[S10E9] Squeeze

Back in the cave, Connie consoles Carol and the group starts to squeeze through narrow tunnels. Carol suffers from claustrophobic attacks, but overcomes them. Some walkers appear from the holes, forcing survivors to speed up. Jerry gets stuck in a hole and two walkers try to chew on his feet. Daryl tells him to remove his armor, and he successfully squeezes through. Kelly checks on his shoes and assures him he wasn't bitten. Magna spots sunlight and nearly falls into a massive hole. Daryl lights the walker's arm and drops it on the bed of the cave, displaying part of the horde.

[S10E9] Squeeze

That openness is contrasted by a pretty efficient set-up involving the stranded survivors forced to wriggle through small gaps and holes in the cave in the direction of light; a shot of poor, sweaty Jerry stuffed in a crevasse immediately gave me sympathy for the lovable lug. A similar visual, albeit less sympathetic, is a shot of Negan, shoved down in an open-air latrine after having his scrotal integrity threatened by Alpha. Both invoke strong sense memories; one of the time in Mammoth Cave National Park I tried to squeeze between two narrow outcroppings and one of changing out a litter box after a 10-day vacation. 041b061a72