The Walking Dead: Lonely Heart’s Club

Romance is a weird thing. Add sex and it gets even weirder. There’s all these courtship rituals and social norms and sometimes a lack of basic human decency. Now if we add a layer of walkers and decimate North America’s population, the prospect of finding and sustaining love gets even worse. Enter this week’s episode of The Walking Dead. Let’s look at the romances on a scale from alright now [with a head nod] to c’mon now [with a head tilt] to what the fuck is going on here?   I got your grrl power right here. [divider type=”space_thin”] So finally Tara and Denise kinda sorta consummate their slow burn flirt that’s been going on for a few episodes now with a kiss. What we know of Tara’s romantic life is not the stuff of Hallmark cards: Sam in the pre-apocalyptic world and Alisha in the walker world, who has killed during the attack on the prison. So it’s kind of nice to see her in a somewhat normal adult romantic relationship. What do I mean by that? She’s known Denise since Grimes and gang arrived in Alexandria. They’ve had an increasing amount of on-screen interactions. Tara has “checked-in” on Denise in the “hospital” and offered her pep talks, general support, and a healthy kind of friendship. So when Denise kisses Tara, it makes sense. When she says a moment later “Being scared sucks,” that makes sense too and we’re left with the feeling that she’s talking about so much more than whether or not she can save Scott’s life or whether the walkers will eventually make it…