Ep 508 “Coda”: Mid-season finale

Bob is running from walkers and trying to get the restraints off his hands.  Rick catches up to him and asks him to stop, but he won’t so Rick runs him over.  Bob asks for help and tells Rick he’s crazy.  He says he couldn’t stop because he didn’t really know Rick and that he would like Rick to take him back to the hospital because he thinks his back is broken.  Rick says it’s too late, he can’t turn back now and he shoots him in the head.

 Father Gabriel decides he must go to the elementary school to see if the Termites really did cook Bob’s leg and eat it.  He finds a bible with the name Mary B in it, then gets upset and throws the make-shift grill with Bob’s rotting foot on it.  The walkers inside break through the glass doors and go after him so of course he runs back to the church, but the walkers are hot on his tail so he can’t sneak back in.  He has to call for help.  Michonne chops through the barricade on the door and lets him in, but the church also gets overrun with walkers so they run to his office and get out through Father Gabriels hole in the floor.  As more walkers pour into the church, we get a close-up of the quote at the altar, “He who eats my flesh will have eternal life.”  They barricade the walkers in the church from outside.

Rick and Daryl discuss their next move and talk to the two cops they have left.  The woman (Shepherd) says she will lie for them about Bob’s death and will help them get their people back.  Meanwhile, Dawn is trying to reach them because she heard the gunfire from Rick shooting Bob, but of course isn’t getting an answer.  Dawn has a heart to heart with Beth over what happened with Hanson and says she did what she had to do for everyone there to survive.

At the church, the barricade they put up is about to be busted by the walkers, when all of a sudden a bright red firetruck appears carrying Abraham’s group.  Glenn tells Michonne that Eugene lied about he cure and Michonne tells them that Beth is alive in a hospital in Atlanta and that Rick and the others went to go get her so they decide to go help Rick. 

Dawn tells Beth she is a cop killer, but she protected her from the others by lying about what happened with Gorman.  Unfortunately, one of the other officers overhears and lets them know he is there.  He threatens Dawn and says its time to make a change.  She pulls her gun and tells Beth to leave.  She says they are there to protect people, but all he does is beat old men and laugh about raping girls.  He knocks the gun out of her hand and they fight.  Beth tries to help, but he knocks her back.  Finally Dawn gets the advantage and pushes him back and Beth pushes him down the elevator shaft.  Later Dawn finds Beth in Carol’s room and brings her some food.  Beth says she knows Dawn used her to get rid of Gorman and the other cops.  Beth says she will get away like Noah did.  Dawn says he’ll be back, but Beth says he won’t.  Dawn tells her she knows that Beth knows Carol and they can be a part of what they are doing there.  Carol wakes up.

Sasha and Tyrese are on a rooftop.  She is mad at herself for believing Bob.  Tyrese confesses that when he was alone with Martin he didn’t kill him like he said he did.

Rick stops another cop car and tells them he wants to exchange two cops he has for Beth and Carol.  They ask if Noah is with them and he says yes.  They ask where the other people in Rick’s group are.  As a walker approaches Sasha shoots it with her sniper rifle and Rick says “close”.  They make the exchange, but then Dawn asks for Noah back.  Rick and Daryl say no, but Noah says he’ll stay.  Beth hugs him and Dawn says she knew he’d be back.  Which pisses Beth off so she stabs Dawn (yay!), but Dawn shoots her in the head and then Daryl shoots Dawn in the head.  It almost turns into an all out gunfight until Shepherd gets everyone to stand down.  She says it should be over because Dawn is dead.  (Dammit, they just told Maggie Beth was alive.)  They offer to let the group stay at the hospital, but Rick says there is no way and that he’s taking anyone else who doesn’t want to stay there.  As they are leaving, Abraham and the others arrive.  They are exiting the hospital and Maggie is crushed when she sees Daryl carrying Beth’s lifeless body.

End credits…

After the credits we also get another glimpse of Morgan.  He arrives at the elementary school and then the church.  After he prays at the altar for a minute he finds the map to DC that Abraham gave Rick with the name “Rick Grimes” written on it.

Damn, I was yelling at the TV scream for Beth to stab Dawn, but I was not expecting Beth to get shot in the head.  Poor Maggie!  It will be a long wait until February.  I have no idea where the show is going to go now.

Until February!  Unless I can’t wait and start theorizing before then.