- The Walking Dead S01E01: Days Gone Bye
- The Walking Dead s01e02: Guts
- The Walking Dead s01e03: Tell It to the Frogs
- The Walking Dead S01E04: Vatos
- The Walking Dead s01e05: Wildfire
- The Walking Dead s01e06: TS-19
- The Walking Dead s02e01: What Lies Ahead
- The Walking Dead s02e02: Bloodletting
- The Walking Dead s02e03: Save the Last One
- The Walking Dead s02e04: Cherokee Rose
- The Walking Dead s02e05: Chupacabra
- The Walking Dead s02e06: Secrets
- The Walking Dead s02e07: Pretty Much Dead Already
- The Walking Dead s02e08: Nebraska
- The Walking Dead s02e09: Triggerfinger
- The Walking Dead s02e10: 18 Miles Out
- The Walking Dead s02e11: Judge, Jury, Executioner
- The Walking Dead s02e12: Better Angels
- The Walking Dead s02e13: Beside the Dying Fire
- The Walking Dead s03e01: Seed
- The Walking Dead s03e02: Sick
- The Walking Dead s03e03: Walk With Me
- The Walking Dead s03e04: Killer Within
- The Walking Dead s03e05: Say the Word
- The Walking Dead s03e06: Hounded
- The Walking Dead s03e07: When the Dead Come Knocking
- The Walking Dead s03e08: Made to Suffer
- The Walking Dead s03e09: The Suicide King
- The Walking Dead s03e10: Home
- The Walking Dead s03e11: I Ain’t a Judas
- The Walking Dead s03e12: Clear
- The Walking Dead s03e13: Arrow on the Doorpost
- The Walking Dead s03e14: Prey
- The Walking Dead s03e15: This Sorrowful Life
- The Walking Dead s03e16: Welcome to the Tombs
- The Walking Dead S04E01: 30 Days without an Accident
- The Walking Dead: Season Four
- The Walking Dead: Season Five
A review by C J Dee
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: Evan Reilly, Glen Mazzara
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Chandler Riggs, Steven Yeun, Laurie Holden, IronE Singleton, Melissa McBride, Scott Wilson, Lauren Cohan, Emily Kinney, Michael Zegen
Running time: 43 minutes
Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5
[Spoilers, Sweetie — review contains a synopsis of episode]
‘Better Angels’ begins with the group holding a memorial for Dale at the expanding graveyard.
Hershel (Wilson) lets the group move from camping on the farmland to sharing rooms in the house.
As Lori (Callies) tries to mend fences with Shane (Bernthal), Daryl (Reedus) and Rick (Lincoln) plan to take Randall (Zegen) as far out as they can and leave him with shelter.
Randall tries to free his hands from the handcuffs holding him in the shed. Shane discovers this and leads Randall into the woods. Shane snaps the young boy’s neck to make it look like he died after attacking Shane and fleeing with his gun. After killing Randall, Shane returns to the camp and lies to the group to get Daryl, Rick, and Glenn (Yeun) to look for the prisoner.
Daryl and Glenn split off from Shane and Rick to follow Randall’s tracks. It is along these tracks that they come across zombie Randall who has obviously died of a broken neck – no bites.
As Rick and Shane walk through the woods, Rick realises Shane is going to kill him and tries to reason with him. It becomes apparent though that Rick’s peaceful ruse is intended to disarm Shane. Rick kills Shane.
Carl (Riggs) arrives and pulls a gun out. Rick believes it is meant for him, but Carl shoots Shane who has risen as a walker.
‘Better Angels’ ends with nearby walkers hearing the commotion and heading en masse toward the farm.
Ding, dong, the #$@& is dead! Which old #$@&? Shane the #$@&! Ding, dong, Shane the #$@& is dead!
Things are starting to get interesting again. The walkers are descending on the group’s safe haven and Shane has finally received what has been coming to him for most of the series. It’s a relief to see the action picking up again (in no small part because I’ve already bought season three!). Solid episode.
“He said this group was broken. The best way to honour him is to unbreak it. Set aside our differences and pull together. Stop feeling sorry for ourselves and take control of our lives … our safety … our future. We’re not broken. We’re gonna prove him wrong. From now on … we’re gonna do it his way. That is how we honour Dale.”