Very good episode. Excellent in my books and I like the fact that I don't know everything. What I know is that Fear's team aren't afraid of dipping into the controversial material and bring out things that would get frowned upon among the normal people. Survivalist types are among them and when I have tried to talk about that ideology people have laughed and ridiculed me.
"The end of world will never happen," they've claimed. "You shouldn't believe in that. There is always a way to make things better and avoid the worst."
I bet Jeremiah have heard those same argument time and again. But it didn't stop him from preparing for the worst, whilst wishing for it never materialist. Things, however, has a tendency to turn against our wishes. The world in fact is far from being perfect and the people living in it aren't angels. In some cases the world is closer to hell than heaven and I believe it will never be an utopia.
Jeremiah's ranch is close to a perfect hideout, but it has so many flaws in it that could be corrected if they'd time in their hands. Or a reason to make the ranch impenetrable. The walking dead should be that reason, but I hardly see these people understanding the rules of this new world. Nobody doesn't seem to be aware that the lights can be seen from far away and the noises can bring in the dead. Hence I'm going to say that the Oceanside is far better place than the ranch, because the sea can take away the noises and it also provide endless source of food for the living. At top of the mountain there's no place to hide, when the end comes around knocking on the door.
So, whilst Troy made horrible science with his experiments with the dead, at least he was studying them. He even made a point of writing down the results and making it real, repeatable science. Most of the people still don't acknowledge that fact. Not even if they're fans of the Mythbusters or other similar type of shows. Maybe that is because we are creatures of our habits.
Like I am, right now, by writing this extended review and believing someone is going to read it. But when you like something, you'll go beyond your ways to try to prove it to other people. Just like Jeremiah did when he gave Madison's keys to his madness. He wasn't afraid showing his past or the storage for all those supplies even though he had almost no knowledge about who Madison is and what she is capable. And if he would have truly believed in the survivalists book of rules, he wouldn't had let anyone to come in the ranch, because true survivalists never reveal their locations in the off chance the incomers turn out to be the end of the world as we know it.
Dante understand it. He seems to know the value of things in this new world. And he should have chucked Strand on top of the pile, when he had the chance. The prison hasn't so far kept Strand from escaping. It is almost as if he is blessed or doomed to keep living in that mad world. Not as a king, but at the bottom of the ladder, feeding off from other people.
Nick in the other hand is the opposite. He was the worst and now, he is one of the good ones. Still I don't know why he wasn't invited into the pot party to answer twenty question, but were instead send off to a boar hunt. He would have loved answering all those questions, maybe even make his own ones. Now Alicia was introduced to the young ones, and she won't ever tell his brother about it in the chance that Nick will turn it on its head and go back into the hell of being addict.
Those are few reasons why I think this episode was really good. Well done Fear team. Well done AMC.
