Walker

This episode was supposed to be the season finale before the network asked for five more episodes. The decision was made not to change the episode, which makes me wonder what the actual finale will be. I lead with that because this episode had a lot of the earmarks of a finale designed to leave…

“Defend the Ranch”, Walker’s 13th episode of its first season, explores what happens when the place you think is safe and the people you want most to be safe suddenly aren’t.  The guilt and sense of helplessness this creates is felt by all to varying degrees. No one feels those feelings more strongly than …

The Morning After Walker’s thirteenth episode, “Defend the Ranch”, was originally written to be Walker’s first season finale. It tragically concluded several on-going dramas that had been hanging over the heads of Cordell and his family, and ended with a cliffhanger disappointment for its lead character.  Sadly, all of the resolutions were the exact opposite…

This week’s Walker decided to deviate from the normal progression of storytelling and instead go deeper to explain what had happened to get all the characters to their current points.  This Walker episode strove to tell the story of two families – at their messiest. Some things they were able to do, others they weren’t.

Lots of action, some good character development, and no one making easily preventable mistakes. This episode was a win!

The Morning After Maybe you can help me figure something out about Walker. After watching 11 episodes, I’m still trying to decide if they are writing down to the audience, purposely creating a show that we’re supposed to superficially enjoy and not examine closely; or if they are intentionally making plots that require us to…