Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Walking Dead - 2x08 - Nebraska

    With the barn emptied, some of the dead are buried.  Hershel announces that he wants them - or at least Shane - off the property.  Beth (who hasn't done anything in the show) goes into shock, and Hershel has disappeared.  Rick and Glenn go into town to find Hershel.  Rick, Hershel and Glenn encounter a pair of guys.
    One small thing I noticed that I didn't like, and that's that Glenn and Rick aren't wearing seatbelts on their drive.  I could understand this if they knew they had to get out in a hurry, but it seems needlessly dangerous.
    This episode also has a fantastically hilarious bit, which helps to define Lori as being completely useless.  She manages to flip her car over, driving by herself, during daylight, with no other cars on the road.  This isn't a person who is in control of herself.
    While much of the episode is taken up with fairly dull musings about how to keep motivated to keep living in this scenario, the last scene, in the bar, is really one of the better scenes they've had so far.  There's a tension, and we get a clear sense of the real menace these strangers pose.  Plus, it raises a few questions about how trustworthy anyone they meet can be.

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