# The Walking Dead; 4.10 "Inmates" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513 "2014-02-17T01:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/101 "2014-02-18T21:07:56Z")
I find it ironic that Rick cast Carol out of the group because he didn’t feel his children were safe around her, yet she is the only reason the pre-teen baby bunny killer did not finish suffocating Judith. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/102 "2014-02-18T21:13:00Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Speaking of meat, here’s something I’ve wondered about for a few seasons: when walkers get you they generally devour you, with not much left to slither around with. If fresh kills get eaten, where are all these relatively intact looking walkers coming from? Some of them have entertainingly gross mutilations but a lot of them don’t seem to have suffered more than a nip. It’s not like they’re vampires going around deliberately infecting people then leaving. People don’t always get eaten, sometimes they get bit and kill the walker that bites them, then they die of the infection/wounds and come back as a walker. What I don’t get is in that pile of flesh that was supposed to have been someone, where are the bones? We don’t see walkers crunching on bones so where do the bones go? That’s the thing that bothered me about when Lori got devoured, where were the bones? ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/103 "2014-02-18T21:27:34Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > What I don’t get is in that pile of flesh that was supposed to have been someone, where are the bones? We don’t see walkers crunching on bones so where do the bones go? That’s the thing that bothered me about when Lori got devoured, where were the bones? Mrs. Plant (v.2.0) fed raw fresh bones to her dogs, and they ate them. That doesn’t explain the absence of skulls and large bones, though. Perhaps they are just hidden under all that glop. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/104 "2014-02-18T21:52:34Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We developed a tradition of copy pasting the thread spoiler rules in the first post a long time ago. No spoilers until it airs in x timezone, spoiler box comic book discussion, outside sources, scenes for next week etc. > > Personally, this show is zombie brain splattering mental bubble gum and I don’t care much, but some do and putting the rules in first post helps remind everyone. That’s a good idea. Even though I’m in a more western time zone, it seems like we get the show here earlier than other people. I didn’t want to blow a big spoiler in my first post in this thread for the people who were watching an hour later than I do. > [@Wile\_E](#): > > People don’t always get eaten, sometimes they get bit and kill the walker that bites them, then they die of the infection/wounds and come back as a walker. What I don’t get is in that pile of flesh that was supposed to have been someone, where are the bones? We don’t see walkers crunching on bones so where do the bones go? That’s the thing that bothered me about when Lori got devoured, where were the bones? The walkers have sponge rubber heads and diamond teeth? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/105 "2014-02-18T22:13:37Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > I find it ironic that Rick cast Carol out of the group because he didn’t feel his children were safe around her, yet she is the only reason the pre-teen baby bunny killer did not finish suffocating Judith. My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/106 "2014-02-19T02:47:08Z")
I just started watching season 1 over again today, and I noticed something that made me wonder… The dead bodies in the cars, tank, etc. They are dead and rotting… and yet later in the series, ALL dead people re-animate. Huh? It feels like the auto-re-animation was an afterthought. ---
**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, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/107 "2014-02-19T03:11:06Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > It feels like the auto-re-animation was an afterthought. That could very well be. Were I to fan wank it, I should say that those first people were killed by the military who shoot folks a whole bunch of times, sometimes in the head. Or, perhaps it developed afterwards. The virus or whatever mutated. Folks who died before the apocalypse didn’t didn’t turn. Someone go over to the spoiler/comic thread-did every death result in zombification at the start? ---
**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, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/108 "2014-02-19T03:17:57Z")
[Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17118546#post17118546) to spoiler/comic thread. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/109 "2014-02-19T03:18:04Z")
Personally, I like spoilers - I can see hiding them for people who don’t, but I never fail to click on a spoiler. Since I dvr both, I often will watch ‘Talking’ before I watch the ‘Walking’ episode it applies to. That way I know what to watch for and don’t have to go back and watch the episode again to catch up on things I may have missed. But then again, I’m the sort of person who will read the last page of a novel first - I just don’t like surprises… 😛 ---
**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, 2014, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/110 "2014-02-19T08:24:54Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I just started watching season 1 over again today, and I noticed something that made me wonder… > > The dead bodies in the cars, tank, etc. They are dead and rotting… and yet later in the series, ALL dead people re-animate. Huh? > > It feels like the auto-re-animation was an afterthought. They planted the seed that everyone reanimates in the first season; it was the secret the CDC guy whispered to Rick. The writers handwaved away the dead bodies in the cars as having been reanimated and then being trapped by the seatbelts and cooked by the hot Atlanta sun. Weak, for sure, but just another in a long line of forsaking good writing in the service of looking cool. ---
**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, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/111 "2014-02-19T12:12:23Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > They planted the seed that everyone reanimates in the first season; it was the secret the CDC guy whispered to Rick. The writers handwaved away the dead bodies in the cars as having been reanimated and then being trapped by the seatbelts and cooked by the hot Atlanta sun. Weak, for sure, but just another in a long line of forsaking good writing in the service of looking cool. Now I do recall that from _The Talking Dead_. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/112 "2014-02-19T22:07:31Z")
Just got a chance to watch last night. It’s like a trainwreck you can’t look away from. The campfires really bug me. There’s no good reason for these people to light a zombie beacon every time they sit down. It’s summer in Georgia, so it’s warm. They are not hunting or fishing, so there’s no raw food that needs cooking. It’s clueless writing from people who don’t think too hard: we’re outside at night, better light a fire. Yes, we need to see the characters, but there are lots of very dim scenes that don’t seem to cause problems. Why sleep in the open anyway? There are cars everywhere. If folks would just hop in and shut the hell up when it starts to get dark, they’d be invisible to zombies. Unless the car is on fire, this week. Tall grass or thick bushes would work almost as well. The shot of the circling vultures is yet more proof that the writers are deliberately screwing with us. The heretofore steadfast refusal to show carrion-eating fauna is, I suppose, a valid creative decision, even though insects (heck, just bacteria) would have devoured the zombies by now. But using vultures solely for a lame film school 101 cliche shot is just more thumbing their noses at the viewers. The whole bit with Tyrese and the girls is kind of baffling. The huge zombie-squashing man changes the baby while the little girls stand guard? Why did they leave the baby carrier at the prison, other than to bait us over the midseason break? And wouldn’t it have made more sense to keep the girls close while he investigated the disturbance? Where did the taller girl get dead rabbits from anyway? Does she have a trapline way the heck out in the woods? I know, I know: Forget it, Furious\_Marmot, it’s Zombietown. ---
**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, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/113 "2014-02-19T22:18:18Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > The campfires really bug me. There’s no good reason for these people to light a zombie beacon every time they sit down. It’s summer in Georgia, so it’s warm. They are not hunting or fishing, so there’s no raw food that needs cooking. Probably keeps the bugs down. I’d want to see the zombies coming, and be able to see my weapons. Were they attracted to the burning car by the fire, or by the noise? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/114 "2014-02-19T23:16:57Z")
If they’re attracted to light, they should all be blind from staring at the sun all day. ---
**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, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/115 "2014-02-19T23:19:20Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > If they’re attracted to light, they should all be blind from staring at the sun all day. You have a Doctorate in Zombiology from Milton’s Institute of Taxidermy or something? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/116 "2014-02-19T23:32:23Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Oh _great_ Judith “Lil’ pain in the ass” is still alive :rolleyes: > > Little zombie-calling siren, that, tactically foolish to keep her… > > Y’know, the last thing Rick and Carl saw _was_ Judith’s bloody baby carrier… Just sayin’ > > (Not a fan of babies/kids in shows) > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nor I. What an odd–and I’m guessing strictly male–take on it all. In the situation of the show, there would of course be babies. And kids–you mean you would prefer it if Carl were off the island? I think you should examine your preferences in this area. What does it say beyond what you’ve said? Or were you guys jus’ sayin’? 😉 ---
**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, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/117 "2014-02-19T23:48:47Z")
I hate children. I paid money not to have any. 🙂 I hate kids and robots in otherwise decent science fiction. Let me guess, I bet you have children? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/118 "2014-02-20T00:03:29Z")
Personally, I hold to the theory that anyone born after the zombie apocalypse is immune to the virus. That reason alone is enough to keep Judith alive. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/119 "2014-02-20T00:07:45Z")
If the new guy we just met actually is a good guy, and Terminus is a good place, maybe they can drop Judith off there to be raised without endangering everyone else. Although if it is a good place, the rest should stay there, too. Maybe they will _only_ take Judith - no adults. But that doesn’t make sense, either - they would need all the hands they can get. Forget it, Cat Whisperer - it’s Zombietown. 🙂 ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513/120 "2014-02-20T00:08:33Z")
> [@AtomicDog](#): > > Personally, I hold to the theory that anyone born after the zombie apocalypse is immune to the virus. > That reason alone is enough to keep Judith alive. An interesting theory. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-4-10-inmates-open-spoilers/681513.md?page=7)