Last night marked the mid-season premiere of The Walking Dead—and HOO BOY! It was full of "sad," with a heapin' helpin' of "artsy" and "fartsy." Want to read a recap and chitty chat about it? Hit the jump for all the spoilerific details!

Here's what I'm thinking about last night's episode, "What Happened and What's Going On."

1. So last night, The Walking Dead discovered Instagram filters, and used every single one of them in the artsiest and fartsiest episode yet. The episode opens with a bunch of random images—all of which come back later in a haunting fashion—and a funeral, which we all presume was Beth's following her murder at the hospital a few weeks back. Apparently, Beth had agreed to go with Noah (aka Everybody Hates Chris) to his gated community in Raleigh, Virginia, which was supposed to be a safe haven. Rick agrees to take him there, thinking it might also be a nice new home for the rest of the gang. And so? ROOOOAD TRIIIIP!

2. Tyreese overshares during the car trip, telling Everybody Hates Chris that when he was growing up, learning about world events was "the high price of living"—which, in case you didn't already gather, is a thing called FORESHADOWING. Rick and gang stop a couple miles away from the gated community and sneak in, apparently wanting to avoid another Terminus situation. When they get there... absolutely no one except Everybody Hates Chris is surprised to see that the joint is overrun by zombies. GAH! THOSE DICKS RUIN EVERYTHING!!

3. This puts everybody in a bummed-out, contemplative mood, and as they scour for supplies, Michonne makes the case that the gang needs to settle down and find a place... and this place in particular, unless they want to turn into a bunch of murdering jerks [gives Rick an accusatory side-eye glance].

4. Meanwhile, Tyreese's pep talk goes sideways, and Everybody Hates Chris freaks out, limp-running all the way to his old house. Tyreese agrees to let him check it out, as long as Mr. T goes in first. Unsurprisingly it's a bloodbath in there, and here's where things get kind of stupid. Tyreese—who is clearly one of the more capable members of the group when it comes to zombie fighting—is entranced by some family photos, and lets a goddamn zombie kid get the drop on him. The zombie kid bites Tyreese, and Everybody Hates Chris stabs the kid in the skull with a model toy jet. (That was awesome and hilarious, except that we're supposed to be feeling sad for Tyreese, right? Dumb move, show runner.)

5. As Everybody Hates Chris run-limps off to get the others, Tyreese goes into an Instagram hallucinatory state, where he's visited by various ghosts from Walking Dead's past—including Amputee Bob, that crazy kid who shot her sister, and even Governor Morrissey. It all gets very artsy and philosophical. Snore.

6. The gang tries to chop off his arm to stop the zombie spit from infecting Tyreese, but they are too late, which means we've lost two major characters in just as many episodes. WHAT THE EFF, GUYS? Anyway, Michonne convinces Rick they need to settle down, and they decide to go to Washington, DC... where they might get the opportunity to chop off the head of zombie Ted Cruz? (I hope, I hope, I hope.)

7. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT EPISODE? While I appreciate the change of tone, and the writers' wish to keep us on our toes, I thought Beth got a far more superior send-off than Tyreese, who deserved better. I really liked him, and was hoping he'd go down in a much more heroic manner. But that's the "high price of living" in a zombie apocalypse, amirite? See ya next week, and drop off your comments in the comments!