The Walking Dead S04e05

Jenette Bregantini <[email protected]> Sun, 3 Dec 2023 03:40:39 -0800 (PST)
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Multiple threats pressure the prison inhabitants: the increase of walkers o=
utside the prison gates, and the deteriorating conditions of the people inf=
ected by the deadly virus. It marks the return of The Governor (David Morri=
ssey), who has been absent since the season three finale, "Welcome to the T=
ombs."

Inside the quarantined A Block, conditions continue to worsen for those inf=
ected by the deadly virus. Hershel tends to the patients, with the aid of S=
asha and Glenn. Hershel starts closing everyone's cell doors, following the=
 advice of the dying Dr. Subramanian, and kills those who succumb to the vi=
rus away from the others' view.

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Returning to the side of an unconscious Glenn, Hershel realizes he needs th=
e bag valve mask still strapped to the intubated walker, and wrestles it fo=
r the bag. Maggie heads to the visitation room, kills the remaining undead =
and shoots the intubated walker, allowing Hershel to retrieve the bag for G=
lenn. Outside, the fence gives way and a horde of walkers get in. Rick and =
Carl arm themselves with assault rifles and gun them down. Right after they=
 finish, the van with Daryl, Michonne, Tyreese, and Bob arrives with the me=
dicine needed for the remaining sick, and Carl reassures his father that th=
ey will be all right. Tyreese goes and cradles his sister in his arms, whil=
e Bob goes to administer drugs to Glenn. Hershel returns to the cell of Dr.=
 Subramanian, opens his Bible and breaks down into tears for his fallen fri=
end.

Their night is about to get a whole lot worse when we cut to see a herd of =
walkers piling their bodies against the car on the bridge and falling into =
the water. John wakes in the night to see them all coming up from the shore=
. He shouts for Laura and starts hacking away at them. Most fall into the d=
itches, but so many pile on top of each other that it allows for other walk=
ers to walk unimpeded along their backs. Soon they become overwhelmed and L=
aura falls into a ditch herself. The dead are reaching for her when John wh=
ips out both his guns.

This is the story John has been telling Morgan in the present. He clutches =
a small tin that carries those Scrabble pieces and Morgan reminds him that =
Laura/Naomi still loves him. He refuses to let John believe Laura is dead a=
nd that Alicia must have been wrong. So they set out with a reignited hope =
and determination to find her.

That is if her daughter is dead. When someone says that they "lost" someone=
 -- especially in this world -- one would assume she died. But what if she =
didn't die, and Naomi only believes her child to be dead.

What did you think of "Laura"? Where you surprised to learn that Naomi had =
a child whom she lost? Could her child actually be Charlie? Do you think Na=
omi could be dead? If she is alive, will John ever find her?

The vast bulk of 'Laura' is all about John Dorie's kind of incredible life =
of solitude in his cabin by the river. As far as post-apocalyptic existence=
s go, John has it made. He's dug a trench between his cabin and the river t=
o help keep out the dead. He fishes and gathers berries and cactus fruit. H=
e has power, though I'm not sure how. I suspect either a generator or solar=
. We'll leave that be. Update: He has a windmill! I missed this, my mistake=
. I figured it was something like that but just didn't notice...



She doesn't tell him her name, so he gives her one: Laura. We know her as N=
aomi. And like the Naomi who tried to run from Alicia and the rest of the D=
iamond survivors last week, she tries to run from John just the moment she =
can. She steals some stuff and tries to make off with his truck but the bat=
tery is dead and he manages to convince her to stay.

That's another thing. I love that this show still has great zombie moments.=
 I didn't really care for last week's episode, but I loved the water park a=
nd the fact that we had some great scary, tense moments with the undead. Th=
is is a zombie show, after all. The Walking Dead hardly even uses zombies a=
nymore. It's all about the living vs the living all the time. I like that F=
ear isn't going that route, even if they do have a similar conflict set up =
with the Vultures now.

Actually, I thought of the famous line from Casablanca "I think this is the=
 beginning of a beautiful friendship and then realized that the scene of Jo=
hn and Morgan walking off is actually incredibly similar to the final scene=
 in that movie. I mean, look:

Inside A Block, things continue to worsen as more members get sick. Henry c=
annot breathe, so Hershel decides to intubate him, which allows him to be m=
anually ventilated with an air bag. Sasha and Glenn take shifts pumping air=
 into Henry's lungs, beginning with Sasha. Glenn and Hershel find Mr. Jacob=
son dead, with blood covering his face from his nose and mouth. Glenn reach=
es for his knife, intending to stab him in the head so he won't reanimate. =
However, Hershel stops him and says not to do it in front of everyone. Inst=
ead, they load him onto a gurney so he can be transported to a more isolate=
d location. As Mr. Jacobson begins to reanimate, Hershel finds that he is u=
nable to put him down. Glenn steps in and finishes the job.

The next morning, Rick returns to his usual routine, splashing water on his=
 face. He is about to go talk to Daryl when Carl comes along. Rick instead =
decides to spend time with Carl harvesting the garden. Hershel helps Michon=
ne and Daryl load up the dead bodies. Daryl asks where Carol is, and Hershe=
l avoids the question by telling him that she is fine but to talk to Rick a=
bout her. Michonne extends an offer to Hershel to join her, and he accepts.

The next morning, John finds Naomi trying to steal his truck. He calmly exp=
lains how she got there and how the battery in his truck his dead. John off=
ers her food, water, and a clean bandage, which she reluctantly accepts. In=
side, he helps stitch up her wound and makes her fish stew. He introduces h=
imself and asks if he can call her Laura until she feels comfortable. Altho=
ugh she promises not to stay long, he offers her the bed and sets up a shee=
t to give her privacy. This seems to warm her up a bit, and they briefly di=
scuss her career as a nurse before she goes to bed. At night, Naomi discove=
rs him cleaning his gun.

"Internment" mostly takes place in the sick wing, a setting that dramatizes=
 all the desperation of the infected incredibly well. For the first time si=
nce the show began, the threat of Glenn's dying is palpable. No one is gett=
ing better, and the number of dead grow by the day. The survivors are despe=
rate for a cure, but no one is willing to care for the sick (and risk thems=
elves), except for Hershel.

This is a scene The Walking Dead excels at. First there's the reveal of a d=
ead woman in her cell, out of Herschel's control because he can't close the=
 cells quickly enough. Then he happens upon Sasha passed out, and needs to =
take time to revive her. And in excruciating fashion, seconds tick by as He=
rschel tends to Sasha, waits with her, talks with her, before casually movi=
ng on to other patients. The doctor is gone, others have turned, a sick man=
 eaten, and a man previously intubated and kept alive by the kindness and d=
etermination of a fading Glenn and Sasha turns and bears down on one of the=
 fan-favorite characters on the show.

That night, Laura cleans him up. As they argue about using the gun, John te=
lls Laura about the day he killed someone as a cop. It was a robber, and Jo=
hn shot him in the foot and let him bleed out. The robber turned, and it ha=
unted John for a while, even when people celebrated him as a hero. Back in =
the bridge, the dead Walker in the car slides off and accidentally hits the=
 handbrake, causing it to move away from the opening and allowing the horde=
 of Walkers to fall.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the FTWD showrunners were asked =
the question of whether Naomi is really dead. While Goldberg did not actual=
ly confirm Laura's status, his brief answer did not exactly say that she is=
 already dead but merely hinted that there could be more to the story.

The other possibility is that the upcoming FTWD Season 4 Episode 5 might ju=
st be one big flashback. If this is the case, there will be no need to expl=
ain Laura's current whereabouts because she could still be dead at present =
while being explored next episode from John's perspective.

With the likes of Rick (Andrew Lincoln), Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Michonne=
 (Danai Gurira) currently out hunting for supplies, Hershel has taken it on=
 himself to look after those suffering from the deadly disease that has dec=
imated the prison, despite the risk of infection such actions entail. He's =
played little more than advisor figure in the last couple of seasons, but h=
ere he proves himself the backbone of the show as he courageously tries to =
treat the inflicted.

Unable to keep the undead locked in their cells, it's a terrifying moment w=
hen they break out and swarm over the prison, as we realise the one-legged =
Hershel is the only one around who can fight the zombie hordes. Unfortunate=
ly the incredibly tense race to save the gravely sick Glenn, with Hershel g=
rappling with one of the undead over the bag valve mask, is hampered by Bea=
r McCreary's overblown score.

What we're left with for now is a lot of dead redshirts, and morale at an a=
ll time low. As Hershel quotes Travels with Charley to Rick: "A sad soul ki=
lls quicker than any germ". American literature from Steinbeck and Sawyer i=
s referenced in the episode, but it's from the Bible that Hershel finds his=
 faith tested. The he returns to Caleb's (Sunkrish Bala) cell to read the g=
ospel, only to break down in tears, is a quietly powerful moment that highl=
ights the difficulties to not fall in to despair when confronted with such =
tragedy.

Within the secret complex, Eleven has a shaved head again and starts walkin=
g through the facility before the main story of Stranger Things takes place=
. Something abnormal is going on as she seems to be stuck in a continuous l=
oop.

Sometimes people ask about storytelling in the past. One of the reasons I l=
ove stories was that they allowed my mind to roam and intersect with other =
people in the way that prayer or meditation or song allowed the mind and em=
otions to intersect with spirit. I think storytelling is our, it is a techn=
ology we have come up with that connects mind, emotion, and bodies, and pas=
t and present and exploring the future. I know that Caesar wrote that and I=
 was in his future, but I'm reading it now. And after I'm dead, someone wil=
l read something that I have either read, or if God is kind, something I've=
 written. So the very act of writing is an assertion into the future. The l=
anguage I'm using was created by ancient human beings desperate to communic=
ate with one another, and over time and time and time.
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