The Walking Dead: More Darryl Please...

I'm somewhat enjoying the ultra-slow peeks into the lives of the survivors of the prison--because how else could they do it really? They need to draw you in and focus on a couple of characters at a time--just to torture us. That's okay. Character development in service of my anticipation isn't a bad thing. A couple of issues, however:

1. What's with the lack of Darryl? The little bit that they showed between Beth and Darryl was unremarkable. But that's just me; I love Darryl. I want to know more about what's going on in his head, besides the fact that he wants to sit down and is sad.

2. Why did no one have a rendezvous point planned? They obviously had a plan to load the bus in case of emergency, but no set points to meet up anywhere. That would have been helpful. Hey, they planned enough to bring formula for Judith, but not to have a Plan B?

3. Are you telling me that the Terminus people only just now showed up to discover the prison, as it's imploding? Realistically they could have shown up a day or a month earlier.

The whole thing with Maggie and Glenn--I feel bad for them, but her freak-out was kind of boring. I'm not sure what to say about Tara yet--she was in shock in the cage after her girlfirend got shot by Lizzie--but Tara seems to have lost all her bravado (rightly so)... wasn't she a cop before the zombies? She seems a little whiny despite her trauma. I know, I always think characters should be stronger than they are. I did enjoy the episode despite my minor questions/complaints.

And what is it with Lizzie? She is seriously deranged; and yet perhaps this is just the new world they all live in. Only the deranged survive. Those poor bunnies! At least they could have used them for food; what a waste! And poor Judith too--almost happily smothered by Lizzie, even as zombies approached to get her sister. Freaky!!

As for Carol reappearing, not surprising. You had to know she survived. It's fascinating she shows up with Tyreese and he doesn't know she was the one who killed his girlfriend. Great plot twist. And of course Judith is alive! I never thought for a moment that she was dead; it's also ironic that Carol, the one who was exiled by Rick, will be the one who saves his baby daughter. Perhaps she will raise Judith to be a killing machine like Lizzie, only to meet Rick years later!