The Walking Dead Season One Episode Four Recap

Episode Four:  We left off with Daryl angry that Merle is not on the roof and instead of killing everyone like he wants to, he take Merle’s hand to preserve if when they find him. Merle is nowhere to be found, but he seems to have gotten out alive.

Back at camp one of the members of the group, Jim is digging a lot of holes and that worries everyone. They try to stop him and they have to force him to stop. Meanwhile back in the city Glenn comes up with a plan to get the bag of guns. As we know nothing goes right for them. A young boy confronts Daryl and he is beat up while Glenn is taken.

The men try to get the boy to tell them where they took Glenn so they could get him back. Neither is willing to back down so Rick has to come up with what can be spared. A huge fight is about to break out, when an old woman comes in and stops everything. Turns out that the gang bangers stayed in an elderly home to take care of the people who were left behind. Ricks gives them about half their guns and ammo and walk back to where the truck was left and it is missing. They assume Merle took it and heads back to camp take his vengeance on the group. So they must hurry back.

The group is having dinner and enjoying freshly caught fish. No one is really concerned with the missing men or anything else around them. Walkers have invaded the campsite and both Ed and Amy have been attacked. The 4 men are approaching the camp when they hear Shane’s gunshots and rush towards the camp. Panic strikes everyone and no one knows where to go or what to do. The men come and kill as many walkers as they can while everyone else heads towards the RV.

The episode ends with Andrea crying over Amy and the group stunned. Jim remembers why he dug the holes.

Review: I enjoyed this episode, it's pretty fast moving and there are a few surprises that come up. I really like how the group of thugs were not what they appear to be. Okay some of them were, but it showed how, eve though the world has gone crazy people still victimize the weak. There are not changes, just the situation got dire. People would of course blame their actions on things other than who they are. 

 The whole Jim thing seems a bit... odd. It's not really a guy who has a crazy dream that turns real, even though that's what we see. It just seems like a weird idea that just didn't play well for me.