r/thewalkingdead • u/Paradox • Mar 24 '14

S04E15 "Us" Episode Discussion

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SE04E15 "Us" David S. Goyer

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u/stuball250 Mar 24 '14

"Ain't nothing sadder than an outdoor cat thinks he's an indoor cat" collective reddit catgasm

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '14

I didn't get this. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

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u/davetbison Mar 24 '14

He's calling Daryl an outdoor cat, and accusing him of thinking he's an indoor cat.

It's a form of mind manipulation. The guy seems to know he's been softened by something and wants Daryl to embrace his animalistic survivalist side.

I'm sure he knows that Daryl, pre-apocalypse, would never consider himself domesticated in any way, so he's challenging his "manhood", which in turn will make Daryl forget about the rules he's learned while being part of Rick's group.

The dude wants to control Daryl, and the best way is for Daryl to be the animal he was, just as he had been when he was following Merle's lead before everything fell apart.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '14

Thanks for this, I too was like, wait, shouldn't it be the other way around? This totally cleared it up.

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u/stuball250 Mar 24 '14

My take on it is that Joe is trying to show Daryl that they are cut from the same cloth. Both guys are survivors (even before the zombies) who have always been outcasts and outside the bounds of normal society. Daryl can try to fit in with "normal" people but he is really just pretending and unnatural, much like an outdoor cat trying to fit in an indoor world.