# The Walking Dead; 3.10 "Home" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651 "2013-02-18T01:33:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/41 "2013-02-18T22:03:08Z")
The Governor sure looked proud of himself after his massive failure of an attack. He lost more guys than the other guys and his big zombie surprise was completely ineffective. It should’ve been a slaughter, specially since they somehow got a guy up on the tower. ---
**Author:** ![Courk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Courk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Courk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/42 "2013-02-18T22:36:36Z")
I think the attack worked. The prison group is going to be very busy for quite some time resecuring their home, and will have a harder time with any retaliation. I didn’t notice any eye patch switching, but I did notice they flipped the frame at the end of the scene where Merle rips Daryl’s shirt. Those demon tattoos are on Norman Reedus’s right shoulder. I personally loved every scene with the Dixons. I wish the idea that they were going to rob the quarry camp had been there from the beginning, it’d be fun to go back for any subtle clues, but I bet it’s a new story idea. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/43 "2013-02-18T22:46:20Z")
> [@Courk](#): > > I personally loved every scene with the Dixons. I wish the idea that they were going to rob the quarry camp had been there from the beginning, it’d be fun to go back for any subtle clues, but I bet it’s a new story idea. They are a very entertaining duo – let’s hear it for “The Continuing Hillbilly Adventures of Merle and Daryl”. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/44 "2013-02-18T23:25:27Z")
Yikes, this was IMO a pretty bad episode. As bad as a season 2 episode. It dragged on for 45 minutes with nothing, it had contrived character drama, and just not much redeeming about it. The Glen and Maggie situation is utterly perplexing to me and is a complete waste of screen time. I totally don’t understand the “Maggie had to show someone her tits, omg, the worst thing ever!” vibe I’m supposed to be feeling, I don’t understand why she’s so angry with Glenn, I don’t get why it’s not a bigger deal than Glenn got fucking tortured and went through way worse shit, so at least I get why he’s kind of out of it. Rick going crazy is… I wish they’d make it more interesting. Let him talk to ghosts, fine, use it to examine the stresses of leadership and the consequences of having him make tough decisions. But just sidelining him and watching him chase ghosts is boring. On the other hand, it shows what the characters will do in his absense, which could be interesting, but the scenes of Rick himself are wasted time. The governor’s attack could’ve been the big dramatic action piece of this part of the season, and yet it was incredibly half assed. Okay, they drive up (silently apparently) to the gate and just start firing wildly. This is their big assault plan. Fantastic. Somehow they got a guy up into the guard tower, so they apparently had time and stealth on their side, but they didn’t really use that. Instead they choose to sit outside the gate and fire randomly. Blah. And driving the zombie truck through the gate, who cares? That’s just a fenced in buffer zone. The inner zone isn’t breached. They’re in no immediate danger from those zombies. So there was Daryl and Merle. I guess that was the most interesting part of the episode, and they gave a plausible reason for Daryl to grow and seperate himself from Merle. I guess we need to see the next episode to see if the group gets stupid and accepts Merle back into it before I can evaluate this storyline. Overall, worst episode of the season and just dull and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/45 "2013-02-18T23:50:13Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > They are a very entertaining duo – let’s hear it for “The Continuing Hillbilly Adventures of Merle and Daryl”. Ha! Just waiting to hear the line, “Sheriff, them Dixon boys are at it again!” ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/46 "2013-02-18T23:55:27Z")
I’m not getting the criticism that the Governor and his troops drove into position silently. Vehicles have mufflers these days. I wouldn’t be able to hear my car if it was as far away from me as it was from our heroes, and I was inside a building as they were. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/47 "2013-02-19T00:34:46Z")
Damn, they didn’t just kill Axel, they killed the shit outta him. So long Foghorn Methhorn, we barely knew ya! Someone asked about the Gov’s guy on the watchtower and if he got hit with a headshot or not, and yes, he did. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/48 "2013-02-19T00:42:53Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The Glen and Maggie situation is utterly perplexing to me and is a complete waste of screen time. I totally don’t understand the “Maggie had to show someone her tits, omg, the worst thing ever!” vibe I’m supposed to be feeling, I don’t understand why she’s so angry with Glenn, I don’t get why it’s not a bigger deal than Glenn got fucking tortured and went through way worse shit, so at least I get why he’s kind of out of it. The Glen and Maggie situation makes perfect sense to me, and is IMO some of the best writing on the show. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/49 "2013-02-19T01:31:03Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > So _that’s_ why his eye patch switched sides. > \ Eyepatch? What eyepatch? ---
**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:** [February 19, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/50 "2013-02-19T02:49:51Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Eyepatch? > What eyepatch? Plagiarist. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/51 "2013-02-19T02:51:14Z")
Did the guy who ran out of the zombie van get whacked? This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 4 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/52 "2013-02-19T03:01:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Plagiarist. Frau Brücher! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/53 "2013-02-19T14:24:10Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I’m not getting the criticism that the Governor and his troops drove into position silently. Vehicles have mufflers these days. I wouldn’t be able to hear my car if it was as far away from me as it was from our heroes, and I was inside a building as they were. Considering that one of the two people who happened to be outside when they arrived was just talking last episode about how damn quiet it is all the time, you’d think they’d have noticed. Unless the truck came veeeerrrry slowly, you’d probably detect some sound out of the ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/54 "2013-02-19T14:29:38Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I’m not getting the criticism that the Governor and his troops drove into position silently. Vehicles have mufflers these days. I wouldn’t be able to hear my car if it was as far away from me as it was from our heroes, and I was inside a building as they were. But, Carol and General Custer were in the courtyard when the truck drove up. I was a bit surprised they didn’t hear it as well. Even if the engine was muffled, they would have hear the sound of tires on gravel from a 1/2 mile away. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/55 "2013-02-19T14:30:43Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The Glen and Maggie situation is utterly perplexing to me and is a complete waste of screen time. I totally don’t understand the “Maggie had to show someone her tits, omg, the worst thing ever!” vibe I’m supposed to be feeling, I don’t understand why she’s so angry with Glenn, I don’t get why it’s not a bigger deal than Glenn got fucking tortured and went through way worse shit, so at least I get why he’s kind of out of it. > [@EllisDee](#): > > The Glen and Maggie situation makes perfect sense to me, and is IMO some of the best writing on the show. Yes. Sexual assault fucks people and relationships up. It isn’t solved by rational analysis and things aren’t okay just because there was no better option. This is one of the few ways in which these characters are acting recognizably normally. And that’s for the Glen-Maggie interactions. Glen going off and being a reckless yahoo about it annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/56 "2013-02-19T15:00:53Z")
They sure heard the van long before it broke through the gate. So fighting zombies: everyone is a perfect shot nailing head shots every time usually on the run, but get into a shoot out and suddenly nobody can hit the side of a barn. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/57 "2013-02-19T15:04:22Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > They sure heard the van long before it broke through the gate. So fighting zombies: everyone is a perfect shot nailing head shots every time usually on the run, but get into a shoot out and suddenly nobody can hit the side of a barn. Walkers dont shoot back, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/58 "2013-02-19T15:13:00Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yes. Sexual assault fucks people and relationships up. It isn’t solved by rational analysis and things aren’t okay just because there was no better option. This is one of the few ways in which these characters are acting recognizably normally. > > And that’s for the Glen-Maggie interactions. Glen going off and being a reckless yahoo about it annoys me. I agree. I mean, people grow through the episodes and it seems that for both, having that relationship, hanging on to it through this little drama is the thread that they hang on to stay sane. In fact, I’d argue especially in the situation they are in with the world around them collapsing having these feelings about each other – some selfish some generous – it’s almost as a hideout. Just like for Rick, seeing what’s not there is a form of escapism. It’s not easy, man… ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/59 "2013-02-19T15:17:43Z")
My take on the Maggie/Glen thing is that maybe (in addition to both being incredibly traumatized generally) Maggie was pissed at the implication that being captured, terrorized, and thinking they would both die horribly is basically irrelevant as long as no one actually inserted anything in her vagina. You know, that means everything’s all right and she doesn’t need to be upset. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651/60 "2013-02-19T16:12:01Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > My take on the Maggie/Glen thing is that maybe (in addition to both being incredibly traumatized generally) Maggie was pissed at the implication that being captured, terrorized, and thinking they would both die horribly is basically irrelevant as long as no one actually inserted anything in her vagina. You know, that means everything’s all right and she doesn’t need to be upset. Yes, exactly. The only bad thing that can happen is someone inserting his penis into her vagina. (1) Maybe that’s not the worst thing that happened to Maggie. (2) Maybe Maggie could even get over penetrative rape. (3) But that’s all Glen seems to be worried about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-3-10-home-open-spoilers/650651.md?page=4)