The Walking Dead Roundtable 3.10: “Home”

Hosted by Fashion and Entertainment Editor Joe Lamour

Gene Page. Via AMC.com.

Ghosts, psychosis, and the undead. As I outlined in my recap on Monday, things are completely normal here on The Walking Dead. Let’s take a look at the roundtablers’ thoughts. Ken Hwynn, Jeannie Chan, Kiki Smith, and NIkki Urban join me to chat about the episode.

The breakdown: Each week, a Walking Dead roundtabler or I will provide a recap the day after the newest episode airs. The next Friday morning a roundtable discussion of the episode is posted hosted by me, Joe, and a variety of guest commenters.

Jeannie: Agh, Rick chasing Lori’s ghost around is starting to make me super-sad.

Kiki: Why does Andrea feel the need to stay with The Governor? Why Andrea?!

Jeannie: The post-apocalyptic heart wants what the post-apocalyptic heart wants, I guess…

Joe: Cute in a hunting vest does not trump megalomania.

Kiki: Michonne is back to her same old wily ways. That is to say, back to saying nothing. She is proving to be a great actress with her facial expressions.

Ken: Absolutely Kiki…

Kiki: Not to mention they’ve finally gone and killed the last other African American main character… and we’re back to one again. Le sigh.

Joe: Do you mean…oh, Lord–I forgot his name already–Oscar? He wasn’t really a main character. He was a character with an arc (that ended in a rather obnoxious manner). But, all signs point to Tyreese being a main character. Maybe as soon as he comes back Michonne will go on vacation. Only one black face at a time. Maybe they think the audience will get confused.

Kiki: Can we talk about the fact that Merle is possibly the most despicable man in existence?

Joe: I like that Daryl is giving Merle the #realtalk someone needs to give him, because the racist comments are fine (in scripted television) but only so later that character gets the comeuppance that they need to get in that situation. Merle can’t be a cool racist zombie-killing machine because that influences the way people perceive racists (as silly as that seems, it’s a truth in our society).

Ken: True. Is Glenn calling the shots now that Rick’s gone off the deep end? I guess someone really ought to step up.

Joe: He’s stepping it up about three steps too many.

Ken: Glenn, my boy, stop pushing the issue with your gal. You’re beginning to irritate everyone. Including your fans.

Kiki: Truth.

Jeannie: Seriously, Glenn. Your “take-charge, I’m the big man around here” vibe was hot up until you decided that also meant speaking for Maggie. Part of me loves her for being, like, “Do you feel better?” in response to his question to whether or not she had been raped because this is her trauma and her story and he’s been doing nothing but projecting his own feelings about it onto her and everyone else.

Joe: ::slow clap::

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