Back to my gripes from last week for a bit...
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Originally Posted by 911_Dude
Yea, Maggi and Glen should have easily gotten the drop on Merle. They are all pretty much experienced killers at this point, and 2 v 1 with guns drawn.
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I had three gripes with that scene:
1) I like the way Maggie told Merle "woah, woah, woah... back it up" after he put his gun down, but then she and Glenn let him keep inching toward them after that, and I think they're too street-savvy at this point in their journey to let him get closer than when she first told him to stop. I think they would have told him again... more forcefully... "Back up or die." Especially Glenn... he's obviously very protective of Maggie.
2) I also like the way they both had their guns drawn immediately a half second after they heard Merle's voice, even though it would have been more realistic to show them pulling the guns out when the camera shot went to them. But what I do have a problem with is that with guns drawn, I think at least Glenn would have popped Merle immediately when he went for his. 1/10th of a second versus 1/2 a second wins every time. Even if he just winged Merle and then there was a shootout and Merle got the drop on them... that would've been much more realistic, IMO.
3) This last one is minor... with reservations. I don't think Glenn would have surrendered his weapon... he could have made a headshot on Merle from that distance. But he could have been concerned that Merle would have shot Maggie with the gun right at her head. I just think it's like the old cop adage; "you never surrender your weapon." Glenn probably figured chances to escape later would occur... and I'm sure they will.
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This week's episode was really good. I had high hopes that after The Guv took his gunbelt off and walked around the table to Maggie, she would suddenly turn and shove him against the wall and run around the table to his gun and get some lead in him.
I wonder if next week will end in the middle of the confrontation with the Woodbury Paramilitary Wannabees, or if it will end with Team Prison + Maggie + Glenn hopping back in the Hyundai and slinging gravel on their way back to the prison... maybe with WPW in hot pursuit in a Humvee.