{"id":15844,"date":"2015-07-03T02:29:51","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=15844"},"modified":"2015-07-03T02:32:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T06:32:35","slug":"the-walking-dead-season-2-episode-3-save-the-last-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/03\/the-walking-dead-season-2-episode-3-save-the-last-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 3: Save the Last One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I call this episode the \u201cBreaking Dead\u201d episode. It starts out much like \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d where massive events have happened, and we have to catch up. That\u2019s not a bad thing, I just like that the episode practices the aforementioned show\u2019s methods, and it does it well. We see Shane, we see him with a shaved head, and we know some heinous shit has gone down.<\/p>\n

I say this again, though, Chandler Riggs really is at his top in this episode. Riggs, Bernthal, and Melissa McBride own this season without a doubt. Their performances vary wildly, but they take command of every episode they\u2019re allowed to have a spotlight in. I really wanted to see more of Carl\u2019s plight, and I was terrified for him from the moment he was shot.<\/p>\n

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His pain and suffering is apparent and Riggs pulls it off like a pro. This time around Shane and Otis have gone to the old school by the farm to pick up medical supplies for Carl\u2019s surgery and they\u2019re pinned down. But the clock is running out. Carl could die at any moment.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a frustrating episode, if only because I really wanted Shane to make it to Carl before he died. It\u2019s horrible watching Carl endure a seizure due to his lack of blood, while Rick can only spare so much for his dying son. The scenes in the school as Shane and Otis try to break free and find a way out are intense and I still tense up during certain scenes.<\/p>\n

Particularly there\u2019s the scene where Otis runs away luring the horde behind him, prompting Shane to make a break for it. The school is surrounded at every corner with walkers, and every second is crucial to Carl\u2019s survival. It\u2019s just a shame what Shane did to Otis in the end. His act of sacrifice is cold blooded, and absolutely a vicious act of vengeance for Shane who seemed to really take to heart Carl\u2019s accident. Tit for tat is the order of the day, and Shane isn\u2019t about to let Carl die for the sake of Otis lagging behind.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also indicative of the lengths Shane is willing to go to to please Lori and Carl. He\u2019ll take a life, he\u2019ll leave people behind, he\u2019ll leave a whole group of people stuck in an Atlanta department store if he has to, so long as he has Lori and Carl beside him. Who gives a shit after all as long as Lori is there? I wonder if he\u2019d done the same to Rick if Rick were running alongside him. It would have been the perfect chance to cut his competition short.<\/p>\n

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Shane always comes off like an alpha male in the series more than the pitiful loser we saw in the comics, and that\u2019s because Bernthal can\u2019t play pitiful. He her a very dominant persona and Darabont uses that quality to make Shane a man who can survive well, but is unwilling to sacrifice himself for anyone around him. Let alone someone he barely knows at all. Otis\u2019 death is graphic and vicious, but Shane makes it to Carl with his own secrets. Who knows what else Shane has done before the walker apocalypse?<\/p>\n

\u201cSave the Last One\u201d is a banner episode of the season, one that depicts Shane as an anti-hero with his own motives and intentions in the apocalypse. It\u2019s survival of the fittest, and he\u2019ll ensure that he\u2019s the fittest when it comes to helping Carl and Lori.<\/p>\n