Michonne has Virgil to thank for her Timothy Leary adventure.
Is this some alternative timeline? Yes it is, well, sort of: We eventually learn that the scene is part of a serious hallucination that sends Michonne on a “what if” adventure, exploring what she could have become if her darker survival instincts took over. Michonne watches her fall to the ground and scream in terror as a walker claws at her. Then there’s Andrea (!), chased (rather slowly) by a pack of hungry undead. There’s Michonne, in what seems to be a flashback to when she was still rocking her full-length hoodie and rolling with her pets. The opening sequence had me wondering if someone slipped a psychedelic into my dinner.
But in keeping with the show’s love of nostalgic good-byes and in opening the door to a much larger world beyond the walls of Alexandria, it worked (and finally showed us what would happen if you mashed up this show with The Big Lebowski). Was it the most satisfying sendoff for everyone’s favorite self-taught swordmaster? Probably not. Yes, what I’m trying to say is that this was the “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” of The Walking Dead. But this episode turned out to be more like a ballad in the middle of a rock concert - a necessary change of pace, a moment to indulge in a different emotional journey. At first, I was concerned that Michonne’s trek to Bloodsworth Island would take away from all the heart-pounding action and surprises lately. Sometimes it feels like a momentum killer when TWD sends a character on a side quest, diverting attention from what we really want to see play out in the central storyline.
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