The Walking Dead Discussion

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Yeah I hope he yells tainted meat and Bob will officially be a combination of three characters. An original character from the comics, remixed with a new appearance / story and completing Dale's death because let's face it, the scene where the hunters eat his leg is amazing. Now Sasha is going to go through the depression of the death just like Andrea did when Dale died. I honestly didn't think we would see the scene from the hunters where the leg was eaten. I just figured that whole part was remixed for Terminus.

 

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For all we know they could have learned Bob's name before Rick, Carl and Michonne even arrived at Terminus. Or there's a theory that Bob was part of the original Terminus group.

 

I don't remember the whole "to think its you who ended up in our hands" most of that speech was taken directly from the comic. Also,

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I just assumed "never thought you'd taste this good" was a racist statement haha.

 

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Yeah so it seems like Gareth made a point of knowing all of their names. Doesn't seem all that unusual now that he knew Bob's name. I'm thinking Beth is with them, Morgan will probably track them to DC for awhile. Gotta leave his introduction to a more suspenseful part instead of just like, "Oh shit look its Morgan." I think it's Beth that's with them. And I think this is how it will happen. Episode 4 is already confirmed as a beth episode. So I think the episode will start off immediately with her in that hospital with those new people. The story will last into episode 5 and at some point we'll see Daryl and Carol save her which will lead us up to where we left off in episode 3 except perspective focus will switch to Daryl, Carol and Beth coming out of the woods and them running into Michonne.

 

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I loved the returning to Atlanta. Only now, viewers get to see just how far civilization has fallen since the beleaguered sheriff first hit the road in search of his family. Other locations featured during Sunday's hour included the tank in which Rick hid from a massive walker attack; the rooftop where Merle was handcuffed and seemingly left to die; the freeway from season 1's key art; and the gate where Rick cut his way through. (Other mentions included Carol's abusive marriage to Ed and her return to the shelter she and late daughter Sophia once sought refuge in.)

Meanwhile, only two episodes of The Walking Dead remain before season five hits pause for the holidays as the zombie drama prepares for a new human vs. human confrontation. With Carol struck by a car and taken to Grady Memorial, Daryl finds a friend in brief foe Noah. Noah, the guy Beth helped escape from the hospital, is likely with Daryl when he returns to Rick and the church group with inside knowledge of Dawn and Grady Memorial's inner workings. Elsewhere, Abraham's team could also be returning to the church, giving Rick's group renewed strength in numbers to take on Dawn and company.

Robert Kirkman said:

"This confrontation is definitely going to be substantially different from the confrontation with The Governor or Gareth. We do continue to evolve these human-to-human conflicts in very interesting ways, and this is no different. There are going to be some pretty unexpected events in our midseason finale, which is as it should be. On a scale of one to 10, I'd say [the midseason finale is] pretty deadly."

 

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Yeah Noah's community was a rehash of that community Whiltshire from like issue 7 of the comics (where Allen's wife Donna, Ben and Billy's mom, died) It was even shown on the sign outside of the gates to be called 'Shirewilt."

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I was kinda hoping that they would stall out the story a bit more before moving on to Alexandria. Was kind of excited to see that they were hinting something about "The Wolves" attacking Noah's community because I hoping we'd get a new storyline to prolong the trip to DC even longer. Kind of wondering if they're going to go back and dwell on that anymore or if they're just going to leave it there.

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The synopsis for the next few episodes have been out for awhile. In two weeks they will be in Alexandria for sure because the description says, "The group tries to adapt to new life in a community and is having a hard time." This kind of lines up with why Andrew Lincoln was shown at a TWD premier party around s5ep4 with his beard completely shaved despite filming for the second half of s5 not being complete yet. Because Rick shaves his beard off when he is made the sheriff for Alexandria. Fun little fact, Norman Reedus has Andrew Lincolns beard in a ziplock bag in his freezer lol.

Panel to screen comparison:

http://www.thewalkingdead.com/episode-509-panel-to-screen-comparison/
http://www.thewalkingdead.com/episode-510-panel-to-screen-comparison/

 

Yeah but the hair is kind of off which slightly bugs me. Also about Morgan.
I think they're leading up to something epic with him as they're probably wanting him to be more of a major character than he was in the comic.

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I think Tyreese getting bit on the arm and Michonne chopping it off was redone from how Morgan got bit in a similar way and had a similar fate in the comic. Both got bit on the arm, both had it chopped off by Michonne, both died of blood loss vs the bite. Morgan by this point was already back in the group since he rejoined around when the guys met up with Rick and Abraham and Carl in the comics (the claimers on the show).

 

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There's a theory going around that Glenn should be switched out with Daryl for Negan's bludgeoning with Lucille. That will show everyone in the group, and all the fan who are watching, that Negan ain't nobody to be fucked with. Although that will take away from Maggie's character development in All Out War. Also, isn't she technically pregnant right now?