Welcome to Crazytown!

Clear has gotta be the best episode since…well, since a long time. I’m talking first season good, y’all. Michonne let’s her softer side show (if only to Carl), we find a great use for rats, and we get to see someone even more whacked out than Rick! I know, right?

:01- “Erin, we tried for Stone Mountain”

:02 – Hippie dude hollering for a ride. I’m sure nobody could pass him by. Or I could be wrong about that.

:03 – Hey Erin.

:05 – Hey, it’s hippie dude again! And nobody cares! CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Y’ALL.

:07 – All this driving, and nothing but quaint little towns. I’ve lived in the deep south. Where’s the Walmart Super Center and tacky-ass strip clubs?

:09 – Whoa. Well that’s one way to deal with the elderly and infirm. Or zombies. Either way, pile of burnt bodies. So much for quaint.

:10 – “Turn Around And Live” it’s lord of the flies in Georgia y’all.

:11 – Hold up; this is Rick’s hometown? We’ve been thisclose the whole time?

:12 – Hah! Michonne ain’t giving up that sword, sniper dude! But waste ammo Rick. That’s what’s going to help.

:13 – Another badass point for Carl!

:14 – Oops…. Oh hey, Morgan. Missed you since we went away.

:18 – “…he wasn’t like this then.” Dude, you sound like an abused girlfriend.

:19 – Congratulations, you’ve won the zombie apocalypse sweepstakes!

:20 – All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy….

:22 – Aw Duane.

:24 – Yes. A crib. And not a picture of Mom. Crib. That’s right.

:27 – Morgan has gone bye-bye. He’s not home right now.

:33 – Rick needs you just as much as you need him, Morgan. For serious.

:36 – Oh Morgan. Oh fuckit Morgan. Oh my poor, poor baby boy. “Finally was too late.”

:38 – “The weak people, the people like me, we’ve inherited the earth.” Give this man an Emmy. Please.

:43 – Carl wants a beer? Wait; why is his family’s picture in a bar?

:44 – …and Michonne’s heart grew 10x that day.

:45 – There’s always one late to the party.

:46 – Fucking rats. Can’t depend on ’em.

:48 – MICHONNE. UGLY CAT ART LOVER.

:49 – Tonight, Morgan will be playing the role of Debbie Downer.

:50 – “… And we both completely flipped our shit.” Yeah, it’s not official dialog. But it shoulda been.

:56 – Ahh. I can see tons of Gary Busey – like Bon Mots from Morgan in future. Please let my visions be true….

:58 – A Michonne comic book tie-in! Yayz!

:59 – Damn that’s cold. Smart move, but damn cold y’all. But we knew the basics of what was gonna go down. Yes? Yes.

1:00 – Next episode? Andrea!

So. That’s an emotional wringer of an episode. I didn’t even notice that Andrea and her psycho squeeze were nowhere to be found. This ep pays back the hyper-attentive viewer, big time. Still, I wonder:

*Where’s Michonne gonna put that “art”?
*Will Morgan ever get to tell us what the hell “clear” means to him?
*Now that Little Asskicker (aka Judith) has a crib, will Daryl make her a crossbow bolt mobile? Please say yes.

Til next week!