July 31, 2014

The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 4

Date played: July 30th
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 10/10

I started and finished episode 4, Amid Ruins, of The Walking Dead season 2.

This was one of the best episodes in the series by far. It was exciting, suspenseful, emotional and filled with difficult decisions. The last episode ended with the crew trying to escape their camp because of a walker horde. They had covered themselves in zombie guts and were attempting to walk by the horde. I don't want to spoil details, but we lost a person to the walkers and the group was splintered in the chaos.

Clementine was with two people. Rebecca, the pregnant woman, and Jane, the tough lone wolf. We escaped and walked through the woods to try and find our friends. When we reached the meeting spot, we found three people. Bonnie and Mike were safe and healthy. However, Kenny, the only remaining character from the first season, is now extremely depressed due to the events at the camp. Clementine tried to talk to him but it didn't really work out...

Jane and Clementine went ahead to scout and found out that Nick is a now a walker. They kill him and find that Luke and Sarah being ambushed by zombies. We attracted the walkers and joined them in the building. It was a fucking scramble to get everyone safely out of there. Luke is hurt badly, but not bit. Sarah is a fucking mess though... Her dad died and she seems to be in shock. We escaped through the skylight and brought everyone back to the group.

We were in a former civil war tourist site and Rebecca's baby was clearly ready to pop out, so we had to find a safe place for her to give birth as well as food and water. I decided to go with Jane to scope out a nearby observation deck while Mike and Bonnie checked out a museum. The observation deck turned out to be a pretty nice place. We met a stranger who was carrying medicine. Jane wanted to steal the meds, but I convinced her to let the kid go.

Clementine is a natural born leader
I then went to the museum to check on Mike and Bonnie. While it wasn't a good place for a baby birth, we found some water and a nice confederate coat. When we got back, walkers were invading the area, so the whole group made a run for the observation deck. We were attacked by the chasing walkers and had to bring down a part of the structure to protect ourselves. During that time, Kenny was helping Rebecca give birth to the baby! It was completely insane and really stressful. The incident cost us the life of one of our companions though and Jane sadly decided to leave the group...

The baby is alive and well, but we have no food and it's cold. We decided that we should leave for a nearby town that seemed like it could offer shelter. Rebecca was clearly very sick during the trip... As we got near the town, we were ambushed by a group of people, including the stranger with the meds we met at the observation deck.

Then it all goes to shit, someone else dies and the game cuts to black. I really loved this episode and can't wait to see how this season wraps up in the last episode.