Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 11 "Judge, Jury, Executioner"

Civilization, er I mean Dale, is dead

They killed Dale!

I did not see that coming. The episode was so focused on the decision of whether or not to kill Randall that I was taken by surprise when they killed Dale. Though not as surprised as I'm sure Dale was when that zombie eviscerated him. It was interesting to see how in the end the one person that didn't want to shoot Randall in the head ended up being shot in the head. Of course my man Daryl was the one to do it. He is the only one thinking clearly at the moment and was the right person for that task. If I had to pick someone from that group to end my misery I would want it to be Daryl.

Why Daryl should be the new leader of the group

Daryl is the only one seeing things for how they are. He realizes the group is broken. The power struggle between camp Rick and camp Shane has caused a myriad of problems for the group. Some of which could have been avoided. Daryl is the guardian angel of the group. I take this view from the not so subtle wardrobe change. His leather vest have wings designs on the back. I don't think that is an accident. He knows what needs to be done and will do it, without hesitation (unlike Rick) and without being crazy (see Shane). He has shown compassion in his neverending search for Sophia and in ending Dale's misery. He knows that Randall needs to die and would do it. I according the episode director Greg Nicotero right befoere Dale dies they showed Daryl sharpening a knife near Randall because he was about to do what no one else in the group could, eliminate the new threat (see most recent episode of the Talking Dead).

Carl plays catch with a walker and everyone looses

Now I know some people may be hating on Carl for messing with that walker but I have some sympathy for the kid. He lives in an amoral world where the only way to survive is killed or be killed. Any other kid his age would be playig with fireworks or filming his own stunts for youtube. Kids his age do stupid and sometimes dangerous things. You now place that kid in a zombiepocalypse and he plays catch with a zombie instead. He is trying to be grown up while still being a child. His male rolemodels are all these macho alpha males that are constantly arguing about when to kill. He has become desensitized to death. He told his mother that he would have killed zombie Sophia. Let's hope he doesn't become a psychopath like Shane Now, his he partially responsible for Dale's death? Yes, but I don't think it is all his fault. The group makes a good effort of looking out for walkers during the day but apparently they don't bother to do so at night. Haven't they learned their lesson from the season one massacre that killed Andrea's sister? Walkers don't sleep. They can get to you as easily at night as they would during the day. They have all become a little too relaxed at the farm. It will be interesting to see what changes will be made after this death.

Is Randall the new Ben Linus?

This was brought up on the Talking dead by Scott Ian and I happen to agree with him. There is something off about Randall. He tries to play sweet and innocent but I don't buy his story. He told that creepy story to Daryl about some of the men from his group raping two teenage girls. He said he had nothing to do with it but I don't believe him. I think he would do anything to survive, and that includes raping women. He even tried to convinve Carl to set him free by promising to take Carl and his family back to his group. So does he know where his group is? Can we trust anything he says? I say let Daryl shoot him.

RIP civilization

A zombiepocalypse changes the world. Does that mean that civilization is dead? I don't know. I think rules need to be altered but not obliterated. If civilization were truly dead would the group have looked for Sophia or taken care of Randall? Wouldn't the men have raped the women? Now I know Shane tried to attack Lori in the CDC, which shows he was showing signs of craziness even then, but nobody else has tried to injure or take things from others. The question is, without Dale (the moral compass of the group) will the group become savages? Will someone else rise up to take his place? I would think for the sake of the group surviving someone else will take the place of moral compass. Without it the group will disintegrate and might not survive. Sound off in the comments below.