Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.
For the second season in a row, The Walking Dead took Rick Grimes and a couple of others away from the rest of the characters for an entire episode. And for the second season in a row, this led to one of the best episodes yet for the series. Season 2's "18 Miles Out" found Rick and Shane working their s*** out (albeit temporarily) as they attempted to deal with the Randall situation. "Clear" instead focused on Rick, Carl and Michonne going to look for guns, leading to a reunion a long time in the making…
As an aside, it's worth noting, in an optimistic way, that Scott Gimple, who is taking over as showrunner for Season 4, co-wrote "18 Miles Out" with outgoing showrunner Glen Mazzara and wrote "Clear" himself. And I think I liked this episode slightly more even than the wonderful "18 Miles Out," perhaps because it took an even bigger leap by never going back to any other characters but the trio who left the prison and the man they came across - unlike "18 Miles Out's" glimpses of the farm and Beth's suicide threats (Man, Beth needs to get a new storyline, besides "She likes to sing.")
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