The Walking Dead Recap: Strangers

Season: 5 / Episode: 2 BRAH! Before I get into this recap, lemme officially dub The Walking Dead as ‘The Wire: Revival’. The only two things The Wire fans need now from The Walking Dead is to see Avon Barksdale not-going-out-like-no-punk-blastin’-walkers-for-tryina’-snatch-his-corners and then the king, Omar Little, strollin’ through the woods with an unlimited supply of shotgun ammo. Introducing Father Gabriel Stokes   Seth Gilliam joins the cast as Father Gabriel Stokes who’s both parts hilarity and anxiety wrapped into one priest with a dark secret. Our favorite walker hunters come across the good priest being ambushed and he quickly leads them to his church where he’s been holed up since the outbreak. Rick realizes quick-fast that he’s hiding something but thinks him harmless enough to let it slide, so the group can use his church as a home base to gather supplies. Rick leaves Carl and his new stay-at-home nanny, Tyreese, behind when they set out to get some food: Cutty, how far we’ve fallen. Yea, I’ma just make this recap ‘The Wire’ themed.   Father Gabriel takes them to this walker-infested-swamp-building where I’d be sure to wear rattlesnake boots in case any lone walker heads are hiding under water waiting to nibble on my toes. Our crew expertly lays the smackdown on the decaying walkers (have you noticed that the walkers are getting more and more rotten as the seasons progress?) but not before Father Gabriel loses it to some walker he apparently knew when s…