The Walking Dead Roundtable 3.11: “I Ain’t A Judas”
Hosted by Fashion and Entertainment Editor Joe Lamour
Image via AMCtv.com.
In Monday’s recap, I talked about how discussion-heavy it was–and light on plot. This, however, gave the characters time to hash out their problems–some which have been brewing all season. Kiki Smith, Nikki Urban, and Carly Neely joined me this week to talk about the “Michonne and Andrea” argument, the “Rick and Everyone Else” argument, and more.
Spoilers for The Walking Dead episode 3.11 are under the cut.
Joe: I read an interesting article on Hollywood.com that suggests Andrea may be killed off, completely ignoring canon. What do you guys think of that?
Nikki: Call me a jerk, but yes please?! She does this thing when she talks to people as if all the ‘tude will make them come to some shocking realization that she’s right about whatever they’re debating. Perhaps it’s the acting but her character comes off to me like she’s carrying around some huge indignation baggage. Except with Michonne, somewhere before we “met” (and by “met” I mean “got to lay eyes on her cause I’m still waiting with baited breath for more dialogue and backstory) she was able to relate to Andrea without getting the faux tough act. If she can’t finish off the Governor, nail’s in the coffin for me.
Kiki: I think I’ve got a bit of a love/hate thing for Andrea. I love that she is such a strong character that sticks to what she believes in–most of the time. But, I can’t completely understand or see where she fails to see how destructive The Governor is. She’s seen what he can do, yet still listens to him? It would be a nice turn of events if she aided in getting rid of him. Perhaps a means for the group to trust her again (I’m assuming they’ll eventually meet again)?
Carly: As challenging as I’ve found her to be this season, I would not want to see her go. Unless, it is in some epic battle where she realizes the sky is blue and that The Governor is a horrible person and takes him down. Preferably violently. I’m pretty sure that’s a pipe dream, but I’d love to at least see him go that way.
Joe: I myself don’t think they should kill her off, but I just don’t see how it’s possible that she survives. Then again, they somehow managed to use smoke bombs so that no one saw anyone else, so there may be some ridiculous close calls in our future.
(Editor’s Note: Also, and this just came to me as I edit this for publishing, but they haven’t killed Carol, and Carol is now very much like Andrea is in the books, so maybe they’ve switched characterizations. Andrea also is as weak as Carol was in the novels. I like this theory.–JL)
Carly: I didn’t get a chance to say it in last week’s roundtable, but they beat me to it this episode. Thank goodness for the writers eeking in that little scene with Carl and Rick. The one thing that bugged me about everyone just letting ‘Rick be Rick’ out in the wilderness was that there was this group amnesia surrounding Carl. Rick isn’t a totally unmoored character–he still has his son!
Kiki: …and a newborn daughter. The plotline seems make us easily forget the connections between Carl, Rick, and the baby (name? I can only remember her nickname, A*skicker–ha). Although in terms of keeping Rick in check, it does seem that Herschel is constantly–if not carefully attempting–to reel him back into reality. I do have to say though that was indeed a great scene with Carl and Rick. It’s like “Hey, Dad! I can see something’s up with you, too!” Nice wake-up call for Rick.
Carly: See, I feel for Andrea. Her motivation to have a life, to regain some normalcy? I think that’s the most reasonable desire on the planet. Granted, she wants it so bad that she overlooks all the bad, but we’ve all known a friend in a relationship like that.
Joe: How do you guys like all the real talk in this episode? There was a whoooole lot of it.
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