Well, it's been awhile. I know there've been a few episodes upon the show's return, but if you've been following my other blogs, you know the novel's going well, and time is at a premium. I'm doing what I can. So, as it's late, very quickly:
--My guess is that this time, Rick's group will be the reason a utopian society doesn't work. Maybe they'll be so hardcore, so paranoid, that they either cause the place to implode from within the walls, or the society gets together and forces Rick's group to leave. Just my guess, and I haven't read the comics, but I'm thinking it's time that Rick's group messes up a good thing for once.
--Having said that, let the record show that Aaron lied about the pictures. Not about collecting the license plates, or about how many other people were waiting with him--but Michonne did catch him in a lie about the pics, and she knew it.
--Then they splattered through a large group of walkers with the car, and everything else got lost in the shuffle, especially when it turned out that he'd spoken the truth about everything else, even the license plates--but he lied about people in the pics.
--That will come back.
--As will the gun Rick hid near that shack just outside the gate.
--Are Glen and Maggie not going out anymore? They haven't been close for a helluva long time now.
--Didja notice that Father Gabriel was mostly absent, but understood to be there. Maybe he was filming an episode of Teen Wolf nearby. That's the beauty of an ensemble cast. You show an actor at the very beginning, and maybe at the very end, and it's understood he's been there the whole time.
--Again, I haven't read the comics, but I'm guessing the sound of children playing is from a tape. Did they hear it once they got inside? I'm not feelin' it.
--The sound of the kids playing would be to get anyone hesitant inside the gates. Not necessarily for nefarious reasons. Same goes for the lie about the lack of people in the pics.
--I'm guessing there aren't a helluva lot of people in this town, and they need the Ricktatorship to protect them. There's a flaw in the safety of the camp they're not telling Rick's group. Just a guess.
--If I were a member of Rick's group, and that place was actually a real, safe place, I would still crawl up inside my own house, lock the doors, and be totally okay with myself, my food (every house would have an internal and external garden, and a greenhouse), my books, my writing and, hopefully, my baseball cards. Forever. I'd say hello to the rest of the group now and again, when I saw them outside in passing.
--It's not that I don't trust anyone or anything. It's just that I don't trust anyone, or anything.
