The Walking Dead: 7 Things That "The Grove" Did Right (And 3 It Didn't)

5. Character Relationships

One of the major themes of the second half of Season 4 has been the development of relationships between characters unlikely to otherwise spend much time together. Daryl and Beth, Glenn and Tara, Maggie and Bob, etc. The team of Carol, Tyreese, and the girls had gotten the least screentime prior to this week, and the interactions between all of the characters were surprisingly nuanced. The sisters. In the earlier portion of the season, Lizzie and Mika had mostly been a unit comprised of the crazy one and the nice one. Lizzie came across as a plot device to cast doubt on Carol's guilt, and Mika was...there. In this episode, the girls actually behaved like sisters. They played, squabbled, and clearly loved each other very much. Lizzie did not kill Mika out of malice; she honestly believed that her sister would come back, only different. Carol and the girls. "The Grove" sees Carol carrying on with her early season mission to toughen the children up into zombie-killing machines. Once isolated with this particular pair, however, she discovers that her methods at the prison were not quite as effective as she'd thought. Mika €“ although smart and able to tell the difference between the living and the dead €“ was sweet-natured to a fault, and all of Carol's threatening and frightening was not enough for Mika to kill indiscriminately. Lizzie...well, Lizzie was more "messed up" than anybody knew, and we witnessed Carol's increasing horror as Lizzie's psychosis manifested itself until that final fateful moment. Tyreese and the girls. Come on, say it with me: "Awww!" Although plainly in over his head with the unexpected acquisition of three little girls, he grew to love them. Tyreese found a kindred spirit in Mika (which hopefully isn't foreshadowing his own fate) and handled baby Judith like a pro. His horror at what had to be done with Lizzie was no less than Carol's. Tyreese and Carol. Their interactions for the majority of "The Grove" were loaded with everything that was not being said. Tyreese was opening up to Carol and confiding in her about the way in which Karen's death haunted him; Carol was so overcome by her guilt that she nearly confessed before the Lizzie fiasco even went down. United by their losses together and apart, they are a stronger team by the end of the episode. Judith. As soon as this girl can walk and get over her tinnitus and abandonment issues, Judith is so out of there.