Syd Lexia wrote:

I thought the opening with the zombies marching towards the farm was goofy as fucking fuck. The rest of the episode was great though.

I disagree, I think it ties the herds of roaming walkers with Rick's sighting of the helicopter nicely; It certainly seems like the helicopter is coming and going from the prison (or at least in that direction) so it makes sense that it would attract the attention of a bunch of zombies initially which would probably snowball to a massive crowd for a short while as more hear or just join in because the crowd sweeps past them and they just start following, and then peter out a bit after they can no longer see/hear it. Still, since they're already moving and too stupid to think about why, the herd would probably keep wandering in the initial direction it was headed in until it lost enough members to just dissolve again or met a farmstead full of tasty people to eat.

That being said, I felt the finale was little more than clear out the characters no one remembers/cares about, change the setting and not much else. My roommates had to remind me which nondescript blonde girl it was that was getting killed now. Unlike everyone else in existence, I don't find katana girl all that amazing. Probably because up until now, the show was good about having the characters act like they're in the real world as it related to choice of weapons, being careful of attracting attention, being (usually) smart about survival, etc. Not that a katana is a bad weapon choice, but keeping two zombies chained to you no matter how you neuter them is a terribly stupid idea. Even without limbs and, as people tell in the comics, jaws, they can still try to gum you with their top teeth, scratch you with their toenails (I mean accidentally, not like zombie velociraptors), they could easily tangle you in their chains when you're running from walkers with jaws and arms...

I'm not confused by anything, I think it's too far of a deviation for a live action show to be realistic. You can do whatever the hell you want in comics and it's fine, but if you're going to approach this show like it's what would happen if zombies somehow were real, your first and foremost concern would be to never be bit, scratched or in anyway come in contact with the bodily fluids of zombies. That would be the first thing you learned and the first thing you ever thought about because one slight mistake and you're as good as dead. You would not, ever, in a million fucking years keep two zombies as "pets" or whatever. And I know in the comics she has a relation to at least one of them so I'm not sitting here saying "SHE GOT 2 ZOMBIEEES, DURRR!" I understand, I just think it's a fucking stupid risk that NO ONE would ever take if this situation was real. And seeing how this show up until now has had exactly one deviation from reality with the zombies themselves (well, and Herschel's magic shotty), it just seems kind of stupid to throw in Awesome Ninja Chick with Katana and Armless/Jawless Zombies on Chains with Loyalty Action-Feature! TM. If we're going to be like this about it, why didn't Rick just find a Viking helmet and fire up that tank in season one after chaining a bunch zombies to the front, then drive through the city blasting "Ride of the Valkyries" as he took super accurate headshots with a shotgun from a mile away, somehow simultaneously firing the tank's main gun?