# The Walking Dead; 2.13 "Beside the Dying Fire" SEASON FINALE (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171 "2012-03-18T23:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/261 "2012-03-22T13:53:05Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’ve mentioned this board to him on a few occasions. He’d love it if ever gave it a shot. But he resists because, if any misinformation is given, he can blame it on me. Dont we have one? We have a prison doctor somewhere at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/262 "2012-03-22T15:00:38Z")
Yes — and he could answer the broken neck \>\> zombie question too! 😃 Paging Dr. Mercotan! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/263 "2012-03-22T17:14:56Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > My theory is that Shane was a bit of a psychopath… but that he viewed himself as a good guy. He said that he’d stay behind to let Otis get away… but he didn’t actually have to do it, did he? If he was willing to sacrifice, he could’ve done it himself, rather than let Otis talk him out of it. And hey, _someone’s_ gotta stay behind to let the other get away… > > I imagine he was a very competent cop, but he did it for the power and importance of the position rather than any sense of public service. > > But anyhoo… > > One thing that kind of bothered me- they specifically mentioned that Randall wasn’t bitten, but that instead his neck was broken. > > Now, it’s my impression that what kills you when you’ve got a broken neck is suffocation- your lungs don’t work, because their connection to the brain is broken. It’s the paralysis that kills you- so wouldn’t Zombie Randall \*also \*be paralyzed from the neck down? I’ve actually wondered that myself. I’ve advanced the notion that there are squads of zombies in HoveRounds terrorizing nursing homes. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/264 "2012-03-22T17:30:23Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > And I don’t think Rick is from Georgia, is he? I thought he was from Kentucky. Or is that something I’ve picked up from the people who have read the comic books? Yes, they started out in Kentucky. How awesome would it be for them to run into… Raylan Givens? You know he’d be a survivor… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/265 "2012-03-22T19:05:44Z")
They started out in Kentucky in the comics, but the TV series has been set in Georgia only. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/266 "2012-03-22T19:26:38Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > They started out in Kentucky in the comics, but the TV series has been set in Georgia only. They did not establish in the TV series where he woke up. As they did not specify it, and the events of meeting Morgan and being told there is a safe zone in Atlanta with the CDC, it makes sense that they maintained the same continuity of the comics. Nothing has been shown/stated that I can recall to counter that he was a Kentucky police officer and traveled to Georgia to find his family at the CDC safe zone. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/267 "2012-03-22T19:28:57Z")
> **[King County, Georgia](https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/King_County,_Georgia)** > > King County, Georgia, is the home town of Rick Grimes and his family. The hospital where Rick stayed while he was in a coma is located in this town, as well as the King County Elementary School where his son Carl went to school and the police... ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/268 "2012-03-22T19:46:50Z")
Cynthiana is in Harrison County in Kentucky, though — where Robert Kirkland is from. I thought it was pretty clear (even without Ephemera’s link) the whole shebang was set in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/269 "2012-03-22T21:21:27Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > They did not establish in the TV series where he woke up. As they did not specify it, and the events of meeting Morgan and being told there is a safe zone in Atlanta with the CDC, it makes sense that they maintained the same continuity of the comics. Nothing has been shown/stated that I can recall to counter that he was a Kentucky police officer and traveled to Georgia to find his family at the CDC safe zone. Do the Deputy/Police uniforms look like any real organization? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/270 "2012-03-22T21:31:16Z")
Further proof in case the link above isn’t enough: the [sleeve patch](http://walkingdead.wikia.com/index.php?title=King_County_Sheriff%27s_Department&image=Kings_County_Georgia_Sheriff_Sleeve_Patch-jpg) from their uniforms identifies them as Georgian. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/271 "2012-03-22T22:06:46Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > Further proof in case the link above isn’t enough: the [sleeve patch](http://walkingdead.wikia.com/index.php?title=King_County_Sheriff%27s_Department&image=Kings_County_Georgia_Sheriff_Sleeve_Patch-jpg) from their uniforms identifies them as Georgian. Ignorance fought! Do I win a cookie, too? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/272 "2012-03-22T22:12:06Z")
Shouldn’t I get the cookie? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/273 "2012-03-22T22:56:54Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > Shouldn’t I get the cookie? Off course. I was asking if I could have one, too fir asking about the uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/274 "2012-03-22T23:12:40Z")
FOR asking about the uniforms. 🙂 No, wait, I was practicing muh Suthun ak-cent. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/275 "2012-03-23T00:10:32Z")
Keep working on it, **carnivorousplant**. “For asking” would be rendered as “fraskin”, but remember that the short ‘a’ sound should be sounded out as two syllables. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/276 "2012-03-23T02:10:01Z")
One thing I noticed last night… Daryl was riding his chopper, with ape hangers, on grass, while dodging and shooting zombies. Dude is _hardcore_- I’ve been riding for about three years now, and I wouldn’t want to do any of those if I had a choice. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/277 "2012-03-23T05:19:57Z")
Ape hangers, for those of us who don’t speak biker lingo, are those really high up motorcycle handlebars. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/278 "2012-03-23T18:00:04Z")
LOL [Apehangers](http://www.triumphrat.net/attachments/twins-talk/34361d1300820398-you-think-you-got-ape-hangers-p6050096small.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/279 "2012-03-24T00:19:07Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > LOL [Apehangers](http://www.triumphrat.net/attachments/twins-talk/34361d1300820398-you-think-you-got-ape-hangers-p6050096small.jpg). Well, that’s one way to air out your pits after the zombies come and you ain’t go no more deodorant.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171/280 "2012-03-24T20:26:56Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Well, that’s one way to air out your pits after the zombies come and you ain’t go no more deodorant.😃 It’s a little surprising the zombies didn’t all just follow him and his armpit contrail. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-2-13-beside-the-dying-fire-season-finale-open-spoilers/616171.md?page=15)