# The Walking Dead 5.04 "The Slab" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411 "2014-11-03T02:09:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/61 "2014-11-03T22:08:37Z")
I missed some things. How did the girl who had her arm removed end up dead in the office where Beth was stealing a key. Also, I thought they said it was a key to the elevator but I never saw the key used and how did Beth know which key was the correct key? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/62 "2014-11-03T22:18:35Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I missed some things. How did the girl who had her arm removed end up dead in the office where Beth was stealing a key. Also, I thought they said it was a key to the elevator but I never saw the key used and how did Beth know which key was the correct key? Looks like Joan walked in there (it wasn’t locked) and opened up her recently sutured stump with scissors, presumably to set up her posthumous revenge against the boss cop via surprise zombie attack. The key opened the double doors that lead to “foyer” in front of the elevator doors. We see that the first time Beth and doc drop a corpse down the shaft. As for how she found the key-a wizard did it. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/63 "2014-11-03T22:22:48Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Looks like Joan walked in there (it wasn’t locked) and opened up her recently sutured stump with scissors, presumably to set up her posthumous revenge against the boss cop via surprise zombie attack. She even wrote “fuck you” on the floor in case anyone didn’t get the message. > [@](#): > > The key opened the double doors that lead to “foyer” in front of the elevator doors. We see that the first time Beth and doc drop a corpse down the shaft. As for how she found the key-a wizard did it. I assume that the color coding helped her to pick the right one. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/64 "2014-11-03T22:28:29Z")
So assuming both survive Grady Memorial\*, would you favor a Daryl+Carol or Daryl+Beth romance? Or neither? Or, this being post-apocalypse new rules, Daryl + (Carol and Beth)? \*Ironic deathplace of Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on Sanford & Son ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/65 "2014-11-03T22:42:25Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So assuming both survive Grady Memorial\*, would you favor a Daryl+Carol or Daryl+Beth romance? > Or neither? > Or, this being post-apocalypse new rules, Daryl + (Carol and Beth)? Daryl and Carol. I don’t dislike Beth, but she seems less substantial than Carol. Carol is now a badass, and I think she’s more attractive anyway. Plus I think the Daryl and Beth country club episode was hands down the worst Walking Dead episode ever. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/66 "2014-11-03T23:14:39Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > She even wrote “fuck you” on the floor in case anyone didn’t get the message. > I assume that the color coding helped her to pick the right one. Good catch(es). About the key, I meant she found it and the other doc’s ID awful quickly, in an office full of stuff. It’s unrealistic, but pretty typical fiction pacing. But it’s better that way: who wants to watch 40 minutes of frantic drawer-ransacking? ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/67 "2014-11-04T01:19:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > So assuming both survive Grady Memorial\*, would you favor a Daryl+Carol or Daryl+Beth romance? > Or neither? > Or, this being post-apocalypse new rules, Daryl + (Carol and Beth)? > > \*Ironic deathplace of Whitman Mayo, best known for playing Grady on Sanford & Son Carol allthe way! Beth is just too immature. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/68 "2014-11-04T01:22:38Z")
I liked the reminder that America has cities. I quite liked the episode but wondered why there were zombies in the compound where the white crossed vehicles were parked. Presumably that would be secure. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/69 "2014-11-04T01:34:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > With the exception of a few good scenes, BORRRRRRR-ING. I nearly dozed off. > [@Roundabout](#): > > This episode was just one huge ball of WTF. Unintentional humor throughout. One of the worst episodes ever ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/70 "2014-11-04T01:56:17Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > Good catch(es). > > About the key, I meant she found it and the other doc’s ID awful quickly, in an office full of stuff. It’s unrealistic, but pretty typical fiction pacing. But it’s better that way: who wants to watch 40 minutes of frantic drawer-ransacking? The funniest part was that she picked out of a drawer filled with other keys. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/71 "2014-11-04T01:56:57Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Daryl and Carol. I don’t dislike Beth, but she seems less substantial than Carol. Carol is now a badass, and I think she’s more attractive anyway. > > Plus I think the Daryl and Beth country club episode was hands down the worst Walking Dead episode ever. But if the world is ever going to repopulate, it could use a lot of Daryl Juniors running around, making Beth the right choice for the sake of humanity. But it the characters were to eventually settle down somewhere safe, it wouldn’t actually shock me if Daryl and Carol became a couple, with Beth serving as a sort of concubine/child-factory. I don’t think it’ll actually happen in the show, but both Carol and Beth strike me as pragmatic enough to be cool with that arrangement. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/72 "2014-11-04T02:04:49Z")
Though, who knows, maybe Noah will be Beth’s new love interest, which unfortunately for him, only decreases his already extremely low likelihood for survival. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/73 "2014-11-04T02:34:36Z")
Daryl’s like 40, and Beth is 18. Why not Tyreese? Or Carl? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/74 "2014-11-04T02:36:37Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Daryl’s like 40, and Beth is 18. Why not Tyreese? Or Carl? The actor who plays Beth is 24 or something. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/75 "2014-11-04T02:38:20Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Daryl and Carol. I don’t dislike Beth, but she seems less substantial than Carol. Carol is now a badass, and I think she’s more attractive anyway. Whom would you rather have angry with you? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/76 "2014-11-04T02:38:48Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > So was the creepy church a Red Herring, or does the hospital use it to lure people in? No relation, so far as I can tell. The cross on the cars was for a hospital, not a church. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/77 "2014-11-04T02:40:32Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > The actor who plays Beth is 24 or something. Oh, are we speculating about Emily Kinney’s love life? I thought we were talking about Beth. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/78 "2014-11-04T02:41:46Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I recognized the actress who plays Dawn but couldn’t remember from where for the life of me. It was bugging the crap out of me, even to the point of rewinding and watching the “Guest Starring” credits at the top of the show. No name jumped out at me. > > IMDb to the rescue: Christine Woods. I don’t know the name, but I definitely remember the face, primarily from last year’s short-lived HBO series _Hello, Ladies_. I remember her from FlashForward, and as Matthew Perry’s dead wife in on Go On (which also starred the actor playing Noah in this ep). I’ve never seen her in a show that lasted more than a season before now. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/79 "2014-11-04T02:42:28Z")
For all we know Beth is already with child. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411/80 "2014-11-04T02:47:30Z")
I don’t think the Daryl Beth Carol ship is sailing very far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-04-the-slab-open-spoilers/703411.md?page=5)