The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 5 “Chupacabra” (B+)
If there was one person on this show who could survive a dozen zombie apocalypses, it would be Daryl. The hard-headed southerner suffered through quite a bit of agony in this episode, getting himself stuck with an arrow, imagining his vicious brother’s return, finding Sophia’s doll, and then getting shot for his troubles by a trigger-happy Andrea. Carol’s comparison of him to a better father for Sophia was high praise, and not undeserved, despite the gruff nature with which Daryl tends to conduct himself. Rick and Shane really got into it in this hour for the first time in a while, starting off by bonding over Shane’s many high school conquests and then derailing when he pointed out that there was no point reminiscing considering all of those girls were dead. The flashback to the early times of the outbreak with bombs being dropped on the streets was rather haunting, and I do think this show is often strongest when it remembers the not-so-distant past. I would be perfectly content to turn back the clock and see how everyone dealt with the outbreak when it first started and before the human race was truly thinned out. It looks like Glenn has stumbled upon something truly ugly going on in the shed, and I sure hope that Maggie’s recently-developed affection for him will enable them to find a creative solution other than killing him. Things are getting tense enough with Hershel and his guests, and this is definitely going to sour things even more.
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