Hope, as previously mentioned, is something you dont see a whole lot of in The Walking Dead. Thats just down to the situation the characters find themselves in, and the world of the show as a whole: there genuinely isnt any hope. As Beth yells at Dawn towards the end of Slabtown, nobodys coming to save them. Theyre all thats left. And given the ways people act in this new, lawless society, that doesn't bode well. The episode opens with a suggestion that perhaps order can be restored to this chaotic post-apocalypse, something which slowly crumbles when the ways that the settlement rule are revealed. The doctors scrubs, the police uniforms, are all just costumes - they hint at a more civilised world that doesn't exist, and which certainly doesn't exist amongst those crooked (more so than usual) cops and scheming surgeons. Which makes sense, but its getting a little old. The last episode ended on a hopeful note, but only until the next threat comes at Rick and the group. Beths not gonna have a great time of it after her escape attempt. Its supposed to be a dark show, but you need some light every once in a while.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
