# The Walking Dead; 6.02 "JSS" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066 "2015-10-19T00:01:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/101 "2015-10-22T11:07:07Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I didn’t say it was an American trait - I suggested Americans wouldn’t stand for a radical departure from childhood innocence in a TV show, i.e. a kid cold-bloodedly shoots someone and it being the right thing to do at the time. But they did. In this very show, with Carl, a couple seasons ago. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/102 "2015-10-22T11:23:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I didn’t say it was an American trait - I suggested Americans wouldn’t stand for a radical departure from childhood innocence in a TV show, i.e. a kid cold-bloodedly shoots someone and it being the right thing to do at the time. > > Once Carl is an adult, he can blow people away left and right and be the hero. He already de-zombified Mom. How old is the actor? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/103 "2015-10-22T13:11:21Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > But they did. In this very show, with Carl, a couple seasons ago. Oddly, he seemed to bounce back pretty easily from capping his mom, though she was already dead at the time. But when he shot that first guy, Hershel was all “whoa, kid, you can’t do that” and Rick played along and presumably the audience was supposed to as well since there were no negative consequences, i.e. somebody dies because Carl wasn’t armed. Or at least not that I can recall. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/104 "2015-10-22T17:24:47Z")
At the prison, Carl had shot a armed Woodbury combatant because he wouldn’t DROP his weapon, and because he continued to close on Carl and Hershel - while armed. Hershel believed the Woodbury combatant was surrendering. Carl didn’t. Carl and Hershel lived to fight another day. In Alexandria, Carl closed on a Wolf he had shot to prevent the Wolf from murdering Ron. The Wolf pleaded (lied) with Carl not to shoot him again. Until - Carl was close enough for the Wolf to grab Carl and the rifle. Ron and Carl lived to fight another day. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/105 "2015-10-26T00:57:38Z")
I just watched the latest _Z Nation_. It’s turning out to a far more enjoyable show. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066/106 "2015-10-26T17:02:12Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Well, since we’re picking nits, why was JSS girl eating a South American Yellow Footed Tortoise? Couldn’t the prop master find a Box Turtle, a Gopher Tortoise, or something else native to the SE’rn USA? You know, that part upset me the most. I would have kept the tortoise for company. Poor tortoise. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-02-jss-open-spoilers/735066.md?page=5)