The Bad Things
- “It just happened. I wasn’t thinking.” Benjamin needs to get that impulsive nature under control. Situations like that have gotten Daryl, Rosita, and other survivors in a lot of trouble. Being quick is one thing, but being quick and smart is another.
- Using Carol as bait. If Daryl wasn’t emotionally invested in the well-being of Carol, this would have been a great plan. However, Carol isn’t a lost cause and Daryl isn’t about to give her up just like that. And Richard assuming Carol would be willing to sacrifice herself is a poor assumption.
- Waiting so long to find out what happened with Rick. Episode 709 ended with a cliffhanger where the survivors were surrounded by well-armed strangers. Sadly, it took over 20 minutes to find out what happened with the people at the junkyard.
- The horizon shots with Rick and Jadis. Normally, The Walking Dead is a visual masterpiece, but those horizon shots look like they came straight from a green screen booth like you’d see at a mall photo booth. Those scenes were distracting from the rest of the episode.
- Rosita continues down a bad path. Her poor attitude has been a bad mark on the group for a while now. She continues to internalize her guilt, but not let it out in a healthy way. Instead, she is taking it out on people like Sasha and Tara who are just trying to keep the group together and include her in it.