GFV12 - The Walking Dead - S5E11 - Trust Issues - The Distance Review

Grimes Family Values: A Walking Dead Podcast

The Walking Dead - S5E11 - The Distance Mary and Jamie both agreed that this episode was way better than the last two episodes. Jamie still has his misgivings about where the second half of season five is headed. They also have a debate about whether Rick is the true villian of the show, a position that Jamie is firmly against. Read below to see what happened before you listen to thier take on their take on the epsiode. In episode eleven of The Walking Dead season five, The Distance, the group takes Aaron the stranger from the end of the last episode hostage. It's apparent that Rick has lost all faith in humanity and his level of trust for anyone outside of the group is pretty much non-existent. Aaron introduces himself to the group and tries to convince them they should go with him to the community where he lives. Rick just can't trust Aaron especially because he kept saying that people are his community’s best resource, which seemed to bring up memories of Terminus for Rick. He has pictures and food as tokens of good faith and tools for convincing the group to believe him. Obviously this didn't work as he ends up tied up and interrogated. The interrogation reveals that there are a couple of cars a few miles away which Rich doesn't believe but Michonne feels is worth checking out. Michonne, Abraham, Glenn, Rosita, and Maggie go to investigate the car claim. They find it to be true. They are still not sure if Aaron is telling the truth about only traveling with one other person so when the group decides to go to the community, Rick decides it will be at night. That night they run into trouble along the way because they take a route that Aaron does not suggest and Glenn end up Driving through a hoard of walkers as if they were a swarm of mosquitoes. This separates them from the rest of the group that are riding in a RV. After a flare is shot into the air Rick, Michonne, Glenn, and Aaron have to fight their way to the rest of the group. Once back together it is confirmed that Aaron was traveling with one other person his boyfriend, Eric, who now has a broken leg. It appears the rest of the group found him and saved his life. This is why Aaron reveals that the location of the new community is Alexandria, Virginia. They all make their way there the next morning and when they reach the gates they are welcomed by the sound of children playing. This is contrast to what Rick and Michonne talked about hearing outside Terminus and Woodberry, which was silence. Next week we get to see if this community is a place they can actually settle down in or if it another trap set by yet another group of maniacs. Those of us who have read the comics already know the answer to that question.