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

[Tecumseh]

Sigh. Anyone NOT see the car wreck coming?

It would be nice if everyone in this show wasn't so damned predictably stupid.

No kidding. How are these people the survivors?

Alright, what the hell, I'll bite. So you guys mean to tell us that a few months after the zombie apocalypse hits you would be driving down the road with full attention on the road? They haven't seen another moving car outside of theirs in who knows how long, and it would seem quite logical that they have used this road a few times before (i think they did with the scene with Shane and the blond hair girl driving back from something), so what in the world would you be anticipating crossing the street at that time. granted, she probably should know where she was going and not need a map to check like that driving, but I think it is perfectly believable that she would be driving to the town and not paying much attn because it wasn't needed, and then she somebody in the road and panics. I think you can chalk it up to bad luck and a desire to move the show along with different things happening to them rather then nice, peaceful drives back and forth every time.

1. Why did she feel the need to take off in the first place? Wasn't the plan for Rick and Short Round to find Hershel and then head back? Did she think she was going to speed up the process?2. Regardless of the lack of traffic paying attention to the road would be the smart thing to do. Unless I'm mistaken road maintenance isn't happening any more. Washed out bridge? Fallen trees? Random cars in the middle of the road etc.

3. Anyone on this show that takes off on their own is a dope. Still not sure why they haven't figured it out yet.

That was the big wtf moment for me. She had just finished lecturing Rick about how their boy needs him, then takes off on her own to potentially leave the kid an orphan. Genius!

Alright, good enough. 2 reasonable answers there. The only I can think of as a response though is that i don't think Laurie is one of the people i would want to depend on in a zombie apocalypse. Basically I guess, for her character, I wouldn't be that surprised to see something like that happen because she seems kind of dopey. If it was Rick or somebody else it would seem like more of a stretch, but Laurie or some of the characters just do not seem like they are thinking things through in quite a few situations. she always seems a little frantic with her thinking, and i think what the writers were trying to tell us is without a leader in the area (hershel, Rick, Shane, and lastly Darryl) Laurie felt she had to do something to lead the group because the people in the house were looking like a mess starting at the girl dying or whatever she is doing. So when Darryl said no, she just dove right in without thinking...

ETA: So i guess, it is in the character of Laurie that something like that would happen, and that is what makes it more reasonable. She seems like she is trying to hold things together, but in reality she is not very capable of doing anything like that. Now if she drove down to the town with no problems and shot those 2 guys dead, then i think we would have a lot to argue about with the show

Not having read the comics, I wonder if it was simply an easy way to explain losing the baby, which allows for the possibility that

Spoiler

Herschel dies in the firefight that was shown in the previews.

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Pretty good episode aside from the car crash. I still can't believe nobody's shot Dale yet.

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

So does the lady in the car get picked up by the "new group" of people? I thought Rene (from True Blood) said their was a group of people looking for a place. Maybe it was my imagination?

 

[The Doctor]

i hope she gets killt

shes annoyin as hell

 

[snogger]

Its a series, its impossible to have non-stop action, even 24 had its lulls. If you want all action watch a zombie movie , i like that they take the time to develope the characters,like in the graphic novel(the whole premise btw).I dont analyse every move someone makes, who knows what anyone would do if they were in that situation...monday morning quarterbacking a tv show lol. Just enjoy the idea of a zombie apocalypse and all that comes with it...just my

VERY It seems some in this thread just want the group to run around killing zombies for 40 minutes.. Character development be damned, kill me some zombies!!!

As the writers have discussed, this show is about the characters surviving a zombie apocalypse.. Zombie killing is just a part of it.

 

[snogger]

Pretty good episode aside from the car crash. I still can't believe nobody's shot Dale yet.

I don't get all the hate for Dale.. Yes at times he comes off "whiny" and I could see how that could annoy people..But he is the only one right now seeing Shane for who he really is and is concerned that Shane would kill anyone if it benefited him.

 

[snogger]

So does the lady in the car get picked up by the "new group" of people? I thought Rene (from True Blood) said their was a group of people looking for a place. Maybe it was my imagination?

No, they did talk about others.. But I'm going with what was posted above... that it is a way to kill off the baby..

 

[roadkill1292]

Pretty good episode aside from the car crash. I still can't believe nobody's shot Dale yet.

I don't get all the hate for Dale.. Yes at times he comes off "whiny" and I could see how that could annoy people..But he is the only one right now seeing Shane for who he really is and is concerned that Shane would kill anyone if it benefited him.

Somebody has to have a conscience. Shane is pretty stupid and could quickly come to believe that all problems can be solved at gunpoint. There are plenty of people who believe that might makes right, as demonstrated in the following post (if I'm reading it right, if not, my apologies).

I still dont get the whole "get off my land" mindset. Its not really your land anymore Herschell.

 

[packersfan]

This was the first episode of the season that I felt moved slowly. I realize there was a lot of post-Sofia aftermath they had to deal with but I felt like most of the episode was a setup for Rick going old-school sheriff in town on the two interlopers. That was a great scene and I agree with those who liked seeing Rick go bad-###. But overall I found myself wanting more to happen.

I also thought Lori taking off in the car and leaving Carl alone was stupid given what she had said to Rick but it didn't bother me because 1) Lori hasn't been shown to make the best decisions and 2) not every decision people make in this situation are going to be very bright.

There's no way the whole Dale/Shane thing isn't going to explode at some point. They've been building up to something from the moment Dale spotted Shane thinking about taking out Rick in the woods.

 

[pantherclub]

also what is the deal with them driving crappy cars? Wouldnt you get the latest suburban or truck instead of a 20 year old wagoneer?

 

[roadkill1292]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.

Lol at "Olive Oyl."

 

[packersfan]

Lol at "Olive Oyl."

Daryl has had some great one-liners this season.

 

[SacramentoBob]

1. Why did she feel the need to take off in the first place? Wasn't the plan for Rick and Short Round to find Hershel and then head back? Did she think she was going to speed up the process?

No one else knew where they were going but Short Round, but they were supposed to lead some 1 man operation into town to find them and bring them back? It's not like Rick didn't know they were supposed to come back. Nothing new happened that Rick didn't know that required them to come back faster.

 

[pantherclub]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.Lol at "Olive Oyl."

There for a second I thought it was going to be Merle that walked into the bar.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I still dont get the whole "get off my land" mindset. Its not really your land anymore Herschell.

I think the encounter in the bar has made that clear to Herschel and separates Rick's group from other strangers that might wander to their farm. It was part of the story for Herschel's group to be naive about the world outside them and cling to the old ways.

 

[SacramentoBob]

So does the lady in the car get picked up by the "new group" of people? I thought Rene (from True Blood) said their was a group of people looking for a place. Maybe it was my imagination?

They are part of another group, which in the previews for next week is made pretty clear.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.Lol at "Olive Oyl."

It was obvious they had bad intentions. They were fishing for info to feed back to their group to determine whether or not they could take over their stronghold.

 

[snogger]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.

Lol at "Olive Oyl."

I think so.. There was a point when the bigger guy looked out of the corner of his eye at the other one as he mentioned "Nebraska"..

Seemed like a " I'm you should be mentioning Nebraska" look..

I think showing the bigger guy relieving himself in the corner and saying "I haven't had a piece of bleep in a couple of weeks" gave the impression they were not as innocent as they tried to come off as.

 

[packersfan]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.Lol at "Olive Oyl."

It was obvious they had bad intentions. They were fishing for info to feed back to their group to determine whether or not they could take over their stronghold.

Yeah, I thought it was quite obvious they were up to no good. Rick smelled it out immediately. Even Hershel knew something was wrong about them.

 

[roadkill1292]

I guess you guys are right. But if you were native to North Carolina or Georgia and ran across two Philly guys, you'd want to shoot them, too, whether they were up to no good or not. Hell, I'm from nearby Maryland and I want to punch most Philly guys I meet.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.Lol at "Olive Oyl."

It was obvious they had bad intentions. They were fishing for info to feed back to their group to determine whether or not they could take over their stronghold.

Yeah, I thought it was quite obvious they were up to no good. Rick smelled it out immediately. Even Hershel knew something was wrong about them.

Who was it that let it slip that they were on the farm? Herschel? Mrs. SB thought they should just say they stay in an RV and travel around from place to place.

 

[beer 30]

id say Rick found his new world groove

Loving it! Now if they will move on from the damn farm...

Yea, hoping he continues down this road. Good episode to me.

 

[snogger]

I guess the two Philly strangers were inserted mostly to demonstrate how reflexively defensive the group had become but I was curious to find out more about the interlopers. Did they really have bad intentions? They were a little on the pushy side and fairly unlikeable, but you could say that about almost anyone from Philadelphia. It would have been interesting to see what kind of group they actually had and investigate the dynamics of merger/cooperation with them.Lol at "Olive Oyl."

It was obvious they had bad intentions. They were fishing for info to feed back to their group to determine whether or not they could take over their stronghold.

Yeah, I thought it was quite obvious they were up to no good. Rick smelled it out immediately. Even Hershel knew something was wrong about them.

Who was it that let it slip that they were on the farm? Herschel? Mrs. SB thought they should just say they stay in an RV and travel around from place to place.

Nobody did.. They were for information and asking multiple questions.. Seemed to figure it out from the reaction to the questions.. At least that was how I saw it.

 

[jamny]

Its a series, its impossible to have non-stop action, even 24 had its lulls. If you want all action watch a zombie movie , i like that they take the time to develope the characters,like in the graphic novel(the whole premise btw).I dont analyse every move someone makes, who knows what anyone would do if they were in that situation...monday morning quarterbacking a tv show lol. Just enjoy the idea of a zombie apocalypse and all that comes with it...just my

VERY It seems some in this thread just want the group to run around killing zombies for 40 minutes.. Character development be damned, kill me some zombies!!!

As the writers have discussed, this show is about the characters surviving a zombie apocalypse.. Zombie killing is just a part of it.

No one says it has to be 40 minutes of zombie mayhem but maybe more than one getting hit by a car in an episode (yeah, one "woke up" in the beginning too). Sophia's mom can sit all the way out in the woods by herself with no fear? No tension there?You don't think a fan can be disappointed after reading quotes like these:

Creator Robert Kirkman. "These last six episodes are action-packed."

"The second half is all fireworks," says actor Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon). "It's just bang-bang-bang the whole time."

 

[SacramentoBob]

Seems strange that the girl is showing signs of being infected, although it didn't seem like she got bit by her mother. Still, I'd be checking her up and down for anything that looked like it was a bite mark. I'd post a guard outside her room also.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Creator Robert Kirkman. "These last six episodes are action-packed.""The second half is all fireworks," says actor Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon). "It's just bang-bang-bang the whole time."

These were pretty action packed by TWD standards. It's not like the bank shootout in Heat or anything.

 

[snogger]

Its a series, its impossible to have non-stop action, even 24 had its lulls. If you want all action watch a zombie movie , i like that they take the time to develope the characters,like in the graphic novel(the whole premise btw).I dont analyse every move someone makes, who knows what anyone would do if they were in that situation...monday morning quarterbacking a tv show lol. Just enjoy the idea of a zombie apocalypse and all that comes with it...just my

VERY It seems some in this thread just want the group to run around killing zombies for 40 minutes.. Character development be damned, kill me some zombies!!!

As the writers have discussed, this show is about the characters surviving a zombie apocalypse.. Zombie killing is just a part of it.

No one says it has to be 40 minutes of zombie mayhem but maybe more than one getting hit by a car in an episode (yeah, one "woke up" in the beginning too). Sophia's mom can sit all the way out in the woods by herself with no fear? No tension there?You don't think a fan can be disappointed after reading quotes like these:

Creator Robert Kirkman. "These last six episodes are action-packed."

"The second half is all fireworks," says actor Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon). "It's just bang-bang-bang the whole time."

Well, to be fair... they said "The second half" .. Not this episode.. As for the bold part.. I don't think she had any fear because she really didn't care any more..

Live or die meant the same to her so if a Zombie walked up she probably would have welcomed it at that point.

 

[jamny]

Its a series, its impossible to have non-stop action, even 24 had its lulls. If you want all action watch a zombie movie , i like that they take the time to develope the characters,like in the graphic novel(the whole premise btw).I dont analyse every move someone makes, who knows what anyone would do if they were in that situation...monday morning quarterbacking a tv show lol. Just enjoy the idea of a zombie apocalypse and all that comes with it...just my

VERY It seems some in this thread just want the group to run around killing zombies for 40 minutes.. Character development be damned, kill me some zombies!!!

As the writers have discussed, this show is about the characters surviving a zombie apocalypse.. Zombie killing is just a part of it.

No one says it has to be 40 minutes of zombie mayhem but maybe more than one getting hit by a car in an episode (yeah, one "woke up" in the beginning too). Sophia's mom can sit all the way out in the woods by herself with no fear? No tension there?You don't think a fan can be disappointed after reading quotes like these:

Creator Robert Kirkman. "These last six episodes are action-packed."

"The second half is all fireworks," says actor Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon). "It's just bang-bang-bang the whole time."

Well, to be fair... they said "The second half" .. Not this episode.. As for the bold part.. I don't think she had any fear because she really didn't care any more..

Live or die meant the same to her so if a Zombie walked up she probably would have welcomed it at that point.

I would have too.

eta: seriously though, they couldn't have a little horror scene there and have one or two chase her out of the woods and have Shane save her? That would have been cool. Instead we get the rustling leaves as she approaches. Oh OH, is it a zombie!?! No...it's just Sophia's mom. Let me wash her hands.

 

[jamny]

Nice to see the guy from the show Terriers again, even if he didn't last long.

 

[badmojo1006]

Seems strange that the girl is showing signs of being infected, although it didn't seem like she got bit by her mother. Still, I'd be checking her up and down for anything that looked like it was a bite mark. I'd post a guard outside her room also.

Maybe she got scratched by her mother.If the show keeps the timing, pacing and excitement of the last scene, I will stay. But if it is back to the mind-numbing farm, I am done.

 

[stbugs]

I thought it was a solid episode. May have been slow in the beginning, but I liked it. After the slaughter, pretty sure they had to discuss it and bring it to a close.

I liked the encounter with the new people and absolutely no doubt they were up to no good. That said, I am not 100% sure they even have another set of folks. Pretty easy to look at their supplies to see if they are scouts or by themselves. I do think that it at least starts this group realizing that they need to watch out for living people as well.

Laurie is pregnant and just a mess. There is always one of those type of people on every show where people get killed. The one idiot that seems to always put more people in danger. They showed the car crash in the previews, so glad they took care of it already. If you watched the previews and noticed it was a gold Taurus, you knew exactly what was going to happen to her as soon as she got in the car. If it takes care of the baby, I wouldn't be disappointed. That story line (unless important somehow in the comics) isn't something that I care about.

 

[Sam Quentin]

W T H??Why in the hell did Rick shoot those two??

"Nebraska?" guy reached for his gun quickly, so Rick shot him first.

 

[stbugs]

Seems strange that the girl is showing signs of being infected, although it didn't seem like she got bit by her mother. Still, I'd be checking her up and down for anything that looked like it was a bite mark. I'd post a guard outside her room also.

Maybe she got scratched by her mother.If the show keeps the timing, pacing and excitement of the last scene, I will stay. But if it is back to the mind-numbing farm, I am done.

I was thinking the same thing, she got infected somehow. I hope that they aren't stupid about her, i.e. not even thinking that it didn't happen. It should be pretty easy to tell, but I sure as hell would strap her down somehow so if she did turn, one quick shot and no one gets hurt.

 

[stbugs]

W T H??Why in the hell did Rick shoot those two??

"Nebraska?" guy reached for his gun quickly, so Rick shot him first.

People may have missed it, but he definitely reached for his gun on the bar when Rick shot him.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Seems strange that the girl is showing signs of being infected, although it didn't seem like she got bit by her mother. Still, I'd be checking her up and down for anything that looked like it was a bite mark. I'd post a guard outside her room also.

Maybe she got scratched by her mother.If the show keeps the timing, pacing and excitement of the last scene, I will stay. But if it is back to the mind-numbing farm, I am done.

I was thinking the same thing, she got infected somehow. I hope that they aren't stupid about her, i.e. not even thinking that it didn't happen. It should be pretty easy to tell, but I sure as hell would strap her down somehow so if she did turn, one quick shot and no one gets hurt.

They're talking about her going into shock, yet she's running a high fever. Is that normal for people going into shock?

 

[The Doctor]

W T H??Why in the hell did Rick shoot those two??

"Nebraska?" guy reached for his gun quickly, so Rick shot him first.

People may have missed it, but he definitely reached for his gun on the bar when Rick shot him.

yes. rick was super fast to alcap0wn them both. was very nice i replayed it a few times on teh dvr

 

[stbugs]

Seems strange that the girl is showing signs of being infected, although it didn't seem like she got bit by her mother. Still, I'd be checking her up and down for anything that looked like it was a bite mark. I'd post a guard outside her room also.

Maybe she got scratched by her mother.If the show keeps the timing, pacing and excitement of the last scene, I will stay. But if it is back to the mind-numbing farm, I am done.

I was thinking the same thing, she got infected somehow. I hope that they aren't stupid about her, i.e. not even thinking that it didn't happen. It should be pretty easy to tell, but I sure as hell would strap her down somehow so if she did turn, one quick shot and no one gets hurt.

They're talking about her going into shock, yet she's running a high fever. Is that normal for people going into shock?

No, but pretty sure that is what happened to the mechanic in the RV when they had to put him down. That said, I think it is pretty obvious she has gone to zombieland. I just hope she doesn't wake up and bite someone trying to take care of her. I like the show, but they know what happens to people now, so most normal people would think she might be infected.

 

[jplvr]

Man, I complained about the pace of the show in the first half of this season as much as anyone (not ITT, particularly), but last night was fine. If you watched the last two episodes back to back, way too much happened just to pack up and move immediately. Also, they had chances to slow the show down even more, but instead of wasting a 15 minute segment for a funeral (which I thought was coming), they had one fly-over shot of the graves after they had been dug, bodies placed, and covered up... that's it. Whew. Earlier in the season, the show was going at the rate they would've split each one of those acts into different parts of the hour, and we wouldn't have gotten to the bar until next week, probably ending the night with some trumped up funeral service.

 

[packersfan]

Man, I complained about the pace of the show in the first half of this season as much as anyone (not ITT, particularly), but last night was fine.

I didn't have any problems with the pace of the season up until last night. This was the first episode I thought dragged a bit although I understood the reasons why. This was an episode that pretty much demanded a lot of exposition given all that had happened. But for the first time this season I was hoping more would happen. It wasn't until the end that I felt the episode really kicked into gear.

 

[flapgreen]

Man, I complained about the pace of the show in the first half of this season as much as anyone (not ITT, particularly), but last night was fine.

I didn't have any problems with the pace of the season up until last night. This was the first episode I thought dragged a bit although I understood the reasons why. This was an episode that pretty much demanded a lot of exposition given all that had happened. But for the first time this season I was hoping more would happen. It wasn't until the end that I felt the episode really kicked into gear.

Reallly? I felt the complete opposite. I loved seeing Rick blast those guys.

 

[flapgreen]

At the very least, I wish Shane would pistol whip Dale.

And get off the damn farm!!!

 

[Copeman]

Thought it was another solid episode.

From previews for next week, it looks like those guys that came into the bar were not alone.

 

[packersfan]

Man, I complained about the pace of the show in the first half of this season as much as anyone (not ITT, particularly), but last night was fine.

I didn't have any problems with the pace of the season up until last night. This was the first episode I thought dragged a bit although I understood the reasons why. This was an episode that pretty much demanded a lot of exposition given all that had happened. But for the first time this season I was hoping more would happen. It wasn't until the end that I felt the episode really kicked into gear.

Reallly? I felt the complete opposite. I loved seeing Rick blast those guys.

I did too. I like seeing Rick go all bad-###. I'm interested to see if he gets a little darker considering how badly he clearly feels given what happened to Sofia.

 

[Froglova]

For those who read the comics...

Spoiler

Potential reason Rick pointed the gun at the Philly Fat Slob after dead was the scientist told him we are all infected? Maybe he was expecting him to come back despite not being bit? Maybe the (Philly)group they saw last night was a setup for the governor? A group sent out to find others survivors?

For those who haven't...

Lori is no where near this annoying in the book. I actually hope she died in that crash. She's much better in the comics!

 

[regularguy]

i hope she gets killtshes annoyin as hell

I was at how excited I was when she wrecked.

 

[Mario Kart]

Both philly guys had head wounds. They aren't coming back although they will probably be found by some of their people.

 

[badmojo1006]

At the very least, I wish Shane would pistol whip Dale.And get off the damn farm!!!

As Shane got out of the pickup truck and walked to Dale, you could see the fear in Dale's eyes. But then when Shane turned his back on him, I almost thought (Or maybe wished), that Dale would have whipped the rifle off his back and shot Shane in the back.Which would have been awesomely cool

 

[Froglova]

Both philly guys had head wounds. They aren't coming back although they will probably be found by some of their people.

Happened so quick, I didn't think they were head shots.

 

[Mario Kart]

Both philly guys had head wounds. They aren't coming back although they will probably be found by some of their people.

Happened so quick, I didn't think they were head shots.

:confirmed:

 

[packersfan]

Both philly guys had head wounds. They aren't coming back although they will probably be found by some of their people.

I like how Rick didn't just kill them he made sure they wouldn't come back as zombies too. Big picture thinking.