# Walking Dead came back last night. Did you notice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461 "2019-10-08T01:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/1 "2019-10-08T01:04:42Z")
It was actually a very solid episode, something I do not say very often. Still, I feel like I’m looking at someone whose mind is gone. They are still alive, but just a shell of the person I used to know and care about. I must be lazily watching. I don’t know who everyone even is. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/2 "2019-10-08T01:40:56Z")
I did NOT notice, as a matter of fact. I think I’m now 2 seasons behind. Maybe 3. I’m not against the idea of catching up. But I’m also not terribly excited to do so. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/3 "2019-10-08T01:50:47Z")
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I got _bored_ with TWD just before the Negan stuff started coming down in earnest. I won’t be back. Sad, really–the pilot episode was the best thing I’d ever seen on TV at the time. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/4 "2019-10-08T01:55:16Z")
Wow! I missed it. My friend who watched every ep of the previous years with me didn’t even remind me. Like Burpo says the pilot/first season was the bomb. I even bought it on CD. Kinda sad. End of an era. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/5 "2019-10-08T02:02:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I got _bored_ with TWD just before the Negan stuff started coming down in earnest. I won’t be back. Sad, really–the pilot episode was the best thing I’d ever seen on TV at the time. Yeah, that’s about when I checked out too. Though I did slog through a season or so of negan. It wasn’t bad per se…I was just tired of it. And yeah first season was awesome. Though the 2nd season on the farm was boring. But it got great again after that. So I was hoping it would again… ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/6 "2019-10-08T03:08:53Z")
I watched it. It seemed… Different. Like it was directed by Micheal Bay. Plus, would a satellite fall to earth largely intact? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/7 "2019-10-08T03:16:36Z")
I never came back after the winter break last season. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/8 "2019-10-08T04:11:22Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > Plus, would a satellite fall to earth largely intact? I haven’t seen TWD in forever so I don’t know the scene you’re talking about–but no. Under some circumstances, largish chunks of a satellite may survive reentry, but there is zero chance a satellite could land in anything resembling “intact” form. Designing objects to survive reentry is an extreme challenge, and satellites aren’t designed for it (though they may have sub-parts designed for it). ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/9 "2019-10-08T07:56:24Z")
I think in the future, The Walking Dead will be held up as an example of a TV series which didn’t so much jump the shark, but shambled across it while going “Hmmmnnnnnuuuuhhh”. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cdc98d/32.png) [@Peter\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_A)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/10 "2019-10-08T12:19:45Z")
I’ve been enjoying _Fear the Walking Dead_. It feels a lot like _Z Nation_, though, with the way the group goes helping random stragglers before meeting up again later. I did try to watch the A show last night, but the site I use was jamming. ---
**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 8, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/11 "2019-10-08T12:58:36Z")
I’ve decided to save up and binge each half season like I do with Fear the Walking Dead. If it somehow gets good again I’ll resume watching it weekly to contribute to its ratings. > [@Peter\_A](#): > > I’ve been enjoying _Fear the Walking Dead_. It feels a lot like _Z Nation_, though, with the way the group goes helping random stragglers before meeting up again later. I did try to watch the A show last night, but the site I use was jamming. I loved the villain this season on Fear the Walking Dead. Her motivations, and the conflict between her and our group, was inspired. My feeling was that it was the very first intelligently written “villain” in 15 seasons of the Walking Dead universe. Until the final episode, when the “resolution” to the conflict ended up being so ridiculously stupid that I thought to myself “Oh that’s right, I’m watching a Walking Dead show.” In the final 10 to 15 minutes of the season finale I found myself saying, out loud, “This is so stupid!” maybe a dozen times. I just couldn’t believe what a nosedive that ending was. Not in terms of being a bummer for our heroes, but in terms of it just being flat-out stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Annoyed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@Annoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoyed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/12 "2019-10-08T12:59:12Z")
I did NOT notice and that says a lot. That show was my jam for a while. Even made a special trip to Orlando to catch Halloween Horror Nights when they were doing TWD theme shows. The season after Neagan bashed the Asian dudes head in was full of disappointment and never went back again. I wanted fuckin epic revenge and got garbage. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/13 "2019-10-08T13:07:31Z")
I was all set to watch it on-demand last night, but I noticed “Road House” was on, so I watched that instead. Probably catch TWD tonight. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/14 "2019-10-08T13:08:24Z")
I saw the promos it was returning and made sure my DVR was set to record. I’ve not watched the show on the night it airs in a long time. It has moved to “watch on DVR later” as it is just no longer must watch t.v. That said, I just watched the episode off of DVR and it was quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/15 "2019-10-08T13:30:23Z")
I’ve been waiting for it since it’s the only show I watch as it airs. I enjoyed it and I’m digging the Negan redemption arc. I also liked some of the small touches, like the ALS book in Daryl’s back pocket that lets you know how important Connie is to him. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/16 "2019-10-08T14:14:12Z")
> [@Peter\_A](#): > > \ It feels a lot like _Z Nation_, though…\ I loved Z Nation: it had serious problems with geography, with travel time [I think they walked from Seattle to St. Louis in 2 days once] and just about everything else in-universe, but the cast seemed to enjoy themselves and no one cared about coherent story. And blonde Lt. Warren was a hoot. You gotta love The Asylum! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/17 "2019-10-08T14:42:18Z")
I DVRd the episode Sunday night, and then watched the episode yesterday. It wasn’t bad at all, but the show just doesn’t get me as excited as it once did. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/18 "2019-10-08T16:31:56Z")
I agree - I watched it Sunday night and it was pretty good. It does seem that the writing style and quality ebb and flow a lot from season to season and even sometimes between episodes. The overall arc still interests me so I continue to watch. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/19 "2019-10-08T16:46:50Z")
Oh, I’m still in. As long as Daryl and Carol are still on. (for a moment there, Sunday, I had a horrified feeling they were going to go from friendship to romance, but mercifully, did not. One of the things I like most about this show is they are JUST. FRIENDS. If they change that, then it is gross and i’ll be Done.) I thought Rosita and the two ‘daddies’ were a hoot. I will miss Michonne like crazy, I love her so much, but the minute I read she was in that Black Panther movie, I knew the clock was ticking for her on TWD. And I am looking forward to seeing, I hope, someday, Carol knocking ugly Alpha’s head right off her neck and watching it roll away. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461/20 "2019-10-08T17:05:30Z")
Speaking of Michonne, why OH WHY do they announce actors leaving the show early?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-came-back-last-night-did-you-notice/841461.md?page=2)