A Eulogy for Dale....
Dale, you were my favorite character... (and one of my favorite character actors) It was a simple choice at first... Of all the shotguns, you carried a rifle... of all the tents, you lived in an RV. With two young hotties, one of which you were supposed to get cozy with, alas, that will never be...
Later on, you just kinda grew on me... A phrase, those scary ass eyebrows, the way Jeffrey Demunn breathed a kind of life into the character that made Dale, Dale, and not some actor playing dale...
You were the voice of wisdom, although you were not always wise.
You were the soul of the group, and tried your best to put in that voice of consciousness that seemed to be lacking for so many others...
You had the best fucking hat on the show... period.
It's true, that Shane staying alive robbed you of some good conversations with Rick, ALA the graphic novel, and your demise in the graphic novel is far far superior and, dare I say, totally badass...
Yet.
I liked you better than your Graphic Novel version...
I'm gonna miss you, you old fart...
I would be a lot more somber, but this is, after all a televsion show... Currently the best on television... And you WILL be missed, but the one saving grace is that instead of being ignored yet again, the other characters will find some lesson in your words, Rick will use you to justify yet another not quite right, but not quite wrong decision that we will all notice, but those on the show won't.
Andrea will remember you, as you helped her remember her sister.... um, whatever her name was... Carl will get the metaphorical bitch slap across the face that his parents (hell, Carol) should have done. Glenn will be too busy worrying if he's a coward and getting freaky with Maggie to actually notice. Daryl will move on, having given you peace, after all, you got him to "talk" more than any one else was able too.... You also treated him better than the others (with the exception of Carol)
Shane.... Well, Shane will still be a douchebag, and it won't affect him at all, because it didn't happen to Shane.
And T-Dog.... Shit.. Is T-Dog still on the show? I think I saw him in the background, once... maybe... this episode...
So.
So long Dale... Hope your in a better place, and I hope Jeffery Demunn gets some more good roles....
I know, it's a TV show and you can't always focus 100% on zombies due to character developments and plot development...but when you have a story line like they're putting out, it's ridiculous. Aside from that last scene, and the brief scene with carl and the zombie, you could literally substitute ANY disaster scenario and it would fit. Hell, this episode could have been about what happened after hurricane katrina, or what would happen during an economic collapse. It was all about what to do with an outsider who was brought it, and whether or not to trust him. I just feel like there needs to be a little more action with zombies..even if they don't want to involve them heavily, send out a scout or something and track some positions..let us know that they're around, or not around..
