The Walking Dead: Pink Cookies and Bloodstains

For a lot of this week’s episode I felt like I was at a high school talent show watching my friend do some shit on stage that only highlighted their absolute lack of talent. I can’t even say that it was a bad episode as much as that it left me confused. Me. The entire episode. [divider type=”space_thin”] So our merry band of survivors are now mercenaries for hire against what we all know or assume is a superior force. Cool. But WTF is Carol doing? Which I guess I should really phrase as “how heavy handed can the writers be in spelling out her internal conflict?” We open with her raiding the pantry, then baking and distributing the best made-from-scraps beets and arrowroot cookies throughout the camp.

Actually, that’s not where we start, we start with Carol in the woods foraging for acorns (key cookie ingredients when supplies run low) and killing a random walker. She’s all dressed in her JCPenny’s best when the walker sprays congealed blood and brain matter on her and her machete. Oh, darn. Now she needs a shower and a new cardigan. It’s not that I can’t see this version of Carol. If you wear a mask long enough it becomes your skin, and she has been Casserole Carol since they arrived (with a few notable exceptions). What annoys me is the (in)action that in theory took place after the Alexandrians take a stand against the herd and before we finally got Richonne. Evidently Carol has been doing some soul-searching which includes avoiding Morgan, but keeping his I-harbored-a-Wol…