# The Walking Dead; 5.10 "Them" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773 "2015-02-16T01:05:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/1 "2015-02-16T01:05:39Z")
[QUOTE=AMC] The group feels beaten after living life on the road, but must continue to trudge along in spite of the changes they have incurred [/QUOTE] Hopefully this well be better than last weeks. Lauren Cohen, Tyler James Williams, & Robin Lord Taylor are on **Talking Dead** ; which is back to it’s regular time. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/2 "2015-02-16T02:32:49Z")
Better episode tonight. I kind of like seeing the long stretches of suffering they go through between places. I would have eaten those dogs immediately as well. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/3 "2015-02-16T02:36:43Z")
They’re all in a pretty dark place. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/4 "2015-02-16T02:47:37Z")
Whoomp - there it is! They’re the Walking Dead. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/5 "2015-02-16T02:59:58Z")
Shoot him now! SHOOT HIM NOW!!! ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/6 "2015-02-16T03:03:42Z")
Well, that was a MUCH better episode. Less incomprehensible gibberish and more getting on with things. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/7 "2015-02-16T03:22:45Z")
Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/8 "2015-02-16T03:27:41Z")
So a tree took out the entire horde that was outside the doors? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/9 "2015-02-16T03:30:22Z")
Did Rick really say “We’re the Walking Dead” in this episode? I only heard him say, “We’re \*not \*them.” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/10 "2015-02-16T03:34:32Z")
when they were holding the barn door, i thought, “hhmm, sounding a bit like a tornado out there”. sure enough, they either got sideswiped by a tornado or there was a blast of straight line wind. i was somewhat amused by wind tossed zombies. at least they had a chance to clean up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/11 "2015-02-16T03:58:37Z")
That clean dude at the end freaked me out. Now for another disappointment (for the survivors) to eat up part of the season. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/12 "2015-02-16T04:03:46Z")
Hated it. They need to start advancing the plot. More insidious talking about how the world has changed. Also, how do they get from Atlanta to Richmond (with two cars!) in the lead in to one episode, but can’t put together enough gasoline or water to make it from Richmond to D.C.? Why didn’t they stock up in Noah’s old neighborhood before leaving? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/13 "2015-02-16T04:03:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did Rick really say “We’re the Walking Dead” in this episode? I only heard him say, “We’re \*not \*them.” Yeah, when he was giving his speech about how his grandfather got through the war by believing he was dead anyway, he said that’s how they had to think about it. He said they’re the walking dead. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/14 "2015-02-16T04:33:39Z")
I was watching it thinking that it made sense to have the characters reacting to their losses, and it made sense to show them struggling with basic survival stuff like food and water… but I just wasn’t that interested in watching it. I also struggled with the idea that nobody, especially Daryl, would be able to find a source of water. It wasn’t like they were wandering around in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/15 "2015-02-16T04:58:11Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > So a tree took out the entire horde that was outside the doors? Probably a small tornado, no more than EF-2, damage path was pretty narrow ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/16 "2015-02-16T05:09:31Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > Hated it. They need to start advancing the plot. This is the plot. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/17 "2015-02-16T11:38:12Z")
Very accommodating of the dawgs to line up barking and snarling, and dispatched easily. I, too, can’t believe they can’t find water. They know how to boil it and purify it. More trudging around in the woods! If there’s water, they just have to come across it there. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/18 "2015-02-16T11:57:34Z")
This may have been the worst episode of the series. The entire episode could have been done before the first or second commercial break: a few short scenes showing how desperate and sad they are, showing them mistrust the water, the rain, the barn, Aaron appears. I literally fell asleep watching this (but went back to watch what I missed). Ten minutes of plot stretched to an hour. It was the worst. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/19 "2015-02-16T12:05:20Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This is the plot. But it was forced. Richmond is only 100 miles from D.C. They ran out of gas? Why didn’t they stock up on fuel and water in Noah’s old neighborhood before leaving? Michonne said that they were 60 miles away. Did they leave Richmond with both cars on empty? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773/20 "2015-02-16T12:52:23Z")
> [@jtgain](#): > > But it was forced. Richmond is only 100 miles from D.C. They ran out of gas? Why didn’t they stock up on fuel and water in Noah’s old neighborhood before leaving? Michonne said that they were 60 miles away. Did they leave Richmond with both cars on empty? Who says there was anything worth scavenging? Noah’s neighborhood looked pretty thoroughly picked over. Between whomever massacred the people there and subsequent looters, there may have been nothing worth taking but the clean shirt Michonne found. I enjoyed the episode. But character work is more important than plot to me. One thing. How sure are we that the midnight walker assault actually happened? It seemed like Maggie’s dream to me, perhaps influenced by the storm raging outside. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-5-10-them-open-spoilers/712773.md?page=2)