I agree, and Aidan's death might serve as a similar rallying point to the townsfolk. They might panic if the group starts 'taking out' their combat-ready citizens.

-Alternating between the tense supply run storyline and placid town subplots didn't really work for the episode's overall structure. Definitely sold the escalation in the Abraham scenes, though.

I think the reviewer's complaint was, the show using their sexual orientation as a plot point. If The Walking Dead wanted to be progressive by including a gay couple, they'd just let them be, like it wasn't exceptional in any way.

The group underestimating the townspeople seems probable. As we've seen, there's a high cost to maintaining illusions in this show's reality. So there's no telling what the townspeople are willing to do. It just goes to show: you shouldn't fuck with strangers.

It was almost merciful in its efficiency. She didn't allow the kid to run away and force a chase, she advanced immediately and warned the kid of the danger he was in.

Nope, couldn't ration enough blood. But she'll make it work.

-The problem with Sasha: Watching her storyline makes the audience think about the show's techniques and use of melodrama. Something about her mix of vulnerability and stubbornness comes across juvenile, so there's much less emotional involvement. Same thing happened to Andrea. And Dale, ironically.

-Michonne's intentions are weirdly obvious. She reminds Rick that she's 'being careful too', then spends every scene being delighted by Alexandria's charm.

You need to miss characters with tragic deaths, right? Otherwise, you're just killing stock characters.

I love the dark tone of Abbi's relationship with Bevers. So, Abbi agrees to talk to Melanie, chugs a glass of wine. Bevers asks her to stop, she glares at him like he's a suspect in the last 5 minutes of Law and Order: SVU. Her reaction is so much darker than the rest of the show, it comes off intensely realistic. If…

I don't think Abbi can return it. That's the joke, that's why she's obligated to get $400 out of the dress at formal occasions.

…Oh. Oh. I get it.

He said 'Rick' at the end of last episode. Maggie and Sasha confirmed by asking 'How' and 'Why'.

"I've never seen a gun like that before." Thanks Carl. That's definitely something the son of a cop would say.

-I like how the show handled Aaron's trustworthiness. His conversation was so irrelevant and chatty, he seemed used to civilization. But you couldn't tell if he was faking the whole thing.

Lana has the same job as Archer. If anything, she should be worried about the longterm health of the parent that actually raises the child.

She could beat up Archer, Mallory, Cyril, and Cheryl.

I don't think he'd believe in Roswell, old school, 40's-60's government cover up aliens. Archer seems to acknowledge the 'crazy' behavior of conspiracy theorists, despite his own ridiculous obsessions.

-I don't think making Archer, Ray, and Cyril act unnecessarily skeptical really worked. They're too trope-savvy to all dismiss Kreiger and Pam out of hand. Why wouldn't they believe Kreiger, really? He's insane, but it seems important to take the insane shit he spouts seriously.

I try to ignore the reality of their scrounging. Too many plot holes.