tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post2070452315809227073..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Walking Dead: Here's Not HereBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-45267057403032749972015-11-10T23:27:59.805-05:002015-11-10T23:27:59.805-05:00Great episode!I don't really have anything to ...Great episode!I don't really have anything to add to the wonderful review and comments that have already been made, except that I was disappointed that the "SAVE THE TERRAPINS" shirt ended up being about a fictional bar instead of turtles.<br /><br />"But to argue which of the two are right is not the point of good storytelling. Their choices reveal who they are. If all of TWD's characters behaved in ways that reflected a single viewpoint that we could all get behind, it wouldn't even be watchable. Let alone interesting." Well said, Scott Riggan!Mariannahttp://www.mariannahorn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-20248033038073237232015-11-03T20:46:48.476-05:002015-11-03T20:46:48.476-05:00What a unique episode. I totally agree, it made me...What a unique episode. I totally agree, it made me look at the show a lot differently. In the previous episodes, especially the three prior to this one, have really made me consider TWD's conflicting themes of ruthlessness versus peacefulness. For awhile, it looked like anyone who opts for the more nonviolent method, while coming off as admirable, are ultimately proven very wrong in the end and that violence is the only option.<br /><br />This episode and Morgan's interaction with Eastman made me remember what I originally loved about this story. Heroes trying to maintain their purity and goodness in an insane world. Hopefully, Rick will be able to get back in touch with how he was in the beginning of the series. Not completely, of course, but we need some of the old, hopeful, heroic Rick back. He and quite a few of his friends are still drowning in PTSD.<br /><br />John Carroll Lynch was a welcome surprise. He's an actor with tremendous range; I just saw him on American Horror Story playing the ghost of John Wayne Gacy. And Morgan is now firmly one of my favorite characters.Logan Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927158558530539708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-82551508129085851282015-11-03T17:23:32.892-05:002015-11-03T17:23:32.892-05:00That was (I'm astonished to be using this word...That was (I'm astonished to be using this word of an episode of TWD) beautiful. And a much-needed counterpoint to the show's relentless nihilism. Although we did lose Tabitha and Eastman, and the world is still ruined ...<br /><br />One of the things I appreciate about TWD is that the characters usually make choices the way real people would; pacifist Morgan choosing (I think foolishly) to not kill the wolf. Rick - whose experiences have shaped him differently - is no longer willing to risk extending trust to anyone, and will eliminate any perceived threat without much pause. Also foolish.<br /><br />But to argue which of the two are right is not the point of good storytelling. Their choices reveal who they are. If all of TWD's characters behaved in ways that reflected a single viewpoint that we could all get behind, it wouldn't even be watchable. Let alone interesting.<br /><br />So while I'm bothered by Rick's callousness, we've seen how he got there. And Morgan's unwillingness to kill will have consequences that he'll have to deal with. I may not like the choices they make, but I appreciate that the writers (mostly) have these characters behave like real people - stupid, honorable, selfish, fearful, kind, cruel, generous.Scott Rigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711526444461565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-55636715756022346362015-11-03T02:47:11.129-05:002015-11-03T02:47:11.129-05:00Although TWD is very hit or miss for me, I loved t...Although TWD is very hit or miss for me, I loved this episode. It is my favorite so far in the series. I have loved all the Morgan focused episode, but this one was by far the best. It could have been a stand alone movie. And using one of Billie's criteria for a 4 star episode, it made me cry ( even watching a second time) so there's that. This episode has come at a time when I needed it most. I was very recently betrayed. I needed the reminder that all life is precious. Obsessing on revenge poisons your spirit. <br /><br />One beef I had was the actor who played Eastman identified his character as a psychologist on The Talking Dead, when in TWD he clearly identified himself as a forensic psychiatrist. I wish people would get this straight.<br /><br />I actually had a preceptor in medical school who was a prison psychiatrist. One day I read in the paper that a former inmate tracked her down at home, tied her and her husband up looking for drugs, set her home on fire and left with her and held her hostage at a motel. Her husband was able to get out safely. She later escaped. <br /><br />Docnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124235873822215866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44560477615420027882015-11-03T01:26:30.264-05:002015-11-03T01:26:30.264-05:00Enjoyed the episode and the great acting, however ...Enjoyed the episode and the great acting, however I believe Morgan, although having gotten past the killing frenzy he was locked in, has now gone to far in the other direction.<br /><br />How does he possibly reconcile his allowing the 2 wolves from his campsite survive, knowing they were murderers, and knowing that there was no way those 2 wouldn't kill innocent again? Reconcile that allowing them to live to continue their murderous ways, led to the deaths of dozens in Alexandria.<br /><br />In the days they now live in, you can have compassion, you can try to reach people with the message of not killing for killing's sake. However, as we have already seen, Morgan's apparent act of passivity, has directly led to innocent's deaths, and will continue to do so in the future.<br /><br />I believe you can act with mercy, act with compassion, yet still do the things you need to do in order to survive yourself, and protect the ones who you are close to. In our real world, bad people can be arrested, locked up, and monitored to help ensure others are no longer harmed by them. In this show's world, that will surely lead to people dying because of one's misguided view that "all life is precious". <br /><br />The mere fact that Morgan still has the wolf locked up, somehow trying to be the wolf's "Eastman", given the circumstances, is no less mad than Morgan's state when Eastman found him.Scottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-72656423027707856522015-11-02T16:18:55.117-05:002015-11-02T16:18:55.117-05:00Yes, it was a good episode, but it was beyond frus...Yes, it was a good episode, but it was beyond frustrating to sit through 90 minutes of not knowing if a beloved character is alive or dead. I'd already waited a whole week! C'mon, TWD, you know what we want.<br /><br />Tabitha was obviously going to die because, I mean, that's the show, right? But I am very glad it wasn't Morgan who killed her. I was scared for a minute.<br /><br />I would LOVE to know what Eastman made of the Governor.sunbunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553429350476841139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26560714910071242572015-11-02T13:23:10.871-05:002015-11-02T13:23:10.871-05:00Loving the fact that neither "good guys"...Loving the fact that neither "good guys" or "bad guys" survive for long, just the smart ones with minimum blindspots. No point in numbers if one doesn't know how to use them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-88282237932668000242015-11-02T12:40:03.631-05:002015-11-02T12:40:03.631-05:00I felt the same way when I realized this would be ...I felt the same way when I realized this would be a Morgan centric episode with no resolution on Glenn or Rick from the previous week and yet it was one of my favorite episodes to date. Eastman was wonderful, and I was so sad that both he and Tabitha didn't make it ( animals can't catch a break on this show ever). Lennie James is awesome and I really enjoyed seeing how he made the transition from "Clear" to the man he is now. His pacifist ways were a little frustrating in JSS but make more sense now. I still don't agree with him however when it comes to the Wolves who don't seem either capable or interested in change. Thank you for pointing out that Steven Yuen's name was not in the credits. I completely missed that. KBnoreply@blogger.com