The patient, Joan, admits to Beth without so many words that she’s being sexually abused by Dawn’s male officers, but the cop turns a blind eye because it’s “easier,” and, as Dawn later explains (with no apparent irony), the officers’ behavior keeps them happy, and the happier they are, the harder they work to keep the hospital secure. Steven Edwards, and a belligerent cop called Dawn who apparently calls the shots, rescuing survivors and then forcing them to work off that debt by helping to keep the hospital running through menial chores - a prison term by another name, and seemingly without possibility of parole, judging by a patient who tries to run but ends up being dragged back inside, having her arm amputated against her will after she’s bitten in her escape attempt. She meets the hospital’s only physician, Dr. Slabtown’s history is supposedly filled with depravity, which makes sense once Beth discovers the dark underbelly of the hospital’s seemingly benevolent operation. After being kidnapped in season four’s “A,” her whereabouts have remained a mystery until now, but we soon learn that she was “rescued” from the walkers by a couple of cops who brought her back to Grady Memorial Hospital, a real public hospital in Atlanta that’s built on the site of the city’s former red-light district (which was often referred to as “Slabtown” because of the concrete slabs used in its construction).
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Season four began to remedy that by sending her off for survival training with Daryl after the fall of the prison, but “Slabtown” is the first occasion where Beth is required to carry the episode without any of her fellow survivors, and it’s a testament to the confidence of season five’s storytelling that the hour maintains the tension of the previous three episodes even without Rick and the rest of the gang.īeth wakes to a ticking clock in an unnervingly well-kept hospital room, the decimated Atlanta skyline in full view from her window. It’s fair to say that “The Walking Dead” has struggled to find a storyline for mild-mannered Beth Greene since her introduction in season two - while sister Maggie has found depth through her relationship with Glenn and father Hershel (RIP) served as the group’s moral compass, Beth has generally found herself relegated to the role of babysitter or wide-eyed ingenue, dispensing haunting a capella tunes whenever the group has occasion to sit pensively near an open flame. Spoiler Warning: Do not read on unless you’ve seen “ The Walking Dead” season five, episode four, titled “Slabtown.”
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