S1E6 TS-19 - Season Finale
Summary
In the beginning of the episode, we are shown a flashback of a scene in which Shane attempts to get Rick out of the hospital bed. In the present, the survivors are momentarily saved in this government facility, ran by a single scientist. The rest of his team have either deserted or have commit suicide. The survivors have a decent meal and hot showers and everything seems to be great. But Shane has one too many drinks and confronts Lori once again about their relationship. Shane forces himself on her and Lori is luckily able to fend him off. In the morning, they discover the facility is running out of power and is going into shutdown. A timer goes off and the scientist locks them all inside to await their timely destruction. Some survivors threaten the guy, others plead him. In the end, Rick convinces the scientist to unlock the doors and let them choose their own fate. While some choose to leave, Andrea and another woman decides to stay and die in the explosion with the scientist. Dale manages to convince Andrea to escape and we see them all barely get away from the explosion.
Thoughts
This episode only set things in motion for the next season. It's a great cliffhanger. The survivors get to a government lab thinking they will be saved but in the end, they add one more to the death count and also lose some more ammunition. There was a scene in which they were each taking a shower and we as the viewers are shown the emotions of each individual. While some people were happy to finally take a shower (a luxury), others are all messed up in the head. One of those people is Shane. He almost rapes Lori after dinner, however the consequences probably stopped him from doing it. We are shown in the beginning of the episode that Shane truly tried to save Rick when he was in the hospital, so he wasn't lying when he told Lori that Rick is dead. I can empathize with Shane because he lost both Lori and his relationship. However, this also makes the viewers loathe Lori because there is nothing redeeming about her. Towards the end, the scientist whispers something to Rick as they were fleeing from the facility. I am going to guess that he saw the Shane vs. Lori conflict on camera and decided to tell Rick about it. Only time will tell.
But I love you Lori! You can't do this to me!
Let's threaten the guy who already chose to suicide, that will work.
Yo dawg, I theres something you need to know.
Girl you craze?
And it goes kaboom
The survivors (from left to right): Shane, Dale, Lori, Rick, T-Dog, Andrea, Carl, Glenn, Sophia, Daryl, Carol, Jacqui, Scientist Edwin.End of the Season:
So who is left after season 1? Headcount would be: 11
Rick - leader of the group
Lori - Rick's wife, former affair with Shane
Carl - useless son
Shane - messed up in the head
T-Dog - minor character with no back story
Andrea - some back story, also the only hottie left
Glenn - Korean guy is still alive yeah!
Dale - old guy who seems to care a little too much about Andrea
Daryl - hothead badass
Carol - useless character
Sophia - useless character's daughter
Thoughts:
A six episode season is just retarded. They hook the viewers attention and then makes us wait for another year before we can watch the second season, which will be only 12 episodes. Due to the good ratings, AMC will probably produce a better second season, so I guess it's worth the wait. As far as what has happened so far, I think it could have gotten better. I thought they would spend the entire season focusing on how Rick tries to find his wife and son and along the way, meet different people. But he found them in episode 3, which was a huge letdown. They have so many characters but barely any of them have a back story. It's reminds me of Lost, except in Lost they went into depth with each character and make you care about each one of them. The problem with this series is there isn't enough character development. People seem to be dying every episode and we as the viewers can't sympathize with their deaths because we don't know them. Okay so you died, who cares? The love triangle relationship was given way too much emphasis and created far too much hostility towards Lori. I think every viewer wants her dead because she's a slut. Anyway, I hope they go above and beyond my expectations for this series because so far, it's been great. Each episode does serve it's meaning and it isn't like your typical American drama in each there is no linearity in the show. Don't you just hate shows in which stuff just happens and there is no point?
I would also like to thank everyone who followed me through this season.
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