The walking dead amc #2

[anniemae]

I was just going to say Tyrese too! I love him with baby Judith!

 

[Heidict]

I think what we mean by flashback is that it COULD be Darryl and Carol with Beth coming through the bushes, and then we learn of her time just before that in the hospital through flashback rather than current time as its happening.

Right. That would have to the way it plays out if she is in the bushes. I am thinking that next week will be what happened to her after he was taken and then Daryl and Carol coming for her, then it will pick up where it left off, with Daryl coming out of the trees.

I was thinking of a flashback like the one they had for Michonne, her life before the ZA.

 

[spima3]

I thought the episode was very good, but is everyone noticing the increasing violence and gore?


Back in the first episode, it was so shocking when Rick shot a zombie in the head, now they are hacking "people" to death in a church. That was brutal.

 

[StitchesGr8Fan]

I thought the episode was very good, but is everyone noticing the increasing violence and gore? Back in the first episode, it was so shocking when Rick shot a zombie in the head, now they are hacking people to death in a church.

I have noticed, but I think it is due to a shift in TV violence in general. TWD has always pushed the boundaries of what is acceptable for cable TV. In 4 years the violence you saw in season 1 has become more commonplace, with network TV showing almost as much. So TWD has had to up the ante even more.

 

[elgerber]

I have noticed, but I think it is due to a shift in TV violence in general. TWD has always pushed the boundaries of what is acceptable for cable TV. In 4 years the violence you saw in season 1 has become more commonplace, with network TV showing almost as much. So TWD has had to up the ante even more.

I also think it's making a point, towards their mental states in the new world they live in. Violence in their world has become commonplace, and it doesn't affect them as much anymore. So I think that is why is partially why the show has turned the way it has.

On The Talking Dead, they have pop up facts that they run, and one of them last night was how the church massacre was so violent, and that was one of the key reasons they opted not to shoot this part of the season in an actual church.

 

[WDWBarb]

I don't think it's Beth or Carol in the woods, or Morgan. First, why would someone "hide" in the woods until Daryl said it was safe? Carol, Beth or Morgan wouldn't do that. It's more like a child... or maybe someone who is scared out of their mind. But Daryl's voice was tender. So I'm not sure.

I also just saw a commercial for next week's episode and you hear Daryl saying "I was with Beth" and then someone about "She's not there." So she's not with him.

But he made it all the way to Atlanta, found her in a big hospital and then made it back to the church... all in like a day? Possible, I guess. Just weird.

But my vote for who was in the woods with Daryl is a child.

Or a puppy. I'd really love it if it was a puppy.

 

[elgerber]

I also just saw a commercial for next week's episode and you hear Daryl saying "I was with Beth" and then someone about "She's not there." So she's not with him.

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I think that was actually a voice clip from last season when he met back up with Rick, and told him what happened to Beth.

 

[WDWBarb]

I think that was actually a voice clip from last season when he met back up with Rick, and told him what happened to Beth.

Ahhh.... that makes sense! LOL. I never would have realized that.

But I still think it's not her in the woods, unless there's something wrong with her and she's ... uncomfortable? seeing her friends.

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

I don't think it's Beth or Carol in the woods, or Morgan. First, why would someone "hide" in the woods until Daryl said it was safe? Carol, Beth or Morgan wouldn't do that. It's more like a child... or maybe someone who is scared out of their mind. But Daryl's voice was tender. So I'm not sure. I also just saw a commercial for next week's episode and you hear Daryl saying "I was with Beth" and then someone about "She's not there." So she's not with him. But he made it all the way to Atlanta, found her in a big hospital and then made it back to the church... all in like a day? Possible, I guess. Just weird. But my vote for who was in the woods with Daryl is a child. Or a puppy. I'd really love it if it was a puppy.

I think that Beth might hang back, especially if she's just been through something crazy. I don't think that Carol or Morgan would hang back. Am I the only one bothered that Maggie hasn't asked about Beth yet and then went off to DC.

 

[JenM]

I also think it's making a point, towards their mental states in the new world they live in. Violence in their world has become commonplace, and it doesn't affect them as much anymore. So I think that is why is partially why the show has turned the way it has.

On The Talking Dead, they have pop up facts that they run, and one of them last night was how the church massacre was so violent, and that was one of the key reasons they opted not to shoot this part of the season in an actual church.

Exactly. They’re not ramping up the violence just because they can, I think the point is to have these characters decide what they’re going to become because of all the things that happen to them as this world becomes more brutal.

The Termites were good people at first - we know that Terminus was originally a sanctuary. But a bad group ruined them, and they couldn’t come back. Now our group is being faced with having to make the same choices, and it’s not just about physical survival, but whether than can maintain their humanity at the end of it.

At the Paleyfest panel, they talked a lot about the Lizzie and Mika episode, and about when Rick chewed the guy’s throat out. Danai Gurira made a great point - that what Rick did was really an act of love, because he just wasn’t going to let his child go through what almost happened.

Then Andrew Lincoln joked that it was a “love bite” and Danai looked like she was going slug him.

 

[Jennasis]

Hmmm...who could come out that would need to wait until it was "safe"? I'm racking my brains for past episodes...

Morgan?
Andrea (I dunno..she lived somehow)??
Some of the other kids who escaped the prison???

BTW...I saw the Rick and the gang ambush coming a mile away...but I loved every second of it. Even the brutal slaying. It HAD to happen. It was an "us or them" moment. And I think the escalation of the brutality of the show is done purposefully, to show how the world has evolved/devolved and the world in which they live.

 

[elgerber]

Exactly. They’re not ramping up the violence just because they can, I think the point is to have these characters decide what they’re going to become because of all the things that happen to them as this world becomes more brutal. The Termites were good people at first - we know that Terminus was originally a sanctuary. But a bad group ruined them, and they couldn’t come back. Now our group is being faced with having to make the same choices, and it’s not just about physical survival, but whether than can maintain their humanity at the end of it. At the Paleyfest panel, they talked a lot about the Lizzie and Mika episode, and about when Rick chewed the guy’s throat out. Danai Gurira made a great point - that what Rick did was really an act of love, because he just wasn’t going to let his child go through what almost happened. Then Andrew Lincoln joked that it was a “love bite” and Danai looked like she was going slug him.

I had a similar conversation with my dd after the throat ripping scene. He did what he had to do to save his child. And if i were him (which I am not i would have died early on LOL) I would have done the same.

 

[olwyngdh]

I had a similar conversation with my dd after the throat ripping scene. He did what he had to do to save his child. And if i were him (which I am not i would have died early on LOL) I would have done the same.

DD12 figures I won't last the first wave, so she has decided she is going to "Michone" me so I can go on protecting her like a Mom is supposed to do.

 

[JenM]

I had a similar conversation with my dd after the throat ripping scene. He did what he had to do to save his child. And if i were him (which I am not i would have died early on LOL) I would have done the same.

Yep! My mom and I were texting each other after that episode and I think I texted a “Oh Rick, you’re my hero” because I thought he did the right thing to protect his son. And she agreed. That alternative was so much worse.

 

[Minerva Mouse]

I think that Beth might hang back, especially if she's just been through something crazy. I don't think that Carol or Morgan would hang back. Am I the only one bothered that Maggie hasn't asked about Beth yet and then went off to DC.

I've said that too, Maggie doesn't seem to be at all affected by the fact that her sister is missing. She just lost her dad, and then her sister all in the same day. She should have but one mission, find Beth, and instead shes running off to DC. I just don't get it.

 

[JenM]

I think that Beth might hang back, especially if she's just been through something crazy. I don't think that Carol or Morgan would hang back. Am I the only one bothered that Maggie hasn't asked about Beth yet and then went off to DC.

I've said that too, Maggie doesn't seem to be at all affected by the fact that her sister is missing. She just lost her dad, and then her sister all in the same day. She should have but one mission, find Beth, and instead shes running off to DC. I just don't get it.

She did ask about Beth. Daryl was telling her what happened in the opening scene of this season when they were all catching up on what happened to each other. It's a voiceover, but she did ask.

Last season, she said she was going after Glenn because she couldn't find Beth. In fact, the only reason she was still at the prison was because she jumped off the bus to find her (a woman told her Beth had gone back in to find Judith). Later, she couldn't go back to the prison to keep looking because it was overrun, but she thought Glenn was still on the bus, and that was something they could at least follow that wouldn't take them back to the prison.

Of course she obviously wants to find her, they haven't had time to even look yet.

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

I've said that too, Maggie doesn't seem to be at all affected by the fact that her sister is missing. She just lost her dad, and then her sister all in the same day. She should have but one mission, find Beth, and instead shes running off to DC. I just don't get it.

You would think her first question when they were all reunited again, would be where the heck is my sister!

 

[Tarheel girl 1975]

She did ask about Beth. Daryl was telling her what happened in the opening scene of this season when they were all catching up on what happened to each other. It's a voiceover, but she did ask.

Last season, she said she was going after Glenn because she couldn't find Beth. In fact, the only reason she was still at the prison was because she jumped off the bus to find her (a woman told her Beth had gone back in to find Judith). Later, she couldn't go back to the prison to keep looking because it was overrun, but she thought Glenn was still on the bus, and that was something they could at least follow that wouldn't take them back to the prison.

Of course she obviously wants to find her, they haven't had time to even look yet.

I though Daryl was having that conversation with Rick. I might have to go back and rewatch.

 

[jenny105]

I wouldn't miss Beth either

 

[anniemae]

I think they just have not had time to focus on Maggie that much. She was so bent on finding Glen before they reunited at Terminus. I remember her leaving notes for him to meet at Terminus. Now that I think of it, I don't remember what she said or thought, if anything, about Beth. WAs she also looking for Beth? I don't remember.