The Walking Dead Recap: Spend

***If you want or need a refresher on previous seasons of The Walking Dead, check out these great animated recaps.**** Season: 5/ Episode: 14 / AMC This week’s episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead focused heavily on the concept of fear and what it does to people. For some, fear brings out things that no one knew even existed. Sometimes it comes in the form of an act of unselfish bravery, or it comes out in rather pathetic displays of self-preservation. “Spend” saw a line crossed in the sand between the brave and the b*tch-made. We start this episode off with an image of Father Gabriel walking into his new religious home. Alexandria doesn’t seem to have a minister on hand, and they appear to want him to fill the role. The only problem is that Gabriel’s been short on sanity and faith ever since he locked his pleading parishioners outside. He proceeds to rip out all of the pages out of a bible that was left for him. Noah meets with Reg, the husband of Deanna and architect responsible for the walls that protect the town, that morning and asks to be taught how to build and expresses that he plans to stick around long-term. Daryl also heads out on his new motorcycle with Aaron to look for new recruits for Alexandria.

Back in residential Alexandria, the designated group of runners are heading out to get some new equipment to repair the homes that have lost power. Being the only one qualified to identify and install the equipment, Eugene reluctantly comes along. The rest of the group, …