AMC: The Walking Dead (Season 3:SPOILER ALERTS!))

[saxitoxin]

1. Carl apparently entered and emerged from puberty during the 9 month off-season.
2. The new black guy has the body of T-Dawg and the whining disposition of Dale. We'll call him D-Dawg.
3. Herschel: "Rick, remember season 2 when we ran out of budget and spent 14 episodes just hanging out at the farm exchanging planting tips? Well, here I go again..."
4. Rick: "That chick in the woods reminds me of Laurie ... if Laurie had bathed more often."
5. Mark Zuckerberg: "Hey Carl, wanna hang out?"
6. QUICKSAND ROOF
7. Daryl: "Sorry Beth, another one of your boyfriends was killed by a zombie mob."
8. Beth: "meh"
9. gratuitous shot of Herschel's stump
10. Mark Zuckerberg turns into a Walker

[strike wolf]

So...[spoiler]I am guessing the significance of that one guy dying is to show us that the virus is mutating and now it can kill without having to be bitten directly? I really am not sure how I feel about that. I mean, I guess they are going to limit it to say that a certain percentage of the surviving population appears resistant to this new airborne strand but I don't know seems like making it so you can now become infected without being bitten or scratched makes it less zombie like in a way and I am not sure I like the potential consequences.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Why do you think that? Why not that the kid just didn't get sick and die, maybe his appendix burst, or he had an aneurysm and just died? Everyone is already infected, one becomes a zombie when they die whether they've been bitten or not. It seems more likely to me that the kid dying in the shower is zombie zero of the soon to be zombie horde running through the now packed with survivors prison. The kid was sick pretty much from the beginning of the episode on to the end. Or maybe the kid got bit and didn't tell anyone. I don't know why you go straight to the conclusion that the zombie virus is now airborne and kills all on it's own.
Maybe you're right, but I just don't know what evidence you base that on with the observations in the episode. He might have just popped a major blood vessel in his brain. I guess we'll see next week. Looks like there are zombies running free in the prison based on the previews of the next episode. I figure some of those zombies come from the now dead kid in the shower (who certainly died and will then get up and start killing). Either way, lots of people are going to be dying in the next episode.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]It could have been a different disease but if it had been appendicitis, he should have shown signs of intense stomach pain at some point more than just nausea. The fact that there aren't many diseases that kill that quickly. They also seemed to be hinting at some kind of disease spreading. The focus on disease anyways make me think if it's not the zombie disease itself that there is going to be some kind of highly deadly disease spreading through the camp. I know it's a leap to say it's a mutated zombie virus but that seems like a very possible television plot device.[/spoiler]

[Juan_Bottom]

This is the best shitty show on tv.
I mean it exactly. This show is utter crap, but it pulls it off well. It's impossible to watch it without thinking about how stupid the situations are. Because they are stupid. The Simpsons is written better, because at least you expect the situations to be unbelievable.

[strike wolf]

This is the best shitty show on tv.
I mean it exactly. This show is utter crap, but it pulls it off well. It's impossible to watch it without thinking about how stupid the situations are. Because they are stupid. The Simpsons is written better, because at least you expect the situations to be unbelievable.

Yeah it's getting to that point. Between Andrea failing to kill a lone zombie before it bit her and no one shooting the governor when he was rampaging and other **** that happened towards the end of season 3 and then this latest episode...a lot of BS is piling up, even for a show about zombies.

[ThatDogFenton]

Well, yeah. It's a non-HBO cable TV show about zombies... what, reasonably, CAN you expect from it? I still find it entertaining, at least.

[saxitoxin]

Hands-down my FAV zombie show is Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but TWD is still a close second.

[Phatscotty]

LMAO!

[strike wolf]

And Shane rubbing his head...seriously. It's like he's trying to slick back hair that isn't there.

[Phatscotty]

And Shane rubbing his head...seriously. It's like he's trying to slick back hair that isn't there.

yeah that was lulz.

I know the feeling. I just shaved mine a week ago and I'm always rubbing it now.

[Army of GOD]

LMAO!

That was pretty funny.

But you can't expect more from a basic cable television series. Really, the only reason I'm watching it is because of the zombies. The only non-comedy television series I've ever watched consistently are Spartacus (Starz), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Game of Thrones (HBO) and the Walking Dead, so it's got that working for it.


And, from what I can tell, the series has nowhere to go now really considering they're not willing to take chances with the plot.

[Phatscotty]

LMAO!

That was pretty funny.

But you can't expect more from a basic cable television series. Really, the only reason I'm watching it is because of the zombies. The only non-comedy television series I've ever watched consistently are Spartacus (Starz), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), Game of Thrones (HBO) and the Walking Dead, so it's got that working for it.


And, from what I can tell, the series has nowhere to go now really considering they're not willing to take chances with the plot.

I like it cuz everyone had to be Conservative in order to survive. There are no subsidized groups

btw that's where they are going with season 4. My prediction is now a new generation is growing up in the zombie world and they are going to want to treat the zombies with compassion like the way younger people want to run up to a polar bear and give it a hug. That's why the little girls were giving the geekz names, and that's how it ties in with Rick telling carl not to name the pigs, because once you start naming them people become attached and there is no room for that soft shit in the zombie apocalypse. And that's who is feeding the zombies, the 'compassionate' little girls or else some slightly older girl the younger girls are getting their warped reality from. and I think that will grow into a political split in the prison and it will be a civil war.

[strike wolf]

This week on The Walking Dead. Watch as Rick and company come to the conclusion that there is a fast acting flu bug spreading through the camp and decide that even though everyone had access to Patrick, only Cell Block D is at serious risk. Watch as they all conclude that everyone who had contact with cell block D, even those not showing symptoms need to be isolated and then watch as all those people freely walk around the prison unless of course they're coughing. Then watch as nobody is left to guard the two people who are actually isolated leading to them being killed, dragged from their cells and burned in the yard where no one notices the smoke or blood stains until the end of the episode (Seriously, I'm pretty sure burning human bodies creates a decent sized smoke cloud).

Overall, better than last week but still a few ridiculous moments. I am pretty sure that the person(s) who burned the bodies is gonna turn out to be someone worried about the spread of the disease (possibly connected to that doctor who was introduced). Not sure who was feeding the zombies but most likely culprits I suppose are those two girls.

[patches70]

Overall, better than last week but still a few ridiculous moments. I am pretty sure that the person(s) who burned the bodies is gonna turn out to be someone worried about the spread of the disease (possibly connected to that doctor who was introduced). Not sure who was feeding the zombies but most likely culprits I suppose are those two girls.

What are you talking about? We already know who ordered the killings.

The council ordered it. Wait until Tyreese figures out that his own sister voted to have the two dragged out, shot and burned.

We know it was the council who ordered the killings, after it was decided that the known sick were to be isolated, Hershel told Rick "I'll have another meeting with the council". That's the last you hear of that. Hershel indeed convened the council, composed of Hershel, Glenn, Carol, Daryl and Sasha. They decided that the sick people would have to be purged. For added dramatic effect, I can assumed that Sasha voted to have the two killed, to have dramatic conflict between her and her brother.
I figure Daryl probably voted against such action. Carol and Hershel definitely voted for the action. Glenn probably voted against such action, so we know it was Sasha who broke the tie.

As to who actually carried out the killings, we'll have to wait to see I guess.

[Phatscotty]

Overall, better than last week but still a few ridiculous moments. I am pretty sure that the person(s) who burned the bodies is gonna turn out to be someone worried about the spread of the disease (possibly connected to that doctor who was introduced). Not sure who was feeding the zombies but most likely culprits I suppose are those two girls.

What are you talking about? We already know who ordered the killings.

The council ordered it. Wait until Tyreese figures out that his own sister voted to have the two dragged out, shot and burned.

We know it was the council who ordered the killings, after it was decided that the known sick were to be isolated, Hershel told Rick "I'll have another meeting with the council". That's the last you hear of that. Hershel indeed convened the council, composed of Hershel, Glenn, Carol, Daryl and Sasha. They decided that the sick people would have to be purged. For added dramatic effect, I can assumed that Sasha voted to have the two killed, to have dramatic conflict between her and her brother.
I figure Daryl probably voted against such action. Carol and Hershel definitely voted for the action. Glenn probably voted against such action, so we know it was Sasha who broke the tie.

As to who actually carried out the killings, we'll have to wait to see I guess.

Didn't Carl just get his gun back?

[patches70]

Hahah! I would be very surprised indeed if it was Carl who did it. I would happily wager that it wasn't.

This is just one of those themes from the comic book. What's good for the many means sacrificing the individual and exploring that line of thinking. It's all good and dandy as long as you aren't the individual being sacrificed.

It's one thing to willingly sacrifice one's self, it's all together a different thing when a single leader or even a council decide who is to be sacrificed. When we put the group ahead of the individual it allows for all types of terrible crimes to be done to individuals and justified as "for the good of the many".

The Walking Dead comic book certainly explores that a bit.

[strike wolf]

Overall, better than last week but still a few ridiculous moments. I am pretty sure that the person(s) who burned the bodies is gonna turn out to be someone worried about the spread of the disease (possibly connected to that doctor who was introduced). Not sure who was feeding the zombies but most likely culprits I suppose are those two girls.

What are you talking about? We already know who ordered the killings.

The council ordered it. Wait until Tyreese figures out that his own sister voted to have the two dragged out, shot and burned.

We know it was the council who ordered the killings, after it was decided that the known sick were to be isolated, Hershel told Rick "I'll have another meeting with the council". That's the last you hear of that. Hershel indeed convened the council, composed of Hershel, Glenn, Carol, Daryl and Sasha. They decided that the sick people would have to be purged. For added dramatic effect, I can assumed that Sasha voted to have the two killed, to have dramatic conflict between her and her brother.
I figure Daryl probably voted against such action. Carol and Hershel definitely voted for the action. Glenn probably voted against such action, so we know it was Sasha who broke the tie.

As to who actually carried out the killings, we'll have to wait to see I guess.

If that's even remotely true, I'm gonna stop watching the Walking Dead for the pure ridiculousness of that scenario.

[saxitoxin]

I'm getting creeped out by Carol continuously telling Carl "this is our little secret, don't tell your dad, okay?"

That's how it always starts - first the nice adult wants you not to tell your parents she's teaching you how to decapitate zombies, before long she's saying not to tell them about the late night games of "tickle monster."

[Phatscotty]

I'm getting creeped out by Carol continuously telling Carl "this is our little secret, don't tell your dad, okay?"

That's how it always starts - first the nice adult wants you not to tell your parents she's teaching you how to decapitate zombies, before long she's saying not to tell them about the late night games of "tickle monster."

[thegreekdog]

So...[spoiler]I am guessing the significance of that one guy dying is to show us that the virus is mutating and now it can kill without having to be bitten directly? I really am not sure how I feel about that. I mean, I guess they are going to limit it to say that a certain percentage of the surviving population appears resistant to this new airborne strand but I don't know seems like making it so you can now become infected without being bitten or scratched makes it less zombie like in a way and I am not sure I like the potential consequences.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Why do you think that? Why not that the kid just didn't get sick and die, maybe his appendix burst, or he had an aneurysm and just died? Everyone is already infected, one becomes a zombie when they die whether they've been bitten or not. It seems more likely to me that the kid dying in the shower is zombie zero of the soon to be zombie horde running through the now packed with survivors prison. The kid was sick pretty much from the beginning of the episode on to the end. Or maybe the kid got bit and didn't tell anyone. I don't know why you go straight to the conclusion that the zombie virus is now airborne and kills all on it's own.
Maybe you're right, but I just don't know what evidence you base that on with the observations in the episode. He might have just popped a major blood vessel in his brain. I guess we'll see next week. Looks like there are zombies running free in the prison based on the previews of the next episode. I figure some of those zombies come from the now dead kid in the shower (who certainly died and will then get up and start killing). Either way, lots of people are going to be dying in the next episode.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]It could have been a different disease but if it had been appendicitis, he should have shown signs of intense stomach pain at some point more than just nausea. The fact that there aren't many diseases that kill that quickly. They also seemed to be hinting at some kind of disease spreading. The focus on disease anyways make me think if it's not the zombie disease itself that there is going to be some kind of highly deadly disease spreading through the camp. I know it's a leap to say it's a mutated zombie virus but that seems like a very possible television plot device.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I just watched the first episode from this season and the kid definitely turned zombie. Twice during the episode, I recall Rick taking an extended look at a certain walker at the fence who had blood streaks on his eyes (similar to the kid). I think that's your reveal.[/spoiler]

[thegreekdog]

Not to get too in-depth here, but in the first episode "let's recap last season" montage, there is some attention paid to how Carl is turning into a psycopath. So I'm guessing it's Carl killing the new infected folks. Makes you wonder whether the others are going to find out, banish Carl, and then Rick and some assortment of major characters leave the prison with Carl.

[strike wolf]

Not to get too in-depth here, but in the first episode "let's recap last season" montage, there is some attention paid to how Carl is turning into a psycopath. So I'm guessing it's Carl killing the new infected folks. Makes you wonder whether the others are going to find out, banish Carl, and then Rick and some assortment of major characters leave the prison with Carl.

[spoiler]So Carl who is what? 12 or 13 at this point? Killed two fully grown people and was able to drag them outside and burn them? The killing, he could have done if he had a gun, maybe if he had some kind of knife but any weapon that would cause him to have to get in close would cause a conflict and the adults would have the strength advantage (The first one would likely not suspect him and be fairly vulnerable but the second would notice the blood on his hands and clothes or have heard the gun go off (In fact other people in the prison might) or did he have a silencer? I don't remember). It also wouldn't be easy for him to drag those people outside. So yeah, I doubt it was Carl.[/spoiler]

[strike wolf]

I'm getting creeped out by Carol continuously telling Carl "this is our little secret, don't tell your dad, okay?"

That's how it always starts - first the nice adult wants you not to tell your parents she's teaching you how to decapitate zombies, before long she's saying not to tell them about the late night games of "tickle monster."

She probably should teach them how to lop off zombies legs or hamstring them, something to get the zombies on a level where the kids can actually reach the head since many of the kids seem to still be under 5 feet.

[crispybits]

Why have none of them had the cunning plan to find an industrial sized woodchipper and a huge great gas tank - set it up somewhere away from the prison with a fence to funnel the zombies into one end and a blinking great siren on top to attract them - you could sit in a tree 100 yards away and have a gory version of fireworks for entertainment...

[Army of GOD]

I don't think it's Carl just because I think the writers want to make him at least partially likeable even though he's an annoying piece of shit. I think it's some background character soon-to-be main antagonist for this season.


And I like how Rick is just pouring gasoline all over the place as if it's in fucking surplus. Where do they keep getting it from? I don't think they've once shown where they get ammo or gas from, both which seem to be in infinite supply.

[Army of GOD]

Or it's the Guv'nuh who's been hiding out in Carol's snatch