The Walking Dead: The Television Series

[BreakABone]

Well that was the season finale...

And now shall curl up in a corner until it returns...

Oh Game of Thrones is back in 2 weeks.. hmm

[BlueFire]

Michonne!

[Vampyr]

Pretty fantastic episode. I loved Rick's speech at the end. He's taken so much crap and put up with so much belly aching from all those people over the last two seasons.


EDIT:

My prediction for the second half of season 3: Daryl and Michonne are going to get together, then Merle is going to show up.

[Neo]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Pretty fantastic episode. I loved Rick's speech at the end. He's taken so much crap and put up with so much belly aching from all those people over the last two seasons.


EDIT:

My prediction for the second half of season 3: Daryl and Michonne are going to get together, then Merle is going to show up.

It's a good thing Lori convinced their negro friend to turn the truck around. My, what a mess that would have been had they kept on like that!

[Typhoid]

I thought it was a pretty solid episode, too.
I like how it started right from the beginning, there was no sauntering back to the farm, it was just "Well son, I'm sorry to tell you that I ki- we've got to haul ass away from these zombies"

The only thing that got me as "meh" was when Herschel's daughter got taken by a zombie. It was easy to tell it was coming considering they were only looking left, and the camera was tighter on the right side; so I was all immediately "Oh, fuck. Well there's obviously an extra or two standing there or else they would have probably centred the shot, or at least have her look right."


I thought Herschel was going to get eaten. I'm pumped he didn't. If he does in the future, he does. I like the person of the character, and I think the actor plays him well. He feels like a real guy attempting to struggle with the world in a real way. For as much as he said he'd die on his farm (He very well might), and how he'd never leave - he wound up running like all the rest. Self-preservation.

I like how they all panicked and fled at some point. Fight or flight, but in the end flight took over for all of them. I like that; human evolution was based on flight. We don't survive by being the best hunter, we survive by being the smartest at living.

[Vampyr]

Hershel is probably my favorite character on the show right now, to be honest.

He's had the best character development and is a good actor. He also seems to be the most complex character on there.

[Angrist]

Intresting episode. Like somebody else here (forgot who), I also expected lots of people to die. It looks like they got rid of all the boring characters (did they even have names?).

That chick with the sword and the zombie slaves is interesting (anyone who thought last episode was racist probably exploded this episode). Is it the one you sometimes talk about, a girl with a sword?

So we've seen another proof that they haven't read the Zombie Survival Guide. Why did they stay and fight that horde at the farm?? It was so incredibly pointless. Killing 100 zombies isn't going to make any difference, they should have known that. They should have packed the car with travel gear and just hit the road as soon as possible. Actually, those cars should already have been packed beforehand.

One last remark:
"Oh no, we ran out of fuel. We're in the middle of nowhere, with just forest around us! Nowhere to camp!!"
- "Hey would this tiny fort do?"

One last question: was that a prison at the end? Is that the setting for your beloved Governor episodes?

[Angrist]

Oh yeah, what was the deal with that helicopter in the opening??!?! Somebody luring Zombies to key locations?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Angrist

Oh yeah, what was the deal with that helicopter in the opening??!?! Somebody luring Zombies to key locations?

I think that wwas a Helicopter from season 1. Just showing a condensed version of what the zombies were up to and how they got to the farm.

That Helicopter passed by at some point in season 1. So it all adds up. No holes.

[Angrist]

Yeah that's what I figured later, just a random chopper that explained why the walkers would suddenly start migrating like that.

[KillerGremlin]

It would have been funny if the Zombies went to a volcano and tossed a ring into it....

I'm pretty sure there was a helicopter that passed by in this season, no? But it must just be a coincidental helicopter used to explain how the herd of zombies got from the city to the farm.

Lori is such a cuuuuuuunt. I can't wait til she dies.

Anyway....this episode! This is the Rick I want to see! Not some soap opera shit. The Rick that is like, "listen up you bitches! I'm in charge, and if you don't like it, you can suck my Australian nutsack."

Also, those zombies really love snacking on extras. Who knew the characters we didn't see at all in Season 2 would end up being delicious zombie snacks. Yum....zombie snacks.

[KillerGremlin]

Actually, I'll make a bold criticism, and you can all shit down my throat for being too judgmental or whatever:

This was the first episode since Season 1 Episode 1 that made me feel like I was watching a comic book show.

For some reason...this show had a comic book feel. Maybe it was the "blams" and all the headshots and exploding zombie heads. Maybe it was Michonne. Maybe it was the shot of the prison that made me think...."ahhhh, tv potential."

I don't know. But this episode struck a 'comic chord' for me.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Actually, I'll make a bold criticism, and you can all shit down my throat for being too judgmental or whatever:

This was the first episode since Season 1 Episode 1 that made me feel like I was watching a comic book show.

For some reason...this show had a comic book feel. Maybe it was the "blams" and all the headshots and exploding zombie heads. Maybe it was Michonne. Maybe it was the shot of the prison that made me think...."ahhhh, tv potential."

I don't know. But this episode struck a 'comic chord' for me.

Robert Kirkman was a writer on this episode, and I saw a definite difference in pace and tone. Also, he is writing a lot of season 3. Makes me happy.

[Dylflon]

Yeah, the basic idea behind zombie hordes (gets talked about in the comics) is that one zombie will notice something or hear a noise and start walking towards it. Other zombies see a zombie moving with purpose and will begin following it, under the assumption that the zombie knows where something devourable is. Then more zombies see a group of zombies and want in on whatever action that group involved in. By this point the original zombie has forgotten what had gotten it moving in the first place. There's just a whole bunch of zombies walking in one direction simply because that's what they're doing.

That's how you get a zombie herd.

I think the point of the helicopter was showing that something inconsequential and far away could totally screw a bunch of people over by inadvertently creating a zombie mob.

Also, Sean: that wasn't Hershel's daughter that got eaten, it was his neighbour Patricia.

[Typhoid]

Also, Sean: that wasn't Hershel's daughter that got eaten, it was his neighbour Patricia

Oh, well that just shows how few shits I truly gave for that uninteresting walking Hamburger.
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While I was pumped for Rick to defend himself, I think he missed the crucial part of his story which was "I killed Shane in self defense" rather than making it seem like he just murdered him in cold blood which is what it seems like Lori/Carl thought. I know he said "I gave him every choice, but he just kept coming", but he explained it so horribly that it just seemed like all the others thought he flat-out-killed Shane, because he said he "just wanted it over with". Maybe I'm looking too far into that, and everyone is totally cool with it and won't slowly grow to resent him because of the fact he defended his life.