The Walking Dead (Season 4 - Episode 14)
Added 2025-02-27 15:00:13 +0000 UTC
Hey Rangers! Get ready for another thrilling episode of The Walking Dead! We can't wait to share our reactions with you—hope you enjoy the ride!
What a great comment!
Lindinha
2025-07-14 06:37:55 +0000 UTC
I know it might be a bit late, but after rewatching this episode once again, I felt compelled to finally share my thoughts.
This episode is a 100 out of 10! Not only did it resolve many of the lingering plot points from the first half of season 4, but it also brilliantly portrayed how two young children can experience the new world in completely different emotional and psychological ways. In fact, through them, we’re shown two distinct approaches to understanding life, death, good, and evil.
I also really appreciated the artistic choices and symbolism: the deer as a symbol of innocence, and the black and white smoke as symbols of destruction and closure.
Here’s how I interpreted it: when Mika saw the black smoke, she correctly explained to Carol that it meant the fire was still burning, and that when the smoke turns white, it means the flames have gone out. Later, Lizzie saw the white smoke — not having heard the explanation from the sister she had killed — and mistakenly assumed something was burning. This contrast highlights the difference between them: Mika saw the world clearly and could recognize danger, while Lizzie lived in a distorted reality where the line between life and death had vanished.
And that’s what truly amazes me — did the writers really think all of this through so deeply, or do such powerful metaphors emerge on their own when a script is written sincerely and with respect for the audience? In any case, the scene with the smoke — like the entire episode — works on multiple levels at once, and that’s exactly why I value it so highly.
Silichshev Danila
2025-07-11 16:29:47 +0000 UTC
Why would you spoil stuff for them by mentioning a character from a season they haven't gotten to yet.
JokerDanny
2025-05-24 03:24:34 +0000 UTC
I’m starting to wonder now if maybe Lizzie could “hear” their trapped spirits, kind of like Siddiq. Siddiq told Carl in season 8 that him and his mom believed that the walker’s spirits were trapped, and that by killing them their souls would finally move on and go where they’re supposed to go when someone dies. Maybe Lizzie believed the same thing, and maybe she believed she could hear their spirits inside of the walkers (“I can hear them”), but instead of killing them she tried to help them. Being able to “hear” them could just be severe psychosis, but she probably believed their old selves were still in there too, like Hershel when he thought that they were just sick and not actually dead.
khaotictrash
2025-05-03 20:41:29 +0000 UTC
That fire that Mika saw was the house that Beth and Daryl lit on fire.
Kai Hopkins
2025-04-12 20:01:10 +0000 UTC
Lizzy needed professional help the poor child...but the apocalypse cared not.
Johnny_Raincloud
2025-03-04 00:27:07 +0000 UTC
Vince's face when Carol killed Lizzy looked like his stomach was in a knot... I know cause that's exactly how I felt when I watched this episode! Couldn't eat for a wholeee day
Hector Avila
2025-03-02 23:59:34 +0000 UTC
Y’all forgot about Maggie and Beth when mentioning siblings lol
Aarron Denton
2025-03-02 18:48:23 +0000 UTC
Andrea’s sister was Amy.
Aarron Denton
2025-03-02 18:47:38 +0000 UTC
Mannnnn if I would’ve yelled at my mom like that she would’ve slapped the mess outta me😂😂
Angel Garcia
2025-03-01 00:50:56 +0000 UTC
MIKKAAAA NOOOOOOOOOOO
TokyoLopez
2025-02-28 23:01:08 +0000 UTC
I remember Watching this Episode for the First Time… it was a Hard one…
CYRAX
2025-02-28 21:13:00 +0000 UTC
MVP this ep, Lizzie hands down🤣🤣💀
brayloom
2025-02-28 18:29:02 +0000 UTC
The child needs to be institutionalized. There's no institution in a zombie apocolypse. No therapists, no medications, no support. Lizzie was a perfect example of someone with severe mental illness in a zombie apocolypse. More specifically, a child with severe mental illness in a zombie apocolypse. Lizzie & Mika's story is very tragic...
Ash Lee Can
2025-02-28 14:21:13 +0000 UTC
Vince's non verbal communications are hilarious 🤣
Morgo
2025-02-28 13:57:08 +0000 UTC
This episode is literally peak television, the acting is phenomenal, especially Melissa McBride (Carrol) and Brighton Sharbino (Lizzie), they killed their roles in this episode.
JD Nixon
2025-02-28 09:27:58 +0000 UTC
Lizzie was not a sociopath, she is schizophrenic which is very unfortunate for an apocalyptic scenario, no medication or anything to help.
Ethan
2025-02-28 09:12:21 +0000 UTC
your in for it with this show guys
Chase
2025-02-28 08:28:37 +0000 UTC
Early reminder that there are post-credit scenes in Season 5 (episodes 1, 8 and 16)!
V. Hammer
2025-02-28 06:12:15 +0000 UTC
💀
Miguel
2025-02-28 03:56:54 +0000 UTC
One of the best episodes of TWD imo, I remember the first time seeing this episode just being so shocked, I'd hardly ever seen an episode of television THAT well written
tcubed1206
2025-02-28 02:52:16 +0000 UTC
a few things you didn't mention (or may have missed due to talking while watching) i don't know if it was ever confirmed but i always assumed the fire in the distance was from daryl and beth's cabin they burned down, and the burnt walkers were the ones we saw at the end of that episode as they were attracted to the flames. the other thing: i don't know if you heard mica earlier in the episode, but when her and carol were walking together just before seeing the deer, mica explained that if the smoke is black the fire is still going, and will turn white once it's out; carol didn't know this. then when carol was with lizzie at the end of the episode, lizzie says "the fire is still burning" to which carol says "it's out, the smoke is white". when lizzie says "you know everything, 'mam" you can see the pain on carol's face when she says "no, i don't". this was so heartbreaking and such good attention to detail and just makes the scene that much sadder.
Katie White
2025-02-28 02:17:25 +0000 UTC
Big man move Tyrese forgiving Carol for what happened. Big dog 💪🏾🫡
Nathan Skye
2025-02-28 00:57:15 +0000 UTC
19:58 I can't 😭💀
Tasin Baiju
2025-02-28 00:50:01 +0000 UTC
Was waiting on yalls reaction for this one. This episode hit real hard when I first saw it. I expected somethin real bad to happen, but not THAT
Jah (jakwiq) (Jah Quick)
2025-02-28 00:47:46 +0000 UTC
This show has some of the best episodes in tv history and this is one of them. There really wasn't any other choice. Tyreese had NO IDEA what to do at the end, he looked like he didn't even wanna walk near Lizzy. Judith on her stomach just like tryin to learn how to crawl the hell away. Carol telling Tyreese at the end and him forgiving her still brings me to tears.
ShamefulToaster
2025-02-28 00:46:25 +0000 UTC
☺️✌️
Jaz
2025-02-28 00:29:24 +0000 UTC
Beth and Maggie are sisters too
Reponent
2025-02-28 00:27:14 +0000 UTC
Probably one of the darkest episodes in TWD! Can't wait for season 5!
jor
2025-02-28 00:22:13 +0000 UTC
Such a dark episode hopefully the next one is sunshine and rainbows💀
Timmy Saxton
2025-02-28 00:12:48 +0000 UTC
This show gets crazier and crazier. Makes for great television though.
Courtney
2025-02-27 23:43:36 +0000 UTC
I remember after the episode aired and they had Melissa on the talking dead and she had a hard time, they had a long moment of silence.
Courtney
2025-02-27 23:40:40 +0000 UTC
This episode is so hard to watch. They definitely know how to fake someone out and making them let their guard down and then the crap hits the fan. 💔😭
Courtney
2025-02-27 23:40:02 +0000 UTC
Ever since Lizzie tried to suffocate Judith to death I’ve been waiting for her to catch one
Z
2025-02-27 23:23:07 +0000 UTC
i kno
Trevor Wright
2025-02-27 23:07:40 +0000 UTC
I remember when this episode first came out it was crazy.
Justin Jefferson
2025-02-27 23:04:25 +0000 UTC
Lmao no
Bailey White
2025-02-27 23:00:25 +0000 UTC
Tyrese is a good guy but every time he goes off to thump some walkers and leaves Judith alone i want to smack that man upside the head.
Agent September 🏴☠️
2025-02-27 22:55:46 +0000 UTC
Everyone's gonna talk about Carol and rightfully so she went through a lot but I always felt so bad for Tyrese. For a while he was taking care of the girls and Judith by himself. Then he loses them and then he finds out that Carol killed Karen. Yet despite all that he found it within himself to forgive her and move forward.
Eric W.
2025-02-27 22:53:53 +0000 UTC
Come on guys, Maggie and Beth, Tara and her sister haha
Grant Miller
2025-02-27 22:43:06 +0000 UTC
I'm sure yall know by now but Maggie and Beth are sisters. Look at the 💐
Mark
2025-02-27 22:36:15 +0000 UTC
maggie and beth are sisters!
Katelyn
2025-02-27 22:28:04 +0000 UTC
and tara and her sister😭
charlie
2025-02-27 22:18:05 +0000 UTC
Amazing reaction y’all, this episode is so crazy
Simon
2025-02-27 22:09:04 +0000 UTC
This is the only episode I watched without Shashauna and Vince I’m new to this show too I watched it on Monday I said they are gonna GO CRAZY WITH THIS REACTION😭😭😭
Dreamville Paul2x
2025-02-27 21:52:25 +0000 UTC
My heart absolutely broke for Carol when I first watched this ep. She had to lose even more daughters, and one at her own hands. Then to have to admit to Tyreese what she’d down to Karen…..she went through so much
Ronan
2025-02-27 21:45:19 +0000 UTC
With all these episodes with the group separated this was the one I was waiting for y’all to see🤦🏽♂️crazy and sad episode
Shalin Carter
2025-02-27 21:42:27 +0000 UTC
“That was the last time we had sisters” yall Beth and Maggie are sisters 🤣
Simon
2025-02-27 21:35:27 +0000 UTC
THESE VIDEOS ARE LIKE CRACKKKK
Aray YIKAMACI
2025-02-27 21:34:51 +0000 UTC
i hated Lizzie and couldn't care much about Micah, but this episode made me sob so bad. Poor Carol, 3 kids she lost.
alex
2025-02-27 21:15:08 +0000 UTC
The wait between these episodes kill me haha
Bradders23
2025-02-27 21:08:15 +0000 UTC
Season 4-6 is peak TWD
Alex_Skull123
2025-02-27 20:55:39 +0000 UTC
very sad episode :(
Alex_Skull123
2025-02-27 20:52:54 +0000 UTC
Y’all totally forgot about Maggie and Beth being sisters!
Sherry Bandito
2025-02-27 20:41:35 +0000 UTC
Busy ass day, gonna watch this asap!
Simon
2025-02-27 20:28:04 +0000 UTC
“They snatch any joy from you” yea seriously omg😭 this show is emotionally exhausting lmaoo
Abigail Lucille
2025-02-27 19:25:28 +0000 UTC
crazy to think Lizzie is also the reason why the fence at the prison came down, all the rats made that situation bad
Bryan
2025-02-27 19:23:07 +0000 UTC
poor carol man :(
mathias danielsen
2025-02-27 19:05:45 +0000 UTC
I’m fairly certain I remember on “the talking dead” they told us the puzzle on the table was a portrait of Sophia. One more wonderful touch to this episode
Tyler Bard
2025-02-27 19:02:30 +0000 UTC
Cant wait until they see her at terminus.
Andrew Jones
2025-02-27 19:00:33 +0000 UTC
Did you guys forget that Maggie and Beth are sisters? I may have missed it but you named everyone but them lol
Ryan
2025-02-27 18:49:47 +0000 UTC
So we get all types of walkers . Swamp walkers .
Dirt walkers . An now we meet the burnt walkers. 😆
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 18:39:30 +0000 UTC
I think this show is basically a symbol of Homelessness.
We see homeless people try an survive no food. no water , no medication. An they try an survive . Now take away our resources. An see how we survive. That's why I think the show is so relatable. It's about survival.
An then throw in walkers .
Cool characters. An you have a hit show .
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 18:38:44 +0000 UTC
This one of the episodes that sticks in my mind.
Chilling words .
Look at the flowers .
Carol has the coldest trigger finger in walking dead .
She do what she feels she has to do all ways. Carol character development is at a all time high .
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 18:35:58 +0000 UTC
Tyrese and Carol both get MVP for seeing the bigger picture. Carol has the biggest balls in the show. Telling Tyrese the truth .
She didn't have to do that.
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 18:34:08 +0000 UTC
I love Carol but I'm at least flipping the table over. Exchanging some words .
Then I can forgive her just being honest . 😏 😲
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 18:31:15 +0000 UTC
Damn in the original version of this episode, when Carol takes the shot, we see it from Ty’s POV at the window & you see Lizzie’s body drop, the impact of the scene is waaay less heavy when you don’t see that IMO, but regardless, the acting in this episode is top notch!
Jack's World
2025-02-27 18:30:28 +0000 UTC
That’s kinda true but I still think they would love the flash a lot
Latyah Short
2025-02-27 18:29:20 +0000 UTC
it truly is . it always got me cause i wouldnt be able to i just dont have it in me to kill her someone else would have to man
NorthhSZN
2025-02-27 18:25:56 +0000 UTC
That’s one schizo lil girl sheeesh
Daryl's Dog
2025-02-27 18:25:45 +0000 UTC
Tyrese is hands down in my top 5 of the entire show.
General
2025-02-27 18:24:58 +0000 UTC
devistation is what this episode is . seing it aired was insane .
NorthhSZN
2025-02-27 18:24:44 +0000 UTC
Beth and Maggie..family/sisters lol
Dave Canon
2025-02-27 18:18:26 +0000 UTC
The fire they kept smelling? Probably the one set by Beth and Daryl 😁
Dave Canon
2025-02-27 18:14:47 +0000 UTC
Most depressing episode in this series imo. Imagine the fear Mika had in her last moments knowing her sister was trying to murder her. Some people assume Lizzie was schizophrenic and that’s why she hears them speaking and that she can understand them. Amazing episode and acting by literally everyone. Tyreese is such a good guy for forgiving Carol , anyway amazing reaction, you guys were cracking me up with the facial expressions towards Lizzie’s psychotic behaviour.
JonSnow21
2025-02-27 18:13:18 +0000 UTC
The acting. *chefs kiss*
Dave Canon
2025-02-27 18:03:57 +0000 UTC
The actress playing the younger sister I think she the bad guy in 22 jump street movie ?
Tjbosslyfe
2025-02-27 17:41:55 +0000 UTC
Yeah she’s amazing at acting insane lol
brayloom
2025-02-27 17:28:19 +0000 UTC
brighton sharbino played lizzie well. great episode
LITOMARZ
2025-02-27 17:26:03 +0000 UTC
You guys crack me up 😂best reactions ever!
Rylee
2025-02-27 17:20:51 +0000 UTC
Well not within the show but within the fandom
Aramon
2025-02-27 17:15:06 +0000 UTC
Amy was Andrea’s sister.
Fun fact, the puzzle on the table in the house is a picture of Sophia. The viewer would never know because it was never even close to being finished, but they mentioned it on the Talking Dead after if I recall.
Michael
2025-02-27 17:01:03 +0000 UTC
First, like everyone else said, Beth and Maggie are sisters, lol. This was one of the hardest episodes to watch and process. It is truly tragic. In an apocalyptic world there is no hope for Lizzy. Carol did what she had to do. She always does. She makes the tough decisions and follows through. She is definitely my MVP for this episode. I couldn't imagine having to do that. Honorable mention to Tyreese, forgiving Carol was HUGE! Love y'all's reaction. Can't wait for the next one!
Kristy Stevens
2025-02-27 16:57:26 +0000 UTC
Carol is such a badass
Joshua Johnson
2025-02-27 16:53:29 +0000 UTC
Tyreese is such a good guy. His "I forgive you" always gets a tear in my eye
Kwisatz Haderach
2025-02-27 16:41:14 +0000 UTC
They snatch. Any joy from you 😂😂😂😂😂
KJ
2025-02-27 16:35:34 +0000 UTC
I was waiting for you to remember Beth and Maggie being sisters 😆
Emma Green
2025-02-27 16:35:26 +0000 UTC
My favourite run of episodes is coming upppp s4e16 to s5e3
Perfection Akinwande
2025-02-27 16:34:22 +0000 UTC
She was the best kid in the show imo. She wasn’t annoying or crazy. Just sweet, smart and knew how to survive
Ella
2025-02-27 16:32:53 +0000 UTC
Beth and Maggie erasure 😭😭😂
Perfection Akinwande
2025-02-27 16:31:09 +0000 UTC
When Lizie was screaming "what if I killed you?!" I remember being so disturbed by this episode lol
PokeTheBear
2025-02-27 16:31:01 +0000 UTC
Season finale and season 5 otw 🔥🔥🔥
Kevin Lauture
2025-02-27 16:29:18 +0000 UTC
Not you guys forgetting Beth and Maggie are sisters 🤣
Ella
2025-02-27 16:28:33 +0000 UTC
Look at the flowers you psycho
C. J. Ramirez
2025-02-27 16:22:04 +0000 UTC
Never in a million years could they guess how this season ends
Adam Beiter
2025-02-27 16:21:58 +0000 UTC
Judith MVP for surviving a Psycho twice!!!!😂😂
NukezZ
2025-02-27 16:15:10 +0000 UTC
Double upload?
Trav
2025-02-27 16:13:41 +0000 UTC
I hope Vince and Shoshana stay away from the comments to avoid spoilers. Some people just can't contain themselves lol
Greenave
2025-02-27 16:12:18 +0000 UTC
Double upload tmr? ep 15 and the finale
Brandon wheatt
2025-02-27 16:08:07 +0000 UTC
It’s so sad to think about. Lizzie needed a bucketful of anti-psychotics but they don’t have those in the apocalypse. And they couldn’t just leave her behind to fend for herself because she would have been ripped apart by walkers eventually. All they could really do was end things up quickly. Mercifully. This has gotta be the only show on the planet that can make you justify killing a mentally ill child
crazymisscarly
2025-02-27 16:07:08 +0000 UTC
I forgot all about this episode, I get why she had to die. Like Vince said, they aren't psychiatrist, they tried to convince her and she was just too far gone after what she did to her sister.
Bob
2025-02-27 16:04:06 +0000 UTC
Mika got set up. She deserved the chance to become a beast
Kwisatz Haderach
2025-02-27 16:04:04 +0000 UTC
Tyreese is like the best. Forgiving carol like almost instantly after her telling him. And they were with each other a while before she said anything
NukezZ
2025-02-27 16:02:56 +0000 UTC
This episode is one of the reasons why I love season 4 so much. This season is just so heavy compared to the rest. It really shows A LOT of different things that can go down during the zombie apocalypse that you normally wouldn't think to worry about, disease and lack of modern medicine, no psychiatric help for unstable individuals and so on on top of all the normal stuff like hostile groups and walkers. Simply horrifying!
dk
2025-02-27 15:55:38 +0000 UTC
I was so shocked when I first saw that she was the one feeding those walkers at the prison 😂 crazy girl
Christopher Case
2025-02-27 15:53:46 +0000 UTC
them forgetting about beth and maggie being sisters is making me cackle lmao
Mia
2025-02-27 15:52:05 +0000 UTC
hope you both read this! the fire they saw with all the smoke not far from them was daryl and beth when they burnt the house down
Reseigh
2025-02-27 15:48:37 +0000 UTC
i think the worst part of this episode is the fact that mikah would have 100% grown to be one of the strongest characters, she didn’t believe in herself but everytime she needed to step up she did.
i love you
2025-02-27 15:47:52 +0000 UTC
Every thing after season 4 is trash
Cameron Christopher
2025-02-27 15:47:29 +0000 UTC
Whoa flash season 1-4 are peak
Cameron Christopher
2025-02-27 15:47:10 +0000 UTC
Prison break would be amazing
james moore
2025-02-27 15:47:03 +0000 UTC
I still remember watching this when it aired. My wife and I were speechless. One of the very few episodes of any television show that fucked me up for a couple days after.
Nick
2025-02-27 15:46:17 +0000 UTC
One of the darkest moments in the show
Kwisatz Haderach
2025-02-27 15:46:13 +0000 UTC
Don’t forget about Maggie and Beth being sisters too lol then you have Carl and Judith, Tyrese and Sasha. 4 pairs of siblings…well 3 now lol
Christopher Case
2025-02-27 15:45:56 +0000 UTC
One of the most depressing episodes of the show. Man. I cant believe yall forgot who set that fire though lol
james moore
2025-02-27 15:45:56 +0000 UTC
Oh yeah this episode
Jihad Lee
2025-02-27 15:33:24 +0000 UTC
Prison break yes, flash no. CW shows are just bad, season 1 and 2 are decent but its just too many fillers, bad writing etc, not to mention the crossovers
Kayleb Patel
2025-02-27 15:31:41 +0000 UTC
Fun fact btw, killing animals for "fun" is an early sign of psychopathy. So if Lizzie had continued to grow up, she could have been a damn post apocalyptic serial killer
Bunnarchist
2025-02-27 15:29:54 +0000 UTC
"the last time we had sisters" Beth and Maggie are sisters too lmao
Bunnarchist
2025-02-27 15:28:39 +0000 UTC
Really?
Eli Pink
2025-02-27 15:27:06 +0000 UTC
I renewed my subscription just to see this chapter! 😍
Iris quevedo luna
2025-02-27 15:23:47 +0000 UTC
I’ve been WAITING for this episode
crazymisscarly
2025-02-27 15:19:55 +0000 UTC
"This child need to be institutionalized" is exactly how you describe Lizzie 🤣
CodyG24
2025-02-27 15:19:03 +0000 UTC
beth and maggie
i love you
2025-02-27 15:18:19 +0000 UTC
Look at the flowers.. 😔
Bunnarchist
2025-02-27 15:16:57 +0000 UTC
By the way that fire is the same one Daryl and Beth set
Also keep what Carol said in mind "look at the Flowers" it became a meme within the show
Aramon
2025-02-27 15:05:54 +0000 UTC
Hehehehe lets go
Adam Beiter
2025-02-27 15:05:22 +0000 UTC
I forgot about lizzie saying she was about to do Judith as well😅😅😂
NukezZ
2025-02-27 15:04:08 +0000 UTC
YESSSSS this episode is insanneee
Hugo Rodriguez
2025-02-27 15:03:40 +0000 UTC
Yall should watch prison break or flash after the walking dead or after Alice in borderland
Cameron Christopher
2025-02-27 15:03:25 +0000 UTC
I dropped everything I was doing to watch this episode 😂
Slasher
2025-02-27 15:03:23 +0000 UTC
ooooo i’ve been WAITIN FOR THIS ONE
nubbychugs
2025-02-27 15:03:09 +0000 UTC
I was just waiting for this!
Cujo
2025-02-27 15:02:44 +0000 UTC
This is a great episode
Tony
2025-02-27 15:01:13 +0000 UTC
Yessir!
Jio
2025-02-27 15:00:28 +0000 UTC
Let’s goooo
Sergeant Major Rick Grimes
2025-02-27 15:00:27 +0000 UTC