# "The Walking Dead"; Episode 4:1 tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138 "2013-10-13T14:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/61 "2013-10-14T18:46:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > And as someone on twitter I think it was said, we’re just going to forget Carl ever had a hat? 😃 [Monty Python’s Igor] Hat? What hat? [/Monty Python’s Igor] ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/62 "2013-10-14T18:52:19Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > 😃 > … > > The flimsy part of the roof could have been shoddy workmanship, or it was storm-damaged and not repaired. My boyfriend works at a B!g Spot … er, Big Lots and they actually notoriously have bad roofs, they always seem to be in need of repair. Every one I’ve been in seems to have a roof leak somewhere. However, I have never seen one with wooden shelves or that much booze (they only recently started carrying wine). But I live in Florida so maybe those Georgia ones are different. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/63 "2013-10-14T19:14:19Z")
Was there a continuity error with Carl’s hat? I clearly remember him having it on during at least one exterior scene. ---
**Author:** ![NVME702-redux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@NVME702-redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NVME702-redux)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/64 "2013-10-14T20:24:39Z")
Ok loved the episode last night, but did anyone have issue with how non chalant Rick took to doing his farm work while wearing earbuds? In a time where being able to _hear_ danger, he seems pretty confident/indifferent to being fully aware of his surroundings. Darryl shook hands with sick boy…please don’t kill Darryl…oooh or maybe Carol will nurse him back to health, groovy and icky at the same time, lol. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/65 "2013-10-14T20:31:36Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > But a herd… nothing they have developed works against a herd, right? A phalanx formation with shields and/or spears should be able to kill infinite zombies, especially with a good chokepoint. Only problem might be anklebiters. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/66 "2013-10-14T21:10:49Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Better question is, how’d the zombies get on the roof to start with? Zombies on the roof sounds crazy, no? Yet here in our little prison of middle Georgia you might say every one of us is a zombie on the roof, trying to… Fuck! RUN!!! Sick boy was played by Vincent Martella, the voice of Phineas and also Chris’s nerdy friend Greg on _Everybody Hates Chris_. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/67 "2013-10-14T21:56:05Z")
> [@NVME702-redux](#): > > …Darryl shook hands with sick boy…please don’t kill Darryl…oooh or maybe Carol will nurse him back to health, groovy and icky at the same time, lol. If Darryl get’s sick it damn well better be preceded by a lengthy scene of him showering in that water with as much skin as AMC allows! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/68 "2013-10-14T21:56:05Z")
So is Beth headed down Rick’s former Crazy Town? She’s getting harder. “I feel sick.” “Oh, so what are gonna do on your own in the wilderness? Just give up, ya little pussy! Okay class, now let’s learn about stabbing and killing.” Okay, I embellished. A little. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/69 "2013-10-14T21:58:39Z")
Zombie rain Helicopter crashing causes roof to strain Zombie rain Some will fall headfirst they smash their brain Zombie rain ---
**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 14, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/70 "2013-10-14T22:13:41Z")
Did you bring enough for everyone? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/71 "2013-10-14T22:21:24Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > A phalanx formation with shields and/or spears should be able to kill infinite zombies, especially with a good chokepoint. Only problem might be anklebiters. I would love to see some use of spears and other medieval-style weaponry. Museum Replicas Limited / Atlanta Cutlery is located in the area. It would be fun to have Rick and the gang meet up with a gang of “Renaissance Faire” / “Historical European Martial Arts” enthusiasts who use longswords, halberds, warhammers, etc to fend off the zombie hordes. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/72 "2013-10-14T22:51:55Z")
I got the impression the NBG (new black guy) is up to something… ---
**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 14, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/73 "2013-10-14T23:08:05Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Zombie rain > Helicopter crashing causes roof to strain > Zombie rain > Some will fall headfirst they smash their brain > Zombie rain Make sure to lean away from the mike when you moan. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/74 "2013-10-14T23:15:10Z")
What’s up with Emo Asian boy? I’m bored with him too. Kill him. Get a new Asian. Not Hiro either. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/75 "2013-10-14T23:30:24Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I would love to see some use of spears and other medieval-style weaponry. > Museum Replicas Limited / Atlanta Cutlery is located in the area. It would be fun to have Rick and the gang meet up with a gang of “Renaissance Faire” / “Historical European Martial Arts” enthusiasts who use longswords, halberds, warhammers, etc to fend off the zombie hordes. They’re not far from the Ren Faire grounds either. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/76 "2013-10-15T03:37:35Z")
> [@NVME702-redux](#): > > Ok loved the episode last night, but did anyone have issue with how non chalant Rick took to doing his farm work while wearing earbuds? In a time where being able to _hear_ danger, he seems pretty confident/indifferent to being fully aware of his surroundings. I was too busy admiring the old “the music is just on the soundtrack / no, wait, the music is in the story” trick the director was using. Now that I think about it, no, I don’t begrudge Rick some iPod time. We can’t expect him to be vigilant every second of every day. That’d just send him back to the crazy place. He and the others have gone to a lot of effort to build a reasonably safe and secure place, so they ought to get to enjoy it occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/77 "2013-10-15T04:35:19Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I would love to see some use of spears and other medieval-style weaponry. > Museum Replicas Limited / Atlanta Cutlery is located in the area. It would be fun to have Rick and the gang meet up with a gang of “Renaissance Faire” / “Historical European Martial Arts” enthusiasts who use longswords, halberds, warhammers, etc to fend off the zombie hordes. Funny you should mention that. I was wondering if there was a medieval-style weapon that shot multiple bolts or arrows, sort of like a Gatling gun? That could pick off a lot of walkers and then you could reuse the bolts. Also, I think they should look for a backhoe and dig themselves a trench around the fence. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/78 "2013-10-15T07:41:08Z")
Next week is already on my nerves, The correct way to get the herd off the fence is to lead them away not pile up the living at one point and draw them all to that point. I seriously cannot figure out why I watch this show. Its soooooo not good on so many levels. everyone inside, one car leaves honking like mad and takes a nice slow drive while the horde follows behind. problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/79 "2013-10-15T12:37:23Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > I seriously cannot figure out why I watch this show. Its soooooo not good on so many levels. everyone inside, one car leaves honking like mad and takes a nice slow drive while the horde follows behind. > problem > solved. Unless you are the person in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/80 "2013-10-15T13:07:36Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > Better question is, how’d the zombies get on the roof to start with? > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, this old world started getting them down… Wonderfully perfect. I can’t tell you how much this tickled me. I wonder if you have to be of a certain age to appreciate it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138.md?page=5)