The Walking Dead on AMC

[Planogirl]

They mentioned Herschel surviving. Apparently they toyed with the idea of killing him but didn't like that direction. I'm glad that he went with them - he is a great character.

Yay to Merle coming back. Daryl needs something to do besides just be cool.

 

[hellofolks]

They mentioned Herschel surviving. Apparently they toyed with the idea of killing him but didn't like that direction. I'm glad that he went with them - he is a great character.

Yay to Merle coming back. Daryl needs something to do besides just be cool.

Merle is gonna give Daryl HEL! for showing a soft side. I love the guy Daryl has become...true team player. I think his whole life he has wanted to feel needed/cared for and with this group he does. You could tell he felt for Sophia and Carol....so sweet.

 

[2BigKIdz]

The Michonne character looks bad a$$! The zombie on chains is brilliant! They pose no risk because they can't bite or scratch and they keep her masked from the other walkers.

I have to give props to Andrea, she saved Carol and then was handling herself against the walkers. I found myself hoping she would make it which surprised me because next to Lori she has been my least favorite character this season.

Lori got what she asked Rick for then gets mad at him, give me a break! I like Rick with an attitude, it's time he stops letting Lori walk all over him. If the baby died in utero and became a walker, wouldn't it eat or tear it's way out

I am sure Carl is also upset about losing Shane, he loved him like an uncle and was close to him.

I am sure the batteries are dead on the cars in the road but surely there are some jumper cables somewhere.

I love Hershel I am so glad he didn't die! His poor family sure got wiped out. I think we got a little insite into why he was keeping the barn full of walkers, he thought the zombies were the biblical rising of the dead, just something a "little different".

What a great episode! If I hadn't read the spoiler I would have been on the edge of my seat the entire time!

 

[Planogirl]

I was cheering for Andrea too. She is annoying but I suspect that she is supposed to be. The actress that plays her seemed real nice on the Talking Dead.

Lori is different. She is just annoying whether she is meant to be or not.

 

[AlwaysMoving]

I have to give props to Andrea, she saved Carol and then was handling herself against the walkers. I found myself hoping she would make it which surprised me because next to Lori she has been my least favorite character this season.!

I was yelling at the screen the entire time telling everyone to not leave Andrea behind. I almost cried.

Lori got what she asked Rick for then gets mad at him, give me a break! I like Rick with an attitude, it's time he stops letting Lori walk all over him. If the baby died in utero and became a walker, wouldn't it eat or tear it's way out !

I think perhaps Lori found comfort in having the two men pitted against each other because of her. She was pregnant and none of them knew who the father was (although more likley to be Shane's). It only solidified the possibility of her always having at least one of the men to fall back on in the event one of them died. Maybe she was upset that Shane is dead because she loved him, or maybe it is because her backup for "normalcy" is gone.

I am sure Carl is also upset about losing Shane, he loved him like an uncle and was close to him.!

I am sure Carl did love Shane and looked up to him, but he was quick to shoot Shane (the walker) in the head and he even called Shane by name right after and that was when Rick told him that walker was not Shane (as we knew him). Then, there were no hysterics when asking his father what happened to Shane as they walked toward the farm. He was very calm, yet persistent to have answers. I would think, at that point would be the time for him to be upset about Shane's death and who did it would not have mattered. That is the reason why I questiond his reaction later. So, was he upset because Shane was dead or because his father was the one who killed him? Or maybe it wasn't Shane's death at all that caused him to be upset.....it was the realization, through Rick's explaination, that Shane was not the good guy Carl thoguht he was. Whatever is going on inside that little guy's head, I hope the next person they encounter is a child psychologist or behaviorist.

I am sure the batteries are dead on the cars in the road but surely there are some jumper cables somewhere.!

Does anyone know how long it has been since everything went to crap? I would at least consider switching the batteries in the crap cars they are currently driving into a newer vehicle along the road somewhere.

I love Hershel I am so glad he didn't die! His poor family sure got wiped out. I think we got a little insite into why he was keeping the barn full of walkers, he thought the zombies were the biblical rising of the dead, just something a "little different". !

In a way, I am glad Patricia died. Shane killed her husband and although Shane is dead, with Rick trying to convince everyone he did the right thing by killing Shane, I thought perhaps he would bring up what Shane did to Otis. I still think it is best to keep that a secret, but at some point it could come out.

 

[Ginny Favers]

Does anyone know how long it has been since everything went to crap? I would at least consider switching the batteries in the crap cars they are currently driving into a newer vehicle along the road somewhere.

4 Months. Or so said the producer in a tweet I read somewhere.

 

[Wadecool]

I think they are keeping her around so if the get surrounded by walkers again they can throw her to them to distract them while everyone else runs.

That's not a good plan. Lori's a scarecrow, not enough meat on her bones to keep the walkers occupied for long at all.

 

[swandiverpatt]

I avoided the spoilers and everything and finally got to watch last night.



Loved the zombies on leashes. I had thought Andrea would be saved by the other group of humans and she'd be in with them (the 2 members who Rick shot in the bar).

Questions:

Do the zombies smell humans? I never thought that since they've shuffled by them on the highways, etc. Which leads to a few other questions:

If the zombies are alerted to humans by sound (or the fact they follow sounds)-- why the heck didn't those people just barricade themselves in the basement of the farmhouse and wait for them to dissipate?

Also -- why the motorcycle????? Get a car, dude. At least they're a bit quieter.

Stop SHOOTING them (noise alert). Go arrows, swords, slingshots, whatever.

Lori gets mother of the year for *finally* realizing that Carl is out in the deep dark woods, not in the house. Duh ...

DD and I were laughing a bit when the group was asking Rick what happened to Shane. I'd said he'd point a finger at Carl and say, "HE kiled him." (or "I killed him first, then Carl killed him second.")

I agree about siphoning out cars, stockpiling batteries, heck, hit a few sheriff's offices, military posts to stock up on weapons & supplies.

Heck of a finale.

 

[Grog]

If the zombies are alerted to humans by sound (or the fact they follow sounds)-- why the heck didn't those people just barricade themselves in the basement of the farmhouse and wait for them to dissipate?

I guess the TV show zombies are a bit different than the ones in the book I mentioned above. in the book, being quiet and staying out of sight is actually a tactic they talk about to make the zombies lose interest and wander off looking for another food source.

 

[Mickey'sMainMami]

The one thing I would be worried about, considering that they are all infected, what if Lori gives birth to a zombie baby? No offense, but as soon as I found out we were all infected, I would be pretty mad at my husband for keeping me from taking those abortion pills! That I feel is something he should have told everyone, especiall Lori when she told him she was pregnant.

I can't wait till fall!!!

 

[amandaluvsgoofy]

The one thing I would be worried about, considering that they are all infected, what if Lori gives birth to a zombie baby? No offense, but as soon as I found out we were all infected, I would be pretty mad at my husband for keeping me from taking those abortion pills! That I feel is something he should have told everyone, especiall Lori when she told him she was pregnant.

I can't wait till fall!!!

But like Rick said, they all thought Jenner (doctor at the CDC) was a little crazy and he wasn't sure if he could believe him or not. Once Shane reanimated after the knife wound, that's when Rick knew. No point in worrying everyone if it wasn't true.

I was so glad to see Michonne come in and save Andrea! That was awesome!!!!

Lori has officially gotten on my last nerve. I understand her reaction to Rick confessing he murdered Shane was probably her guilt stirring up, but she is terrible!!

This is going to be a long summer waiting for season 3....

 

[AlwaysMoving]

The one thing I would be worried about, considering that they are all infected, what if Lori gives birth to a zombie baby? No offense, but as soon as I found out we were all infected, I would be pretty mad at my husband for keeping me from taking those abortion pills! That I feel is something he should have told everyone, especiall Lori when she told him she was pregnant.

I can't wait till fall!!!

Those morning after pills would have only worked within the first few days of doing the deed, so waiting until your missed cycle would have done nothing to avoid this. In fact, I think taking morning after pills further along wouldn't really harm the fetus. What she really needed was something like methotrexate.

 

[bigredbill]

I avoided the spoilers and everything and finally got to watch last night.



Questions:

Do the zombies smell humans? I never thought that since they've shuffled by them on the highways, etc. Which leads to a few other questions:

If the zombies are alerted to humans by sound (or the fact they follow sounds)-- why the heck didn't those people just barricade themselves in the basement of the farmhouse and wait for them to dissipate?

Also -- why the motorcycle????? Get a car, dude. At least they're a bit quieter.

Stop SHOOTING them (noise alert). Go arrows, swords, slingshots, whatever.

Lori gets mother of the year for *finally* realizing that Carl is out in the deep dark woods, not in the house. Duh ...

DD and I were laughing a bit when the group was asking Rick what happened to Shane. I'd said he'd point a finger at Carl and say, "HE kiled him." (or "I killed him first, then Carl killed him second.")

I agree about siphoning out cars, stockpiling batteries, heck, hit a few sheriff's offices, military posts to stock up on weapons & supplies.

Heck of a finale.

The walkers can smell the humans and differentiate them from other walkers. That was pointed out in Atlanta during season one when Rick and Glenn had to smear walker guts on them to go out into the street. As soon as the rain started to wash away the walker smell, the zombies were in pursuit.

I don't know about the motorcycle? Maybe because he was alone and it gave Daryl more freedom to fire a weapon? Certainly better on gas, which apparently became an issue.

I don't know why it has become so hard to find weapons and ammo. I suppose when the plague started hitting, gun and ammo stores were raided / inventory sold or taken. You would think they would come across more weapons. When they were at the CDC, there were several military weapons laying about outside the complex. I was surprised they didn't take them. No ammo maybe?

 

[hellofolks]

I want to know WHY and HOW the plauge started.

 

[JenM]

I want to know WHY and HOW the plauge started.

Doesn't look like that's going to happen. The writers have said that they want the show to move forward and not spend too much time looking backward, since for the survivors, it doesn't really matter how it started anymore.

You have to think that if they're all already infected, it's something that had either become airborne, or something that was just dormant that surfaced, all it would have taken was the dead in hospitals to start getting back up again for it to have started.

 

[JenM]

If the zombies are alerted to humans by sound (or the fact they follow sounds)-- why the heck didn't those people just barricade themselves in the basement of the farmhouse and wait for them to dissipate?

Because there were too many of them. Glen suggested hiding in the house, but Daryl point out that "unless there's a tunnel under the house we don't know about" that a herd that big would tear the house down.

I remember in the pilot how Duane and Morgan were able to hide in the house at night when the walkers were wandering the streets, but I think the difference was that there were only the two of them and they hid early enough in the day that the walkers didn't know about them.

In this case, they'd just been chasing Rick and Carl around, so they knew there was a food in the area and it made that herd more aggressive because of it.

 

[Luv2Scrap]

All the justifications Rick gave to the group as to why he had to kill Shane were really ticking me off. The truth of the matter is, Shane was going to kill him, and I believe that even though Rick gave Shane his gun, Shane still would have killed him.

So why didn't Rick just say, "I didn't have a choice, it was him or me"? Why talk about all the reasons it's better for Shane to be dead? That just makes it sound like he had a choice but made a conscious decision to kill Shane. It really didn't seem that way to me.


I just ordered the Compendium One book from Amazon.

 

[2BigKIdz]

? for those that have read or are reading the comics - is the source of the plague/virus revealed or is it unknown as in the tv series?

 

[crazymama]

All the justifications Rick gave to the group as to why he had to kill Shane were really ticking me off. The truth of the matter is, Shane was going to kill him, and I believe that even though Rick gave Shane his gun, Shane still would have killed him.

So why didn't Rick just say, "I didn't have a choice, it was him or me"? Why talk about all the reasons it's better for Shane to be dead? That just makes it sound like he had a choice but made a conscious decision to kill Shane. It really didn't seem that way to me.


I just ordered the Compendium One book from Amazon.

I agree with this. Rick didn't have a choice. Shane seemed intent on killing him. Rick should have quit with all the sermon and said it was self defense. His speech made him sound like he felt guilty which would just confuse Carl more. And don't even get me started on Lori... aka Lady MacBeth.

 

[CourtasanSatine]

Blame popping into the series late but did I actually spot Murphy MacManus in this?