Mr. He: The Walking Dead S1E3: Tell It to the Frogs

S1E3: Tell It to the Frogs

Summary
The city survivors reunite with the rest of the survivors hiding in the woods. From the previous episode we learned that Lori, Rick's unfaithful wife, is actively involved with Rick's best friend, Shane. They both naturally assumed Rick was dead when the outbreak began and when he shows up in camp, they were all flabbergasted. Of course, Rick knows none of this and is just glad to see his best friend and wife/son alive. Meanwhile, the camp survivors discuss on the issue of how to relay the news of tying the violent hooligan (Dixon) up on the roof to the hooligan's brother (another violent guy, SURPRISE). Rick decides to lead the crew back into Atlanta to rescue Dixon because he was the one who tied him up there in the first place. While they travel to the city, we are shown the breakup of Lori and Shane. Lori wants nothing to do with Shane anymore because Rick is back and claims everything before was a mistake. Shane is an emotional mess because Rick's presence not only took away his lover, but also his purpose in life is now rendered meaningless. When a man beats his wife, Shane takes this opportunity to unleash his anger and beats the living pulp out of the guy. He almost kills the guy and everyone is horrified by his actions. Back in the city, the rescue crew make their way to the rooftop and finds Dixon missing, his whereabouts unknown.

Thoughts
I wasn't too thrilled about episode 3. First half of the episode was very predictable and there was way too much talking. As for the Lori x Shane relationship, it is really debatable on who is right. It's the end of the world, and it's natural to assume your husband's dead, after all he was lying unconscious in the hospital when the outbreak began. Now that Rick's back, the only logical/ethical thing to do is end the relationship. Shane is utterly destroyed by this reality and almost kills another man in a fit of rage. It started out righteous when he stepped in to stop the beating of the wife, but as he punched the guy in the face, it slowly got more frightening. If the others didn't pull him away, he most definitely would have killed. The other issue of the matter is Rick's decision making. Arguably, the decision to go rescue Dixon is a bad one. Why would you go rescue a guy who will most likely try to kill you once he is free? The guy is a threat to all the survivors because of his dictator/violent attributes and yet they want to rescue him. Now that he escaped, he will most likely seek revenge on those who left him there, namely Rick. Good one Rick, not only the dead are after you, watch out for Dixon.