Ep 514 "Spend"

Holy crap. What an episode. After the last few weeks of serenity we kept asking ourselves if this new situation would work out and now we have our answer. No. Of course we knew things would go south, we just didn’t know how quickly.  I’m now with Rick. They should take Alexandria over. These people don’t know what they have or what they are doing and have now gotten some of our favorite characters seriously injured or killed. The one happy note of the night is that Daryl gets his new bike and goes out with Aaron to look for new inhabitants for the community.  However, who knows what that community will be once they have returned.

Noah has a heart to heart with Reg and expresses his interest in learning how to build.  He wants to reinforce the wall so Reg gives him a notebook and makes him the new historian for Alexandria. Abraham is on the construction crew and goes out with some of the Alexandrians to get more supplies for the wall. The best line of the night comes from Thomas, the construction leader, who tells Abraham he needs to excuse himself to “send a fax to Cleveland.”  He comes running back out of the woods with walkers behind him.  One of the Alexandrians, a woman named Francine, gets stuck and all of the other Alexandrians run off and leave her there, but that’s not how our group works. Abraham soldiers on and makes it to Francine, helps her into the cab of a tractor and he rolls underneath. After witnessing his bravery some of the other men cover him while he gets a gun to Francine and goes medieval on the walkers.  Once things settle down, Thomas thinks they should call it quits for the day, but Abraham says they should keep going, so the others decide to keep working and Thomas tenders his resignation to Deanna.

The power grid keeps going out and the runners plan to go out to get new micro-inverters.  They want Eugene to go, but he is hesitant. He thinks they can find the right equipment themselves, but Glenn tells him he is going. Aiden is leading them again, which makes me a little nervous. Hopefully he has learned his lesson after getting punched by Glenn. When they get to the warehouse, Nicholas wants to go right in, but Glenn insists they should check all the exits to make sure they know what they are getting into instead of going in blindly.  Nicholas jokingly says he’ll just run out the front door. Aiden agrees with Glenn and it’s a good thing because the front is surrounded with walkers.  While they are scouting, Eugene and Tara have a heart to heart.  She tells him he needs to step up, but he thinks he already has because they made it to Alexandria.  She reminds him that they got him there not the other way around and calls him a coward.

They get inside the warehouse and it’s quiet.  Glenn tells the others there are most likely walkers there, but they must be stuck somewhere. Aiden suggests they move in and out quickly. They find the hidden walkers, which are stuck behind a fence and spread out to find the micro-inverters. A walker with armor gets close to Aiden so he shoots, but can’t get through the armor.  Glenn sees something on the walkers uniform and tells Aiden to stop shooting, but he shoots again and the walker blows up.  In the aftermath, Aiden appears to be dead according to Nicholas, and the walkers are roaming free.  Tara has a nasty head would and is unconcious so they must get her back to Alexandria quickly. They get into a back room, but it turns out Aiden is still alive. Glenn says it will take three of them to help Aiden out and Eugene pledges to guard Tara. While the others are freeing Aiden, Eugene decides to take the bull by the horns and get Tara to the van. He throws her over his shoulder and shoots some walkers on the way out of the back door. 

In the warehouse, Glenn struggles to get Aiden loose, but it’s almost impossible and becomes even more so when Nicholas runs off to save himself, like a little bitch. Glenn and Noah have to leave and Aiden gets eaten alive. Glenn and Noah run to the front and see there is no way they can get out, but Nicholas runs into the revolving door and gets all three of them stuck.  Glenn and Noah are in one part with the gun and Nicholas is in another with the ammunition. They are being attacked on both sides with nowhere to go until Eugene pulls up with the van. The walkers on the outside trail after Eugene with the help of Aiden’s techno music mix. Glenn decides to break through the glass and get the gun to Nicholas so he can shoot and cover them, but Nicholas once again tries to save himself and pushes the door around so he gets out. A walker gets hold of Noah’s leg and he gets pulled out, but tells Glenn “don’t let go”. Then Glenn must watch, as Noah gets pulled apart. Nicholas stops Eugene and tells him to move over so they can leave, but Eugene is wary and wants to know where the others are. Nicholas freaks and pulls Eugene out of the van, but he doesn’t make it all the way in before Glenn pulls him out and knocks the shit out of him.  In the van, we see the notebook Reg gave Noah to write in. It has one line written in it, “this is the beginning.” 

Back in town, Pete stops by for a beer with Rick.  He tells Rick he is sorry about him losing his wife and that he should bring the kids by for a check up.  Pete tells Rick it must look like they haven’t lost a lot, but they have.  He also says they should be friends, because they kind of have to be. (Yeah okay Pete, let me just hand you the knife and I’ll turn around…)  After Pete leaves, Rick messes with his wedding ring for a second, almost acting as if he is going to pull it off.  Later, Rick finds Jessie in her garage cleaning up an owl sculpture that has been destroyed. She tells Rick things like that don’t usually happen there.  Rick says he will look into it.

Carol finds Sam rummaging through her house. He wants more cookies because he’s bored and someone knocked over his owl statue.  Carol tells him he doesn’t know what real problems are and she will bake him one more batch if he can steal the chocolate. He comes back later, chocolate in tow.  He makes small talk while they are baking the cookies and she tries to cut him off until he finally tells her they don’t have to be friends, but they don’t have to be silent either.  He then admits to her that he broke the owl statue because he gets frustrated sometimes and he also asks Carol if he can have one of the guns.  When she asks why he would want one, he says it’s not for him. Could it possibly be for #porchdick Pete?  Sam runs off.  Carol goes over to check on him, but Pete answers the door and won’t let her see Sam or Jessie. She goes back to her house and finds Rick.  She tells him Pete is hitting Jessie and possibly Sam and there is only one way to take care of it. Rick will have to kill him.

Father Gabriel decides to make an appearance and comes to visit Deanna.  He tells her she has let Satan into her paradise because Rick’s group is evil and has done evil things.  He only hopes he has told her in time.  I have never liked this man from the first moment he was screaming for help on top of that rock.  Fortunately, Maggie overhears the conversation so our group will be ready when the shit hits the fan.

End credits…

It seems as though, through no fault of their own, Rick’s group is taking over and Deanna is not happy about it.  I’m not sure what she expected.  They’ve lived outside in this new rugged world for two years, not sipping wine and having dinner parties in their little hipster neighborhood. I am stunned that the Alexandria group seems to be so surprised that our group isn’t getting killed left and right. It’s because they watch out for each other and care for each other. For all of the Alexandrians showiness of sitting by the fire roasting marshmallows and singing kumbuya, they all leave each other for death at the first sign of trouble. And where the hell does “Father” Gabriel get off?  He locked himself in his church while his flock was being eaten by zombies. But he’s righteous and Rick’s group is evil?  I’ve hated him from the beginning.  He is way more of a liability than Eugene and has now shown his truest of true colors.  Only two episodes left I think, so how will this end?  Hopefully some of the Alexandrians will realize that Rick’s group is the way to go before any more of our beloved group is killed.  And YAY for #scarol, get Pete!

#twd #scarol #stupid Alexandrians