The Walking Dead

[Guest itrayya]

yes, i liked how Rick shot that guy, REALLY FAST.

he got what was comin' to him, don't be messin with Rick!!!

i feel like this past episode was kinda slow.

but i do like how it'll move in the next episode.

[Guest alley01]

Love this brilliant Zombie show and always looks excited for enjoy it's latest episodes. I never could miss it's single episodes. It's one of the best Zombie show ever release in US.

[Guest HERMIT]

One of the things that I like about this show is that the character Daryl Dixon is a Boondock Saint.

If he can rid Boston of evil mobsters, then surely he can lay waste to all the zombies across the South.

[Guest duckbutt']

Sunday's episode was pretty intense. I love Rick! He's one of my favorite characters. The show is very different from comic though.

I have no idea what they're going to do next and it scares me. o.o I wonder what's going to happen to Lori...

[Guest jonogunn]

Sunday's episode was pretty intense. I love Rick! He's one of my favorite characters. The show is very different from comic though.

I have no idea what they're going to do next and it scares me. o.o I wonder what's going to happen to Lori...

if we're lucky they will kill her off soon

[Guest duckbutt']

^

idk. they're not going by the comics. if they did.

Shane would have died a long time ago.

[Guest itrayya]

they are trying to focus on what a real human being would be feeling...

like how Rick is struggling with whether to whack that kid they found.

it is a dog eat dog world now but Rick still values the qualities of fairness and value of human life.

and sometimes Andrea pisses me off.

and i think Lori represents that motherly woman that their world lacks?

i'm glad that they are not following the comics.

i'm just scared that it is gonna end up like 'Lost' where they just throw in people to make some story line,

and then Michelle Rodriguez shows up all tough and bad butt. *prays it doesn't go that way*

[Guest duckbutt']

^

I agree about Lori! A lot of people hate her, but I think she's strong in her own way. She is motherly, and she stays calm in situations, which is what I like.

[Guest HERMIT]

This most recent episode (Judge, Jury, Executioner) regarding Dale and the prospect of the group losing its humanity, to me, was probably one of the best - if not the best - episodes to date.  Such a morally gripping drama, this episode, and the way it all played out was just emotional.  I honestly didn't know which way I was leaning as a viewer - and the end .... oh my, I can't say how jaw dropping and tragically ironic it was.  And to think there are ramifications all around for a couple of characters as a result of this outcome - especially for young Carl and his psyche in the aftermath.  This show is just getting better and better, I think.

[Guest pho-king-nguyen-er]

I think I just lost my virginity because that episode just effed me so hard. I want to know what Carl is going to do next after he had the zombie come to camp and kill a COW, and i want to see more of Daryl playing his role. o_o

One of the things that I like about this show is that the character Daryl Dixon is a Boondock Saint.

If he can rid Boston of evil mobsters, then surely he can lay waste to all the zombies across the South.

Heh, I just realized that today and the last scene...and I was like that looks very familiar...BOONDOCK SAINTS!

[Guest duckbutt']

NOOOO DALEEE. I ALMOST CRIED.

ahem

A lot of people are hating on Carl, and I agree that he was being stupid, but this is one of my favorite things about this show. They don't forget to show how this zombie apocalypse affects a kid. Carl is definitely one showing of how this world has changed a 10 year old. How old is he anyway? 10? 12? Idk. But whatever. They don't just focus on what the adults are thinking. This episode was amazing, but also too sad. :\ I'm scared to see the season finale now.

[autuymnrain]

omo! I just found the discussion for this show on soompi!!! Hello everyone! So I totally missed parts of Sunday's episode and it's upsetting to know though that there's like 2 episodes left...and this is seriously season 2 still.

I must be in the minority to feel the pacing of the show is truly slow. Like for Rick to go through all the trouble to save Randall, risk their lives running from the walkers...then to contemplate as they drive him to that deserted school to have him fight whether he wants to save the kid or not. Then decides to bring him back, goes back into "do I kill him or not" mode in the barn house...that was like 3 episodes! I felt it lacked the kick from the first season, and will probably have to come back to revisit my post and write more. But for now, I really am just not sure what my feelings are for this series lately.

[Guest HERMIT]

I can sympathize with what you mean.  But I think it really depends upon what kind of a show you are expecting to watch.  I have to admit that initially, I was kind of half expecting the show to be a lot of action with bits of surprises here and there to keep things interesting.  Yet, as the series wore on, I came to sort of understand the dynamics that I think the writers/creators were trying to achieve in their storytelling.  Rather than the show being about being a physical journey in finding answers and possibly some semblance of salvation (which, of course, I still see as the central story arc), I'm starting to feel the nuances that they also want to explore the just as compelling emotional journey and complex character studies of just how people act and conduct themselves under duress and survival mode.  I think if you allow yourself to get immersed in a lot of the philosophical and ethical questions that The Walking Dead poses, then you can slowly come to appreciate this series as being a really contemplative and heavy drama, rather than just an action-packed horror/sci fi novelty show.  For me, this last episode just made me go WOW and pounded that fact home for me.  The whole philosophical implications that it posed (At what price humanity?) and then the ironically tragic end with Dale just left me dumbfounded.

[autuymnrain]

OMGOSH! The GREAT HERMIT responded to my post! HAHAHAHA, okay yea, sorry for the semi-fangirl moment. It's just I am definitely a fan of your posts throughout the site! :]

I understand what you mean by rather than this show just being all action, it focuses on the psychology/emotions of how humans become given their situation. However, I sometimes wonder about its pacing like I mentioned. For example, the earlier part of the season focused on the gang finding Sophia. It was practically the main arc last season that had me facepalming.

Then this later half the season, has really hardly just began before it's ending in a few episodes I believe? There's so many questions unanswered that I hope the writers haven't forgotten about and will somehow tie everything in. Such as what happened to the father and son in the first episode. What was told to Rick at the CDC? What happened to Daryl's brother?

I wonder if it's due to budget cuts that we also get to see less of the suspenseful scenes with more walkers. Maybe I need to stop comparing this season to the first one and just watch it for what it is.

Sometimes I'm not sure if the drama between Lori, Rick and Shane serve that purpose, or if it's simply almost soap opera-ish to me. I understand characters change given the predicament they're in. Some of them are just different, almost 360 change out of no where though. I didn't get how Carl for example, seemed to go from a well minded kid to all of a sudden acting somewhat reckless and going

"shoot him, dad" --pertaining to the scene with Rick once again holding a gun to Randall

.

I do agree with you that the

when Dale met his tragic end, I was really heartbroken and felt the same--he's one of the sound remaining voice of reason that is much needed.It was just really sad to know Daryl was the one that had to take him out.

With that, I guess we'll have to wait to see how things pan out. I hope they'll develop more about Daryl and Glenn. I really like them. At this point though, I am honestly not sure what I feel for the drama. But I do know I HATEEEEEEEE AMC  for trying to just shove Comic Men at us just to get like 10 seconds previews of the next episode. JAYSUS, no thanks, I'll just wait then for the actual episode the following week^_^.

[autuymnrain]

Since Sunday is approaching, with the series winding down, I found some MAJOR SPOILERS (or possible major spoilers) for anyone that's interested of what could/may happen in the next upcoming episodes. The reason why I am so unsure is because it was posted by an individual on IMDB forum, and I don't know how legit it is. So please be cautious about clicking, as it really could be major spoilers of the next episode. You have been warned!

Episode begins with Dale's funeral. Rick makes a speech, intercut with  Andrea, Daryl, Shane and T-Dog killing some random walkers in a field.  Funeral ends with Rick saying that the group has to set aside their  differences and pull together in honor of Dale. Cue theme music.

Hershel finally allows everybody to move into the house. Rick  decides to let Randall loose instead of killing him, just like they had  originally planned. Shane gets all mad at the idea, but Rick says it's  his decision and Shane needs to shut up. Later, Carl reveals to Shane  that he done *beep* up and stole Daryl's gun as well as released that  walker from the swamp, but asks him not to tell anyone. While Shane is  building a lookout platform, Lori comes to talk to him. She thanks him  for everything he had done (saving them from Atlanta, etc.) and says  she's truly sorry for all the crap that happened between them.

Shane asks Rick that he and Daryl be allowed to go dump Randall, but  Rick refuses. Shane then tells Rick about what Carl did and gives him  Daryl's gun. Rick has a talk with his son and basically tells him to  grow up. Meanwhile, Shane sneaks into the shed and releases Randall.  They secretly leave the farm and take off into the woods together. Shane  tells the kid that he wants to join their group and asks Randall where  it is. He tells Shane that they have a camp on a highway five miles  away. Shane then proceeds to snap his neck.

The group discovers that Randall is gone and gets all  panicked. Suddenly, a bloody Shane appears. He says that Randall knocked  him out and escaped (he actually smashed his head into a tree after  killing Randall) and that he tried to run after him. Two pairs head out  to look for Randall: Glenn & Daryl and Rick & Shane. Daryl uses  his epic tracking skills to deduce that Randall and Shane actually  walked together and had a scuffle near the tree with Shane's blood on  it. Then, a zombie-Randall appears. Daryl misses with his crossbow,  there's a fight, Glenn takes out Randall. Daryl uses his epic Sherlock  skills to deduce that Randall was killed by a broken neck and zombified  in spite of having no bite marks.

Shane and Rick meanwhile arrive on a field. Rick tells Shane that he  knows Shane plans to kill him there. Shane plans to pin the murder on  Randall and says he's better for Lori and that Rick has no idea how to  fix the situation. Shane wants Rick to raise his gun so he wouldn't have  to kill an unarmed man. Rick talks him out of the murder, telling him  that there's still a way out of it. As Shane is lowering his gun, Rick  stabs him in the chest, killing him. Carl appears, having left the farm  looking for them, and sees Shane rising from the dead while Rick's back  is turned. He shoots Shane in the head, attracting a nearby group of  walkers. Rick and Carl stand over Shane's corpse, oblivious to the huge  horde of walkers approaching the farm from the woods. End episode.

If it's really like that... I have soooooooo many questions going on in my head.

Such as wowww, so fast, and did walkers just advance or something? I mean I thought Shane wouldn't go until the end, as in the end of the series itself! Then there's possibly the fact that everyone IS infected, given Randall comes back, but there's not bite marks or what not? And then Rick and Carl are that distracted to not realize walkers have moved in on them? AND OF COUSRE, whatttttttttttt, the barn is discovered? HOW!

[Guest duckbutt']

^

WHOAA WHATT. If that's true, which I kind of doubt it is, but who knows right? Then...wow. WOW

Well

In the comics, Carl DOES shoot Shane, but that's because he was about to kill Rick. They bury him, but soon realize that everybody turns into zombie after they are dead (something about a virus that lives in our body, that does this to us), and they check, and yep Shane is a zome, which goes back to the episode where they found those police men, but Shane notices that there are no "bite marks", so maybe they are going in that direction? I don't know. Btw, this is the telling of someone I know that HAS read the comics, I didn't read them myself, so I don't know all the details.

[Guest pho-king-nguyen-er]

Since Sunday is approaching, with the series winding down, I found some MAJOR SPOILERS (or possible major spoilers) for anyone that's interested of what could/may happen in the next upcoming episodes. The reason why I am so unsure is because it was posted by an individual on IMDB forum, and I don't know how legit it is. So please be cautious about clicking, as it really could be major spoilers of the next episode. You have been warned!

Episode begins with Dale's funeral. Rick makes a speech, intercut with  Andrea, Daryl, Shane and T-Dog killing some random walkers in a field.  Funeral ends with Rick saying that the group has to set aside their  differences and pull together in honor of Dale. Cue theme music.

Hershel finally allows everybody to move into the house. Rick  decides to let Randall loose instead of killing him, just like they had  originally planned. Shane gets all mad at the idea, but Rick says it's  his decision and Shane needs to shut up. Later, Carl reveals to Shane  that he done *beep* up and stole Daryl's gun as well as released that  walker from the swamp, but asks him not to tell anyone. While Shane is  building a lookout platform, Lori comes to talk to him. She thanks him  for everything he had done (saving them from Atlanta, etc.) and says  she's truly sorry for all the crap that happened between them.

Shane asks Rick that he and Daryl be allowed to go dump Randall, but  Rick refuses. Shane then tells Rick about what Carl did and gives him  Daryl's gun. Rick has a talk with his son and basically tells him to  grow up. Meanwhile, Shane sneaks into the shed and releases Randall.  They secretly leave the farm and take off into the woods together. Shane  tells the kid that he wants to join their group and asks Randall where  it is. He tells Shane that they have a camp on a highway five miles  away. Shane then proceeds to snap his neck.

The group discovers that Randall is gone and gets all  panicked. Suddenly, a bloody Shane appears. He says that Randall knocked  him out and escaped (he actually smashed his head into a tree after  killing Randall) and that he tried to run after him. Two pairs head out  to look for Randall: Glenn & Daryl and Rick & Shane. Daryl uses  his epic tracking skills to deduce that Randall and Shane actually  walked together and had a scuffle near the tree with Shane's blood on  it. Then, a zombie-Randall appears. Daryl misses with his crossbow,  there's a fight, Glenn takes out Randall. Daryl uses his epic Sherlock  skills to deduce that Randall was killed by a broken neck and zombified  in spite of having no bite marks.

Shane and Rick meanwhile arrive on a field. Rick tells Shane that he  knows Shane plans to kill him there. Shane plans to pin the murder on  Randall and says he's better for Lori and that Rick has no idea how to  fix the situation. Shane wants Rick to raise his gun so he wouldn't have  to kill an unarmed man. Rick talks him out of the murder, telling him  that there's still a way out of it. As Shane is lowering his gun, Rick  stabs him in the chest, killing him. Carl appears, having left the farm  looking for them, and sees Shane rising from the dead while Rick's back  is turned. He shoots Shane in the head, attracting a nearby group of  walkers. Rick and Carl stand over Shane's corpse, oblivious to the huge  horde of walkers approaching the farm from the woods. End episode.

If it's really like that... I have soooooooo many questions going on in my head.

Such as wowww, so fast, and did walkers just advance or something? I mean I thought Shane wouldn't go until the end, as in the end of the series itself! Then there's possibly the fact that everyone IS infected, given Randall comes back, but there's not bite marks or what not? And then Rick and Carl are that distracted to not realize walkers have moved in on them? AND OF COUSRE, whatttttttttttt, the barn is discovered? HOW!

wow...im surprised this got leaked...or maybe the writer saw this and took this approach

[Guest HERMIT]

So much sexual connotations in this last episode.

The moral of the story taken from this one:

Don't screw around with another man's wife lest you later find yourself being double-teamed by that same man and his son.

Such was the lesson learned by Shane.

[Guest itrayya]

OH MY CARROTS AND APPLES!!!!

i missed last week's episode because i was out to dinner with relatives.

so i watched the encore RIGHT BEFORE the one yesterday.... OH MY CHEESE AND CRACKERS!!!

it was a double heart attack, double smack in the face, double run over by a truck, double quash by a walrus!!!!

my heart was literally hurting. i know i sound dramatic but i'm very sensitive.

i cried because i feel, like most soompiers agree, that Dale was the 'civilized' one. I NEVER EXPECTED THAT, at least so soon. it felt too soon for me.

but that was what made Dale beautiful. it was like.... 'i give my life to save yours.' freaken Randall.

AND THEN, SHANE! that was really, REALLY hurtful because i could sense Rick's regret, pain, anger, confusion.

i screamed, and screamed. why AMC?!?!? whyyy?!?!?!

but at that moment when Rick did what he did.... i honestly felt that it was the only thing he HAD to do because of Shane's mindset. he gave Shane soooo many times to turn around, to rethink things through, to NOT do it.

and it was SAD when they were walking through the woods because i knew that Rick knew the plan and in his heart had hope that it wasn't true and that Shane will not pursue it. it really HURT to see that Rick felt hurt by Shane because he loved him so much but yet Shane is his biggest threat.

FEELINGS! this show gives us a lot of FEELINGS!!!!

but my theory is that... they turn into Walkers after death because the virus is already in their blood stream, whether from breathing it or eating things that have come into contact with it, and the virus only activates when they die. woop, woop!

i swear.... some colleges out there some where need to make a 'Walking Dead 101' class. i'd ace that class!

and the RV scene with Glen and Andrea.... really bringing to life the feelings and what's left of being 'human'.

my husband said he woulda stuck with Shane.

butta, since i'm from the hood and i know who i want in my gang, T Dawg and Daryl, holla!

man, FEELINGS!!!!!!

[autuymnrain]

I saw you typing so was waiting to hear from you before I typed what I wanted to say! HAHAHAAH I love your post, itrayya! Word! I would also choose Daryl as well in my gang!

Oh yea, I think your theory is right too. I mean initially in the drama, when they see all the bodies on the highways, in the car, I guess those bodies didn't turn because either they suffered some brain trauma/injury around the time of death, or someone blew out their brains initially. However, as the season progressed, we see the bodies of those two police officers where the gang examined them and saw no bite marks or anything. Then that was also confirmed with Daryl and Glenn on Randall, and now it's just WHOA with Shane! I guess yes, the transformation varies. OI. So mind boggling!

That scene when Andrea and Glenn were fixing the RV totally got to me as well, especially when Glenn got emotional. It was sooo heartbreaking, and for them to just remember him like that, greatttttttt heartfelt scene for Glenn and Andrea.

I wanted to talk about Lori and Shane. When Lori went to talk to Shane to basically say sorry for all that's happened between them, I felt like Shane of course still had feelings for her, but I wonder if that was what pushed him to do what he did with Randall, and eventually getting Rick alone to carry out his supposed plan. I mean during the confrontation between Rick and Shane, many times I felt it was because Shane wanted Rick to kill him. Because he kept taunting Rick with the whole "I'm the better man" etc. Like indirectly saying to kill him because he can't go on living with just the person he's become and how Shane sees no way out. So I dunno, I feel like maybe he wanted Rick to kill him. But yes, there also could not be any other way, given how changed Shane's become. I applaud both of the actors so much for that scene, because you could feel all the emotions, the pain, the anguish. It was all there.

Wow, I can't believe next week is already the finale. And it really feels like the zombies/walkers just came out of the woodworks...like literallyyyyy. Was it from one gunshot??? Either way, it does make for some heightened suspense!