# The Walking Dead; 8.08 "How It's Gotta Be" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163 "2017-12-11T01:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/81 "2017-12-15T19:39:32Z")
If there is an actual 3 year contract that doesn’t have a clause allowing them to break it for artistic reosons or something, then Dad has a point. If not, he doesn’t. Pretty simple. The more complicated case is if the contract DOES have clauses that let the studio weasel out, but that Chandler might have been given assurance by someone that he didn’t have to worry about those clauses because his character was going to be around for a long time. Or maybe he just assumed it would be because he didn’t die in the comics. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/82 "2017-12-15T20:12:26Z")
Well that just bites (no pun intended)! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/83 "2017-12-15T20:31:27Z")
I only wish he’d been bitten by a zombie wearing a shirt with parrot fish on it. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/84 "2017-12-15T20:37:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I only wish he’d been bitten by a zombie wearing a shirt with parrot fish on it. What am I missing here? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/85 "2017-12-15T22:48:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What am I missing here? IKR? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/86 "2017-12-15T22:57:06Z")
Parrotfish consume **Coral** while feeding on algae. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/87 "2017-12-15T23:11:24Z")
Oh, I get it! You’re so funny, Johnny! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/88 "2017-12-15T23:25:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You’re so funny, Johnny! But looks aren’t everything! 😉 ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/89 "2017-12-15T23:52:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > IKR? Imperial Klingon Repository. You should speak to your physician or minister. Please do it soon, for yourself, and others. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/90 "2017-12-16T00:09:10Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > If there is an actual 3 year contract that doesn’t have a clause allowing them to break it for artistic reosons or something, then Dad has a point. If not, he doesn’t. Pretty simple. > > The more complicated case is if the contract DOES have clauses that let the studio weasel out, but that Chandler might have been given assurance by someone that he didn’t have to worry about those clauses because his character was going to be around for a long time. Or maybe he just assumed it would be because he didn’t die in the comics. An actor leaving a top show for whatever reasons, college, or working with the poor, or you-name-it, always smells to me like a politician quitting to ‘spend more time with his family.’ I think he WAS fired. I have heard everyone who works on that show loves it, inordinately, a big happy family. Now the truth might be coming out…Of course a couple fortunates have left to go on to high-profile things. Most continue working but will never do anything better… the people who hang on for years will probably always be typecast. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/91 "2017-12-16T00:21:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Imperial Klingon Repository. > > You should speak to your physician or minister. > Please do it soon, for yourself, and others. It means, I Know, Right?..stole it from my teen. It’s not contagious. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/92 "2017-12-16T00:34:16Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > An actor leaving a top show for whatever reasons, college, or working with the poor, or you-name-it, always smells to me like a politician quitting to ‘spend more time with his family.’ > > I think he WAS fired. I have heard everyone who works on that show loves it, inordinately, a big happy family. Now the truth might be coming out…Of course a couple fortunates have left to go on to high-profile things. Most continue working but will never do anything better… the people who hang on for years will probably always be typecast. He wasn’t harassing Enid, was he? 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/93 "2017-12-16T02:38:30Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He wasn’t harassing Enid, was he? 🙂 AHA! ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/94 "2017-12-16T02:39:32Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It means, I Know, Right?..stole it from my teen. It’s not contagious. Tell it to the Klingon Marines, pal! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/95 "2017-12-16T02:56:51Z")
> [@GoodOldKJ](#): > > What if that bite wasn’t from a Walker but a Whisperer? I’ll, er, bite. What are “whisperers”? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/96 "2017-12-16T03:43:24Z")
A Whisperers are a new group. There is no word whether they will be in the show. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/97 "2017-12-16T08:16:57Z")
Maybe no word but lots of clues that they are our next threat… ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/98 "2017-12-16T09:14:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He wasn’t harassing Enid, was he? 🙂 They were an ‘item’. Made for each other! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/99 "2017-12-16T14:30:47Z")
> [@GoodOldKJ](#): > > Maybe no word but lots of clues that they are our next threat… Can you list a few? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163/100 "2017-12-16T15:53:26Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Can you list a few? There is a Facebook group, “Walking Dead Spoilers”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-8-08-how-its-gotta-be-open-spoilers/804163.md?page=6)