The Walking Dead | The One's Who Live | Ep. 4- "What We" Recap & Review

*WARNING- SPOILERS AHEAD! MATURE AUDIENCES RECCOMENDED

First off, was anyone else very, very frustrated the way Rick was acting for about 95% of the episode?! The amount of pain, loss and overall shit these two went through to find each other is not only rare, but dang near impossible to come out on the other side. Not only that, but I was questioning Rick because isn't this the same guy who tried to escape, knowing what the penalty was, multiple times to go back to his family? I wanted to throw multiple items at the screen for the way Rick was , behaving, and applauding Michonne for only allowing herself to keep trying for so long. The two [obviously] shared numerous intimate moments, but the way she stood up for herself and called his bluff was admirable.

The episode starts where episode three left off where Michonne grabbed Rick and both tumbled out of a flying helicopter. They enter an apartment, more specifically an apartment building in which very high-tech research was going on at one point. At the time of me watching it, I was hoping to maybe see a flashback of when this building was in full operation, and maybe we still will but I doubt it since the couple left.

The way Rick looks, or basically stares, at Michonne while she's changing- you can almost tell he's sorting through many decisions of what to do now. One look is you can tell he's be waiting so long to be able to lay his eyes on the woman he's been trying to get back to for so long, and an extension of Judith. The other look is that he is going to break her heart in a few moments. This begins the back and forth between the couple of "I'm not leaving without you" to "You don't belong here, I have to stay". Not even after Michonne tells Rick he has a son, he's still fighting the decision to have her leave without him. I'll be honest, I totally forgot that Rick did not know about RJ. Eventually Michonne is fed up with the way Rick is acting and walks out of the apartment. And if you've ever been in this situation to where you and/or a significant other calls your bluff and expects you to follow them, great play by Michonne.

As maybe expected, Rick contemplates his decisions again, then proceeds to run out the door. The two fend off walkers as another helicopter has come to destroy the remnants of their chopper and the integrity of the building along with it. Richonne end up back in the apartment they started in when things get hot and heavy. Still rick wasn't moved. Then, another great move by Michonne, she whips out a phone with an etching of Carl in it- much like the phone Rick had of her and Judith. It was pretty bold for Michonne to play the Carl card, but it was good timing after Rick told her he had dreams about walking down the road with Carl. I think this is where Rick's mind snapped into place, and the two eventually storm out of the apartment and tag-team walkers like we've seen so many times before. They eventually find a car and ride off into the sunset as the building starts to crumble down.

Grading time. Overall, and despite the behavior of Rick in this episode, I strongly think this is the best episode of the first four so far. And also despite the entire episode took place basically in the apartment and the building they were in. I liked the depth that both Michonne and Rick showed, especially when Michonne played the Carl card to get Rick back in his right mind. Again, if I had to give this a grade, it would be between an A- to a B+. The only reason it would be in that B+ range is Andrew Lincoln played his role so well in this episode, it was very frustrating. A testament to his acting, and that what you want actors to portray in their characters, to draw that emotion out of you as an audience.

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