Monday, February 24, 2014

Ep 4.11 "Claimed"



We open with Tara and Glenn riding in the truck of their new companions.  Tara writes the directions they take on her hand with a Sharpie (smart move).  They come upon a blockade of cars and have to move them.  Of course a small group of walkers isn’t far behind so they have to take care of them.  Tara comments that Abraham smiled while killing the walkers.  He says he’s “the luckiest guy in the world”.

Michonne and Carl enjoy themselves over some stale cereal.  Michonne wishes there was some soymilk, which sends Carl into a story about how he had a friend in third grade that was lactose intolerant and how he would rather drink any other form of milk including Judith’s formula.  When he realizes what he said mid-sentence all of the humor leaves the table.  Rick thanks Michonne for making Carl laugh.  He says he can’t be his father and his best friend, but understands if she needs to take a break.  She says she’s done taking breaks.  Michonne asks if the house is home now or just a stop along the way. Rick says they’ll stay there until they figure it out so she recommends that she and Carl go and gather some more supplies.  Rick wants to help, but Michonne doesn’t think that’s the best idea since he was unconscious the day before.  She tells him to rest for one more day to regain his strength.  Rick gives Carl his gun and asks him if everything’s okay.  Carl says he’s just hungry.  After they leave he goes upstairs and lays down in one of the beds with a book. 

Michonne tries to cheer Carl up with some canned cheese she found but he’s not interested.  She asks what’s wrong and he replies that he is fine.  She tells him he doesn’t seem fine and he says he’s just tired.  She sprays some cheese in her mouth and makes a face at Carl, but he doesn’t laugh.  She apologizes and says she’s not good at making boys his age laugh.  She is better with toddlers.  He asks what she means by toddlers and she confides that she had a three year old son who found her “extremely funny”.  Carl asks why she never said anything and what his name was and if she was married.  She says she’ll answer one question at a time, one room at a time after he clears it. 

Back at the house Rick is asleep upstairs and there are men fighting downstairs.  Rick wakes up and dammit a commercial break.  It sounds like a couple of men are torturing another man.  Rick rolls off the bed and hides underneath right before someone comes up the stairs.  One of the men comes in the room.  He walks around for a minute and Rick is shaking so badly.  He looks at his watch because Carl and Michonne were supposed to be back by noon. 

Michonne tells Carl her son’s name was Andre and that he was her only child.  Carl asks if his father knew and she tells him she never told anyone else before him.  Carl says he’ll keep her secret.  He brings her a painting that is wrapped, she opens it while he is in another room and it’s a painting of a walker.  She goes to open the door the painting was in front of.  It’s a bathroom that leads to a child’s room.  There are three bodies laid out on the beds as well as a fourth one in a rocking chair with their heads blown open.  She comes out and finds Carl.  He wants to know what’s in there, but she tells him it’s just a dog.  He starts to talk about Judith and says that maybe she and Andre are together somewhere. 

Poor Rick is stuck under the bed while the guy is taking a nap.  Another guy comes in and they fight over the bed.  One guy falls to the floor and sees Rick, but the other guy chokes him until he passes out so he can’t give Rick away.  The new guy lies on the bed.

Glenn wakes up in the back of the truck.  He asks Tara if they passed a bus.  She tells him they did and he wants to know what she saw.  She says everyone was dead.  She tells him they passed it three hours ago.  Glenn starts beating on the window so the truck will stop.  They finally do and he gets out and starts walking, but Abraham goes after him.  He insists that Glenn get back in the truck and says that the entire human race is at stake.  They have to complete their mission.  His name is Abraham Ford and his companions are Eugene Porter and Rosita Espinosa.  They are on a mission to get Eugene to Washington DC.  He’s a scientist and allegedly knows what started the whole outbreak.  Glenn asks what happened, but Eugene says it’s classified.  Abraham tells Glenn they had been in communication with Washington, but hadn’t heard anything in a few weeks.  He saw how Glenn and Tara handled the walkers and he could use their help.  Glenn says he’s sorry and walks away.  Tara apologizes for taking Glenn away from the prison area, but Glenn was passed out and they had to get off the road.  She tells him she can get him back to the bus.  Abraham says it’s a waste of time because Maggie is probably dead.  Glenn punches him and that sets Abraham off.  Eugene sees a walker and calls for them, but the others are all involved in the fight.  Eugene grabs a gun, but they start coming from all directions.  Finally he fires and they quit fighting and help.  Unfortunately, Eugene shot a hole in the fuel tank.

After the new king of the bed passes out Rick tries to sneak out.  One of the guys from downstairs comes up to look around.  Rick hides in another room.  He tries to open one of the windows to get out, but they are all painted shut.  He grabs a gun and hides in the bathroom.  One of the men is on the toilet so Rick has to fight him before he can yell out.  Rick strangles him.  I don’t know how because he still looks like he’s on deaths doorstep.  He gets out of the bathroom window and has to figure out how to get down off the roof.  Once he gets down he goes to sneak around the house, but one of the idiots comes out onto the front porch. 

Glenn and Tara tell Abraham and his gang they are sorry about their ride and they hope they get to Washington, but they can’t go.  Rosita decides to follow them.  Eugene says they should go with them as well until they get another ride to Washington.  Not sure I’d trust a guy with a mullet.  Abraham tries to persuade Tara that their trip to Washington is more important than Glenn finding Maggie, but she doesn’t buy into his crap.

Rick is still stuck by the front porch.  He can see Carl and Michonne coming towards the house.  He gets ready to fight and run, but something happens inside the house so the guy goes back inside.  Rick runs towards Michonne and Carl and tells them to run.  They end up on the train tracks and see a banner that says “Sanctuary for all those who survive” and decide they should go.

End credits…

 #thewalkingdead

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