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This week’s episode of The Strolling Lifeless’s The One Who Dwell was meant to be a personality examine of the connection between Rick and Michonne, exploring the it’s-more-complicated-than-you-think thought of Rick being rescued by Michonne and trotting dwelling to his household. Which as of but, isn’t occurring.
One of many greatest obstacles to beat has been Rick’s personal thoughts, the place after years of captivity and failed escape occasions, he primarily gave up on ever seeing his household once more. However now that Michonne really arrived, his mind is straining with the idea of shedding them another time, and he has a said need to guard them by staying and “altering” the CRM in order that they don’t sometime come for them.
Whereas I nonetheless actually take pleasure in The Ones Who Dwell and the idea of a twist on the “rescue” method, given Rick’s way of thinking, I feel this episode took it too far, and didn’t actually do the “swap flip” second that made sense. Whereas Rick does certainly finally go after Michonne after rejecting her a dozen instances, it’s a warbly means tp finish the episode because the plan continues to be nebulous and Rick’s justifications are nonetheless kind of nonsense.
Michonne is true to name him out for being a cussed, and actually virtually a coward for his justifications to not depart. And nearly as good as it’s to see Rick again for this entire collection, this episode went nicely previous what we wanted to see from a damaged Rick, and the issues that ought to have turned that gentle on for him merely didn’t.
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First, after they realized their helicopter crashed and so they might have gotten away by faking each their deaths, that ought to have been sufficient to persuade Rick to go. When he mentioned “no” that point I used to be virtually yelling at him by means of the TV, because it merely didn’t make sense. I assume that’s what Michonne thought too.
Then, it actually ought to have been the case that studying concerning the existence of RJ was sufficient to get him again on monitor. As a substitute it throws him right into a stupor for apparently hours and continues to be not sufficient to persuade him to go.
Once more, I’m finally unsure what did it, nor am I certain he’s even totally on board by the top of this episode. It appears probably they should execute Michonne’s thought of destroying Jadis’ proof then destroying Jadis to make them “protected,” however in simply two episodes, it’s unclear how this all wraps up. Actually getting away would require them to pretend their deaths for what, the third time in six episodes? I assume one benefit of the collection is that I actually don’t know the way they’re going to get out of this, and the viewer typically feels as trapped as Rick.
This was simply…a really unusual episode to see Rick damaged on a degree now we have by no means seen him. I perceive the justification the present is giving for this, nevertheless it’s uncomfortable and awkward to see onscreen, and it felt like this might have been arced higher to show him again to “previous Rick.” And I don’t suppose “previous Rick is gone” is the appropriate reply right here for the return of the character. Maybe it’s darkest earlier than the daybreak and all that, however this was a bleak have a look at Rick’s psyche that was virtually so darkish it genuinely didn’t even make sense.
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