# "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:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/141 "2013-10-17T22:58:39Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Fog Horn Leghorn]That was a joke, Son, I say, that was a joke.[/Fog Horn Leghorn] I say I come to bury the hatchet. No not in your head dog. ---
**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 17, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/142 "2013-10-17T23:17:43Z")
> [@Glazer](#): > > I say I come to bury the hatchet. No not in your head dog. Why thank you, sir. I’ll loan you my flame thrower for zombies any day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/143 "2013-10-17T23:47:26Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > Did anyone notice that the twitchy damsel-in-distress was played by Kerry Condon (Octavia in HBO’s ROME)? I had to IMDB it. THAT’S who she is. I knew her voice but couldn’t place it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/144 "2013-10-18T00:11:33Z")
Anyone else think the crazy chick (and her husband) were going to turn out to be (still human) cannibals? I thought they were going to try to eat Rick. Which granted, they sort of did, but not in the way I was expecting. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/145 "2013-10-18T00:11:47Z")
She looked like a zombie wandering around by herself and going on about how wonderful her husband in a bag is, and Rick is thinking, “I’m sure he’s a real boy scout.” Her tent was nice and tidy though. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/146 "2013-10-18T00:31:01Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > She looked like a zombie wandering around by herself and going on about how wonderful her husband in a bag is, and Rick is thinking, “I’m sure he’s a real boy scout.” Her tent was nice and tidy though. Another gripe: Rick didn’t make sure she’d never get up, put hubby-in-a-bag out of misery, nor scavenge the camp for useful stuff. Compare to the solo hiker last season they didn’t pick up, then took his stuff after finding him eaten on their return leg. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/147 "2013-10-18T00:44:25Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Another gripe: Rick didn’t make sure she’d never get up, put hubby-in-a-bag out of misery, nor scavenge the camp for useful stuff. Compare to the solo hiker last season they didn’t pick up, then took his stuff after finding him eaten on their return leg. Yeah Rick is really slipping. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/148 "2013-10-18T01:03:16Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Another gripe: Rick didn’t make sure she’d never get up, put hubby-in-a-bag out of misery, nor scavenge the camp for useful stuff. Compare to the solo hiker last season they didn’t pick up, then took his stuff after finding him eaten on their return leg. Yeah, and they never eat dead stuff so when they bite you and you die you’re mostly intact, except when you aren’t. ---
**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 18, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/149 "2013-10-18T01:26:52Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Her tent was nice and tidy though. Hubby cleans up. ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/150 "2013-10-18T05:02:48Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Another gripe: Rick didn’t make sure she’d never get up, put hubby-in-a-bag out of misery, nor scavenge the camp for useful stuff. Compare to the solo hiker last season they didn’t pick up, then took his stuff after finding him eaten on their return leg. As Rick is walking away afterwards it looks like he’s holding the foil-wrapped-whatever he gave her. So as least he took back his gift. ---
**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 18, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/151 "2013-10-18T13:17:22Z")
> [@Mole](#): > > As Rick is walking away afterwards it looks like he’s holding the foil-wrapped-whatever he gave her. So as least he took back his gift. I thought that was a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138/152 "2013-10-18T14:26:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > That store was really well stocked (not sure how it could be) so it’s believable there’d be human survivors hanging around there. Booze! Then the helicopter tries to land but is probably also trying to deal with a zombie or two on board. It crashes on the roof, chopping some people in half - they made note of that as our gang were entering the store and one of them wondered how a zombie got chopped in half in front of the store, as if it had fallen off the roof. So, everyone on the roof hoping to get rescued either got away or got turned while still on the roof. > > As for why none of the walkers fell through before now - I dunno. For the same reason a shelf of booze in a dry, protected area decides to collapse for no reason. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a dept store with large shelves that could topple over. Oh, well. The shelf wasn’t dry and protected. Just before the medic picked up a bottle, we saw something dripping down onto the shelves from the ceiling, implying that the roof was leaking. Then we saw that the rooftop was soft and rotting like everything else. It was still strong enough to support one or two walkers, but not when they all gathered in the same place. So when the shelves crashed, the walkers were attracted to the sound, and gathered until they reached a critical mass, at which point the roof failed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-episode-4-1-tonight/671138.md?page=7)