The Walking Dead: Of Wolves and Other Animals I Harbor In Me

I’m not mad at you The Walking Dead. I’m really not and I was ready to be. [quote_simple][Just so you don’t get mad at me, let’s be upfront about the parade of spoilers that is about to walk down this here main street.][/quote_simple]

There’s a lot to say about the episode: the non-appearance of Negan, the return of the badass Darryl that we know and love, the death-defying Glenn, the world’s worst candidate for a nanny, the world’s worst (two) kid(s). Ugh, there was so so much. But I want to talk the Wolf. And Denise. And Morgan. And Carol. But mostly the Wolf. So Morgan is keeping this sickly (possibly dying) Wolf as a pet/prisoner in the basement of one of the empty $800k Alexandria homes after the Alexandrians (really mostly Carol) thwarted the attack from the Wolves. His conscience won’t let him kill, even passively by allowing his prisoner to die of the infection coursing through his body. That’s how Denise gets dragged into it. Morgan enlisted Denise as the new Alexandrian doctor, a role she was reluctant to take on. Fast forward to Denise (kidnapped) and the Wolf (kidnapper) crouched outside in step-down patio, behind a wrought iron fence and hedges while Morgan is still unconscious (knocked out by the Wolf) and the rest of them – Carol, Tara, Rosita, and Carol  — are still in the house, surrounded by walkers. About that motivational speech you were spouting off before? I got questions. [divider type=”space_thin”]While all this is happening, Enid is in a church aski…