![]() It was jarring to see our survivors look so much like normal (read: showered) people throughout this episode, free of dirt, wearing matching clothes, some of them even sporting brushed hair. And if we've learned anything from Rick over the years, Deanna should be afraid. Later, he again tries to warn Deanna that people, and not zombies, "are the real threat now." He's right. "We're here now," he says smugly, metaphorically brushing his shoulders off. "They're the luckiest damn people I've ever met, and they just keep getting luckier," Rick muses in his meeting with Carol and Daryl. Regardless of what Pete's up to, it seems Rick has his own evil plans lurking not-so-deeply beneath the surface, as he appears ready and willing to take what he wants - the guns, Jessie - and leave the citizens of Alexandria to their own, pitifully-prepared devices. Maybe little Sam is addicted to cookies because the chocolate chips remind him of the delicious flecks of blood of fallen comrades?) (I know, I know, my kneejerk reaction to everything this season seems to be "cannibals," but I'm not alone in that theory - and honestly, expecting the worst from everyone sort of makes watching the show more fun. ![]() Turns out, he's the Pete that Aaron mentioned offhandedly a couple weeks ago, a doctor and a supposed "gifted surgeon." I'm not buying that he's as friendly as he's pretending to be out in public I suspect there's something darker at play inside the doctor, though of course I can only speculate at this point. Last week, he was sitting in the dark on his porch, drunkenly calling out to Rick in a not-so-friendly manner this week, he's gamely shaking the sheriff's hand, getting him a drink refill, and offering to check him out - in a medical manner, of course. Pete's an enigma so far, but his character is becoming more and more complicated by the minute. Rick, meanwhile, seems emboldened by his return to law enforcement, brazenly kissing Jessie on the cheek at Deanna's party and fingering his holster just a shade longer than normal as he later watches the woman walk by with her husband, Pete. Good thing she also has unfettered access to all those ΒΌ chocolate bars. That's some seriously twisted manipulation, but it seemingly works, with Sam agreeing to keep his mouth shut in exchange for an endless supply of Carol's homemade Blackmail Cookies* (*recipe forthcoming in the next edition of Betty Crocker's Undead Cookbook). And then afterwards, no one will ever know what happened to you," she says, her smile becoming icier and icier as she inches closer and closer to the child. No one suspects the lady in the sensible floral sweater.) But surprise, she's stealing guns instead, and after Sam says he has to tell his mom what he saw, Carol gives what may be one of the best monologues in "Walking Dead" history, sweetly informing the boy that if he tattles, she'll take him from his bed, tie him to a tree, and let the zombies go to town on him. (Carol really aced the whole Susie Homemaker routine, it seems. Sam, the younger son of comely hairdresser Jessie, followed Carol from the gathering, assuming she was off to make him some more cookies. It's Carol who does that deed during Deanna's impromptu dinner party - and she would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for that meddling kid. This leads to her scheming with Rick and Daryl (in what seems to be a now-regular - and secret from the rest of the group - debriefing session) to leave the latch to the storage room window unlocked, thus allowing one of them to slip in after hours and make off with a few weapons to keep to themselves, should things go south in the settlement. Once again, I have to give my gold star this week to Carol, who made good on her machinations to infiltrate the Alexandria Bored Housewives Club and uncover the community's secrets, including where they stash all the guns and ammo (and infuriatingly small-portioned chocolate bars more on those in a minute), and when those items will be left unattended. And there's a near-perfect chance that all three of those things will come back to bite our survivors by season's end. "The Walking Dead" may have returned from midseason hiatus weeks ago, but after a handful of middling to terrible episodes, the show was officially back this week - along with Carol's backbone, Rick's sex drive, and Daryl's ability to trust.
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