But this is where she saved herself and her sons, as well as got her “release of anger” moment. She fought off the other woman, but lost her gun in the process. Confronting the intruder, I had a lot of respect for Jessie here as a mother. She leaves Sam in the locked closet and tries to go downstairs to warn him, gun in hand. The fact that she has a closet that locks on the inside shows that they needed a safe space to hide from Pete.Īlthough she has Sam with her, her older son Ron is unaware that someone is in the house. She locks herself and Sam in a closet for safety. At some point, Jessie realizes that one of them is in her home. After Pete’s death, Alexandria was overrun by a group called The Wolves, who were arbitrarily killing the citizens in an effort to take their supplies and homes. Jessie took similar actions, although it wasn’t on Pete. Even Daryl is cringing watching this happen. I would argue that Jessie is far stronger at this point than Carol.īut when Carol has to make sure her husband doesn’t reanimate, she stabs him repeatedly with the pickaxe, taking out all of the frustrations and anger over what she and Sophia have suffered over the years. She is meek, subservient and has trouble standing up for herself and Sophia. This is early in Season 1, when Carol is still under the cloud of being an abused wife. When Daryl is disposing of the bodies of the campers (including Ed) who died in the attack, Carol insists on doing it herself. Shane beat the hell out of Ed, making him vulnerable to the zombie attack that killed him, while Rick fought Pete, eventually killing him.įollowing their deaths, both women had opportunities to release their anger at their husbands and the abuse they suffered. While Carol’s family was initially outside the safety of the walls of Alexandria, and Jessie’s was not, when their husbands were confronted by their abuse, the community handled it in a similar fashion. Both Sophia and Ron and Sam had experienced abuse at their father’s hands-at one point following Pete’s death, Jessie challenges Ron to lift his arm, which he can’t do very well because of an injury he suffered at the hands of his father. I’m not talking about Carol after Season 2 – I mean Carol before Sophia’s death.īoth Carol and Jessie had similar situations with their husbands Ed was as abusive and controlling to Carol as Pete was to Jessie. But I can’t help but compare and contrast her to Carol either. However, this is completely understandable given her living situation. Since Season 5, when we first met Jessie, we saw that she’s not been the strongest female character. I was trying to figure out what was going through Jessie’s head when she was looking down at Sam and making a decision about what to do next. No one has a problem with this except Sam, who says he can handle it, and that he’s not leaving his mother. Jessie insists that Gabriel take Sam with him as well. Initially I was excited that she was doing the right thing, and then it all went downhill. I think despite any misgivings Rick has about Gabriel, he makes the right choice in sending his daughter away with Gabriel.Īnd here’s where I started yelling at my screen at Jessie for making yet another terrible mother decision. Father Gabriel volunteers to take Judith to the church because really, a baby has the potential to blow their cover by making any noise. Rick notes that they need to head towards the quarry and their vehicles in order to lead the zombies away. Realizing that the hoard is too large to get through completely, Rick directs the group to a quiet spot behind a tree to regroup. So in last night’s episode, “No Way Out,” Rick, Jessie, Ron, Sam, Carl, Judith, Gabriel and Michonne were making their way through the zombie hoard covered in zombie guts in an attempt to slip through unnoticed by the undead. So before we discuss Jessie Anderson as a mom, realize that spoilers for the mid-season premiere, as well as her appearances and those of other characters from previous seasons follow, so turn back now if you aren’t caught up. And I’m a little obsessed with this show, as well as what could have been, and what should have been, particularly because the show has the freedom to change up the plot from the comics. So last night was the mid-season premiere of Season 6 of The Walking Dead.
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