![]() ![]() Alone on the roof with no food or water, Merle talks to himself and occasionally struggles impotently against his bonds. ![]() Sure, the occasional zombie attack is fun, but unless the creators do something original with them, they don't really come across as anything that we haven't seen before in a zombie movie.The prologue of the episode shows Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker), still trapped on the roof of a department store where he was handcuffed to a pipe by Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes after attacking another member of their scavenging team. The real drama is what happens in the interactions between these folks as a result of way the world is at the moment. Still, "Tell It to the Frogs" is more of the type of episode that I'd like to see on 'The Walking Dead'. This seems a bit too manufactured for my taste and I'd rather watch the survivors deal with their day to day existence and inter-personal conflicts instead of having to deal with the threat of a crazed racist redneck in addition to zombies. We also learn that Merle freed himself with a hacksaw, so now we have a potential human threat to worry about, too. I can't help but feel that half of those men aren't going to make it back, and part of that is due to my familiarity with the source material. I'm not saying that there aren't people like this in the world, but these characters do little more than fit a stereotype for us to hate.Īt the end of the episode Rick, Glenn, T-Dog, and Merle's brother, Daryl head back into Atlanta to pick up the sack of weapons that Rick dropped when he was swarmed and to rescue Merle from the roof top. They come across as very cliched "abusive husband" and "racist hick". Unfortunately, characters like Ed and Merle Dixon are not very nuanced. It may be the end of the world, but some folks still have "traditional" (by which I mean "sexist") ideas as to what roles men and women should continue to have. While Shane plays around with Carl, and Ed sits on his butt smoking cigarettes, the women are doing the laundry. Ed needed to be put in his place, but Shane wanted to lash out at something and proceeded to beat the man senseless.Īndrea and Jacqui are not very happy with the current division of labor around camp. Shane's frustration and anger gets directed at Carol's husband, Ed, whose abuse starts to carry over towards the other woman in camp. ![]() Now with Rick's return, Shane is losing Lori as a sex partner, and also Carl as a potential son. She thought Rick was dead, and from what we learn in this episode, Shane was the source of that incorrect information. ![]() Lori is in a difficult position at the moment. I love some intense zombie action, but 'The Walking Dead' is at its best when dealing with the living and their personal struggles in a world gone to hell. Most the episode dealt with Rick's reunion with his wife, Lori, and son, Carl, and the tension between the various personalities amongst the survivors. Other than the horde that was scratching at Merle Dixon's roof top door, the rest of the humans only had one zombie run-in back at camp. This week's "Tell It to the Frogs" brings the program back in line with the character drama strengths of the premiere. Last week's episode of 'The Walking Dead' veered more towards what is expected and common for zombie movies. Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) lays down a few new ground rules for Shane (Jon Bernthal) now that Rick is back. ![]()
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