This Sunday's 'The Walking Dead' episode, 'Clear', marked probably the first time I have been truly blown away by a performance from one of the characters. Let's talk about the return of Morgan and about the rest of the episode.
THE SUPPLY RUN
They get jumped by a dude on a roof, geared up for battle, who tries to run them off. Rick and his team goes on the offensive, with Michone going legit ninja speed and getting to the roof with the quickness. But she's too late, as the dude had moved off the roof.
The dude makes it down to street level and is zeroing in on Rick when Carl blindsides him with a shot to the chest. They discover the dude has a vest on, survived the shot, and is actually Morgan.
Morgan was the dude from season one that helped save Rick, but lost his own family. He's been holed up in a room in this building, trying to keep his sanity by scribbling messages on the wall. On the wall is a crude chalk street map that Carl follows to a familiar eatery to get a picture of his family for his baby sister to know what her family looked like.
When Morgan regains consciousness, he assaults Rick and stabs him, but is fended off.
Its then, as the two reminisce about their trials and tribulations in the zombie apocalypse that the most eloquent monologue is delivered from Morgan since Duane Jones set the standard with the 'Beakman's Diner' (25:05-28:05) monologue in 'Night of the Living Dead' 1968, or the scene with John, Billy, and Sarah (2:30-8:00) in 'Day of the Dead'.
As it turns out, Morgan is an accomplished actor from the UK named Lennie James. You might remember him as Sol from the movie 'Snatch'. Morgan's 'Just Kill Me' monologue is the best performance the series has seen, in my opinion.
Michone follows Carl to the restaurant to recover the old family photo. After some crude distractions are utilized to get the zeds moving, Carl gets his picture and Michone gets a souvenir statue.
Before the team leaves, Rick offer Morgan refuge at the prison and recruit him to his side. Morgan sees the angle and wants no part of the armed conflict between the tribes. He tells Rick he will be 'torn apart by teeth or bullets' if he continues on the path.
As the team packs the death dealer, Michone tells Rick she hallucinates about her boyfriend as well, so she knows where Rick is coming from.
As they drive home, they see Morgan burning the bodies of the zombies that get caught up in his traps.
The team leaves Morgan, and on the way home, pick up the gear the hitchhiker lost after succumbing to a zombie attack.
Or did he?
It was a great episode that I will remember as one of the best.
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