{"id":12469,"date":"2018-08-26T17:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.9deuce.tv\/blogs\/?p=12469"},"modified":"2018-08-26T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T17:10:18","slug":"fear-the-walking-dead-9-deuce-s4-ep10-close-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9deuce.tv\/tv\/fear-the-walking-dead-9-deuce-s4-ep10-close-your-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear The Walking Dead 9 Deuce: S:4 Ep:10 “Close Your Eyes”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week the focus was on 2 very broken characters, Alicia and Charlie.\u00a0 To see how these two characters could find each other, work through their issues, and attempt to understand one another, it was a very interesting dynamic.\u00a0 \u00a0My name is Kent, and for Fear The Walking Dead, I only ask 5 questions and some final thoughts to make this blog a little more compact your reading pleasure.\u00a0 Any comments in\u00a0BOLD<\/strong> are written by me.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy and if you or someone you know may want to do this blog, contact me, leave a comment, whatever.\u00a0 The contact info is at the bottom of this blog.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0What say you; is Charlie still evil?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Bob: \u00a0She was never evil, she is a kid and surviving.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Chris: \u00a0I never really thought she was evil. \u00a0She\u2019s just a scared kid who got caught up in some bad situations.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Kent: \u00a0I want her to be evil, I keep trying to talk myself into her being evil. \u00a0Still, anybody who truly believes in her being evil, put yourself in her shoes and tell me that you wouldn\u2019t have done the same damn thing. \u00a0She killed Nick, get over it. Nick should have heeded Morgan\u2019s advice, but we don\u2019t put the blame on Nick. No, we blame the little girl. <\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0When seeing the school bus overturned at the end of the episode, Alicia says that \u201cthey are gone\u201d. \u00a0Is she speaking literally, figuratively, or both? As in Madison\u2019s version of \u201cgone\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Bob: \u00a0She was speaking in Madison\u2019s version of gone for the viewer, but the show will obviously double back on the weakness of the statement to bring them back.\u00a0\u00a0(Yup, the double back is inevitable.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      Chris: \u00a0She is speaking in Madison\u2019s version I think, \u00a0but she doesn\u2019t sound overly confident that they are alive.\u00a0\u00a0(The confidence isn’t there.\u00a0 Alicia still doesn’t strike me as a leader in normal terms, but given that it’s just her and Charlie, she will fake it til she makes it.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      Kent: \u00a0I\u2019ve watched it 3 times now. \u00a0I know that they are trying to make it Madison\u2019s version, that\u2019s why they used that particular word, but in the moment, I say it just meant that those characters weren\u2019t there. \u00a0Otherwise, it doesn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense to use it in the Madison version. <\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. \u00a0The storm really made the episode very unique. \u00a0The last time that we had a cool storm was season 5 episode 10 called Them, when the group was starving and stayed in a barn the whole night and then they met Jesus. \u00a0Are you hoping that we see how the other characters fared during the storm or are you good with no more storm?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Bob: \u00a0I was fearing that this episode was going to be a crazy Alicia episode – and I was right. \u00a0The storm although cool, lost its luster after a while. In particular, when the basement was flooding but the basement lights still had light streaming in – guess what the water is going any higher\u2026 \u00a0Anyway, I am done with the storm.\u00a0\u00a0(What is the storm was played by Halle Berry?)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Chris: \u00a0I want to see how everyone else fared in the storm. \u00a0Based on how Walking Dead has done things in the past, I\u2019m pretty sure we\u2019ll get a Morgan episode, a Strand\/John one, etc.\u00a0\u00a0(I’d say that is very likely, with Morgan this week, June & Althea the following week, leaving Strand and John with some Luciana sprinkled in somewhere.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

        Kent: \u00a0Like Christopher Walken wanting more cowbell, I want more storm. \u00a0There are still a bunch of different things that can happen. In some ways, I feared that they used too many things for just one episode. \u00a0Storms can be scary if used properly, and this is supposed to have some scares in it, so why not utilize it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. \u00a0Who benefited most this episode: Charlie or Alicia?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Bob: \u00a0Alicia, her head came back – Charlie was already in a better state because she began the episode by doing something healing with pictures and showing tenderness.\u00a0\u00a0(I kinda liked the whole story with the pictures.\u00a0 Sometimes TWD tries this stuff and fails, but this worked for me.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          Chris: Charlie. \u00a0I\u2019m still not sure Alicia has resolved the issues she\u2019s having. \u00a0Charlie went from wanting to die to seeming like a normal kid towards the end.\u00a0\u00a0(I’d say a lot of Charlie’s problems were helped by the end of the episode, ya know, aside from living in a zombie apocalypse with one of the only people still alive who may want to kill her.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

          Kent: \u00a0A question that I asked that I honestly like. \u00a0I am usually a self-loathing human being, so this is an odd feeling. \u00a0Alicia was crazy and potentially murderous but came away nurturing and insightful. \u00a0Charlie came in with redemption in mind, but hopelessness and suicidal tendencies. I will say Charlie. \u00a0Alicia wasn\u2019t in danger of dying, she was in danger of killing. Charlie was in multiple situations of near death this episode, and by the end, she was smiling thinking about the beach.<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. \u00a0Last week, Bob called me out. \u00a0He wrote: \u201cI\u2019m sorry but how is there not a question or comment about the cabin and how John believes it should be there because he \u201clocked the door\u201d when he left. \u00a0Truly an amazing quote.\u201d So let\u2019s talk about a quote from last week\u2019s episode. Is John the kind of guy that would just unlock the door and walk into the cabin without inspecting it first?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Bob: \u00a0YES, but I feel like whoever he is with will smarten him up. \u00a0\u201cThe door\u2019s still locked – it\u2019s safe.\u201d He is such a good character. \u00a0He was a police officer so he has already seen the bad side of others, so Strand should not be surprising to him. \u00a0But he has an air of innocence and cheerfulness and at the same time, he is melancholy. So he HOPES the cabin is safe and he cared about it because he locked the door. \u00a0He cares for others because he didn\u2019t ravage that convenience store. So yeah he should just walk on in but if we make back to the cabin, he won\u2019t just walk in, my bet is that the storm wiped it out.\u00a0\u00a0(I will not take your bet.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            Chris: Of course he wouldn\u2019t walk right in\u2026\u2026. not before taking his shoes off!!!!! \u00a0In all seriousness, he\u2019s got such an innocent quality to him that I don\u2019t think he\u2019d be worried walking into his house.\u00a0\u00a0(I can totally picture him removing his shoes before walking in.)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

            Kent: \u00a0You would think most people would be super suspect of just walking in. \u00a0A former police officer you kinda triple those odds. It seems rational. \u00a0But in this world, John also hasn\u2019t seemingly dealt with a lot of bad people and he just lives his life the way he sees fit. \u00a0I feel that he is the exception to the common sense rule here. I think he will just be happy to be back to a place of familiarity. \u00a0Now, if Charlie was with him, some protective instinct may override some of his normal thoughts. Still, I fear for the well being of the cabin, if and when he does make it back to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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            Final Thoughts \u00a0– Next week, Morgan appears to meet 4 new characters. \u00a0Are you excited to add new blood so soon, or would you prefer spending more time with our core group of 8? \u00a0Also, out of the 4 new people, how many of the 4 will be alive by the end of the season? If this was Fear season 2 or 3, you may guess 0 or 1. \u00a0Season 4 is a different beast\u2026..potentially.<\/span><\/p>\n

            Bob: \u00a0It\u2019s about time! I am actually fatigued from the dynamic (or lack of it) of this core group. \u00a02 will live by the end of this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

            Chris: \u00a0I\u2019m excited. \u00a0This show is still evolving. \u00a0It\u2019s the zombie apocalypse. Walking Dead had so many characters from season 1 & 2 live for so long, the show had become stale. \u00a0Changing characters up will keep the show fresh and keep us guessing as to who will survive. My guess is 3 of 4 will survive the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

            Kent: \u00a0I am excited to meet new characters, as long as they are well-done characters. \u00a0So many new characters tend to be one dimensional, maybe two, but rarely three. As I hypothesized last week, at least one of the four will be a \u201cbad\u201d character. \u00a0Where there is a bad character, there is at least a good character to balance it out. Typically in Walking Dead, that good character pays for the on-screen sins of the evil one before the evil one gets struck down later in the season. \u00a0I would say 65% likely to have two remaining and 26% that three will survive. 3% on the other three combinations being: all four survive, one survives, none survives. If these were legit odds, I would obviously gamble on one surviving, but odds state two survivors.\u00a0 If you like terrible math like this, please have a good laugh at this video.\u00a0 You don’t need to like wrestling or anything, in particular, to have fun with this.<\/span><\/p>\n