The actor who plays Hershel, Scott Wilson, must be one of the oldest seeming 69 year olds in the biz. I thought he was a good 10 years older than that.
Well, here’s the thing, what else do they have?
Without a purpose or some sort of goal to look forward to, what’s to stop a few of the members from just giving up, or even from offing themselves?
Remember the guy at the CDC? During his video diary, he was convinced he was alone in the world and mentioned that he was going to kill himself the following day.
Then, Rick and company arrive, and they give him hope that maybe there is in fact some semblance of life left.
I mean, they’re not naive. I’m sure the thought of Fort Benning being overrun has crossed their minds, but they’ve convinced themselves that they at least have to try.
A little quick, maybe, but there aren’t a lot of eligible bachelors left in the world, and she was obviously worried that Glenn was going to leave with the rest of his group.
So, she may not love him, but we know she likes him, so perhaps some feminine wiles to get him to stick around.
These two events are what make this show so fraught with moral questions, which is why I love it. Rick blowing those guys away was a little out of character for the Rick we knew up until that point, and he muddied his own morality by doing it, much like Shane…who is a self-serving d-bag for what he did to Otis, but its clear that Shane also cares about protecting the group (while privately wishing/plotting to get Rick out of the way so he can get his piece of ass back)…
And while I’m at it, that zombie that Lori hit was the only live Walker during that entire episode, wasn’t it? Which shows another reason why I love this show so much…the zombies really only play an ancillary role to the plot…the real story is how the survivors live their lives and interact with one another under incredibly trying circumstances.
Those guys went to attack Rick first. Killing them was not out of character at all.
Well, there was Herschel’s zombie wife at the beginning of the episode who had “survived” the zombie massacre until Andrea dispatched her with the scythe (or whatever that was).
You don’t know how fat he was to begin with, maybe he HAD slimmed down considerably. And Otis was bigger than him, and he was doing just fine against zombies until Shane kneecapped him.
I would bet good money it had nothing to do with recognizing the name or having the first clue who Rick is.
The Philly hoodlum no doubt had a weird look in reaction to hearing the name because Rick introduced himself as “Officer Rick Grimes,” adding a little emphasis on the officer part.
Eh, I misspoke. Not so much the killing of them, because at that point he didn’t really have a choice, but just how quickly he became resistant and unfriendly towards other actual live human beings.
Damn…I missed the first five minutes or so of the episode…must have happened then.
But those particular human beings were sketchy as fuck. He was onto them slightly before Glenn and Hershel, and he SHOULD be, because he’s a cop.
I recognize that there would be much less drama on this show if the characters didn’t act stupidly but man it’s the little things that bug. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still my favorite show on TV.
Why wouldn’t they poke the walkers after they shot them out of the barn? Once one comes back to life, wouldn’t the first thing you do be to poke the rest of them? And several of them have guns yes the weapon of choice to kill the remaining walker is a scythe? That seemed rather dangerous considering.
Eh, not really. Walkers have no guile, nor do they pass out and come to. A better complaint would be to ask why the mother was quiet and still for so long, or for any amount of time at all.
I didn’t think Shane was gently cleaning Carol solely out of compassion. I wondered if he was covertly checking to see if she had come into contact with a walker while she was out wandering in the woods.
I gave up watching after the mid-season finale, but I was curious enough to peek at this thread. And my question is simply this, because it surprised me: Dale is psychic? Like really, conclusively, there is no possible interpretation? He’s not just claiming it at this point and maybe it’ll change?
For comic readers…
Is that supported by the comic too?
Well they both clearly violated Rule 1 of Zombieland: Cardio.
Neither Dale himself nor anything else in the show has suggested that he’s psychic, and psychic powers have never been brought up. People are saying “Psychic Dale” because he’s latched onto the conclusion that Shane killed Otis when there was absolutely no evidence that would lead one to that conclusion.
He doesn’t need to be psychic. It could be as simple as noticing that Shane returned with Otis’s gun, and thinking about how that might have come to pass.
Re: the guys at the bar. When Rene hopped over the bar I just assumed he was looking for a shotgun under the assumption that most bars have shotguns down by the rail. I think Rick figured the same thing. When Rick put his hand on his gun I think that was to say “I know you’re looking for a shotgun…if you find it, I’ll shoot you”
This was my assumption as well. He appears to be checking her skin for scratches or bites as he’s washing her off.