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Originally Posted by PhillyChiefFan
Bingo. That's exactly what I was thinking when they were in the car. Michonne played off that really well, but I think she was even surprised when he let her go.
The entire episode you can see him struggling with himself and what he was especially with the interaction with Darryl.
I watched a little bit of the Talking Dead and one of the directors said something really interesting, he said the sad thing is Darryl and the rest of the group will never know what Merle did for them. Basically sacrificing himself for Darryl and the group by evening the odds.
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I think they'll know. Michonne knows she flipped a switch in him. And the fact that he let her go should say to them he wasn't going to do the Govs bidding anymore. I was wondering if Daryl would blame Michonne, but after thinking about it, I'd hope he'd notice Merle's gunshot.
It was such a great scene. Daryl pushing him away, not wanting to fight him again, hoping Merle would recognize him and be the stubborn man that wouldn't let the disease control him.
Watching the talking dead, what I didn't like was when they talked about why Daryl stabbed him so many times. There's so many ways to explain it, but it seemed like they just said, "Well, we don't leave our fallen as zombies." Well sure, but that doesn't explain the violence in that scene. To me, Daryl was releasing all of his anger towards Merle. The anger from all the fights they had growing up, the frustration that Merle wouldn't listen to him and not go it alone. I also thought he couldn't stand seeing his brother's face zombified and wanted to destroy it.
Enjoyed the ep even though some dickhead spoiled it in the IL/MIA ESPN bball chatroom.