MFP 2020
Sr Member
You could say the same thing during the situation where the Claimers found Rick, Michonne and Carl, with guns on them, Daryl being beaten to near death, Carl about to be given the Deliverance treatment. Rick was completely unarmed, yet he managed to successfully take out Joe, which afforded Michonne and Daryl a chance at getting the drop on the captors and Rick giving "Deserved It" Dan the Psycho stabbing. Clearly, Joe and company underestimated Rick, had him and the others trapped. All it took was that underestimation for Rick and company to get the upper hand. Just because Rick and company are now in a railroad car, doesn't mean that the Terminus people won't make the same mistake. And when they do, Rick and company are going to get the upper hand.
I don't think the situations are remotely parallel. They're vastly outnumbered, outgunned, and out-organized. If the Terminites are smart—and so far, they've proven themselves smarter than all of our heroes combined—they won't ever let Rick get the upper hand. For them to have survived this long, they'd have had to see all sorts of escape/bargaining/negotiation attempts. They're ready. It's going to take brains, and not just guns and luck, to get Rick's crew out of this situation. The ultimate mind eff would be to have the next episode be—surprise!—a 10-minute season finale. Prologue, opening credits, Rick and crew on the barbie, end credits. That's the most likely scenario in real life; but of course they'll pull off some unlikely escape as usual. I have the feeling that I'll be disappointed no matter how it plays out.