The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode 2: A House Divided SPOILER POST!!!!

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Here are my choices:

     I said that Carlos told me to distract Sarah, so Carver seeing the picture isn't my fault. I don't know why this is a big deal though, as there's no way I could have known that taking her picture is a bad idea.

I sat with Kenny at dinner, of course!! I was so happy to see him and felt so much loyalty to him. Then I remembered some of the messed up stuff he did in season 1, like not going with Lee to find Clem. Jerk. This made me realize that it's hard to find people you can really trust, and that maybe I would be better off in the new group of people I don't know that well. I miss Lee. Still, I'm trying to stick with Kenny as much as possible and stay with him. Forget this new group. I tried to warn Kenny that Nick is stupid by saying I can't vouch for everyone. I think Luke took that hard thinking I was saying that I didn't trust the group. But I do trust Luke. I just wanted Kenny to know that Nick might turn on him pretty quick. You know, because he's stupid.

     I told Walter the truth about Matthew. That was a tense scene. Seeing Matthew almost lose it after all that goody-goody talk was crazy. But he really stuck to his principals and saved Nick. Darn, I just remembered that he died. Darn.

     As previously said, I got Walter to not attack Nick. I considered throwing Nick under the bus even more than I did, but I said that he saved my life, because that is totally true. Although I don't trust him now that he killed Matthew like that. Since this is a major choice that has stat tracking, I wonder if Walter does kill Nick if you do that scene differently.

     I left to find Kenny rather than turning myself in to Carver. I thought it was the best bet to survive and to help a majority of the group, even if some ended up dying. I figured Kenny and Luke and I could find a way to get out of the situation, or get some people out. Didn't work out that way though. Luke is still out there somewhere. I wonder if he'll try to save us or if he really did run away like Carver said.

     There were some great subverted expectations in this episode. Not that subverting expectations automatically equals good writing. I feel in these games it fits the theme of things not going according to plan or things just happening without a reason. When Matthew got shot by Nick, I thought it was just a sad, random thing; a possibility that can never be explored because it was cut short by violence. It took me quite awhile to figure out the stranger Nick blew away was Matthew. Right in the middle of exploring the lodge and talking to people, bam, it hit me, and I knew Walter would have a bad reaction to it if he found out. I had hoped the group would move on and I would stay with Kenny, then I would tell Walter about Matthew.

     Kenny calling Clem “Duck,” was pretty interesting. At first I thought that is pretty unhealthy for Kenny to kind of replace Duck with Clem in how he thinks about her. She's not Duck. But is it really that bad in a situation like that? Maybe not. Maybe that would be good for both of them to have that relationship.

     Nick killing Matthew is a great example of the kind of morality that exists in this situation. You have to stay with people even if there crazy some times as long as they are loyal to you. You have to move on with them and hope they do better, or find a way to ditch them. Or just wait for them to die. And hopefully it doesn't come to killing them yourself.

     That's Bonnie, the lady from 400 Days, with Carver, right? Looks like she will be in the next episode too. I loved her section of 400 Days. I think she ran away without that guy she loved after killing his wife in my game. Can't quite remember though. Interesting what she is up to now. Carver seems like a bad guy, but I have a bit of a sinking feeling about the group that separated from him too...

     Anyway, I want to stay with Kenny. He did a lot of good stuff for Lee and Clem in season 1, and I wondered if he had really died. He was a total jerk and idiot a few times, and he seems a little high strung now, which is not good, but I feel a lot of loyalty to him just because he is a familiar face and has done a lot of good for Clem in the past. I think he will be loyal to her to in many situations that could come up.