# The Walking Dead; 8.06 "The King, the Widow, and Rick" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827 "2017-11-27T01:23:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/21 "2017-11-28T16:57:41Z")
I didn’t understand the whole “fat lady” truck part. I guess they used it to lure walkers around? But why was it so large and overbuilt? And why were they playing music in the warehouse? I don’t expect them to spell everything out but it just didn’t seem to flow logically. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/22 "2017-11-28T17:02:34Z")
I’m pretty sure they hooked a bunch of speakers up to the truck, and they were going to use that to draw the walkers away from the Saviors so they (the saviors) could get out. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/23 "2017-11-28T17:19:22Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > I didn’t understand the whole “fat lady” truck part. I guess they used it to lure walkers around? Yes, play loud music so the walkers follow the truck. > [@](#): > > But why was it so large and overbuilt? Mostly just to look ‘cool’ to us viewers. > [@](#): > > And why were they playing music in the warehouse? To test it out. Would you want to take a contraption like that out only to find out it wasn’t working. The women said no one else would have been able to hear it so it probably didn’t much matter how loud it was being played in the garage. > [@](#): > > I don’t expect them to spell everything out but it just didn’t seem to flow logically. Hell, to me that was the only part that made any sense. Rick is just an idiot. Those garbage people didn’t care one way or the other it seemed, now he’s stuck. Maggie should have shot/killed the one savior that was acting up. Most of those prisoners want to live and probably don’t really care who’s in charge. I doubt there’s much choice where one would end up, and Jesus is right, they will need people, weed out the assholes and try and work with the rest. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/24 "2017-11-28T17:46:33Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > Maggie should have shot/killed the one savior that was acting up. Yes! In fact I half expect Jesus to do that. Surely this is gong to manifest itself as a colossal mistake later on. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/25 "2017-11-28T17:53:19Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Wtf was with the naked sculpture session with the garbage people? Isn’t that considered the norm in the minds of comic book writers? Copious amounts of rusted metal flakes + junkyard vermin droppings just screams for the application of bare naked lady bottoms? Maybe the writers/producers were looking for a way to explain why Rick would end up completely starkers? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/26 "2017-11-28T18:05:17Z")
As stupid as the whole Garbage Goth Pidgin is, the “talks too much” comment made me laugh. Yeah, this is easily the first episode this season that I can say I enjoyed watching. It wasn’t great, but it was OK. I finished watching _Talking Dead_ last night, and Smith was great. Instead of a wank-fest, he threw quite a few zingers out there. Carol was a bit understated, but I still like seeing her. And the new guys was cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/27 "2017-11-28T19:39:30Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > The women said no one else would have been able to hear it so it probably didn’t much matter how loud it was being played in the garage. Aha, that is why I didn’t understand. The audio mixing is terrible on this show. I routinely miss dialogue because the background music drowns everything out. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/28 "2017-11-28T20:01:47Z")
I really wanted Rick to ask the Dump People if they talked like that before the zombie apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/29 "2017-11-28T20:09:27Z")
The truck was filled with giant speakers, that’s why it looked weird. ---
**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 28, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/30 "2017-11-28T20:13:10Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I really wanted Rick to ask the Dump People if they talked like that before the zombie apocalypse. Are they in the comic? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/31 "2017-11-28T21:49:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Are they in the comic? No. There is a group that I think this group might be riffing off of but as they are on the show, no. ---
**Author:** ![tsigili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tsigili](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsigili)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/32 "2017-11-30T07:49:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > IKR, I think I got fat they day after I found out I was pregnant. My daughter is pregnant with my first grandcgild and i hear that lol ---
**Author:** ![tsigili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tsigili](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsigili)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/33 "2017-11-30T07:57:40Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I wonder how the crossover with Fear the Walking Dead is actually going to fit in with the timeline. > > So after Morgan & his son encounter they’re ( or just Morgan if the son’s already dead) going to head out west, then Morgan’s going to come all the way back to Georgia. > > Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Yeah i was pretty confused too–then your post made it make SOME sense anyway. It would have to be just Morgan because his walker wife killed their son Duane cuz Morgan couldnt put her down. So Morgan leaves Atlanta and goes to Texas where he runs into FTWD cast? At least that fits into the time frame. Thank you!btw, they were already in Virginia (Alexandria) when morgan caught up with them ---
**Author:** ![tsigili](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tsigili](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsigili)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827/34 "2017-11-30T08:09:07Z")
So im HOPING that they aren’t expecting us to swallow the Rick situation as is --surely what happened was provided for in our heroes game plan? Well, minus the naked part [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-06-the-king-the-widow-and-rick-open-spoilers/802827.md?page=1)