A quick note for viewers who care about such things: the dog survives at the end.
Now onto this weeks episode…
Theres a quote from painter John Sloane that gets repurposed a lot.
Barack Obama used a variation in one of his speeches as president.
Credit: Gene Page/AMC
But this is the more popular kernel: Art enriches life.
It makes life worth living.The Walking Deadis faced with a similar realization for the umpteenth time.
Alexandria shut itself off from Hilltop, which has become the epicenter for culture.
Hes reticent of this post, but he also recognizes that the communities need to be together.
And they are the only two gay people.
Art, specifically music, becomes a common thread for unity and survival.
Daryl, like Michonne, has blocked out the world.
He left Alexandria, Hilltop, and the Kingdom behind to go search for Ricks body.
Soon it became easier and easier for him to stay in the wild and embrace the quiet.
Hes the pitstop Carol mentioned to Henry before heading to Hilltop.
Luke serves the same purpose for Michonne.
They find it overturned, having seemingly been ravaged by a larger herd.
Some things survived, like Lukes recorders.
Hes determined to preserve music where he can.
Michonne, still untrusting of her guests, finds Luke foraging for something during the night.
She confronts him and ends up slicing the object in his hand in two.
It was a rare Stradivarius violin.
He believes art is what separates man from animal.
Art brings everyone together, makes them evolve together.
The argument is a valid one but it lacks a creative approach.
These exchanges the monologuing that goes on to relay the episodes main revelations have become formulaic.
The action demonstrates the fighting styles for each of the new characters.
Shell pick up a brick if her knives are unavailable.
Yumiko can take out a structures weak points with her bow and arrows.
Connie and Kelly have their slingshots.
Luke has a pickaxe, but hes not much of a fighter.
Yumiko previously described his paisley shirt as like looking into creation itself.
Now, the artful pattern is coated in blood as Bernies intestines dangle from a gap in his torso.
Michonne is moved by their loss, but shes still resolved to head back to Alexandria.
Then two riders from Hilltop approach them, stating that they have Rosita.
Before they leave, Connie spots something in the woods.
She says its nothing, but theres something there, spying the convoy through the branches.
