The Walking Dead Recap: Remember

***If you want or need a refresher on previous seasons of The Walking Dead, check out these great animated recaps.**** Season: 5 / Episode: 12 / AMC Cue the next glimmer of hope and salvation for the group in AMC’s The Walking Dead. It’s already apparent that there’s going to be some differences between our favorite survivors and the locals of Alexandria. Daryl does what Daryl does and kills some form of wildlife for “dinner” as a sign of good grace, much to the disgust of a hesitant local. Before entering Alexandria, Sasha delivers a headshot to a walker outside of the gate, further showing the value of their arrival. Rick has a sitdown with the head honcho of Alexandria, a woman by the name of Deanna Monroe, a former congresswoman from Ohio. Deanna precedes to introduce herself and explain how this Virginian safe-haven came to be. Realizing that she hasn’t left the safety of her walls since the beginning of, “all of this,” Rick takes it upon himself to give Deanna a crash course of what life is like on the outside. Rick is then offered an opportunity to help the locals of Alexandria survive because Deanna feels that she can trust him.

The group turns in all of their weapons, with not as much of a fight as expected, even after how things turned out the last time they did. *cough* Terminus *cough*. Aaron escorts Rick and Carl to their future home. It has running water, a full kitchen and a razor for Rick to shave off his neanderthal-inspired beard he’s been sporting for a wh…