The third season of The Walking Dead concerns the remainders of mankind, particularly Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and the rest of the survivors who are forced to become a "fortified" unit in order to continue surviving the undead menace. The show, adapted by Frank Darabont (director of The Shawshank Redemption and The Mist), will also shine the light to some comic book characters like Michonne and The Governor played respectively by Danai Gurira and David Morrissey, in this season.
RECAP
On the surface of things, "Hounded" is one of the few tight, eventful episodes in the series by far. But as the story progresses, one would deduce that these events were pulled off unsatisfactorily and to little extent, disappointingly. It's obviously not my favorite episode in the series, let alone the thriving third season, but important things happen here, and questions were finally granted of some answers.
Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is still on the brink of total fallout after his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne-Callis) died in an untimely delivery of their newborn daughter. At the very end of the episode last week, we get to see one infamous comic book scene: the "phone call" (of course, we know that this is not real, since receptions already been jammed tons of episodes ago), and Rick holds on to it religiously. His constant visit by the phone tells him one wake-up call, and all of a sudden, Rick's demented state shifted (Lincoln does this ably, naturally) back to his normal, loving, formidable leader one. Hallucinatory gimmickry rarely works (on TV, in my exp) over the duration of a brisk episode, but director Daniel Attias pushed forward with it, made us hold on for half-an-hour, then he drops the half-cooked revelation, as if to say, "Ok, you guys can move on now, it's not real. Move on, I've got some other things to reveal too!"
Which is true, anyway. If there's one thing Attias did correct, is to make an episode compact with important events without being a little too draggy. This is of course at the expense of creating an exciting episode as the previous ones were. It has excitement to it too, by the way. Small excitement, but excitement nonetheless. Hallelujah to Merle (Michael Rooker) who turns into the monster that he was, a monster whose search is still for his brother Daryl (Norman Reedus). His sequences with Michonne (Danai Gurira) were well-played and tense, keeping you company for a couple of minutes or so. His brother Daryl, is right there for the group, but is still mourning for Carol (Melissa McBride) who is presumed dead (watch the episode and you'll know if she is in fact dead).
A couple of thoughts of loath: 1.) Why is Andrea (Laurie Holden) seeming not able to keep her horny panties away from the Governor (David Morrissey)? She's making him less creepy. 2.) Maggie (Lauren Cohan) tells Glenn (Steven Yeun): "It's a beautiful day," unless you just want your lips get wet under the apocalyptic troposphere, it's bad luck. 3.) Give Carl (Chandler Riggs) more exposure. So much drama may be pulled off if we get to be with him more often. 4.) Will someone give Beth (Emily Kinney) something to do??
NEXT WEEK'S PROMO
Hopefully, next week is going to salve this week's fleeting ep. It is titled "When The Dead Come Knocking", and is described as "The Governor seeks information, while a new arrival at the prison forces Rick to make a decision." We've got a couple of promos below.
On the surface of things, "Hounded" is one of the few tight, eventful episodes in the series by far. But as the story progresses, one would deduce that these events were pulled off unsatisfactorily and to little extent, disappointingly. It's obviously not my favorite episode in the series, let alone the thriving third season, but important things happen here, and questions were finally granted of some answers.
Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is still on the brink of total fallout after his wife Lori (Sarah Wayne-Callis) died in an untimely delivery of their newborn daughter. At the very end of the episode last week, we get to see one infamous comic book scene: the "phone call" (of course, we know that this is not real, since receptions already been jammed tons of episodes ago), and Rick holds on to it religiously. His constant visit by the phone tells him one wake-up call, and all of a sudden, Rick's demented state shifted (Lincoln does this ably, naturally) back to his normal, loving, formidable leader one. Hallucinatory gimmickry rarely works (on TV, in my exp) over the duration of a brisk episode, but director Daniel Attias pushed forward with it, made us hold on for half-an-hour, then he drops the half-cooked revelation, as if to say, "Ok, you guys can move on now, it's not real. Move on, I've got some other things to reveal too!"
Which is true, anyway. If there's one thing Attias did correct, is to make an episode compact with important events without being a little too draggy. This is of course at the expense of creating an exciting episode as the previous ones were. It has excitement to it too, by the way. Small excitement, but excitement nonetheless. Hallelujah to Merle (Michael Rooker) who turns into the monster that he was, a monster whose search is still for his brother Daryl (Norman Reedus). His sequences with Michonne (Danai Gurira) were well-played and tense, keeping you company for a couple of minutes or so. His brother Daryl, is right there for the group, but is still mourning for Carol (Melissa McBride) who is presumed dead (watch the episode and you'll know if she is in fact dead).
A couple of thoughts of loath: 1.) Why is Andrea (Laurie Holden) seeming not able to keep her horny panties away from the Governor (David Morrissey)? She's making him less creepy. 2.) Maggie (Lauren Cohan) tells Glenn (Steven Yeun): "It's a beautiful day," unless you just want your lips get wet under the apocalyptic troposphere, it's bad luck. 3.) Give Carl (Chandler Riggs) more exposure. So much drama may be pulled off if we get to be with him more often. 4.) Will someone give Beth (Emily Kinney) something to do??
NEXT WEEK'S PROMO
Hopefully, next week is going to salve this week's fleeting ep. It is titled "When The Dead Come Knocking", and is described as "The Governor seeks information, while a new arrival at the prison forces Rick to make a decision." We've got a couple of promos below.
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