***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (8 Viewers)

[ghostguy123]

Has anyone done a poll yet asking how many posters in this thread actually LIKE the show? Are we at like 50-50 with a 100% viewing rate?

 

[roadkill1292]

Why doesn't everyone use a freaking katana like Michonne? Seems like the perfect zombie killing weapon.

And you could use it to trim the bushes when necessary.

The bushes or the bushes?

LOL at anyone knocking the show just isn't paying attention and....just look at the ratings of Better Call Saul!!!

Ooh, look at the big brain on Tony!

I think this thread is still way better than watching timscroch defend the NSA for spying on everyone

He seems to be sticking to his own thread these days. Which is very laudable. And convenient. I don't care what arguments he makes in that thread.

 

[tonydead]

I thought they were just the basic Hand held radios you can pickup anywhere.. some of them now claim 15+ mile range so 5 miles isn't a stretch

Another complaint about something that does not deserve a complaints.

We are at about 10000 on those now.

I suppose you think police ratios work the same as walkie talkies? That's fine, I get it, the show's writers intelligence matches most of their viewers.

When ya don't get it, ya don't get it.

Wait, this show is about zombies???? You guys know zombies can't possibly be real, right?

Being lazy in the details of the show does not make the fantastic premise more believable to the educated audience. I think that summarizes my main gripe about the show.

And I like the show in general.

 

[packersfan]

I didn't see the radios and want an extensive breakdown into how they found the radios, what condition the radios were in, what kind of radios they were and what kind of distance they could be used in. I just saw the radios and thought "They have radios" and continued on with the story.

If that makes me dumb then I guess I'm dumb.

 

[cstu]

That's what irked me. When Abraham and co. went out to go to Washington, they barely made it 5 miles before a crazy zombie horde. Yet, the group sets out on a 500 mile trip and we get nothing? Again, not saying they had to devote an entire episode to it, but at least give us something.

I didn't mind last night's episode overall, just thought they skimmed over a pretty big development in the story.

Maybe they actually had a clear drive for once, and didnt want to do an episode of just driving and chatting?

As for the 500 miles and 5 miles being halfway some people mentioned, I think they were just testing the range on the radios, and the other were a few miles behind and not all going to that development. Remember when they were carrying Tyreese back and they said to make sure to get Carl and Sasha out of there so they didn't see Tyreese while they worked on him, did people think they were about to drive him 500 miles back?

So if everyone made the 500 mile trip to Richmond, why did they not show everyone going? Just makes the show confusing for no good reason.

And if everyone was near Richmond and Rick's group went off to Noah's town separately then why did Carol say they were 'halfway there' when DC is 100 miles from Richmond?

Nothing was confusing.

They were halfway there "from where the rest of the group was"

And what does DC have to do with anything anyway? "Halfway there" is no reference whatsoever to DC.

They talked about going to DC, but nobody said anything about being "halfway to DC".

I guess I don't watch the show with your intensity.

 

[tonydead]

I didn't see the radios and want an extensive breakdown into how they found the radios, what condition the radios were in, what kind of radios they were and what kind of distance they could be used in. I just saw the radios and thought "They have radios" and continued on with the story.

If that makes me dumb then I guess I'm dumb.

For the record I didn't bring up the radio's, ghost guy did.

My memory isn't as good as I like, but, I'm guessing they got them from the police at the hospital. If that's the case they had a working repeater at the hospital and they would not work 500 miles away. Again, I get it, 98% of the available audience wouldn't know that and not knowing that doesn't make you dumb. It's just pointing out it's something the writers should know if they are going to use those radios in their story telling to get 100% of the audience.

 

[tommyboy]

I think this thread is still way better than watching timscroch defend the NSA for spying on everyone

He seems to be sticking to his own thread these days. Which is very laudable. And convenient. I don't care what arguments he makes in that thread.

perfect place for a meth addict to talk to himself all day

 

[ghostguy123]

I didn't see the radios and want an extensive breakdown into how they found the radios, what condition the radios were in, what kind of radios they were and what kind of distance they could be used in. I just saw the radios and thought "They have radios" and continued on with the story.

If that makes me dumb then I guess I'm dumb.

If stuff like that bothers smart people then I sure as #### dont want to be smart.

 

[ghostguy123]

I didn't see the radios and want an extensive breakdown into how they found the radios, what condition the radios were in, what kind of radios they were and what kind of distance they could be used in. I just saw the radios and thought "They have radios" and continued on with the story.

If that makes me dumb then I guess I'm dumb.

For the record I didn't bring up the radio's, ghost guy did. My memory isn't as good as I like, but, I'm guessing they got them from the police at the hospital. If that's the case they had a working repeater at the hospital and they would not work 500 miles away. Again, I get it, 98% of the available audience wouldn't know that and not knowing that doesn't make you dumb. It's just pointing out it's something the writers should know if they are going to use those radios in their story telling to get 100% of the audience.

Not knowing and not caring....not the same

 

[Zow]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

 

[El Floppo]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

 

[Zow]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

They can't apply pressure to windows?

 

[shadyridr]

People didnt know they were in virginia??? Oh must have been Noahs OTHER hometown

Of course because Noah has been in ONE full episode so far, it is not outlandish that people would not know the hometown of the lovable gimp dry cleaner.

But then again his character is probably more developed than Tyreese. I do know Noah is a twin, dry cleaner, steals lollipops, can't work a gun, and is capable of stabbing his zombie brother to death with a toy. All I ever really knew about Tyreese was he was a #####.

well he wasnt a twin so you dont pay attention either

 

[shadyridr]

Who knows where we go from here. Good episode.

Sorry..last's night's episode was horrible.

You have a world in which it is a daily struggle and they casually blow off a trek to Virginia with a throw away " That was a hard trip" line. I was looking forward to an epic Journey and they skipped it.

I'm not saying they had to show every mile of the 500 mile trip to Richmond, but it would have been nice to see some of it. The whole group hadn't ventured too far from Atlanta from the start of this show. I'd imagine that they are all from GA. Seems like it would be a big deal for them to leave "home" and finally go on the road. Did they run into any trouble? Were the roads filled with cars and walkers like they had previously encountered? I don't need 3 episodes to the trip, but give us at lease more than a couple lines about it.

Wait, they were in Virginia? I didn't even hear that.

The show that makes going to a nearby town for supplies into a Homer epic ends up going to a new state for the first time with a throwaway line?

you didnt realize they were in VA?

Complain about it and not realize it..

I really need to start taking this show more seriously...

Rewatched the beginning and they talked about 'a long trip' and there was a SC sign. Rick asks Chris "How far out?" and Chris says "5 miles". Then he talks to Carol and says "We're halfway there" and she says they've gone 500 miles and are halfway there.

By far the longest trip in the show's history and they encounter absolutely no obstacles along the way.

let me guess, youre one of the people that wants an entire episode dedicated to them gardening. Whats so hard about just assuming their trip was uneventful. Maybe they killed some walkers along the way. Big deal.

 

[cstu]

Mandatory equipment for the ZA.

 

[tonydead]

I didn't see the radios and want an extensive breakdown into how they found the radios, what condition the radios were in, what kind of radios they were and what kind of distance they could be used in. I just saw the radios and thought "They have radios" and continued on with the story.

If that makes me dumb then I guess I'm dumb.

For the record I didn't bring up the radio's, ghost guy did. My memory isn't as good as I like, but, I'm guessing they got them from the police at the hospital. If that's the case they had a working repeater at the hospital and they would not work 500 miles away. Again, I get it, 98% of the available audience wouldn't know that and not knowing that doesn't make you dumb. It's just pointing out it's something the writers should know if they are going to use those radios in their story telling to get 100% of the audience.

Not knowing and not caring....not the same

You're right, with some of the stuff it feels like the don't care. And that's even less forgivable.

 

[The Big Guy]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

They can't apply pressure to windows?

This was addressed many other times during the show. They tend to do basically nothing until they get some sort of noise cue. The scene in Clear is a good example when Carl and Michonne went to try and get the picture of Lori and the zombies were all inside just doing nothing and not moving until the sounds cued them into action.

 

[Zow]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

They can't apply pressure to windows?

This was addressed many other times during the show. They tend to do basically nothing until they get some sort of noise cue. The scene in Clear is a good example when Carl and Michonne went to try and get the picture of Lori and the zombies were all inside just doing nothing and not moving until the sounds cued them into action.

Ah. I guess that makes sense. Probably self-reservation to become dormant or something.

Except for the giant zombie herd moving seemingly aimlessly across the woods.

 

[trogg78]

I just love it when there's a big door/gate with a bunch zombies behind it and they just start mowing them down. One zombie gets away and Rick misses in the shoulder and then blows half its skull off with second shot.

 

[Thunderlips]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

Isnt' that a good thing?; kind of goes against stereotypical television storytelling.

 

[Thunderlips]

I thought the filming/story-telling sequences of this episode was great. Cameos were cool and well done. Nice homage to some good characters that were written off.

What I didn't like was the suddenness of another death of a main character. Why not save this until like the second or third episode and do an episode which gets us caught up to the decision to go to Washington and see people dealing with the death? I know normally this show moves very slowly, but I'd have taken a transitional episode before a full-blown slow death of Tyrese episode.

Also, how the #### did he not hear those zombies in the house?

Also, why do zombies just stay in houses all the time? WTF do they do all day?

can't work the doors. or a remote control.

They can't apply pressure to windows?

This was addressed many other times during the show. They tend to do basically nothing until they get some sort of noise cue. The scene in Clear is a good example when Carl and Michonne went to try and get the picture of Lori and the zombies were all inside just doing nothing and not moving until the sounds cued them into action.

Ah. I guess that makes sense. Probably self-reservation to become dormant or something.

Except for the giant zombie herd moving seemingly aimlessly across the woods.

They explained that....the zombie in the lead had a bunch of helium filled balloons tied to its back.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So another character dies because of a stupid decision(s). Neat.

 

[Zow]

So another character dies because of a stupid decision(s). Neat.

To be fair, stupid decision making would probably be the average person's downfall in a zombie apocalypse.

 

[culdeus]

Seemed a pretty meh episode to me.

Well at least they are out of Georgia.

If that dude was with that group for awhile and left how did he get down to Atlanta, and why?

 

[Chaz McNulty]

First episode that I considered hitting the fast-forward button. Disappointing.

 

[Raider Nation]

They showed this shot at the beginning of the episode last night, and again as Tyreese was dying to symbolize him being at peace.

Makes for a helluva screensaver.

 

[skol asylum]

I thought that shot was related to the trip to Terminus.

 

[Raider Nation]

I thought that shot was related to the trip to Terminus.

Whatever it is, it's cool.

 

[cstu]

T-Dog, Bob, Tyreese...who's the next black guy to bite it?

 

[cstu]

They showed this shot at the beginning of the episode last night, and again as Tyreese was dying to symbolize him being at peace.

Makes for a helluva screensaver.

Or an allusion to John Henry.

If you're an American and know anything about 'Tall Tales' then you've surely heard of John Henry. The big steel driving man who defeated a 'modern' steam hammer only to drop dead moments after from a heart-attack. At face value the only real similarities between John and Tyreese are that they were both large black men who's tool of choice was a hammer, but I propose a bit more.

John Henry and Tyreese Williams were two men who just didn't have the heart (literally and figuratively) for the modern world. Just as John's heart betrayed him as he looked to his last bit, Tyreese' heart betrayed him as he looked to the picture of those two brothers. Both of these instances led to their death.

Tyreese as a character was a walking tragedy -- a man of great presence and strength yet also a man who mentally couldn't exist in what the world had become. There were moments such as the hammer scene and the I WONT scene, but they were exceptions to his character and, as in the case of the latter, he 'won't' allow himself to be come that person.

He looked at the picture of the boys with the weight of THIS world on his broad shoulders and it was seemingly the only weight he could not carry. Like John Henry, Tyreese was a man of the old world and, try as he might, could not exist in the new. Like I said, his heart betrayed him.

Tyreese' remaining scenes delve into the semi-Artsy #### I was talking about earlier. Look, these mergers between reality and hallucination are best enjoyed rarely and in small doses. The show had done this previously twice in the past with Daryl/Merle and Rick/Lori which worked. This instance, with Tyreese and the Ghosts, also mimic that blur from the former (Merle kicking Daryl's boot blending to a Walker gnawing on it.) when the encroaching Governor morphed into a wayward Walker.

In the end, I thought it was great with each of the 'ghosts' seeming to display a piece of Tyreese' personality -- the strongest of these phantoms being The Governor who I feel was his projection of anger at himself for 'wasted potential' and not doing more for the group. In the same vain, Martin I believe was his self loathing and regret. Bob was the voice of reason reminding him that it wasn't all his fault and that he, for one, would have died with or without Tyreese' actions. The girls were his caring and compassion as well as possibly being the manifestation of his wish to leave this World. Beth and her ####### ghost guitar? Who knows.

 

[(HULK)]

Rick and Michonne sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G?

Maybe says Gale Anne Hurd

Season five’s other big question mark is whether Rick and Michonne — orRichonne, as some have dubbed them — will deepen their relationship. Is there a true-love story here, or is it all wishful thinking?

“You’re gonna see something very interesting develop between them,” Hurd said. “Very interesting, and incredibly unexpected. You’ll see a certain kind of love.”

http://www.vulture.com/2015/02/walking-dead-season-five-midseason-premiere.html

In the comics Rick eventually shacks up with a still alive Andrea and that has carried through to present. Since she got killed off the show, someone will likely step into that vacuum at some point.

 

[(HULK)]

Why doesn't everyone use a freaking katana like Michonne? Seems like the perfect zombie killing weapon.

And you could use it to trim the bushes when necessary.

Everyday I walk by a military uniform store here... and there are 4 Naval swords on display. I always think I would swing through and grab them up in the event of a zombie apocalypse. I recently learned that they're ceremonial and not sharp though... so I'd have to find a wet stone and sharpen the heck out of them. Would be pretty cool to have a rapier for my zombie slaying. It would be far superior to a machete.

 

[(HULK)]

That's what irked me. When Abraham and co. went out to go to Washington, they barely made it 5 miles before a crazy zombie horde. Yet, the group sets out on a 500 mile trip and we get nothing? Again, not saying they had to devote an entire episode to it, but at least give us something.

I didn't mind last night's episode overall, just thought they skimmed over a pretty big development in the story.

Maybe they actually had a clear drive for once, and didnt want to do an episode of just driving and chatting?

As for the 500 miles and 5 miles being halfway some people mentioned, I think they were just testing the range on the radios, and the other were a few miles behind and not all going to that development. Remember when they were carrying Tyreese back and they said to make sure to get Carl and Sasha out of there so they didn't see Tyreese while they worked on him, did people think they were about to drive him 500 miles back?

When did they pick up those radios I forget? Those type of radios need repeaters to work off of so they definitely wouldn't have worked 500 miles away from where they found them and very little chance they'd still be working if they found them in the Virginia area there.

How are people not understanding this... it was clearly spelled out in the show.

They travelled together up until about 10 miles from Noah's place. At that point, they took Noah and what they assumed were some of their most bad assed brawlers to go see what there was to see. Even though it was completely obvious to the viewers that Tyrese was better suited to stay back and provide daycare, the southern bigots all though, hey, giant black dude is scary, better bring him with us for the intimidation factor. They didn't realize he was susceptible to being hypnotized by photographs. Anyways, the rest of the group set up a base camp 10 miles out from Noah's old place, and that's where they were during the walkie talkie calls.

 

[(HULK)]

That's what irked me. When Abraham and co. went out to go to Washington, they barely made it 5 miles before a crazy zombie horde. Yet, the group sets out on a 500 mile trip and we get nothing? Again, not saying they had to devote an entire episode to it, but at least give us something.

I didn't mind last night's episode overall, just thought they skimmed over a pretty big development in the story.

Maybe they actually had a clear drive for once, and didnt want to do an episode of just driving and chatting?

As for the 500 miles and 5 miles being halfway some people mentioned, I think they were just testing the range on the radios, and the other were a few miles behind and not all going to that development. Remember when they were carrying Tyreese back and they said to make sure to get Carl and Sasha out of there so they didn't see Tyreese while they worked on him, did people think they were about to drive him 500 miles back?

So if everyone made the 500 mile trip to Richmond, why did they not show everyone going? Just makes the show confusing for no good reason.

And if everyone was near Richmond and Rick's group went off to Noah's town separately then why did Carol say they were 'halfway there' when DC is 100 miles from Richmond?

They did show it. The people in the car when they passed the Welcome to South Carolina sign were not the same people who went to Noah's.

 

[Jayrok]

If that dude was with that group for awhile and left how did he get down to Atlanta, and why?

Noah and his father went to GA to look for their uncle who was down there. Presumably to bring him back to the gated community they were in. Noah got snatched up by the hospital cops to be a ward for the gal in charge. They left the dad out to die. I guess they never found the uncle they were looking for.

 

[Jayrok]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

 

[Cold Dead Hands]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

People whose death he was involved in or inadvertently caused.

 

[(HULK)]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

People whose death he was involved in or inadvertently caused.

Not really. The governor?

Real answer, barely anyone would remember her, so why bring her back?

 

[Parrothead]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

People whose death he was involved in or inadvertently caused.

Not really. The governor?

Real answer, barely anyone would remember her, so why bring her back?

why no vision of Herschel?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Seemed a pretty meh episode to me.

Well at least they are out of Georgia.

If that dude was with that group for awhile and left how did he get down to Atlanta, and why?

yes because virginia is so much different looking than georgia

 

[Jayrok]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

People whose death he was involved in or inadvertently caused.

Not really. The governor?

Real answer, barely anyone would remember her, so why bring her back?

She was the woman he loved. If Beth and the girls were waiting on him to join them, wouldn't Karen be there too? Maybe the love was one sided and she didn't bother to ask him to join her. Just wondering.

 

[TenTimes]

Here's an observation- in Tyreese's hallucination Bob's leg is lost, gum chewer has a nasty neck injury, but Beth's face has no hole? Governor looked fine too.

 

[bigbottom]

Here's an observation- in Tyreese's hallucination Bob's leg is lost, gum chewer has a nasty neck injury, but Beth's face has no hole? Governor looked fine too.

I thought she had a stitched up hole on her face.

 

[Jayrok]

And I seem to remember the gov had a hole in his forehead where his girl friend shot him.

 

[TenTimes]

Here's an observation- in Tyreese's hallucination Bob's leg is lost, gum chewer has a nasty neck injury, but Beth's face has no hole? Governor looked fine too.

I thought she had a stitched up hole on her face.

I'll look closer later, there's a couple other things I wanted to re-watch (like Rick rear ending torso truck).

 

[TenTimes]

Here's an observation- in Tyreese's hallucination Bob's leg is lost, gum chewer has a nasty neck injury, but Beth's face has no hole? Governor looked fine too.

I thought she had a stitched up hole on her face.

I'll look closer later, there's a couple other things I wanted to re-watch (like Rick rear ending torso truck).

Not the best pic of Tyreese's hallucination (Beth, Gov, girls)

 

[culdeus]

How would you capture zombies to bisect them. It looks like they would chop the ones in half that approached the gate. Was the plan to put them on spikes for decorations? Like gargoyles?

 

[(HULK)]

Here's an observation- in Tyreese's hallucination Bob's leg is lost, gum chewer has a nasty neck injury, but Beth's face has no hole? Governor looked fine too.

I thought she had a stitched up hole on her face.

I didn't want to say anything because it would surely stir up a hornets nest in this thread, but she had stiches on her face in the room, but had none in the scene in the car.

 

[El Floppo]

How would you capture zombies to bisect them. It looks like they would chop the ones in half that approached the gate. Was the plan to put them on spikes for decorations? Like gargoyles?

they were taking them somewhere in truck... why? because writers.

but given all the "wolves" stuff, I'm sure/hoping it will be further explained later in the season.

 

[glvsav37]

When Tyreese was talking to the dead previous cast members in the room, why wasn't his girl friend Karen there? Had Bob, Beth and the two little girls but not the girl he loved.

People whose death he was involved in or inadvertently caused.

Not really. The governor?

Real answer, barely anyone would remember her, so why bring her back?

I think the story quoted earlier on this page sums it up best:

In the end, I thought it was great with each of the 'ghosts' seeming to display a piece of Tyreese' personality -- the strongest of these phantoms being The Governor who I feel was his projection of anger at himself for 'wasted potential' and not doing more for the group. In the same vain, Martin I believe was his self loathing and regret. Bob was the voice of reason reminding him that it wasn't all his fault and that he, for one, would have died with or without Tyreese' actions. The girls were his caring and compassion as well as possibly being the manifestation of his wish to leave this World. Beth and her ####### ghost guitar? Who knows.