***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[tdoss]

Are we to believe that Rick killed Garrett? I know "don't assume anyone is dead until you see them dead", but I'm curious if others think we're to believe he's dead.

It looked to me like the shot Rick took may have hit him in the shoulder/arm amd just knocked him down.

Rick told him earlier that he was going to kill him with a machete with a red handle. The gunshot couldn't have killed him, probably just gave him an evil looking scar or something?

Totally digging BadAss Rick Grimes. So many great moments in this episode. I particularly enjoyed the scene where they were outside after escaping and Bob says they have to double back. Rick goes all commando, shoots down a bunch of Termites, comes back, hands Bob a gun and says "We don't have to double back."

Awesome.

That was a cool scene but immediately made all of us in the room wonder, WHAT THE HELL?

You just gunned down six heavily armed dudes...why don't you tell your crew who are a few feet away..."Guys...pick up those weapons!"

I hate when movie's and shows do this...there's perfectly good weapons right at your feet...but you take off without it...preferring instead to use your crude sticks and implements of death.

 

[mlball77]

Are we to believe that Rick killed Garrett? I know "don't assume anyone is dead until you see them dead", but I'm curious if others think we're to believe he's dead.

It looked to me like the shot Rick took may have hit him in the shoulder/arm amd just knocked him down.

Rick told him earlier that he was going to kill him with a machete with a red handle. The gunshot couldn't have killed him, probably just gave him an evil looking scar or something?

Totally digging BadAss Rick Grimes. So many great moments in this episode. I particularly enjoyed the scene where they were outside after escaping and Bob says they have to double back. Rick goes all commando, shoots down a bunch of Termites, comes back, hands Bob a gun and says "We don't have to double back."Awesome.

That was a cool scene but immediately made all of us in the room wonder, WHAT THE HELL?You just gunned down six heavily armed dudes...why don't you tell your crew who are a few feet away..."Guys...pick up those weapons!"

I hate when movie's and shows do this...there's perfectly good weapons right at your feet...but you take off without it...preferring instead to use your crude sticks and implements of death.

I had the same question about that scene. I guess maybe the freshly shot down termites were too heavily swarmed by walkers and serving as a good destraction, allowing Rick and co. to pass through the area more easily? A few of those rifles could have been huge though.

 

[tdoss]

Aaaaw. I really missed the weekly ##### fest from the people forced to watch the show.

Seriously. If I was as angry after an episode as tdoss, I wouldn't be watching. It almost seems like these folks watch a different show. You see so many complaints in here about stuff like propane, which is 100% plausible, because they hear about gasoline shelf life and think fuel is fuel. I guess they are the ones that take party line talking points and believe whatever they are told too. That is bizarre to me when we get an episode like that which IMHO was an awesome start to the season. We even got the back story on the brutality that the Terminus folks had to endure before they took it back. Not sure I would start eating people, but it did answer almost every question we had about them and give a solid reason why.

See no reason to toss my name out there and then ramble on about propane. I didn't bring up the propane scene...wanna bring me into the conversation, then discuss what I posted. As for the propane scene...I did have a gripe about her being able to make that bottle rocket shot...but let it slide...had more of a concern that she had and knew to bring a damned bottle rocket with her...but I digress. Maybe, just maybe they've had these all along in their trusty "Dungeons and Dragons Bag of Infinite Holding" and just decided now after so many seasons to introduce the bottle rockets...who knows...seems ridiculous and more plot armor to me but didn't feel the need to bring it up.

 

[tdoss]

Carol's shot at the kneecap after the struggle was badass. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Yup. One of the many great things about this show is how the characters have evolved and grown. No one has changed more than Carol.

Only thing that would've made that scene better is she told Mary to look at the flowers when the walkers came in.

she should have told the zombies- "let me fix you a plate"

Did that scene not bother anyone? She shoots some people and the zombies then go after her even though she's covered in guts. She opens the door and they walk right past her like she wasn't even there?

 

[whoknew]

I didn't think Dr. Kenny Powers' explanation of his fix was very credible. But then again, he didn't have to fool rocket surgeons now did he.

It really wasn't. The gist seemed to be that he was super smart and had experience developing micro-orgnanisms and needed to get to the lab to basically get started on creating a cure. I don't think he actually knows a cure.

Wasn't his "cure" just a way to kill all the current walkers? But currently, everyone is carrying the disease. So even killing all the current walkers won't "cure" the disease, right?

Maybe I missed something.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Carol's shot at the kneecap after the struggle was badass. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Yup. One of the many great things about this show is how the characters have evolved and grown. No one has changed more than Carol.

Only thing that would've made that scene better is she told Mary to look at the flowers when the walkers came in.

she should have told the zombies- "let me fix you a plate"

Did that scene not bother anyone? She shoots some people and the zombies then go after her even though she's covered in guts. She opens the door and they walk right past her like she wasn't even there?

shes covered in zombie blood n guts ...she smells like one of them so they wont attack her...they run on instinct not intelligence

 

[tdoss]

Carol's shot at the kneecap after the struggle was badass. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Yup. One of the many great things about this show is how the characters have evolved and grown. No one has changed more than Carol.

Only thing that would've made that scene better is she told Mary to look at the flowers when the walkers came in.

she should have told the zombies- "let me fix you a plate"

Did that scene not bother anyone? She shoots some people and the zombies then go after her even though she's covered in guts. She opens the door and they walk right past her like she wasn't even there?

shes covered in zombie blood n guts ...she smells like one of them so they wont attack her...they run on instinct not intelligence

But they turned on her when she fired on the termites.

I can let it slide...but it kinda bothered me how easy it was for her to just open the door and nothing...not even a moment of dealing with zombies...just walked right past them. I would've accepted it easier if she opened the door, stood behind it...while the zombies make their way in and see a bleeding human and make a direct beeline...not noticing her behind the door. But she just opens it and pretty much pushes her way past them as they flow into the room.

 

[Riversco]

So they are gonna do the "then" and "now" thing the entire season? Show us how Terminus evolved for part of each episode, and then show Rick's group heading to Washington in the other half?

 

[Gene Sackman]

So they are gonna do the "then" and "now" thing the entire season? Show us how Terminus evolved for part of each episode, and then show Rick's group heading to Washington in the other half?

I dont think so. Did you watch The Talking Dead?

 

[comfortably numb]

Carol's shot at the kneecap after the struggle was badass. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Yup. One of the many great things about this show is how the characters have evolved and grown. No one has changed more than Carol.

Only thing that would've made that scene better is she told Mary to look at the flowers when the walkers came in.

she should have told the zombies- "let me fix you a plate"

Did that scene not bother anyone? She shoots some people and the zombies then go after her even though she's covered in guts. She opens the door and they walk right past her like she wasn't even there?

shes covered in zombie blood n guts ...she smells like one of them so they wont attack her...they run on instinct not intelligence

But they turned on her when she fired on the termites.

I can let it slide...but it kinda bothered me how easy it was for her to just open the door and nothing...not even a moment of dealing with zombies...just walked right past them. I would've accepted it easier if she opened the door, stood behind it...while the zombies make their way in and see a bleeding human and make a direct beeline...not noticing her behind the door. But she just opens it and pretty much pushes her way past them as they flow into the room.

i figured the sound of the gun attracted them to her

 

[Riversco]

So they are gonna do the "then" and "now" thing the entire season? Show us how Terminus evolved for part of each episode, and then show Rick's group heading to Washington in the other half?

I dont think so. Did you watch The Talking Dead?

No.

 

[Gene Sackman]

So they are gonna do the "then" and "now" thing the entire season? Show us how Terminus evolved for part of each episode, and then show Rick's group heading to Washington in the other half?

I dont think so. Did you watch The Talking Dead?

No.

Well it sounded like just a one time thing with Terminus.

 

[Psychopav]

TDoss:

The sound of the gun tipped them. Whenever they did the blood and guts earlier in the series, they still had to be careful about how they sounded, smelled, and acted to remain "invisible".

The bottle rockets (sky rockets actually) were with gum chewing guy. He explained that they set them off to lure walkers away from Terminus. She took them with her to do her Rambo thing.

This is a very serious show which demands very serious attention. Your angst is unfounded in these two areas anyway.

By the way, do you watch "Comic Book Men"? I think you would enjoy it.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

TDoss:

The sound of the gun tipped them. Whenever they did the blood and guts earlier in the series, they still had to be careful about how they sounded, smelled, and acted to remain "invisible".

The bottle rockets (sky rockets actually) were with gum chewing guy. He explained that they set them off to lure walkers away from Terminus. She took them with her to do her Rambo thing.

This is a very serious show which demands very serious attention. Your angst is unfounded in these two areas anyway.

By the way, do you watch "Comic Book Men"? I think you would enjoy it.

and LOL

 

[tommyboy]

Did I imagine it or did someone here mention there may be a spinoff of TWD at some point?

Yeah it's coming. Not sure when though.

Can they turn this into CSI? So we can have a TWD Atlanta, a TWD New York, a TWD Washington.....

which makes me think if I were Rick and the group, I'd probably just get a tour bus and head west towards Colorado or Montana. Plenty of natural resources, low population density. but then the story would be pretty boring for a tv show

That sounds great until you consider that all the gas is bad....

Diesel down?

 

[tdoss]

TDoss:

The sound of the gun tipped them. Whenever they did the blood and guts earlier in the series, they still had to be careful about how they sounded, smelled, and acted to remain "invisible".

The bottle rockets (sky rockets actually) were with gum chewing guy. He explained that they set them off to lure walkers away from Terminus. She took them with her to do her Rambo thing.

This is a very serious show which demands very serious attention. Your angst is unfounded in these two areas anyway.

By the way, do you watch "Comic Book Men"? I think you would enjoy it.

Not gonna lie...I tuned out during the chewing gum/bottle rocket scene...I was still trying to process old @zz Carol going to save the team versus Super Bad@zz Tyrese so he can babysit.

I can accept the sound thing...didn't really trip too much on that scene to be honest...just didn't feel right. I open that door...I'm ducking behind it until they go after the bleeder.

 

[cstu]

It's been mentioned already but I am very pleased with writing of the last season and tlast night. My big complaint was the whole governor storyline just plain didn't make any sense. He or his people had no human element to them. They were bad just to be bad and the gov-nah was a glorified video game character. It seemed like we may have had a similar situation with terminus but the writers did a great job of providing us with an understanding of WHY they were doing the thing things they were.

I'm officially interested in the story again and not just watching for the slash and blood.

"Those people we let in were bad, we can't let this happen again!"

"We could take down the signs so nobody can find the place..."

"No, we must encourage people to come here but eat them when they arrive!"

"Hmm, sounds reasonable...I'll get started on the blood trough."

 

[cstu]

I said awhile ago that on a show like this sometimes you just need to see some stuff that's really cool. Blowing up a bunch of walkers was really cool. A burning walker gnawing off a guy's face was really cool.

F the logic behind it or even if there is any. I'll take the cool.

This was a great episode. I honestly can't imagine anyone who's a fan of this show who wouldn't like it.

I could do without zombie kills on the show but I'm a weird dude. It bores me because I find myself being like Malloy and picture the writer's room exactly like he described. Might as well slap a sign up during the show that says "Cool Zombie Kill, Right?"

 

[cstu]

I don't get it.

Not surprising.

even I get it and I have an IQ of 70

Apparently you don't get Tanner shtick. Of course he got it.

He's usually funny. Not so much in this thread.

Give him a break, he was having a case of the Mondays.

 

[cstu]

I didn't think Dr. Kenny Powers' explanation of his fix was very credible. But then again, he didn't have to fool rocket surgeons now did he.

It really wasn't. The gist seemed to be that he was super smart and had experience developing micro-orgnanisms and needed to get to the lab to basically get started on creating a cure. I don't think he actually knows a cure.

Wasn't his "cure" just a way to kill all the current walkers? But currently, everyone is carrying the disease. So even killing all the current walkers won't "cure" the disease, right?

Maybe I missed something.

"This is something laymen have a difficult time understanding - you gotta fight fa-er with fa-er."

 

[Thunderlips]

Carol's shot at the kneecap after the struggle was badass. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Yup. One of the many great things about this show is how the characters have evolved and grown. No one has changed more than Carol.

Only thing that would've made that scene better is she told Mary to look at the flowers when the walkers came in.

she should have told the zombies- "let me fix you a plate"

Did that scene not bother anyone? She shoots some people and the zombies then go after her even though she's covered in guts. She opens the door and they walk right past her like she wasn't even there?

shes covered in zombie blood n guts ...she smells like one of them so they wont attack her...they run on instinct not intelligence

But they turned on her when she fired on the termites.

I can let it slide...but it kinda bothered me how easy it was for her to just open the door and nothing...not even a moment of dealing with zombies...just walked right past them. I would've accepted it easier if she opened the door, stood behind it...while the zombies make their way in and see a bleeding human and make a direct beeline...not noticing her behind the door. But she just opens it and pretty much pushes her way past them as they flow into the room.

I can dig that. Zombie gut usage doesn't seem to have nailed down instructions in this world.

 

[bigbottom]

That was a freaking intense episode.

 

[(HULK)]

Are we to believe that Rick killed Garrett? I know "don't assume anyone is dead until you see them dead", but I'm curious if others think we're to believe he's dead.

It looked to me like the shot Rick took may have hit him in the shoulder/arm amd just knocked him down.

Rick told him earlier that he was going to kill him with a machete with a red handle. The gunshot couldn't have killed him, probably just gave him an evil looking scar or something?

Totally digging BadAss Rick Grimes. So many great moments in this episode. I particularly enjoyed the scene where they were outside after escaping and Bob says they have to double back. Rick goes all commando, shoots down a bunch of Termites, comes back, hands Bob a gun and says "We don't have to double back."

Awesome.

That was a cool scene but immediately made all of us in the room wonder, WHAT THE HELL?

You just gunned down six heavily armed dudes...why don't you tell your crew who are a few feet away..."Guys...pick up those weapons!"

I hate when movie's and shows do this...there's perfectly good weapons right at your feet...but you take off without it...preferring instead to use your crude sticks and implements of death.

I had the same thought. But the walkers were all over those guys pretty quick, so I guess it was acceptible.

 

[Jayrok]

have you watched any of the ISIS beheadings? those victims just kneel calmly and dont struggle at all when the guy grabs them and starts sawing the at the neck...while i dont understand why they dont struggle thats real life so im not sure what to think

I bet they are drugged/heavily sedated so they don't resist in front of the cameras. They probably don't know what is coming and the terrorist wants the world to see an image of an infidel kneeling in obedience, with no fight in them.

 

[Jayrok]

That was a freaking intense episode.

Agreed, really enjoyed this episode.

 

[Jayrok]

The watch that Carol found was the watch that Rick gave to that hippy kid in the episode with Carol last year, right? The same hippy kid who met his demise last night at the trough.

Had to be. She definitely recognized it. Plus it all fits together with Hippie Sam being there.

I thought it was the pocket watch that Hershel gave Glenn. In the flashback during the last episode of last season, when Hershel was talking to Rick, Rick asked what time it was and Hershel said he doesn't know time any more since he gave his watch to Glenn, just that it was early, or something like that.

The watch ended up on the Carol's table because the guy that had it was killed and laying on the butcher's table (the guy Rick was holding the gun to when things went wrong at Terminus). ?

 

[stbugs]

TDoss:

The sound of the gun tipped them. Whenever they did the blood and guts earlier in the series, they still had to be careful about how they sounded, smelled, and acted to remain "invisible".

The bottle rockets (sky rockets actually) were with gum chewing guy. He explained that they set them off to lure walkers away from Terminus. She took them with her to do her Rambo thing.

This is a very serious show which demands very serious attention. Your angst is unfounded in these two areas anyway.

By the way, do you watch "Comic Book Men"? I think you would enjoy it.

Not gonna lie...I tuned out during the chewing gum/bottle rocket scene...I was still trying to process old @zz Carol going to save the team versus Super Bad@zz Tyrese so he can babysit.

I can accept the sound thing...didn't really trip too much on that scene to be honest...just didn't feel right. I open that door...I'm ducking behind it until they go after the bleeder.

I think that's the problem. Old ### Carol hasn't been old ### Carol for a while. Did you miss her training of the kids on how to be mindless killers and not be wusses? Did you miss her cold hearted killing of the two sick people (one being Tyrese's chick)? Carol was on her own as well for a bit before running into Tyrese. I think Tyrese is a good/gentle guy at heart and I think the girls being killed affected him a lot more than Carol.

I also agree with Psychopav above that you are missing key things. When the door opened, they ignored Carol as a walker and went right for Mary who didn't smell like a walker and also was bleeding. Maybe they aren't sharks but something tells me that the smell of blood will also draw them more. When Carol shot the gun she triggered them to run after her and then her fleeing also keep them going after her. That said, if she ran into a room and just stood there, the zombies may have gone by her again. I don't think they remember what she looked like, they just heard the gun and saw her run when they came to the sound. I didn't read your comments on the fireworks, but I thought it was pretty obvious that she grabbed them from the Termite as well. If you were talking about shooting the bottle rocket, I can agree a bit on that. I was hoping she would pick up the rifle and shoot it at the tank, more believable. That said, someone said it was an homage to some other movie/TV show, so I am OK with it. We knew she was going to blow it up, lucky or not.

 

[El Floppo]

have you watched any of the ISIS beheadings? those victims just kneel calmly and dont struggle at all when the guy grabs them and starts sawing the at the neck...while i dont understand why they dont struggle thats real life so im not sure what to think

I bet they are drugged/heavily sedated so they don't resist in front of the cameras. They probably don't know what is coming and the terrorist wants the world to see an image of an infidel kneeling in obedience, with no fight in them.

It's not like the hostages have access to the news to know that other people are getting beheaded.

I assume they're led out, told to kneel, say some words, and that everything will be ok if they follow along. Why would they think otherwise- unless they're being shown the beheading videos?

 

[dhockster]

The watch that Carol found was the watch that Rick gave to that hippy kid in the episode with Carol last year, right? The same hippy kid who met his demise last night at the trough.

Had to be. She definitely recognized it. Plus it all fits together with Hippie Sam being there.

I thought it was the pocket watch that Hershel gave Glenn. In the flashback during the last episode of last season, when Hershel was talking to Rick, Rick asked what time it was and Hershel said he doesn't know time any more since he gave his watch to Glenn, just that it was early, or something like that.

The watch ended up on the Carol's table because the guy that had it was killed and laying on the butcher's table (the guy Rick was holding the gun to when things went wrong at Terminus). ?

No, a pocket watch has a chain, not a band. Definitely was the watch that was given to hippie Sam.

 

[stbugs]

Are we to believe that Rick killed Garrett? I know "don't assume anyone is dead until you see them dead", but I'm curious if others think we're to believe he's dead.

It looked to me like the shot Rick took may have hit him in the shoulder/arm amd just knocked him down.

Rick told him earlier that he was going to kill him with a machete with a red handle. The gunshot couldn't have killed him, probably just gave him an evil looking scar or something?

Totally digging BadAss Rick Grimes. So many great moments in this episode. I particularly enjoyed the scene where they were outside after escaping and Bob says they have to double back. Rick goes all commando, shoots down a bunch of Termites, comes back, hands Bob a gun and says "We don't have to double back."

Awesome.

That was a cool scene but immediately made all of us in the room wonder, WHAT THE HELL?

You just gunned down six heavily armed dudes...why don't you tell your crew who are a few feet away..."Guys...pick up those weapons!"

I hate when movie's and shows do this...there's perfectly good weapons right at your feet...but you take off without it...preferring instead to use your crude sticks and implements of death.

I had the same thought. But the walkers were all over those guys pretty quick, so I guess it was acceptible.

Right, that was my thought, there were also more walkers behind the ones on the bridge so it wasn't an easy task to get more guns. No reason to risk safely getting out of there for a couple guns when they had more weapons at their disposal once they got out. Also, they hadn't even saved the rest of their group.

Again, tdoss, the problem here is "at your feet" and your assumption of ease. Every single one of the Termites was being eaten and they were shooting off tons of ammunition. Wouldn't the assumption be that there were a lot of walkers coming from that way? What if some of the Termites had their automatic weapons with slings across their body? They were also a good 20-30 yards away and no one other than Rick had a gun. Daryl had a pipe and the others had butcher's equipment and a bat. Which is easier and safer? Getting the rest of their group now and getting over the fence to grab the cache of weapons they hid or fighting what could be a herd of zombies and then hoping you didn't take too much time?

Let's say they did grab the weapons and it took them a few minutes to get the guns off the Termites and fight the oncoming zombies. Do you recall Rick shooting Garreth? Would a few more minutes have been enough time for those Termites to get in better position and kill/get in a gun fight with Rick's crew before they saved their friends? Wouldn't that also have given more time for those zombies to catch up to them? Remember the herd trying to grab them as they went over the fence?

The more I think about it, the more I think that decision made sense and the more I think that your thought that it was silly would have gotten more of them killed or not allowed them to escape.

 

[El Floppo]

Are we to believe that Rick killed Garrett? I know "don't assume anyone is dead until you see them dead", but I'm curious if others think we're to believe he's dead.

It looked to me like the shot Rick took may have hit him in the shoulder/arm amd just knocked him down.

Rick told him earlier that he was going to kill him with a machete with a red handle. The gunshot couldn't have killed him, probably just gave him an evil looking scar or something?

Totally digging BadAss Rick Grimes. So many great moments in this episode. I particularly enjoyed the scene where they were outside after escaping and Bob says they have to double back. Rick goes all commando, shoots down a bunch of Termites, comes back, hands Bob a gun and says "We don't have to double back."

Awesome.

That was a cool scene but immediately made all of us in the room wonder, WHAT THE HELL?

You just gunned down six heavily armed dudes...why don't you tell your crew who are a few feet away..."Guys...pick up those weapons!"

I hate when movie's and shows do this...there's perfectly good weapons right at your feet...but you take off without it...preferring instead to use your crude sticks and implements of death.

I had the same thought. But the walkers were all over those guys pretty quick, so I guess it was acceptible.

Right, that was my thought, there were also more walkers behind the ones on the bridge so it wasn't an easy task to get more guns. No reason to risk safely getting out of there for a couple guns when they had more weapons at their disposal once they got out. Also, they hadn't even saved the rest of their group.

Again, tdoss, the problem here is "at your feet" and your assumption of ease. Every single one of the Termites was being eaten and they were shooting off tons of ammunition. Wouldn't the assumption be that there were a lot of walkers coming from that way? What if some of the Termites had their automatic weapons with slings across their body? They were also a good 20-30 yards away and no one other than Rick had a gun. Daryl had a pipe and the others had butcher's equipment and a bat. Which is easier and safer? Getting the rest of their group now and getting over the fence to grab the cache of weapons they hid or fighting what could be a herd of zombies and then hoping you didn't take too much time?

Let's say they did grab the weapons and it took them a few minutes to get the guns off the Termites and fight the oncoming zombies. Do you recall Rick shooting Garreth? Would a few more minutes have been enough time for those Termites to get in better position and kill/get in a gun fight with Rick's crew before they saved their friends? Wouldn't that also have given more time for those zombies to catch up to them? Remember the herd trying to grab them as they went over the fence?

The more I think about it, the more I think that decision made sense and the more I think that your thought that it was silly would have gotten more of them killed or not allowed them to escape.

I'm pretty sure Rick and his pals would have gotten away.

 

[stbugs]

I'm pretty sure Rick and his pals would have gotten away.

Yes, I know that the writers were writing their escape, pretty sure I saw that in the previews. That said, tdoss' easy decision IMHO would have gotten them in much worse shape than what happened if we think about it in terms of what we saw in a TV show that can't really change kind of way.

 

[El Floppo]

I'm pretty sure Rick and his pals would have gotten away.

Yes, I know that the writers were writing their escape, pretty sure I saw that in the previews. That said, tdoss' easy decision IMHO would have gotten them in much worse shape than what happened if we think about it in terms of what we saw in a TV show that can't really change kind of way.

btw- speaking of getting away... how many times has Tyrese bum-rushed a huge pack of zombies-leaving the viewer to assume he's dead- and then come strolling back in?

 

[packersfan]

The watch that Carol found was the watch that Rick gave to that hippy kid in the episode with Carol last year, right? The same hippy kid who met his demise last night at the trough.

Had to be. She definitely recognized it. Plus it all fits together with Hippie Sam being there.

I thought it was the pocket watch that Hershel gave Glenn.

Maggie had the pocket watch. She looked at it in the train car.

 

[Jayrok]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

 

[El Floppo]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

 

[stbugs]

I'm pretty sure Rick and his pals would have gotten away.

Yes, I know that the writers were writing their escape, pretty sure I saw that in the previews. That said, tdoss' easy decision IMHO would have gotten them in much worse shape than what happened if we think about it in terms of what we saw in a TV show that can't really change kind of way.

btw- speaking of getting away... how many times has Tyrese bum-rushed a huge pack of zombies-leaving the viewer to assume he's dead- and then come strolling back in?

It's almost like a Hulk thing. He gets sent out or stays by himself, Hulks out, kills a million zombies and baby stranglers, turns back to Tyrese and hugs a kid. We actually got a glimpse of it when he beat the guy to a pulp.

 

[El Floppo]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

wait... why does any of that matter?

 

[Jayrok]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

Which one, the one Maggie had or the one Rick gave the blonde kid?

 

[stbugs]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

Yep, the one Carol picked up was the one with Rick, her, the Penguin and Miss Gimp and the pocket watch was given to Glen by Hershel and Maggie had it in the freight car.

 

[Jayrok]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

Yep, the one Carol picked up was the one with Rick, her, the Penguin and Miss Gimp and the pocket watch was given to Glen by Hershel and Maggie had it in the freight car.

ah.. I remember now.

 

[tommyboy]

TDoss:

The sound of the gun tipped them. Whenever they did the blood and guts earlier in the series, they still had to be careful about how they sounded, smelled, and acted to remain "invisible".

The bottle rockets (sky rockets actually) were with gum chewing guy. He explained that they set them off to lure walkers away from Terminus. She took them with her to do her Rambo thing.

This is a very serious show which demands very serious attention. Your angst is unfounded in these two areas anyway.

By the way, do you watch "Comic Book Men"? I think you would enjoy it.

Not gonna lie...I tuned out during the chewing gum/bottle rocket scene...I was still trying to process old @zz Carol going to save the team versus Super Bad@zz Tyrese so he can babysit.

I can accept the sound thing...didn't really trip too much on that scene to be honest...just didn't feel right. I open that door...I'm ducking behind it until they go after the bleeder.

I think that's the problem. Old ### Carol hasn't been old ### Carol for a while. Did you miss her training of the kids on how to be mindless killers and not be wusses? Did you miss her cold hearted killing of the two sick people (one being Tyrese's chick)? Carol was on her own as well for a bit before running into Tyrese. I think Tyrese is a good/gentle guy at heart and I think the girls being killed affected him a lot more than Carol.

I don't. I think tyrese is a reformed killer. Like he's got some backstory he was special forces or worked for the mob something like that, he's killed so many people he finally had a come to jesus moment and reformed to the gentle giant. But now, after the shack scene, he's done being mr nice guy and will resume killing at will.

 

[packersfan]

ok, I didn't notice Maggie with it. I also don't remember Rick giving a pocket watch, with chain, to the blonde kid. Maybe I slept through that episode.

IIRC, wasn't a pocket watch- just a regular old wrist watch.

wait... why does any of that matter?

For me, I think it shows how small this world is and how things can interconnect even if they seemed totally random or unimportant at the time. I thought it was a nice touch to bring back Hippie Sam (wish I would've known who he was immediately) and have Carol see that watch since the last time she was part of the group Hippie Sam was a part of things.

Not sure if I explained that well at all.

 

[BigJohn]

The Walking Watch

 

[pollardsvision]

That was a freaking intense episode.

Agreed, really enjoyed this episode.

That trough/bloodletting scene was the first time, in a very long time, I felt horrified/anxious watching a WD scene in a very long time. Since what's her face emerging from the barn, I suppose. There probably haven't been enough of those sorts of moments for a zombie apocalypse horror show, but Sunday was very well done.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Also hilarious. All of the Termites or whatever have to account for every shot they fire. In the scene just before Rick takes away someone's gun and then starts mowing people down there is a guy shooting his AK(?) pretty much into the ground 10 feet in front of him.

I'm guessing they don't have to count their shots as their home is burning and blowing up. They probably get a pass in that situation.

Pretty sure that the idea behind "shot discipline" still applies. More than anything it was hilarious because the actor/extra was just blasting away at the pavement.

I was laughing at that as well. Nice shooting, William Tell.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Things like the bottle rocket shooting 100 yards straight on target to the propane tank make me think of this on account of levels of gravitivity and polarity.

And again- I still enjoy the show, in spite of these kind of implausible moments.

Was thinking the bottle rocket it would miss, but end up starting a walker on fire which sets off the propane. That #### would have been funny.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Things like the bottle rocket shooting 100 yards straight on target to the propane tank make me think of this on account of levels of gravitivity and polarity.

And again- I still enjoy the show, in spite of these kind of implausible moments.

I believe that MythBusters proved that you cannot pierce a propane tank with any type of gun, even from close range.

 

[whoknew]

Along those same lines, now that the dust has settled a bit, how does Rick confront Tara? Does Maggie find out the truth about who she is? Have to think that all comes into play at some point.

What does this mean?

 

[cstu]

Things like the bottle rocket shooting 100 yards straight on target to the propane tank make me think of this on account of levels of gravitivity and polarity.

And again- I still enjoy the show, in spite of these kind of implausible moments.

Was thinking the bottle rocket it would miss, but end up starting a walker on fire which sets off the propane. That #### would have been funny.

This show takes itself seriously and would never do a silly thing like that.

Spoiler

Haha, just kidding, they would love to have you on the writing team.