Don't Dead Open Inside - S02:E03

   As the preface this week, I wanted to point out something that I just realized (and I'm already two episodes in!), I'm terrible. The underlying theme of last season was to dehumanize zombies. This season, they humanize them. It becomes very apparent this episode when Darryl and Andrea go searching for Sophia. The reasoning is still slightly unclear (as of this episode), but seeing as the purpose of last season was to help them "cover" for themselves. They are slowly growing accustomed to their new lives, and losing a small sense of their humanity. It's odd given the amount of serenity in this season; but that's also the main factor that shows them losing their humanity. It's not that the world is becoming more peaceful, it's that their brains are just not fearing the world anymore. So, I now present to you my rendition of:

Save the Last One

   (Shane and Otis)

   They run into the school and are being hunted by people. They get themselves cornered in the gymnasium. They talk for the few seconds they have before the mob of people break through the doors (they decide to split up). The crowd doesn't notice Shane and they chase Otis. While Shane sneaks outside, everyone follows Otis.

   After a while, Otis and Shane get back together, but Otis is still being chased by people. As they shamble off together, the crowd starts firing a few shots at them. A lucky shot hits Otis, and he goes down; meanwhile Shane's head gets grazed by a bullet. Shane, wanting to continue the charade of life for the group, dismembers Otis and leaves him for the crowd. Otis cries out until they silence him by destroying his brain. They try to chase Shane, but he is already hiding and wasn't able to be found. Let's be honest, it was at night, so they weren't keen on looking to much for a zombie that was already trying to get away from them.
                                                                                                   
   Shane starts heading back to Hershel's farm.

   (Highway Crew)

   Now it's night time (remember that they didn't actually spend the night that they said they did last episode), Carol is crying like a baby for her baby. Neither Darryl nor Andrea can take it anymore. They leave to get some peace and quiet. While out walking they come across a man who hanged himself. He just did it and is struggling to breathe when they come across him. He flails around trying to avoid them as best he can. Darryl and Andrea talk about Andrea's decision last season. In the meantime it distracts them as they eat the flesh off his legs and him die. They didn't even realize what happened because they were distracted.

   They return and Andrea replaces Dale as watch.

   (Farmhouse)

   Back at the farmhouse, Rick tries to convince Lori that everything will be okay. Lori thinks it's better is Carl dies, Rick knows what it would mean if Carl "dies" and suggests that it's better for him to live. Lori gives a valid reason for her suggestion; when she asks Rick for his reasoning, he stays silent.

   T-Dog and Glen arrive and offer/get whatever help they can. Shortly after, Carl wakes up. He tells his mother about the deer, and then has a seizure. Rick uses this opportunity to tell Lori that THIS is the reason why Carl should live.

   After a painful night, Carl is in "dire" need of an operation, or he's going to die. Just then, Shane arrives with the supplies. Hershel goes through with the operation successfully. Shane, careful to keep his wound out of sight showers upstairs. While he showers, he examines his wound.

   A chunk of his skull is missing. In order to cover it up, he finds a razor and starts to work. He cuts a few layers of unseen skin off and attaches them over his wound. Then he covers that with a new hairstyle. All the while he is haunted by Otis' death.

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   This was a good episode, and I can't wait to continue this season. One thing is that Hershel seemed to try and push the surgery for Carl. He knew that the surgery, without the supplies, would result in Carl's death and lead to some food (which he subconciously wanted). Obviously, this didn't happen, but it's the reason for such a push. I mentioned a lot in the preface, so there's not much to go on here except just some questions:

*How come Carol didn't cry like this last "night"? ANSWER: There wasn't a last night.

*IF zombies are more active at night, how come Darryl and Andrea didn't come across any (dangerous) zombies?

*If you pay attention to how Otis and Shane leave, you'll notice that Shane (obviously) didn't need to shoot Otis. There were no zombies ahead of them, they were all behind them. They wasted about a minute fighting, so where was this terrible need to buy time? Why did Shane shoot Otis or, what actually happened?

*Just how big is Hershel's plot of land? It seems very big, but everyone navigates it very quickly. Which leads to:

*How did Shane know how to get back to Hershel's farm? Unless the farm was visible from where Shane was, he must have been very far away. They were far enough away that gunshots couldn't be heard by the farmhouse people, but near enough that Shane knew how to get back? I'm going to research into this because I'm sure Otis mentioned somewhere a rough estimate as to the distance but my daughter and I are currently too busy with My Little Pony (so it'll have to be later).

That's just about all of the questions I had during the episode. I hope you guys enjoyed it!