Season 4 Episode 13 - "Alone" [AMC] [SPOILERS]

Have the scriptwriters just forgotten Beth is meant to be 17? I know Emily Kinney is 28, but considering last season they made a subplot of a prison inmate making lecherous advances on her, it's a bit rich that it's suddenly ok. Personally I found all those longing glances at the kitchen table a little creepy tbh, no matter how dreamy Daryl's meant to be. Beth's a teenager people, let's try to remember that

Anyway, otherwise I enjoyed that episode, and similar to last week it shed some light on hitherto thin characters: Bob and Sasha came out pretty well in that story, particularly Bob who now shoots up the list of favoured members of the cast; he seemed both hopeful yet capable and had a good attitude that made a refreshing change to the morbid misery-guts that pervade the cast. In fact he came across quite strong in terms of potential leadership. His little attempt at romance was nice too because it seemed born out of 'sure you never know' optimism rather than the kind of stars-aligning bullsh*t hollywood likes. Sasha was uninterested? Ah sure, no worries, soldier on. I like Bob

I see peoples criticisms of the last two episodes but honestly, the show needs some solidity put onto the characters; don't forget, it's not that long ago we had the likes of T-Dog as one of the main cast; a character who had almost no personality, no lines, no backstory, yet conspired to be a headline member of the group. It seems the writers are realising they can't just have a queue of walker chow for the sake of it (even if that's precisely what they did with the refugees from Woodbury) and I for one am glad to see these episodes take the time to get to know the likes of Beth, Bob & Sasha. It's sorely needed.