‘The Walking Dead’ recap: Rick and Jessie finally get it on

Can we all agree that the turds of Alexandria OG don’t deserve anyone’s protection? It was a spare, quiet episode, fraught with moments of uncertainty and tension. Or why Rick’s gang is just running around that forest.

What’s so wrong about that, you ask?

“They were right and you know it”, he tells his mom.

We never found out.

From the vault of The Walking Dead, see you next week! This time, it seems like the writers just didn’t care enough. “He’s Rick, man! The audience won’t notice”. Of course, the Alexandrians have bigger problems right now.

What kind of advice is that? It’s great to see at least one character trying to learn skills that save people as opposed to kill them.

Majority of the episode will be focusing on the aftermath of the recent events, and how everyone will be coping with it and moving forward. For someone who has been living essentially in isolation for that long, it was a lot to handle. She drew up plans for where the crops should be inside the fences, how the town would educate the children and elect officials.

She later has a moment of clarity though, once again feeling optimistic about their future and jotting down a ton of plans on how to make Alexandria a sustainable and self-sufficient community. She almost gets bit, but is saved by Aaron.

But it wasn’t necessarily a dream, was it? Even Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh), who, between the grief over her dead husband and seeing the zombie threat up close for the first time, was in a almost catatonic state, did nothing to stop her people from behaving like animals.

Yeah, he did know; they knew – that was a big part of the reason why she stayed. The story tonight is focusing in on the community, and specifically characters like Jessie and Deanna.

“I don’t know if he’s alive”. It’s just sort of accepted now. The creeping nihilism is really starting to bug me. As the episode ends, the walls seem to be holding – but a crack appears in the final moments.

Her son Ron is taking his education into his own hands. Cowardice does have a place in this society, after all.

If the majority of readers think Rick Grimes will die, that means he’ll have the best odds and will go to the front of the pack. AMC does offer a live stream service via its webiste but you must be a subscriber to the network through your cable provider. And we had a scene in which Denise – a.k.a. Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman – lays a surprise kiss on Tara.

Maggie could be seen putting something together by her lonesome. For the time being, they’ve chose to fall on the side of hope because they can. She spotted Michonne speaking to Rosita and Tara. Despite the fact that Scott may be dying, Tara reminds Denise that she’s still there and has the courage to keep trying no matter what happens. I just wanted to see his face. I want people to take what they will from the choice of pregnancy. And we confronted, for the first time, truly yucky sewer zombies.

Jessie: “This is what life looks like now”. “I don’t get to know what will happen”.

Well, at least we know Rick is alive. Last week’s flashback episode surrounding Morgan wasn’t just a stall between the cliffhanger and its resolution, it was another chapter in the middle of a story arc. He barely beat out the horde and made it within the walls. Does she blame herself for what’s going on with Glenn? Her rationale was heartbreaking. She recognized something in him when he first approached her and Sasha. And he goes “I think”.

If only she had been with him. Serving as her wingman: Aaron, who feels guilty that his abandoned pack of maps and photos led the Wolves to his door. There are so many regrets, and so many answers. While Maggie’s convinced that he’s been killed – so much to where she writes his name on the makeshift memorial wall – Aaron, perhaps as a result of coming clean about his role in the Wolves’ discovery of Alexandria, views things more positively. But could he be?

In a world like “The Walking Dead”, it’s both realistic and probable that a loved one might die or go missing without giving any clue as to their fate – leaving their partner ignorant to what happened, why, or what could’ve been done to change it. It leaves a sliver of hope, certainly, but also a lingering scar, a lack of closure that would haunt the rest of the group forever. This is the zombie apocalypse. So I think there’s a sibling-ish kinship. “And if he’s dead I don’t want to be waiting on him”. And then there’s Enid, who’s either gone forever, or (probably) is involved with the Wolves somehow. Even Deanna’s son Spencer, a steaming pile of white male entitlement whom I was certain would be walker meat by episode’s end, manages to escape “Now” unscathed-and with a belly full of contraband crackers, to boot. She brings the body to the graveyard inside Alexandria only to find a pile of other dead Wolves unburied. “I can’t let you do this”, he said. (A la “Four Walls and Roof.”) For now all he has to say on the subject is “there will be more to talk about.” Odd. What did Jessie make them with, sawdust and that dead lady’s dried innards? Watch the promo trailer below, and then make your “The Walking Dead” predictions for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate.

There are so many characters in this ensemble that it’s really hard to maintain the storylines for everything but I think you will definitely see more of Aaron and Eric as the season goes on.

For Jessie’s older son, Ron (Austin Abrams), healing means ratting out Carl (Chandler Riggs) and sucking up to Rick, but I don’t trust that kid’s motivations for one second.