I saw the cannibal thing coming a mile away as it's been used in so many post-apocalyptic story lines. Book of Eli, The Road, and the Walking Dead novel series, among others. Anyone acting that nice from the get go can't be trusted. As soon as Jolene starting spouting "tell'em what you got planned for 'em"--my suspicions were cinched.
I thought it was a bit cliche and the execution was actually not all that well thought out. Why did these guys so quickly resort to cannibalism when they had a field of corn AND a freaking cow???--Which, by they way, Brenda initially said was sick then turned out to be pregnant. These guys must not have been very good farmers if they didnt even know their cow was pregnant. Furthermore, what did they initially intend to serve for dinner before Mark was shot? And why in the world would they try to go up against a group of ten people when they could have just picked off the few stragglers around their farm? I think TT could have thought of something creepier and more original than just cannibals. Like maybe trying to create a new "community" by luring groups in and killing the males while keeping the females alive. Or anything more unique than cannibalism!
On the upside, on my second playthrough I did like the fact that there was quite a bit of foreshadowing and linked plots through the episode. Jolene survelling the camp, the bear trap in the woods, and the murder scene on the road to the farm. I would have liked to learn more about the truth behind the electric fence coming on and the "bandits", however...
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