that pillow if he couldn’t bring himself to look Thomas in the face while pulling the trigger.
Need Another reason why Chris is the worst?
Ummm, maybe creeping into your stepmothers room while she and your somewhat-step-sister are sleeping and brandishing a knife menacingly. That’s just another vote to get rid of Chris. If Travis wants to go with him, BUH-BYE!
Next Week
Next week is the mid-season premier. I’d like to say that a lot of shit will go down, but it is a Walking Dead show, so that means it’s going to be real slow for forty minutes and then it’s going to get intense for the last two minutes.
