2/19/2023 0 Comments The walking dead season two finale![]() ![]() Granted, with this group, Rick could have revealed that he was in possession of the Colonel's Secret Recipe and they likely would have reacted the same way. Meanwhile, Rick's revelation that the zombie infection is universal – you die, you become a zombie, regardless of being bit or scratched by the undead – quickly returns the group to normal and his leadership is once more called into question. Jimmy (James Allen McCune) and Patricia (Jane McNeill) arguably had to depart, as their roles in the series were never really established, and the passing of any recurring character quickly translates into the possibility of T-Dog (IronE Singleton) having something more to do than stand idly by in the background. The calamity of the situation is as compelling as anything The Walking Dead has so far put on screen, and with the back-to-back deaths of Dale (Jeffrey DeMunn) and Shane, it's nice to see the show hadn't lost its stomach for further thinning of the proverbial herd. ![]() By having the walkers storm Hershel's farm, the series is forced to progress and, hopefully, begin to better understand the motivations and reactions of its characters. By not immediately addressing Shane's death, and instead getting straight into the walker killing, it acts as a turning point for the series, one where there is a time and place for bickering and discussion, and one where there is not. This is evidenced by the fact that Carl didn't see his father kill Shane, and by Rick not feeling entirely compelled to come clean to his son. After taking the long way around, The Walking Dead seems to have realigned its priorities accordingly. While the essence of any good story is conflict, a group of people actively working to irritate one another is not enough of a conflict to sustain a series that isn't called Seinfeld. To put it bluntly, a massive horde of walkers effectively keeps the survivors so busy they can't spend an hour displaying how horrible or inconsistent (here's looking at you Lori) their personalities can be. 'Beside the Dying Fire' works primarily because it keeps the most unattractive part of the program, and its characters, on hold until after it has done the work needed to keep the audience enthralled and excited. That's not to say the episode didn't leave plenty to speculate on, it certainly did, but those were glimpses of things to question and hold on to during the wait for season 3. By and large, the events of the season's finale, 'Beside the Dying Fire,' play into the idea of having a complete story arc contained within the runtime of a single episode. ![]()
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