# The Walking Dead; 3.01 "Seed" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726 "2012-10-14T23:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [October 18, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/141 "2012-10-18T18:29:53Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > \ > I watched _I Walked With A Zombie_ yesterday. Excellent movie. I’ll make a note of that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/142 "2012-10-19T16:38:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Puns are not a science, they are a Black Art. And I’m stealing that one. So horrible. I loved it. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/143 "2012-10-19T16:40:03Z")
> [@BrassyPhrase](#): > > And I’m stealing that one. So horrible. I loved it. I am honored, Sir. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/144 "2012-10-19T18:31:29Z")
Even though Night of the Living Dead predates me, when I was a kid, the word Zombie would conjure an image of a fully intact sort of sleep walking robotic type person who follows commands as much as it it would a rotting, shambling corpse. The current concept of Zombies seems much more recent. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/145 "2012-10-19T21:24:37Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > Seriously? I looked at my husband and said, “These zombies have armor?!” and he promptly responded “\*I \*want armor!” > > I suppose he could have meant it’s been done in video games, but never in a filmed zombie story, but it’s definitely been done! I know! My husband said “Shoot that zombie in the back!” And since I’m usually Nick I just yelled “Tits!” I really like this episode and I have high hopes, but I do recall thinking that the season premiere last season was really great too. I think they spend a lot of money on the first episode and it’s chock full of what we love- zombies! action!- then they have to make a couple less expensive episodes that are full of what we hate- drama! whining! Lori! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/146 "2012-10-19T21:24:45Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > My thoughts on this : > > Walkie talkies are almost always stored on a charger. It’s been dang near a year…there’s no more electricity. No electricity means no chargers. No chargers means dead walkie talkies. > > They could use the cheap store bought ones and regular batteries, but even that supply (just like ammo) is a rare commodity and eventually going to run out. Not true. Inverters with auto adapter plugs could be found at any auto store, truck stop, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc., and were probably not on the “Top 10 Things To Loot” list when things collapsed. Hit most any (or just enough) Police Stations, or Fire Departments, and you’ll find all the walkie-talkies that group would need, a base charger, and spare batteries. And if they’re still finding gasoline, they have electricity. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/147 "2012-10-20T00:05:15Z")
There are probably a lot of car chargers for phones and various other products lying around in the cars too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 20, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/148 "2012-10-20T05:40:49Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > \ and were probably not on the “Top 10 Things To Loot” list when things collapsed.\ Is there such a thing? I’d like to read that. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/149 "2012-10-20T10:18:33Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I really hope we get to find out who’s been flying those damned helicopters this season. They’ve been teasing us with that since the pilot. The pilot? I’m pretty sure that’s who’s flying the helicopters. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/150 "2012-10-20T16:44:51Z")
Have they teased us? Has there been a sighting or mention of it since that single episode? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/151 "2012-10-20T17:00:42Z")
> [@Reverse](#): > > Herschel’s farm was “perfect” because it was a pictoresque location with lots of room and possibilities for starting a new life that they thought was safe from zombies. > > As it turns out, it’s not safe, so they’re never going back. > > Being able to go to sleep without having to worry about a herd of flesh-eating creatures coming to kill your family and friends is a pretty big deal. Except now that we know everyone is infected, and the prospect of someone dying in their sleep is real, I suspect nobody sleeps all too soundly! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/152 "2012-10-20T17:20:38Z")
Haven’t they showed that helicopter from the pilot a few times in the “previously on” intro? ---
**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:** [October 20, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/153 "2012-10-20T19:39:47Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Except now that we know everyone is infected, and the prospect of someone dying in their sleep is real, I suspect nobody sleeps all too soundly! I didn’t see it (or they didn’t show it) - were our gang planning to lock themselves into the cells at night? ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/154 "2012-10-21T00:02:36Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Haven’t they showed that helicopter from the pilot a few times in the “previously on” intro? Rick saw one in the first or second episode of the first season. There was another shown in the (last?) episode of Season Two – the helicopter flying overhead was what got all the walkers to walk in the same direction and, eventually, create the herd that overran Hershel’s farm. There was also a helicopter in the preview for the upcoming episode. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/155 "2012-10-21T02:11:17Z")
> [@Scupper](#): > > …There was also a helicopter in the preview for the upcoming episode. Yeah, but I’m not sure that was so much a preview for the next episode as it was for the entire season. ---
**Author:** ![Iridescent\_Orb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@Iridescent\_Orb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iridescent_Orb)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/156 "2012-10-21T05:16:11Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Ammo being scarce is something else that seems most implausible to me. A zombie show like this would almost make more sense in Europe, where people are tighter together and (generally) far fewer people are armed. I suppose that Shaun Of The Dead documentary showed what would happen. 🙂 There is a post-apocalyptic series called Survivors that some of you may like. The original series was in the 1970s with a remake in the 2000s. They were both BBC productions and (not surprisingly) set in the UK. Guns were far less prevalent, and those that were available were typically of the double barreled shotgun variety. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726/157 "2012-10-21T11:46:25Z")
> [@Iridescent\_Orb](#): > > Guns were far less prevalent, and those that were available were typically of the double barreled shotgun variety. Double tap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-01-seed-open-spoilers/637726.md?page=7)