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I had a hard time thinking about what to really write about for this episode. To begin, I really liked "Clear" despite it seeming like a reprieve from the tenseness that is The Governor. At the end of the last episode Rick did say Michonne and Carl would be hanging out with him on a road trip. But didn't say where.
This episode makes Atlanta and the surrounding areas in Goergia seem really close together. What with all the time spent in episodes on the road and at the farm and searching for the prison, it looked they were travelling for a long time, but now it seems like they're only an hour away from Rick's house. I can't be the only one that noticed that Rick's posse left during the day, and got to Rick's old hood while it was still light out. Everything that happens in the episode is in the same light, and they leave again all within what seems like 2 hours.
That gripe aside I was a big fan of this episode. Basically it was filler, but really good filler. It starts out like I was saying; a proposed road trip back to Rick's stomping ground to check for the guns he left in the sheriff's office, which are now gone. This leads to the group going down the central road of their once idyllic town to find the street littered with pointy things that are very clearly zombie traps. As they approach an open building they are drawn upon by a crazy person on the roof who wants them to drop their guns and walk away. They don't. The group sets up a quick plan of attack and take down the crazy guy, (well at least knock him out).
Now there was probably a great reveal planned here that the crazy guy is Morgan from season 1 episode 1, however this was ruined by the "last time on" clip at the beginning of the episode that showed scenes of the first episode with Morgan ruining the moment. Oh well.
The group carries Morgan in to his "bat-shit-crazy-cave" where the walls are covered in writing, proving something I've said before about this show and season: it's dangerous to go alone. Morgan has clearly spent a lot of time alone and doesn't even recognize Rick, the man he saved all those months ago. Morgan has set up his own arsenal here as well. Morgan attacks Rick and gets a stab in but Rick snaps him out of it and they quickly bond again. Morgan reveals that his son, Duane died at the hands of his zombie mother no less. Morgan couldn't take it upon himself to kill his zombified wife, making Duane's death his fault.
Through the writing-covered walls and the conversation with Morgan, we see and hear a recurring word: "Clear," but it's never really discussed. Rick decides to ski-daddle and leaves.
This whole time Carl and Michonne have their own little subplot which just equates to Carl risking life and limb to rescue a photo - taken from before the walkers - of their family from a restaurant, and Michonne gets an ugly art cat outta the whole deal. Win-win.
As Rick's little group leaves, they see Morgan killing his trapped zombies, piling them up and burning them. "Clearing" them. It appears Morgan's lot in life is now to clear as many zombies as he can.
I'm a bit on the fence on this. I feel like if you're safe where you are, having zombies at your gate happen to be a good deterrent for those trying to get in.
Let me know in the comments below what you thought of the episode.
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