The Walking Dead New Episode Review: 'Forget' Causes More Trouble Inside Alexandria

Season 5 of AMC's The Walking Dead returned with a brand new episode on Sunday entitled "Forget," which continued to show life inside Alexandria's walls and, more importantly, how the survivors we have come to know adjust to this new life.

"Forget" was a notably lighter episode than anything The Walking Dead has done in the past. There was a dinner party, for goodness sake. Sure, we still had some zombies, and some nefarious actions unfolding throughout the hour, but for the most part, Alexandria has proven to be what Deanna said it was: a community that offers the closest thing to the old world that anyone has seen thus far.

All is not rosy and bright in Alexandria, though, as Rick, Carol, and Daryl continued to scheme to take over the community should the need arise. "Forget" further indicated that if the situation goes south in Alexandria, then it's going to be the fault of one of our survivors. Rick has started to accept that Alexandria is on the level, and even Daryl had come to largely accept life within the community by the end of the episode. But Rick is still carrying an extra gun as precaution because he just can't fully let his guard down.

Carol, on the other hand, went full on monster in this episode. It's almost sociopathic the way she's able to portray the unassuming, invisible (to use her word) housewife and then immediately switch to threatening and menacing. Her speech to little Sam was terrifying to me, and I'm a grown man.

Elsewhere, Sasha struggled with post traumatic stress disorder and had the most difficult time assimilating into Alexandria. Considering that Bob and Tyreese died so recently in terms of the show's timeline, it's understandable that this woman is completely wrecked and unable to relax. Her target practice on those stock family photos was evidence enough of that. It's also understandable that she freaked out on the woman whose biggest concern was making the wrong meal and who had apparently never experienced the horrors outside the walls.

It might be a bit too far to say that Rick, Carol, and anyone else involved in overthrowing Alexandria are becoming villains, but there's definitely some darkness there. After all, the residents of Alexandria are extremely weak. Deanna says they have no lookout in the tower because there hasn't been a need for one, which just seems dumb. It's almost impossible to fathom that no one has come across Alexandria, so a lookout would be necessary. And even if there are no humans out there to attack, zombies could still move in on the community.

Things were relatively calm this week, but it looks like the fuse has been lit for the situation at Alexandria to explode. It's only a matter of time until Rick's group does something to disturb the peace. The only question is who will blow it all up.

Notes:

- Rick correctly and quickly pointed out how inefficient the walls at Alexandria are. Someone could easily climb the supports on the outside and get right into the community.

- For the comic book readers out there, the show is portraying Sasha as the one who cannot acclimate to Alexandria. In the book, Michonne was the one with the issue.

- Seriously, Carol's speech was chilling.

- The scene with the horse was so uncomfortable. It also seemed to be symbolic of Daryl and/or the group at large, as they used to be able to run free but are now trapped by the walls of Alexandria.

- Rick is becoming more and more like Shane. He's moving in on a married woman and acting pretty ruthlessly.

What did you think of "Forget"? Let us know in the comments section.