It’s the mid-season finale of ‘The Walking Dead’, and although this episode gives us a lot of Walker action and even offs a member of the Alexandria community, I can’t think of a more ineffective cliffhanger.
\n<\/p>\n
For reasons only the show-runners will be able to explain, this episode both begins and ends with Jessie’s young son Sam. He’s still hiding in his bedroom upstairs in Jesse’s house, and exits only to put nearly empty plates of food outside his door at the top of the stairs. He’s listening to Tiny Tim’s “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” on a record player, which may go a long way toward explaining why this kid has issues. There’s also a shot of a line of ants coming into the room to infest a half-eaten cookie on a plate. This is symbolism. It’s also a pretty silly opening.<\/p>\n
The steeple of Alexandria’s church comes tumbling down, crashing into the outside wall and allowing hundreds of Walkers to enter. Immediately, our heroes scramble for safety as Rick yells to everyone to get inside their homes. Morgan and Carol run inside (though Carol gets a concussion in the process) to the top floor of the building where Morgan has the Wolf under guard (being watched by Nurse Denise). Maggie gets stuck on top of one of the wall lookout posts. Rosita and Tara save Eugene from getting bitten and find a garage to hunker down in. Rick has the biggest group gathered in Jessie’s home \u2013 including Carl, Ron, Michonne, Deanna, Gabriel, Sam (still upstairs of course), and Jessie herself.<\/p>\n
Not long after all the characters find temporary shelter, Michonne discovers that Deanna has been bitten by a Walker in their fight to get inside Jessie’s house. As a result, much of the episode is spent watching Deanna slowly die and try to impart some last moments of wisdom to both Michonne and Rick. For those wondering what’s going on with Glenn, he and Enid are only seen a couple of times but never enter the community. Glenn does see Maggie when he climbs to the top of a tree overlooking Alexandria, but she doesn’t see him.<\/p>\n
Ron and Carl get into a fight in Jesse’s garage. Ron swings a shovel at Carl but only manages to break a window and give Walkers access to the house. Rick comes running to save the day and they have to use a couch to block the door inside the house. Rick and Jesse ask the boys if they’ve been fighting, but Carl defends Ron. However, he then goes to Ron privately and pulls his gun on him, demanding that Ron turn over his own weapon. Not long afterward, the Walkers get access to the bottom floor of the house, forcing everyone to take refuge upstairs.<\/p>\n