Darryl Woodard of The Huffington Post wrote that family is one of the most consistent themes voiced in The Walking Dead[REF] and Brian Moylan of The Guardian cited it as the biggest theme of the episode [REF].
Richard Nguyen of The Harvard Crimson points out that Spencer killing and burying his zombified mother, Deanna, grants him spiritual revitalization and emotional closure after the loss of his entire family [REF].