The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 3 "Four Walls and a Roof"

Nightmares end. They shouldn't end who you are.

Juxtaposition of zombies clawing at a wall and the Terminans eating Bob's leg. Gareth talks to Bob. They marked their way to their present location from Terminus so they could go back. He explains that he was going to give the gang a choice, "Join us or feed us." He talks about how bears eat their young when they are starving. He says that one of them saw Daryl and Carol leave. He really wants to eat Carol. His brother had a theory that women tasted better because of the extra layer of fat. Bob starts to cry. Gareth gets mad at him.  He says, "I am being human here. I'm talking to you." Bob starts to laugh. Bob calls them idiots and tells them he was bitten by a zombie and that he is tainted meat. Maniacal laugh. Maniacal laugh.  The Terminans start throwing up and freaking out about eating Bob's tainted meat.  Gareth says they'll be fine because they cooked the meat well.

Sasha is alone in the woods with a rifle with night vision scope looking for Bob.  The tree closes to her has the mark the Terminans left. Tyreese and Rick come up behind her. Rick mentions that Daryl and Carol are also missing. Inside the church Maggie looks down at a Bible and sets it next to her on the pew. Sasha comes in and gets angry at Gabriel. She keeps asking what he is doing.  She says it is all connected. He shows up and all of a sudden they are being watched and three of their group are missing. He insists he has nothing to do with it. Gabriel insists he is alone. Rick asks what he did. What is he going to burn for? Gabriel answers that he always locked the doors at night. One night shortly after the zombiepocalypse began his congregation came to the church looking for a safe place but the doors were still locked. It was his choice (open the door or keep them locked). The people made so much noise trying to come in that they attracted zombies. They called his name and damned him to hell as they were eaten by the zombies. He says the Lord sent Rick and his group to punish him.  He is damned. He repeats, "I always lock the doors." and then cries. Glenn notices someone lying on the grass outside. They run out their and find Bob.  They carry him inside wondering what happened to his leg. As the camera pans on the church we see a giant red A painted on the side.  The Terminans left a little gift and message for train car A. They are still in that prison and the Terminans are still in charge.

Bob is awake and explains that he woke up at a school with Gareth and a few others eating his leg. Rick asks if they had Daryl and Carol but Bob says that Gareth told him he saw Daryl and Carol drive away. Bob refuses any pain medicine because it is too late for him. He shows them the zombie bite from the food bank. Everyone looks so sad. Gabriel offers the sofa in his office for Bob to rest. Rick asks if Gabriel knows where the school is that Bob mentioned. Gabriel tells him where it is. Abraham tells them that they all need to leave for DC right now before anything happens to Eugene. Rick wants to wait for Daryl and Carol but Abraham won't budge. He wants to leave on the bus right now. They start to fight and Glenn intercedes. Glenn is the voice of reason. He says they need each other and they can get through all of this together. Tara steps in and says that if Abraham stays one more day she will go to DC with him no matter what. She looks at Maggie (for permission?). Abraham wants Glenn and Maggie to come too. Eugene doesn't want to go but does what Abraham says. Rick tells him they are not taking the bus. Abraham says try to stop me. Rick goes to fight but Glenn steps in again and he agrees that he and Maggie will go to DC. Abraham agrees to stay half a day. Maggie agrees.

Bob talks to Sasha as he lies on the sofa with an art work of the last supper above him. He tries to be optimistic but Sasha doesn't want to play that game anymore. He says he didn't tell her that he was bitten because then their relationship would become all about the end and he really likes the middle.

Rick is getting the group ready. They know where the Terminans are and it would be best to attack now. He asks Tyreese if he is up for this fight. Sasha wants to go even though Tyreese says she should stay. He tells her he knows how she feels. She can't throw away the little bit of time she has left with Bob. She reminds him that he wanted to kill whomever killed Karen. He tells her she should forgive the Terminans. She thinks there is something wrong with him for wanting her to forgive them. He says she has the choice to forgive. She hands him a knife and tells him to kill Bob once he dies.

Rick and the group leave the church. Gabriel locks the door. Tyreese, Carl, Judith, Bob, Eugene, Rosita, and Gabriel wait inside the church. As Rick's group walks into the woods we see the Terminans make their way to the church. They break through the front door. Carl raises his gun. Gareth calls out into the church. "I guess you know we are here and we know you are here. We are armed and their is no point in hiding any more. We've been watching you. We know whose here." He goes on to list all the people in the church. The Terminans slowly make their way into the church. Gareth says it can all stop now. He knows they are behind one of two doors. He talks to Gabriel. If Gabriel helps they will let him leave with Judith. Judith begins to cry. Carl tries to shush her but it is too late. They know behind which door they are hiding.

As they are about to break down the door two of the Terminans fall dead from silenced gunshots. Rick orders them to put down their guns. Rick shoots Gareth's hand. He orders them to put their guns on the floor and kneel. Martin doesn't want to but finally does it when Abraham and the other come towards him out of the dark. Gareth kneels on the floor whimpering in pain. He says there is no point in begging. He says that Rick could have killed them all when they came in but didn't. There must be a reason for that. Rick's response, "We didn't want to waste the bullets." Ouch. Gareth says how they used to help and save people but then things changed when the rapists came. He tells Rick he doesn't know what it is like to be hungry. They can walk away and he promises they will never cross paths again. Rick says they will cross someone else's path. He days beside I already made you a promise. He pulls out a machete and kills Gareth. Sasha stabs Martin over and over again. Tyreese, Maggie, Tara, and Glenn look on horrified as their gang kills the rest of the Terminans. Michonne finds her katana among their belonging. Rick says, "It could have been us." Sasha agrees. Gabriel comes out and looks shocked at the scene. He says, "This is the Lord's house." Maggie replies, "No. It's just four walls and a roof." Maggie lost her faith when Hershel died,

The next morning everyone says goodbye to Bob. Bob thanks Rick for being good people and taking him in because Rick took people in. "Nightmares end. They shouldn't end who you are. And that is just this dead man's opinion." Those are great final words, Bob. He tells Rick to look at Judith and tell him that the world isn't going to end. Sasha now sits with Bob. He is smiling because in his dream Sasha was looking at him smiling. He dies. Sasha cries. She pulls out her knife. Tyreese walks into the room and asks for the knife. She hands it to him, kisses Bob's hand and walks out. Tyreese takes the knife and plunges it into Bob's head making sure Bob will rest in peace.

Sasha is making a marker for Bob's grave. She is now wearing Bob's jacket. Abraham gives Rick a map of their route so they can find them. Michonne and Rick promise they will be there to see Eugene fix the world. Abraham and his group board the bus. I hate to see the group split up like this. Especially after all they've been through to get back together. Rick opens up the map and sees that Abraham has written, "Sorry, I was an asshole. Come to Washington. The new world's gonna need Rick Grimes." Rick walks over to Tyreese who is digging a hole to bury the Terminans. Rick picks up a shovel and starts digging. He asks how it was for Tyreese to get to Terminus. Tyreese says it killed him. Rick says it didn't They continue to dig in silence. That night Michonne sits outside as a lookout. Gabriel walks outside. He can't sleep. The quiet bothers him. Telling his secret out loud he relives what happened before. Michonne says that won't stop but it won't be all the time.  They hear a rustling sound.  Michonne goes to explore. Daryl walks out of the woods. She smiles and asks where is Carol. He looks down and calls behind him, "Come on out." I don't think he was talking to Carol. Who is with him? Morgan? Someone else?

R.I.P. Bob

Final Thoughts

- It was interesting to see how Gareth tried to talk his way out of his situation with Rick all the way to the end. Gareth's power of persuasion aided him so far in surviving the zombiepocalypse. I guess he thought he would try one last time to convince Rick to see things his way. He tries to humanize Terminus by telling him that it started out by helping people but then things were changed by the other group. So they adapted to the world where the law of the land is eat or be eaten. There is a twisted logic to that rule. He also mentions that Rick doesn't know what it is like to be hungry. I'm not sure that's true. They almost ate dog food before they found the prison (Season 3 episode 1). But maybe that hunger coupled with the abuse at the hands of the rapists was just too much for Gareth to handle.

- What happened to Daryl and Carol? Where is Carol? Something bad must have happened because Daryl looked really sad when Michonne asked about Carol. I think he and Carol helped rescue someone from the car that kidnapped Beth and that person is who Daryl was telling to come out of the woods. I hope Carol isn't dead.

- I don't like the group splitting up. It took so long for everyone to find each other. I didn't think Glenn would agree to go with Abraham without the rest of the group.

- I was actually surprised that the show eliminated the Terminus group so early in the season. I think it would have been interesting to have Rick and the gang have to deal with being hunted by zombies and the Terminans.