Be Excellent To Each Other

There's a big quarry nearby where all the zombies have ended up, but they're starting to escape from it and shortly they will INVADE Alexandria, in some sort of targeted zombie assault, even in a massive land such as America. This explains why Alexandria has survived thusfar, so what they need to do is, erm, get all the zombies out of the quarry, and lead them somewhere else. Fantastic plan.

The thing is though the zombies have been down in that pit for about two years, and Alexandria has done fine for all of that time. It's yet another way in which you have to wonder how smart and/or 'doing the right thing' Rick and his crew are. Let's remember they were literally on the brink of dying (thirst/starvation) before they stumbled upon Alexandria, and now within a few weeks of arriving the AMAZING BIG PLAN is to DELIBERATELY RELEASE thousands of fucking zombies from a place nearby which they are certain will overrun Alexandria unless everyone follows the amazing plan to lead them down miles upon miles of open road before they wander off and bother someone else - because they like to 'herd up'.

It's OK overall because at least there's loads of zombie splatter gore which FTWD wasn't delivering, but in terms of overall quality I'm not convinced TWD is doing anything that FTWD isn't.

The truck slides off the hill starting the herd moving off (and potentially towards Alexandria) freeing the zombies. You seem to have conveniently missed that. Just as it coincidentally happened just as they were doing their dry run of the plan.[

But then again, it's a drama not a documentary.

Although timeline wise we're still not really any further ahead than we were at the end of the first episode.

Instead we get an opening sequence that has absolutely nothing to do with the previous episode (albeit an 'expertly done' opening sequence, I agree), about a character whose name I couldn't even remember or what her significance was to anyone or anything.

Then we're back in Alexandria and Carol is talking about celery soup and paprika, and I'm like, 'What is this? Why is Carol talking about celery soup and telling a woman off for smoking?'

And then it all kicks off into overdrive and then 'the noise' makes me realise how it fits into Episode One and it's all good, but it took a while to get there.

Also, very convenient that THE WOLVES attack when Alexandria is absolutely at the weakest it's been since Rick and his crew arrived, unless they've been watching closely and knew that was the case, but they don't strike me as tactical masterminds. And why were they still chopping the arms and legs off the DEAD Alexandrians even after it became quite obvious that the residents were fighting back? I'd have said attacking the ALIVE Alexandrians at that point would have made more sense.

Oh yes apart from the black guy refusing to kill anyone and instead speaking sternly to them and tying them up in the middle of MASS SLAUGHTER.

MORGAN AND CAROL GONE FUCKED UP SOME DUDES!

The wolves had the photos from Aaron's backpack. They were smart and tactical enough to set the trap that caught Aaron and Darryl, and from the pictures and assorted accoutrements they must have found Alexandria and studied it for a bit before going in.

As for their fanaticism, it seems like they have certain leaders and followers within the group. Some of them can think and plot, others are almost like cultists who are rabid in their movements and actions. I assume we'll find out more about them in the coming weeks. I also assume that one of them having a gun now will be important.

I thought what the guy who was being tied up was interesting in that regard. Something like "They have our friends. You shouldn't be here." He might have been a loon of course but it gave the impression that someone else had sway over their actions and possibly by nefarious means. I'm sure we'll learn all about the wolves at some point anyway.

He also mentioned something about a trap. I wish he'd enunciated more clearly, and Carol hadn't shot him.

I do wonder if Morgan killed the wolf at the end, or if he instead got some information out of him.

Also interesting is the 'A' painted on the (Rick's?) house. We've seen this a few times before and it is rarely a good thing (unless it was already there and I have missed it).

Finally, is Enid all she seems? Would be a bit odd to have the episode start about her and there not be a deeper link to the wolves.

The pale faced kiddie sitting on the steps (when Carol told him to deal with his dad's death) had a stamp with a red letter A on it. I imagine the kid did it.

We should keep an eye out to see if the intro to Episode Two with Enid does actually have any wider significance, sometimes I get the impression they stick some random sequence in just because they've filmed it and have a few minutes to fill, without it really having much importance.

http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/10/the-internet-is-buying-into-the-latest-the-walking-dead-conspiracy-theory/2/

ENID IS A SPY!

The theory is predicated on a few gaps that the audience has to fill in themselves, namely:

1) It assumes that, during the time between Enid’s parents died (as depicted in the flashback this week) and the time she walked into Alexandria, she met the Wolves and hatched a plan to invade Alexandria and potentially be the leader of the Wolves.

2) It assumes that, when Enid frequently leaves Alexandria to hang out in the woods, that she’s actually meeting with members of the Wolves to discuss their invasion plans.

3) It assumes that Enid ingratiated herself within the community in order to gain a set of keys, which she then used to open the gates to Alexandria to let the Wolves in.

4) The theory speculates that Enid’s note of indifference when she went to say goodbye to Carl was because she had no fear, because she was in cahoots with the Wolves and therefore, they wouldn’t kill her.

5) The backbone for the theory (or the “proof”) lies within an unfinished line of Enid’s, so speculates Tassi:

Once inside, the most obvious slip of the episode happens when she’s talking to Carl about how it’s impossible to secure the place because it’s too big. “That’s how we…” she begins, but doesn’t finish the thought. The “we” there is almost certainly her referring to the Wolves.
6) Tassi also cites an Easter egg from last season — the Wolf Pack comic — that Carl was holding (a comic owned by Enid).

The, "That's how we..." was surely referring to how the two of them could sneak out all the time.

But it is certainly plausible that she is linked there.

The Enid theory doesn't work for me because of the bag that was found with the photographs of Alexandra. It suggested to me, at least, that the Wolves had found the place after finding the bag rather than it being "an inside job".

Oh, and Carl was following her so he'd have been more likely to bump into a clandestine meeting had there been one. But when he did follow her she was just doling about not doing nowt much.

Maybe she knew he was coming, so avoided a rendezvous?

And the photos could be something to make Aaron do a silly and blame himself. When actually it was someone else.

Occam's Razor thinks she's just a girl, though.

So my OWN FUCKING PHONE spoliered it for me thanks to popping up a headline on my Google Now screen along the lines of 'IS GLENN DEAD?', so thanks for that, phone.

Episode itself was fairly solid although clichés abound somewhat:

1) OH NO A DEAD END!
2) OH NO THE ENGINE WON'T START!
3) POIGNANCY AS THE MAN MICHONNE SAID WOULD MAKE IT, DOESN'T MAKE IT

And so on.

Also, Daryl hasn't really had much to do has he?

Good telly, perfectly watchable.

All but confirmed that Glenn isn't dead. It did look like the eating of the guts was happening above him, like he was underneath Nicholas or something.

I'd be far happier to see the back of Rick, mumbling bollock-brain channelling Christian Bale's Batman that he is.

THANKS FOR SAVING ALEXANDRIA RICK.