***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (3 Viewers)

[beer 30]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood". You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

 

[-fish-]

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I take solace in the fact Darabont is replacing the entire writing staff for Season 2. I think the massive success of the show will allow Darabont the chance to fix what ails it (which is plenty) and attract some top notch writers seeing as how the show is a ratings rock star and they now have a certainty of Season 2 and, quite likely, well beyond that given how much higher this show is rating than what AMC expected or needed it to in order to continue it on for years.

doesn't look like it. if you read the link, he's considering having no writing staff and just going with freelancers.That'll work too. The fact Darabont is staying on and wants to be so hands on is a huge boon for me. He was planning on riding off into the sunset after Season One. To me, Darabont plus freelancers of his choice (given his considerable rolodex) = many Xs better than what we got this year.I'm the exact opposite. He's the problem, not the solution. Now that he'll have an unrestrained hand on the scripts with no accountability, I'm afraid this show will go from disappointingly bad to completely unwatchable.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

I thought it might that one of the survivors is infected after all. Pretty sure we weren't meant to know.

Hence it being whispered?

My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?

Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)

Pregnancy was the first thing I thought.

 

[Major]

Is this show any good? Big fan of Breaking Bad and Mad Men but the previews weren't convincing.

 

[Mile High]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

I thought it might that one of the survivors is infected after all. Pretty sure we weren't meant to know.

Hence it being whispered?

My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?

Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)

Pregnancy was the first thing I thought.

I guess this is TV and all, but really what Doctor tells the husband your wife is pregnant? He isn't the one who is pregnant. Isn't that usually the wifes decision to make on when to tell her husband.. After all there might be reasons the wife wouldn't want the husband to know, that are no concern of the doctors.

 

[cstu]

The stupidity of the CDC programmed to self-destruct was the last straw for me. I won't watch the second season.

I would think think there would be a way to turn that off - maybe type in a code phrase. Yea also it would just incinerate the holding area parts of the building for the viruses not the entire building in a cataclysmic explosion. **I really really want to like this show, but this writing is juvenile.

Pretty much defeats the purpose of a fail-safe if you can turn it off don't you think?The explosion was extremely overdone, but I don't think it's much of reach that there would be something to seal the building and destroy everything inside.

 

[cstu]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood". You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

Everybody needs to get it out of their mind that there will ever be cure on the show. Kirkman's main point of writing TWD was to make a zombie story that never ends. That leads me to believe he never wants to find a cure so the story can continue on forever.

 

[cstu]

I thought it might that one of the survivors is infected after all. Pretty sure we weren't meant to know.

Hence it being whispered?

My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?

Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)

Pregnancy was the first thing I thought.

I guess this is TV and all, but really what Doctor tells the husband your wife is pregnant? He isn't the one who is pregnant. Isn't that usually the wifes decision to make on when to tell her husband.. After all there might be reasons the wife wouldn't want the husband to know, that are no concern of the doctors.

Jenner's not a real doctor.

 

[RudiStein]

Is this show any good? Big fan of Breaking Bad and Mad Men but the previews weren't convincing.

Compared to Breaking Bad and Mad Men? No.Compared to a lot of other stuff out there? Sorta.Compared to your average episode of Scooby Doo? It's great.

 

[cstu]

This look really good. Hopefully it stays about the zombies and doesn't fall into the character study, drama type shows.

I'm guessing from this that you've never read the books? Because this series is very much about the characters.

I have not read them. They are on my next to do list after I finish the Passage.I don't have a problem with developing characters--that's great. It is just when supposed action/horror movies get bogged down in a 10-15 minute dialogue scene, it takes away from the whole theme of the movie which is ultimately zombies.Again, I look forward to reading the books before I pass any type of judgment. I am a huge zombie/apocalyptic type movies and most tend to disappoint. I can already predict that when World War Z gets made, it will suck big time because they will find a way to screw it up.

I don't really care about seeing them kill zombies. It's really pointless after all because there's very little excitement when every shot fired is a head shot and they all escape. The less of that the better unless it's a major plot point or someone dies.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

I thought it might that one of the survivors is infected after all. Pretty sure we weren't meant to know.

Hence it being whispered?

My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?

Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)

Pregnancy was the first thing I thought.

Yes that was what I was thinking. But not by him.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Is this show any good? Big fan of Breaking Bad and Mad Men but the previews weren't convincing.

Compared to Breaking Bad and Mad Men? No.Compared to a lot of other stuff out there? Sorta.Compared to your average episode of Scooby Doo? It's great.

Scooby Doo - no.Jabberjaw - maybe.

 

[cstu]

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I take solace in the fact Darabont is replacing the entire writing staff for Season 2. I think the massive success of the show will allow Darabont the chance to fix what ails it (which is plenty) and attract some top notch writers seeing as how the show is a ratings rock star and they now have a certainty of Season 2 and, quite likely, well beyond that given how much higher this show is rating than what AMC expected or needed it to in order to continue it on for years.

doesn't look like it. if you read the link, he's considering having no writing staff and just going with freelancers.That'll work too. The fact Darabont is staying on and wants to be so hands on is a huge boon for me. He was planning on riding off into the sunset after Season One. To me, Darabont plus freelancers of his choice (given his considerable rolodex) = many Xs better than what we got this year.This interview with Kirkman makes it seem less like a wholesale firing of the writing staff than it was Eglee quitting after finding out that Darabont had changed his mind about handing the reins over to Eglee after season one.

A bombshell dropped earlier this week with the news that Frank Darabont was letting go of his writing staff on "The Walking Dead," but according to one of the show's executive producers, the decision is hardly as lethal as a zombie outbreak.

Robert Kirkman, a writer and executive producer on the hit AMC series as well as the co-creator of the original comic book series, spoke with TV Guide about the forthcoming changes to the "Walking Dead" writing team, saying that the announcement earlier this week was "unfortunate" and "premature."

"It's kind of unfortunate that it's being reported that our writing staff has been fired because that's not the case," he said. "It makes Frank look bad. I don't think Frank wants it out there that he's just firing people off of a successful show seemingly for no reason."

Kirkman added that executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee, one of the many writers reportedly ousted from "The Walking Dead," actually chose to leave on his own accord.

"Chic Eglee is a high-level television writer," said Kirkman. "He was brought onto 'The Walking Dead' with the idea that Frank was going to work on the first season and then go off and do movies. Chic didn't want to be second-in-command on a show when he's used to being a top dog, and so he decided to go off and do something else, which is something that happens and is not a big deal."

As for how Darabont and Kirkman plan on tackling the writers situation going into season two of "The Walking Dead," Kirkman said: "It's a little premature to be nailing down. I don't know if it's going to be a freelance situation or if we're going to have writers in a writers' room."

"Everybody knows what they're doing," he added. "AMC has done a few television shows before, and Frank Darabont is a professional. Whatever is decided, I don't think it will affect the show one way or another."

 

[Sam Quentin]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

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or this
"I hear y'all are going to have better writers next season"



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[cstu]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

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or this
"I hear y'all are going to have better writers next season"



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"I know your real name is Clutterbuck."



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[Notorious T.R.E.]

What did doc whisper to Rick before they left?

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or this
"I hear y'all are going to have better writers next season"



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[KarmaPolice]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!

That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood".

You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

You would think he would be in communication with them, or be more excited that others showed up so he could get there after his crap blew up.

 

[The_Hunchback]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!

That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood".

You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

You would think he would be in communication with them, or be more excited that others showed up so he could get there after his crap blew up.

When he was recording himself he said he wasn't sure if anybody was even watching these, then late said he didn't think anybody was so why bother making the recordings of his progress.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!

That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood".

You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

You would think he would be in communication with them, or be more excited that others showed up so he could get there after his crap blew up.

When he was recording himself he said he wasn't sure if anybody was even watching these, then late said he didn't think anybody was so why bother making the recordings of his progress.

How did he know about other stuff? Thought he said something about the French thinking they were on to something?

 

[The_Hunchback]

How did he know about other stuff? Thought he said something about the French thinking they were on to something?

At the end he said the lack of power was a problem for the french also. With that in mind I'm assuming he was in contact with other locations but then as the world deteriorated communication became an issue for everyone.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Also didn't Jenner say that there was nothing surprising about the blood results? Could be lying, but if he didn't know the group there would be no reason to think that Lori being pregnant would be unexpected at the time.

On those lines, I read something else that was interesting that would go more in line with his statement:

He said there was nothing surprising, NOT that they were negative. What if somehow everybody is infected? Basically everybody is carrying the virus/bacteria, but it only comes into play upon death. Doesn't matter how you die - zombie bites you or an MP shoots you, you come back as a zombie. I guess that doesn't make sense with the one guy's death who was just bitten, but maybe being bitten accelerates it somehow. Who knows, but as opposed to Lori being pregnant, it would make more sense with the above statement from Jenner and make him more unlikely to go out into the mix if everybody is infected. They also seem to focus on Rick in the hospital a bit - what if he came back, but isn't a zombie - does that mean he's immune, etc.?

The soldiers in the flashback seemed to be killing everybody in the hospital...



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[Steve Tasker]

I was finally able to secure the first 5 episodes of this yesterday evening from a "friend" ....through 3 1/2 now and I'm hooked...probably watch through episode 5 tonight and the finale tomorrow.

Can't wait to catch up in this thread...what a great show.

 

[Harry Manback]

I was finally able to secure the first 5 episodes of this yesterday evening from a "friend" ....through 3 1/2 now and I'm hooked...probably watch through episode 5 tonight and the finale tomorrow.Can't wait to catch up in this thread...what a great show.

 

[RudiStein]

Or

 

[Statorama]

My guess is that the Doctor told the cop that he saw the wife and shane arguing via security camera, and she caused the scratches.

 

[Dexter]

Season finally was a let down.

 

[RudiStein]

Season finally was a let down.

Finally? You were waiting for it to be a let down?

 

[prosopis]

I enjoyed the finale.

I liked seeing what went down with Shane and Rick at the hospital. I know have a little bit of sympathy for Shane but not much.

Stop with the spoiler tags regarding Lori being pregnant. She told Rick she was pregnant a few episodes ago. They were discussing what they were gonna do for the birth with no doctor. Lori being pregnant is something we all know.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I enjoyed the finale.

I liked seeing what went down with Shane and Rick at the hospital. I know have a little bit of sympathy for Shane but not much.

Stop with the spoiler tags regarding Lori being pregnant. She told Rick she was pregnant a few episodes ago. They were discussing what they were gonna do for the birth with no doctor. Lori being pregnant is something we all know.

Must have missed that. Was it during the amazing fake gangbanger episode?

 

[Steve Tasker]

lol this thread is an epic cluster####

 

[Hellfire Snail]

I enjoyed the finale.

I liked seeing what went down with Shane and Rick at the hospital. I know have a little bit of sympathy for Shane but not much.

Stop with the spoiler tags regarding Lori being pregnant. She told Rick she was pregnant a few episodes ago. They were discussing what they were gonna do for the birth with no doctor. Lori being pregnant is something we all know.

Must have missed that. Was it during the amazing fake gangbanger episode?

Yes. Rick tried not to cry but he did. He went into the woods and beat a dog to death in anger. Since then he's been fine and there's been no reference to it.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Also didn't Jenner say that there was nothing surprising about the blood results? Could be lying, but if he didn't know the group there would be no reason to think that Lori being pregnant would be unexpected at the time.

On those lines, I read something else that was interesting that would go more in line with his statement:

He said there was nothing surprising, NOT that they were negative. What if somehow everybody is infected? Basically everybody is carrying the virus/bacteria, but it only comes into play upon death. Doesn't matter how you die - zombie bites you or an MP shoots you, you come back as a zombie. I guess that doesn't make sense with the one guy's death who was just bitten, but maybe being bitten accelerates it somehow. Who knows, but as opposed to Lori being pregnant, it would make more sense with the above statement from Jenner and make him more unlikely to go out into the mix if everybody is infected. They also seem to focus on Rick in the hospital a bit - what if he came back, but isn't a zombie - does that mean he's immune, etc.?

The soldiers in the flashback seemed to be killing everybody in the hospital...
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I think this is the correct answer.

 

[ScottyFargo]

I enjoyed the finale.

I liked seeing what went down with Shane and Rick at the hospital. I know have a little bit of sympathy for Shane but not much.

Stop with the spoiler tags regarding Lori being pregnant. She told Rick she was pregnant a few episodes ago. They were discussing what they were gonna do for the birth with no doctor. Lori being pregnant is something we all know.

Must have missed that. Was it during the amazing fake gangbanger episode?

Yes. Rick tried not to cry but he did. He went into the woods and beat a dog to death in anger. Since then he's been fine and there's been no reference to it.

hahahahhaha awesome. :(

 

[shuke]

Just spitballin' here, butIf somebody has a natural antitode, could it be Rick? Per Shane, it seemed as though his heart was stopped...

Awesome.

 

[Mile High]

I enjoyed the finale.

I liked seeing what went down with Shane and Rick at the hospital. I know have a little bit of sympathy for Shane but not much.

Stop with the spoiler tags regarding Lori being pregnant. She told Rick she was pregnant a few episodes ago. They were discussing what they were gonna do for the birth with no doctor. Lori being pregnant is something we all know.

Must have missed that. Was it during the amazing fake gangbanger episode?

Yes. Rick tried not to cry but he did. He went into the woods and beat a dog to death in anger. Since then he's been fine and there's been no reference to it.

I must have missed it to. But really what else can he do. There are only 3 women and he was one of them. Be glad for what you have I guess.

 

[modogg]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

Nice guess, I'm in.

MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood". You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.

Can't believe Doc would still throw in the towel then, especially since he was still working on a cure right up until the survivors knocked on the front door. I suspect he would know of other labs where he could get equipment if that were the case.

Everybody needs to get it out of their mind that there will ever be cure on the show. Kirkman's main point of writing TWD was to make a zombie story that never ends. That leads me to believe he never wants to find a cure so the story can continue on forever.

I was reading something yesterday where Frank said the first thing him and Kirkman will be doing is sitting down and figuring out how the show will end. He mentioned how he knew it was counter-intuitive to the comic, but that he wanted to know what the end point. I'm guessing they have learned fro a lot of other shows and no that no matter how many seasons it goes, they will want to tie it up with an ending. Not sure how they will do it this way, but we'll see. and my guess for what the "Dr" told Rick was about Shane trying to rape his wife. I agree i don't think the pregancy would be it, and this would open the next season with a direct conflict between Shane and Rick.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just spitballin' here, butIf somebody has a natural antitode, could it be Rick? Per Shane, it seemed as though his heart was stopped...

Awesome.

So in other words Rick is a zombie, just not a viral one?

 

[Courtjester]

I too really want to like this show, but the finale was bad. I kept waiting for something/anything to happen and it never did.

I will watch season 2 and hope for more zombie action--heck more action period.

 

[Sam Quentin]

Just spitballin' here, butIf somebody has a natural antitode, could it be Rick? Per Shane, it seemed as though his heart was stopped...

Awesome.

So in other words Rick is a zombie, just not a viral one?

Just a wild guess...

 

[CBusAlex]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

My guess was that the moody, crying, puking chick was preggers. Maybe with beardface's kid, which would explain why he wanted her to leave the CDC, but didn't care about Aunt Jemima.ETA: I should probably learn some of these peoples' names.

 

[jamny]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

My guess was that the moody, crying, puking chick was preggers. Maybe with beardface's kid, which would explain why he wanted her to leave the CDC, but didn't care about Aunt Jemima.ETA: I should probably learn some of these peoples' names.

Please don't.

 

[TylerRoseFan]

ETA: I should probably learn some of these peoples' names.

 

[Clayton Gray]

It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.

My guess was that the moody, crying, puking chick was preggers. Maybe with beardface's kid, which would explain why he wanted her to leave the CDC, but didn't care about Aunt Jemima.ETA: I should probably learn some of these peoples' names.

Please don't.

 

[Copeman]

"The ratings for "The Walking Dead's" just-ended first season have been such that perhaps AMC is wishing that it had lasted more than just six weeks.

The anticipation for the season finale garnered six million viewers, according to the network, and it received the highest ratings of any basic cable show, ever, in the all-important 18-49 demographic.

To put those numbers into perspective, October's season finale of "Mad Men" had an audience of 2.44 million, according to TVbytheNumbers.com.

(On the other hand, that 18-49 number is very important, because the New York Post reported in 2007 that a post-"High School Musical 2" episode of "Hannah Montana," with much of its audience under 18, averaged 10.7 million viewers.)

As hot as "The Walking Dead" is, it's not quite to the level of some episodes of "The Sopranos" final season, which on two occasions had around 13 million viewers.

Still, the network says that "The Walking Dead's" average 18-49 viewership of 3.5 million for this season makes it the most watched drama series in basic cable history in the demographic."

 

[TeamDingo]

"The ratings for "The Walking Dead's" just-ended first season have been such that perhaps AMC is wishing that it had lasted more than just six weeks.The anticipation for the season finale garnered six million viewers, according to the network, and it received the highest ratings of any basic cable show, ever, in the all-important 18-49 demographic.

I would be interested to read about the decision for a 6 episode season. Did they not have faith that this could work and wanted to be protected if no one watched? Right now this decision looks horrible. Most of my criticisms of the show are based in the compressed storytelling resulting from only 6 episodes. If they come back in 11 months and have lost their audience, AMC will have no one to blame but themselves.

 

[beer 30]

How this POS pulls those numbers and a show like Rubicon or Terriers goes by the wayside is beyond me.

 

[bosoxs45]

How this POS pulls those numbers and a show like Rubicon or Terriers goes by the wayside is beyond me.

it's popular with the teenage demographic.

 

[Copeman]

How this POS pulls those numbers and a show like Rubicon or Terriers goes by the wayside is beyond me.

it's popular with the teenage demographic.

Along with those in their 20's, 30's, and 40's, according to the article.

 

[TeamDingo]

How this POS pulls those numbers and a show like Rubicon or Terriers goes by the wayside is beyond me.

it's popular with the teenage demographic.

Along with those in their 20's, 30's, and 40's, according to the article.

Against Sunday Night football on a network apparently not available in HD in a large number of homes...

 

[Copeman]

How this POS pulls those numbers and a show like Rubicon or Terriers goes by the wayside is beyond me.

it's popular with the teenage demographic.

Along with those in their 20's, 30's, and 40's, according to the article.

Against Sunday Night football on a network apparently not available in HD in a large number of homes...

You lost me as to what you are trying to convey.