The Walking Dead Season 5 Episode 3 Recap: They Could Have Been Us

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St Sarah's Episcopal Church

"Four Walls And A Roof" picks up right where we left off last week. Gareth and his crew are hiding out in an abandoned schoolhouse and chowing down on Bob's leg. Gareth says women taste better than men (maybe because of the extra layer of fat used for childbearing). Gareth says he cant wait to sample Sasha. Bastard! Bob starts laughing hysterically. He points to his shoulder. The joke's on them. He was bitten and they just ate "tainted meat". They all start spitting it out. Gareth says it was cooked so they should be OK.

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Dinner Time

Team Rick finally realizes that Bob, Carol and Darryl are missing. Gabriel recounts what happened the night the zombies attacked. The church was locked and he did not unlock the doors to help his congregation. Instead he watched whole families be torn apart and eaten.

The termites take Bob back to the church. I assume they did that in hopes he would turn and attack everyone else. Abraham says he, Rosita and Eugene are heading to DC that night. Glenn talks them into staying for 12 more hours and then Maggie, Glenn and Tara will join them.

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I Already Made You A Promise

Most of the survivors head out to attack the school. But uh oh, the termites are planning to the do the same to them. As soon as Team Rick leaves, Gareth and crew enter the church. I have a really, really bad feeling about this. Gareth calls everyone by name saying Rick and the rest walked out with a lot of the guns. Judith cries alerting them to the hiding spot. But before they can get into the room Team Rick attacks and shoots several people. Of course Gareth and a badly beaten Martin (plus a few others) are still alive. Rick, Sasha and Michonne stab and machete them to death. Rick says "they could have been us". Father Gabriel looks on in horror. Michonne finds her sword among their belongings.

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Gone Too Soon

Everyone says their goodbyes to Bob. He tells Rick that, even in the light of current events, he's still a good man. Bob and Sasha share an intimate moment and then he dies. Sasha is about to stab him so he doesnt turn when Tyrene takes the knife instead. Poor Bob. Just when I was starting to really like him.

Team Abraham heads out in the bus. Inside are Eugene, Rosita, Tara, Glenn, Maggie and Abraham. Left at the church as Rick, Carl, Michonne, Tyrese, Sasha, Father Gabriel and Judith.

In the final scene Daryl returns. Is Carol with him? I think its someone who cant be trusted because of the way he says "come on out". And per next week's previews we get to see at least some of what happened to Beth.

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Where's Beth?

Favorite Quotes:

I've been bitten you stupid pricks. I'm tainted meat."- Bob to the termites.
Gareth: "We can walk away and I promise you we'll never cross paths again." Rick: "But you'll cross someone's path. Besides I already made you a promise." Remember he said he would machete Gareth back in Terminus?
"I didnt wanna waste the bullets."- Rick about why he didnt shoot Gareth.
"They could have been us."- Rick about the termites.
"Before the prison I didnt know if there were any good people left and you took me in."- Bob to Rick.
Father Gabriel: "This is the Lord's house". Maggie: "No its four walls and a roof".
"The new world is going to need Rick Grimes."- Abe's note on the map to the CDC.

Grade: 4 1/2 Monsters (out of 5). An emotional thought provoking episode. At what point do you become the thing you're fighting against? I cant wait till next week to find out about Beth.