The Walking Dead Episode 3 Review!

“Tell It to the Frogs”,episode 3 of The Walking Dead TV series, premiered Sunday night. The new episode brought us more zombies, more plot, and a new character! Norman Reedus has now joined the cast as Daryl Dixon, Merle Dixon’s (Michael Rooker) brother. You remember Merle, don’t you? He’s the guy that got left for dead in Atlanta! Unsurprisingly, Daryl didn’t take the news so well. Anyway, episode 3 plays on the old heart strings a lot between some families reuniting and some families getting torn apart. That’s one of the appealing things about the series, it has more time to explore and display the human emotions one would be going through in an actual zombie outbreak a little more than a film does. You can really connect with the characters on a personal level, empathize with them, and go along the journey with them. As great as that is, I would like to see some action as well! This is the only zombie TV series, after all. “Tell It to the Frogs” is more on the emotional, character developing side than it is the action side, which is fine. It has to be done, I guess. Still, it has been a great series so far.

Spoiler Alert! So what happens?

The group that escaped Atlanta arrives at the survivors’ camp outside the city where Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is reunited with his wife, Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), and son, Carl (Chandler Riggs). The resume their marital relationship while Shane (Jon Bernthal) is dropped immediately by Lori. BURN! Then, being the great humanitarian that Rick is, he decides to go back to save Merle (whom they left handcuffed on a rooftop in Atlanta). He also is going back to get his bag of guns he dropped in the street when he first arrived in the city. Daryl, T-Dog (IronE Singleton), and Glen (Steven Yeun) accompany him. They reach the roof top without incident. All that is shown is a saw, a sawed off hand, the bloody handcuffs still dangling where they were left, and Daryl looking very upset and screaming.

Meanwhile, back at the camp, Lori tells Shane to stay away from her family. Another guy, Ed (Adam Minarovich), is found to be beating his wife and slaps her in front of a lot of people. Shane then beats Ed to a bloody pulp.

This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!

Remaining episodes, season one:
EP 104 – “Vatos.” Rick’s mission to Atlanta is jeopardized when things go awry. Jim becomes unhinged in camp.
EP 105 – “Wildfire.” Rick leads the group to the CDC after the attack. Jim must make a terrible life and death decision.
EP 106 – “TS-19.” Rick and the group are allowed into the CDC, by a strange doctor. But all is not what it seems in their newfound haven.