The Walking Dead, Season 7, Episode 12: Say Yes
It's a bit of a slower episode. I've said various times that I really like it when episodes have a clear focus on what they're trying to do. This episode was one that focused more on the relationship between Rick and Michonne, which was, I think, a pretty decent choice by the show-writers. It kind of happened slightly suddenly but compared to something like Carol's pacifism, at least we could see where they are drawing it from. But spending an entire episode about them, complete with, once again, a fake-out? Oh, right, like they would kill Rick of all people with a zombie dogpile. One that happened in the middle of the episode in the middle of the season, too. I guess there's the consolation that Rick's near-death experience happened in the middle of trying to 'open himself up' and get Michonne a deer, but it still definitely feels clunky.
It just kind of took too long. Mind you, it was definitely not a bad episode, and at the very least we got a bit of plot-advancement, which is getting a crapton of guns from a bunch of zombie soldiers on an amusement park. Which is, mind you, a decent setting -- hell, any setting that isn't just our heroes walking through the jungle is definitely welcome by me. And it's nice to see Rick not just glowering or insisting that everything's fine... but on the other hand, it's kind of the only good thing about the episode and even then it ended up dragging on towards the end.
We've got a couple of sub-plots, of course. Rosita is getting more screentime throughout this season, but she's just alternating between being angry and being passive-aggressive at anyone who talks to her and doesn't want to go murder Negan right now. And Rosita ends up recruiting Sasha to do it at the end of the episode. Tara's still anguished about Oceanside, and after that hilarious bit where baby Judith ends up being her confidant, she apparently decides to tell Rick about it. The thing is... as much as I appreciate having the long-runners who's not gotten much chance to shine to rise up, they're kind of just... still there. Still, can't complain too much.
Overall, a bit of a lower tone compared to the rest of the season, mostly due to the fact that it's kind of just a plot-advancement episode.
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