This is kind of silly, but it irritated me that they lit a whole bunch of candles and left the window blinds open during the dinner scene. This would be dumb under typical TWD circumstances; it’s a neon sign for the zombies who otherwise would be rather unlikely to find the group in the dark, inside a building. It’s especially stupid considering they are pretty sure they were being stalked by someone (the people-eaters, it now seems) just the previous night.
There was an advertisement about 2/3rds of the way through this episode that featured a first season clip of Darryl and Rick yelling at each other. The stagey acting and crap dialog really drove home just how much the series has improved.
It could have been worse. They could have had some idiot outside, not watching his back, or even being careful at all, and he gets taken and eaten or something.
The show has improved? Hm. I guess. But the writers are stuck finding ways to be more gross, sick and shocking. Terminus was Godwin level. What could be worse? Oh yeah, this episode. How far are they going to go? You can’t rely on “even more gross and sick and shocking” forever. Can’t wait to see how puke-inducing DC is.
Bob knowing the Terminus people previously makes no sense. The end of last night’s episode is very neatly explained by everything in the episode last week.
Re: Carol acting upset and looking like she’s getting ready to leave, I think she wasn’t happy about taking up with the priest and was even less happy about the (popular) decision to go to DC.
She’s perfectly satisfied to just be a survivor without having pipe dreams about saving mankind, not to mention every random zombie-bait they run across.
Wading through opaque water you *know *to contain walkers is pretty effin’ stupid. Hell, I’d never go into murky water ever again. I would’ve looked down there, grabbed the stuff on the top shelf and said, “Okay, close it up- we’re done here.”
I figure Bob’s been bit, and the Termites are going to suffer through some really nasty food poisoning next week.
Loved the bit about the group joining Carol, instead of the other way around.
It seems to me that if you’ve got time to carve “YOU’LL BURN FOR THIS” into the wall, you’ve got time to break into the church. It’s not like the pacifist preacher’s gonna shoot you, or anything.
It’s been about 2 years since the Zombocalypse. How long will most canned food last?
And how long before most car batteries will die if they’re not cranked? I was wondering how Caryl were going to get the car moving. Would a kick-start do it?
She tried the starter but the battery was dead. Then she looked in the trunk and found a good backup power supply/jump starter thing, I thought.
Daryl even proceeded to bash out the working tail lights when he saw the kidnap-mobile, so it at least had juice. Though I’m sure Carol just got it running, before she had to take out that lone walker.
Canned food is typically dated for 18-24 months from purchase, so figure it’s probably still edible for at least 3 years. (I just today picked up several cans of green beans, which are dated Aug 2017.)
I think we were supposed to think Bob was bitten so when he was captured it was surprise. Having the main villain die from eating an infected Bob is shitty drama. Plus I think in that scenario Bob would have had his moment to have a last laugh.
Bob went outside because all his optimism is a front. He is as wrecked as everyone else and needed a moment to cry privately.
I’ll jump on the ‘Bobby Got Bit’ bandwagon. I totally thought he did. First, they focused a lot of attention on him and Sasha. Then he totally missed the bubbling water right in the area where the walkers would have been submerged. (Notwithstanding that they don’t breathe – except they make noise.) Then there was the ‘One. Last. Kiss.’ cmyk just mentioned, and being outside looking depressed. I was certain he’d been bitten.
I’d forgotten about the Skulkers in the Darkness, so I didn’t expect him to be eaten by Termites.
It makes sense that he’d been bitten or scratched. (Note to whomever asked about the infection before: Superficial bite and scratch wounds cause a fatal infection, the main symptom of which, IIRC, is high fever. When someone dies for whatever reason, s/he becomes a walker. When someone is bitten or scratched by a walker, s/he is killed by the infection and then becomes a walker.) Now here’s the thing: If and When Bob turns, he’ll take out at least one Termite. I don’t see anything else happening plot-wise. Kind of dull, that. If he doesn’t turn, then he gets eaten bit by bit. That pins the Termites down as long as he’s alive, so that reduces the chances of conflict – or gives the Grimy Gang a chance to find them. If the Termites just kill him and pack the meat… well, that doesn’t leave a lot of meat on the bone story-wise.
On the preview, I think I heard someone say ‘We’ve already lost three.’ So… Bob (invited to dinner) and Daryl and Carol (chasing cars)?