The Walking Dead [TV] (May Contain Discussion of Aired Episodes, Enter at Own Risk)

[JBHuskers]

Caught up on the past two Walking Deads

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I don't really have a problem with what happened in the burbs. If you're comparing Andrea flipping a switch and being a sharpshooter not realistic, well zombies aren't realistic either

I could have sworn in the woods Shane was going to kill Dale. But again it seemed to obvious after their tiff by the camper, so I guess it shouldn't have surprised me that it didn't come to that.

At first, I thought Shane would get back to being somewhat sane after killing all the walkers in the barn, but I watched the previews to the 2nd half of the season, and it definitely gets much worse. And I think it's mainly because he loves Lori.

Last night, at least the whole pregnant thing was on the backburner. I think now it will be a pretty interesting part of the show now that everyone quit skirting around the issues and everything is mostly out in the open.

The final sequence where Shane went nuts was awesome. Very cool scene mowing down the walkers. I thought by doing so one of them was going to get killed, mainly Herschel or Carol. It was kinda obvious that Sophia was in the barn, but still it was a great and dramatic part at the end of the show. It should make sense to everyone why this was drug out to have that key scene...I loved it. By having that shootout at the barn, I have a good feeling that the farm is going to be a huge target now.

I'm in the minority in this site here as I have been very pleased with this season. I honestly didn't think they drug out trying to find Sophia. People are so used to plots being rushed, but then where are you after you rush through that plot? The pacing has been one of the best things about this show outside of the character development. Of all the characters that really didn't seemed developed, Dale really hit his stride the last couple of episodes.

For those who saw the 2nd half preview after....

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I wonder what is up with that car flipping into the ditch.....

...and I wonder why Shane is going ape shit (again)

Here's what they showed during Hell On Wheels for the preview of the next episode. Not really going to give much away at all. A pretty predicable 30 second scene of the aftermath of cleaning out the barn.

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[morsdraconis]

Caught up on the past two Walking Deads

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I don't really have a problem with what happened in the burbs. If you're comparing Andrea flipping a switch and being a sharpshooter not realistic, well zombies aren't realistic either

I could have sworn in the woods Shane was going to kill Dale. But again it seemed to obvious after their tiff by the camper, so I guess it shouldn't have surprised me that it didn't come to that.

At first, I thought Shane would get back to being somewhat sane after killing all the walkers in the barn, but I watched the previews to the 2nd half of the season, and it definitely gets much worse. And I think it's mainly because he loves Lori.

Last night, at least the whole pregnant thing was on the backburner. I think now it will be a pretty interesting part of the show now that everyone quit skirting around the issues and everything is mostly out in the open.

The final sequence where Shane went nuts was awesome. Very cool scene mowing down the walkers. I thought by doing so one of them was going to get killed, mainly Herschel or Carol. It was kinda obvious that Sophia was in the barn, but still it was a great and dramatic part at the end of the show. It should make sense to everyone why this was drug out to have that key scene...I loved it. By having that shootout at the barn, I have a good feeling that the farm is going to be a huge target now.

I'm in the minority in this site here as I have been very pleased with this season. I honestly didn't think they drug out trying to find Sophia. People are so used to plots being rushed, but then where are you after you rush through that plot? The pacing has been one of the best things about this show outside of the character development. Of all the characters that really didn't seemed developed, Dale really hit his stride the last couple of episodes.

Just finally watched this past Sunday's episode myself.

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Ended how the leaked info said it would. I gotta say, I'm not disappointed at all with all that searching leading to them finding her as a zombie in the barn. I could have sworn somewhere that I guessed she was a zombie in the barn after they first let it slip about the zombies in the barn, but I guess I imagined it or somethin'. Anyway, I'm STOKED for the new season now. Shit is going to SERIOUSLY hit the fan and I'm excited. Very interestingly touching storyline they have developing. Shane is going straight psychotic, which is cool, and Rick is going to wallow in self pity something fierce now that he knows that it's his fault that Sophia is a zombie and you have to assume that he thinks that Lori's baby is Shane's and not his (even more emotional heartache on him).

These final 6 episodes are looking to be VERY interesting.

[JBHuskers]

This doesn't really ruin anything, but contains some stuff from the Season 2 Part 2 preview. Just some more thoughts of mine after I slept on it.

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Looks like Herschel is going to hit the bottle after cleaning out the barn. It also looks like he's going to go into full fuck god mode.

Now that Shane was right the whole time, you'd think he'd be more at ease, but obviously Herschel wants him out of the farm completely. I'm guessing Shane snaps further which leads to a firefight before he'll refuse to leave.

I just wonder how this will all end with Shane. I doubt they kill him off. He's too key of a character, and I really like his character, he's snapped, but at the same time, he was under full control in getting the barn cleared off in the last episode. I love how he snapped and just started breaking all the locks on the barn. I didn't know if he was just going to make everyone fend for themselves, or if he was actually intending on clearing the barn.

He could have easily ended Dale right there in the woods, but he didn't. He knows Dale has complete disdain for him, and Shane probably views him as completely worthless, but yet at the same time, Shane's ultimate goal was to just clear out the barn to keep it safer for everyone. There were so many parts where you thought Shane was going to say hey group fuck you...have fun with this, but he's still protecting everyone. He is still Rick's best friend. He doesn't know that Rick knows he fooled around with Lori, but at the same time Rick fully understood when he found out. It doesn't seem that Rick will ever get bent out of shape on that one.

Shane's snapping was why I thought in the end he was going to off Herschel, or he was going to just open up the barn in the middle of the night and have everyone try to survive it...where walkers would get in the house...probably kill off everyone in the family but Maggie, and life goes on at the midseason point. I'm glad that Herschel isn't dead though as it's going to be fun to see him fall off the wagon.

The one thing I was worried about was...

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Daryl was going to hook up with Carol. Thank god that didn't happen. I thought something was going to happen out in the woods.

I really like Daryl's character showing compasion though for Carol and trying to rescue Sophia. He's a badass still, he's a redneck, but at least he truly cares about people. (also give me more Merle flashbacks! )

God damn I can't wait for February. In the end, I'm kinda glad they split it up in two. There really is only about 45 days in between, so it's a good point to reset and look forward to the next part of the story after the farm.

[JBHuskers]

From a recent interview with Robert Kirkman about the CDC...

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A lot of people, including me, assumed the message Jenner whispered to Rick at the CDC last season was that Lori was pregnant. But Rick seemed to be genuinely surprised by the news, which would suggest that is not the case.

When we reveal exactly what Jenner whispered, we will reveal what Jenner whispered. It’s not going to come in like an “Oh, was that it?”-kind of way. You’ll know that we’re revealing that when we do it.

[morsdraconis]

From a recent interview with Robert Kirkman about the CDC...

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A lot of people, including me, assumed the message Jenner whispered to Rick at the CDC last season was that Lori was pregnant. But Rick seemed to be genuinely surprised by the news, which would suggest that is not the case.

When we reveal exactly what Jenner whispered, we will reveal what Jenner whispered. It’s not going to come in like an “Oh, was that it?”-kind of way. You’ll know that we’re revealing that when we do it.

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Interesting. Totally forgot about that. Definitely interesting to know what he said to him. Has to be something REALLY big if they aren't going to just throw it out there.

[JBHuskers]

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Interesting. Totally forgot about that. Definitely interesting to know what he said to him. Has to be something REALLY big if they aren't going to just throw it out there.

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Especially when Robert says when you find out, you're going to find out in a BAM in your face way, not some subtle this is what he whispered to me.

Here is a great article on EW.com recapping the first half of season two. Talks about the pacing of the show, comparing it to some other epic TV shows. Looks ahead to what may come.

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http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/walking...finale-sophia/

[JBHuskers]

We should start petition. Daryl Dixon on The Expendables 2.

[JBHuskers]

I forgot about this quote from Sunday

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Shane to Daryl:

"What would she think if she saw you, all meth-ed out with your buck knife and your geek ears around your neck?"

[JBHuskers]

Just finished watching The Walking Dead Webisodes, they were pretty good. 6 parts about the woman who was cut in half on the pilot.

http://www.hulu.com/the-walking-dead (scroll down a little ways to start)

[psuexv]

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Looks like you guys covered most of it. The one thing I find interesting is that in the comics Rick actually goes nuts, which we thought might happen when he put the badge away. But it looks like Shane is going to be the one. I totally saw him mowing down the walkers in the barn and not letting the group fend for itself. I think it was more of stress relief and taking out frustration more than protecting the group though. Also he sort of has a hero complex, especially with Lori.

It was a great ending scene, the irony was dramatic how Hershel saw those walkers in the barn as people and then Sophia comes out and you can almost collectively see the group say Fuck he was right.

I actually thought Dale was going to dust Shane in the woods. Especially when he said something about his is where you belong, but like JB said he's too vital of a character right now.

[JBHuskers]

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Looks like you guys covered most of it. The one thing I find interesting is that in the comics Rick actually goes nuts, which we thought might happen when he put the badge away. But it looks like Shane is going to be the one. I totally saw him mowing down the walkers in the barn and not letting the group fend for itself. I think it was more of stress relief and taking out frustration more than protecting the group though. Also he sort of has a hero complex, especially with Lori.

It was a great ending scene, the irony was dramatic how Hershel saw those walkers in the barn as people and then Sophia comes out and you can almost collectively see the group say Fuck he was right.

I actually thought Dale was going to dust Shane in the woods. Especially when he said something about his is where you belong, but like JB said he's too vital of a character right now.

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My first thought was Shane was going to open up the barn and just let everyone fend for themselves saying, well if these are people...mingle with them! That would be where Herschel, some of the family we don't see or care about, and maybe Carol would die...instead we get a badass execution scene.

[morsdraconis]

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Looks like you guys covered most of it. The one thing I find interesting is that in the comics Rick actually goes nuts, which we thought might happen when he put the badge away. But it looks like Shane is going to be the one. I totally saw him mowing down the walkers in the barn and not letting the group fend for itself. I think it was more of stress relief and taking out frustration more than protecting the group though. Also he sort of has a hero complex, especially with Lori.

It was a great ending scene, the irony was dramatic how Hershel saw those walkers in the barn as people and then Sophia comes out and you can almost collectively see the group say Fuck he was right.

I actually thought Dale was going to dust Shane in the woods. Especially when he said something about his is where you belong, but like JB said he's too vital of a character right now.

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I won't be surprised when Dale does dust Shane or vise versa. It's gonna happen. There is just too much hate between the two for it not to.


I can't express how happy I am that they didn't back down from Sophia being a zombie and them shooting her (though they went with a much too tasteful camera zoom out when he shot her). At least they have the balls to kill off a kid character. That's more than other shows have shown.

[JBHuskers]

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I won't be surprised when Dale does dust Shane or vise versa. It's gonna happen. There is just too much hate between the two for it not to.


I can't express how happy I am that they didn't back down from Sophia being a zombie and them shooting her (though they went with a much too tasteful camera zoom out when he shot her). At least they have the balls to kill off a kid character. That's more than other shows have shown.

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Yeah, at least Carol was smart about it. She kinda walked to her when she saw Sophia come out of the barn, but when Daryl held her down, she didn't fight, she realized what had happened.

[psuexv]

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I won't be surprised when Dale does dust Shane or vise versa. It's gonna happen. There is just too much hate between the two for it not to.

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I kind of want to know the back story on Dale and Andrea.

[JBHuskers]

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I kind of want to know the back story on Dale and Andrea.

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And T-Dog. It seems like he's the only one without any character development on the show besides getting hurt and being called an N-bomb. I like his character, so hopefully they give him something.

Man on the first episode of this season, I really cringed when he sliced himself on that car.

[psuexv]

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And T-Dog. It seems like he's the only one without any character development on the show besides getting hurt and being called an N-bomb. I like his character, so hopefully they give him something.

Man on the first episode of this season, I really cringed when he sliced himself on that car.

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That's true. He kind of gets lost in the wash. The other thing is the other people on the farm. You kind of forget about them and then they'll come running in from time to time.

[JBHuskers]

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I'm beginning to wonder if walkers are going to get drawn to the farm now after the massacre.

[morsdraconis]

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I kind of want to know the back story on Dale and Andrea.

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In the comics, Andrea and Amy used Dale as a safe haven in exchange for sex.

In the show, it seems like he's more of a father figure than a sugar daddy.

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In the comics, Andrea and Amy used Dale as a safe haven in exchange for sex.

In the show, it seems like he's more of a father figure than a sugar daddy.

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Yeah I knew the comic angle, just wondering how the show was going to portray it and why he feels so possessive over them.

[morsdraconis]

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Yeah I knew the comic angle, just wondering how the show was going to portray it and why he feels so possessive over them.

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I definitely think it's the whole father figure thing. He thinks of Andrea and thought of Amy as his daughters after all the shit went down with the zombies. He's worried about Andrea. First it was because Amy got bit and Andrea had to watch her die. Then he wanted to protect Andrea from something like that happening to her (again, father figure of him being overprotective of Andrea because he felt like he lost a daughter with Amy dying). Then, the whole thing at the CDC and Andrea wanting to kill herself. And, now, we have her getting with the bad boy of the group and Dale knowing how Shane really is (borderline insane and definitely a bit psychotic) so Dale wants to protect her (again, father figure thinking he knows what's best for Andrea).

Sadly, the Andrea/Dale dynamic has turned into a predictable daddy issues girl (Andrea) doing everything she can to get back at daddy being overprotective of her. She's going to end up doing something REALLY stupid because of it.