Walking Dead

[KallDrexx]

I was trying to figure out what you were talking about, and then saw


and realized my recording cut that off.

So an fyi for anyone else who has a crappy recording.

[CmdrSlack]

Wait, what?

[Evildrider]

I was trying to figure out what you were talking about, and then saw


and realized my recording cut that off.

So an fyi for anyone else who has a crappy recording.

No, what you missed was this I think.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWHs2VIPTeo

[KallDrexx]

Err yeah, copied the wrong url, my bad

[Ironwood]

I don't know what to make of that episode.

[apocrypha]

First, can I rail gently against the convention of using spoiler tags within these threads? If you're reading a thread dedicated to a currently-airing TV show and you don't want to see spoilers then don't read the thread would be my position. Using spoiler tags seems redundant to me and breaks up the flow of the thread. However, I won't break with the convention unanimously, despite thinking it's idiotic.

[Rasix]

You can rail all you want.  If there's clouds in the sky, you may even step outside and yell at them if it pleases you.

[apocrypha]

You can rail all you want.  If there's clouds in the sky, you may even step outside and yell at them if it pleases you.

Haha OK, I won't bring it up again.

[Cheddar]

Glad Beth died.

[slog]

Question:

Remember way back in season 1, when Rick first meets the gang and the have to get the guns he dropped?  They smeared Walker guts over themselves and were able to walk among them without issue.  Is there  some reason that they don't do this ever again?  When they need the medicine to operate on Carl back at the farm, it would have been easier to just walk in using smeared walker guts.  The fat guy might still be alive.

[Surlyboi]

Carol did that last season.

[jgsugden]

Yeah, but they should be doing it a heck of a lot more.... although, if you read the comics, it does seem that doing it too often might desensitize you too much...

[Setanta]

Not a bad kickstart to the second part of the season but not exactly riveting either.

The only thing I had a chuckle about was Glenn picking up a baseball bat and giving it a tentative twirl. Would they have the guts to follow the comic I wonder?

[Surlyboi]

Yeah. I saw that and thought the same thing. Put the bat down and walk away Glenn.

[Tebonas]

At this point they are just trolling their viewers with this "Black man comes in - another black man has to die" gimmick.

[jgsugden]

Anyone other than Rick can die on this show - and Rick might just get killed off in Any Lincoln gets tired of it and the show has legs.  It isn't about killing off one race or another - it is about killing everyone.  How many characters from the first two or three episodes are there still? Rick, Glenn, Carl, Daryl and Carol.  Morgan, too - I guess - if Lenny James sticks around.  How many characters have joined with this band, played significant roles, and then died in a little over 5 seasons?  I expect that no more than 2 of those 6 names will be there when the final episode ends - although I would not be surprised if the series ends with Rick - being the last living person on Earth - dying.

[Threash]

"Oh, sure we can bring Beth back guys... here you go" "what do you mean we made it worse? wtf!"

[palmer_eldritch]

It was about the last thing I wanted to see happen in the storyline but there's no denying they know how to tell a good story.

[Mithas]

I really think the series has improved over the years. Look back at season 2 and you can see the difference in the storytelling. Now can they please stop killing off characters I would like to see develop?

[Surlyboi]

Whoever it was that cut up the bodies and left the limbless torsos in the truck is one sick sumbitch.

[Segoris]

Besides the bait and switch funeral, I actually didn't like this episode. I get it was a tribute to the character, but I just didn't like the way it was handled. I feel they missed out big-time bringing the characters back but not bringing back the most important one to him (Karen), and I felt they showed the images of Woodbury, the prison, the windshield, etc too often which were just not interesting to see over and over again.

That said, fucking fuck that's two characters in a row they killed off that I liked.

And I'm looking forward to finding out more about the people that cut up the bodies, as I'm guessing that they are the next antagonists we'll see.

[TheWalrus]

Well camera direction has gone sideways. Somebody likes to do the little artsy shots that focus on irrelevant shit. Hope it stops. Hate this style of shooting.

[TheWalrus]

Also, dude was a liability. Don't miss him a bit.

[Nevermore]

Not as much of a liability as the new preacher guy.

[Cyrrex]

It just continues the theme of killing off the weak, I guess.  I thought it was fairly well done.  I was scratching my head through the first half, but I thought they did a pretty good job overall.

The reason Karen wasn't there, I think, was because they only people showing up in his visions were those he specifically had some feelings of guilt or responsibility about.  Karen's death was out of his control.

Speaking of which, I thought it was odd as hell that Carol was not in the episode at all.  She above all others (except Sasha) had a connection with him.  Made no sense.

[Ironwood]

Insert 'Black Dude Again' comment here.

[Cyrrex]

I don't know if they are doing it on purpose, but there is something to the whole Black Dude Syndrome thing.  On the other hand, I think for the most part the Black Dudes they have had on the show have been well written, likable and compelling characters.

[Ironwood]

3 black person, 1 Asian and Whitey.

So the odds were high, but still.....

That said, the dream sequence was almost pure Whitey, so I guess maybe it's ok.

[Raguel]

I don't know if they are doing it on purpose, but there is something to the whole Black Dude Syndrome thing.  On the other hand, I think for the most part the Black Dudes they have had on the show have been well written, likable and compelling characters.

Most of my family disagrees. Everyone likes Morgan though.

[Cyrrex]

So you are saying you didn't like Bob?  It's possible your family are racists.

(not serious)

[Raguel]

Oh I liked Bob. My brother may actually be a racist.  He thinks most, if not all,  of the black men have been...pansies.

I didn't much care for T-token, but after rewatching the first 2 seasons or so he grew on me. Random black prison dude died too fast for me to remember him, but I give him credit for trying to rescue Glen and Maggie.

[HaemishM]

T-DOG 2.0.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I liked the episode, especially the artsy shots and the music video, but it certainly could have been a little bit more peppy. Felt kind of filler because of all the focus on T-Drese's visions. The choice of where to go next was a good plot move, though.

[jgsugden]

Everybody is going to die except (perhaps) Rick and Carl.  All the White, Black, Asian, Green, Male, Female, Good, Evil, Right Handed, Left Handed, etc...  If we went to Vegas and gave over/unders for how many episodes characters will survive, I'm betting Carol and Maggie would be the next two characters with longer survival expectancies - but I'd have given Andrea a similarly high expectation once upon a time. 

[MediumHigh]

I never liked T-Dog 2.0.
They tried really really hard to give him a character, but the mans retarded. They tried to hide behind the moniker that his "higher morals" makes his inability to show any kind of strength or resolve a given because "oh noes he is such a good person you can't possible expect him to do X or to get over Y". I mean wow, he had the importance of T-Dog with the "I can't believe we're doing this" of the late Dale, minus any of the conviction. Glad he's dead.

[Raguel]

he had the importance of T-Dog with the "I can't believe we're doing this" of the late Dale, minus any of the conviction.

I agree with you.

Having said that, let us never speak of this again.