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Nerivant wrote:
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I'm kind of worried, because Rick and Shane have been getting all buddy-buddy, but hopefully Lori will throw him over the edge.


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I still think it'll go down the same way as the comic. They teased it a bit in season 1. Shane will show his true colours.

 
   
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Red. Lots and lots of red.

And maybe some squishy pink bits.

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Depends on Carl's aim.

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There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
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IIRC they've skipped Tyresse's (sp?) intro too. Hopefully, they still bring him in afterwards. Sorry, T-Dog....you suck. You need to be eaten immediately.

 
   
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See, they should have brought Glen with them. The asian dude would have got the stash in two trips and never been seen, all ninja status. And they should have saved a few of those flares, maybe it could have been used on the way out, hard to say. Or even do what they did in the first season and got all zombified and walked in unnoticed.

Also, when he shot him, they were on the ground struggling for a long time. They might have JUST made it if they helped each other out. Or thrown the gear to the side, ran to the car and come back for it once it cleared out a bit. Or better yet, drop the stuff, run those zeds over with the truck and pick up the gear. Either way, I don't think he had to shoot him. He just took the easy way out cause Shane's a jerk.

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They should have parked closer

 
   
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KamikazeCanuck wrote: They should have parked closer


Did you see that parking lot?

Freaking packed, man. All those double parkers...


There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.  
   
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KamikazeCanuck wrote:IIRC they've skipped Tyresse's (sp?) intro too. Hopefully, they still bring him in afterwards. Sorry, T-Dog....you suck. You need to be eaten immediately.



Oh god yes, the guy is a fumbling idiot! Oops I dropped the keys to the cuffs! ARRRRrrrrrrr. OH NO! ZOMBIIIIIIIIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! ACK! sliced my arm randomly on this car door ARRRrrrrrrrrrr. Im feeling sorry for myself cmon dood, lets get out of here we suck. Nope, Im secretly a badass, and know exactly what IM doing, sorry Tdog, you suck. Hey your RIGHT! AAARRRrrrrrrr


In my group, he would be reserved for zombie bait. As soon as the gak hit the fan, he would have a bullet in his belly. Thanks Tdog, you finally were of some use

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From what we've seen of his character, he would die thinking you did it because he was black.

I really, really hate him.

There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
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I really wouldnt care WHAT he was thinking of when the shamblers were eating him. He can be comfortable knowing that Ill be thinking "Thanks Tdog, you finally did something I didnt want to shoot you for........well.....not counting the time I shot you and left you there for the shamblers that is"
   
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So, I re-watched episodes 2 and 3...and I'm starting to think that Shane shooting Otis was not only an act of " I just gotta outrun you to get away/ these supplies have to get back to save Carl"...but also revenge motivated...a bit of " We wouldn't be in this mess if your dumb ass hadn't shot Carl to begin with...so ...you get to die...and BTW..you shot Carl...so feth you anyway."

...Just a thought.


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Havnt thought of that angle yet, you might be right FITZZ, he does seem like the type that would go off and do that.
   
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KingCracker wrote:Havnt thought of that angle yet, you might be right FITZZ, he does seem like the type that would go off and do that.


Just makes sense to me, Otis had pretty much served his purpose in collecting the exact materials/supplies needed , Shane had previously mentioned he had no idea what he'd be looking for, which is why Otis went along, well that and he felt bad for shooting Carl, But...after everything had been gathered ...and they were headed back to the truck...Shane really didn't "need" Otis anymore...so...Pow!
...Besides, in the scenes at the opening of episode 2, right after Carl's been shot and Rick is freaking out, Shane keeps eyeballing Otis like he want's to kill him right there and then...


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Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.


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Ma55ter_fett wrote:Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.


I'd actually expect the next episode to be more drama less action...less zombies.
Remember TWD took some budget cuts , so there having to spend more time focusing on the " human" element of the story...not that that's a bad thing.


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The human element has been very... lackluster for me.

There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
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Nerivant wrote:The human element has been very... lackluster for me.


Really?...I think there doing a pretty good job with character development/ non-zombie elements of the show...with the exceptions of T-Dog and the woman who's kids been running around in the woods since episode 1.


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Really?...I think there doing a pretty good job with character development/ non-zombie elements of the show...with the exceptions of T-Dog and the woman who's kids been running around in the woods since episode 1.


The only developments relating to character for me has been slapping the "DEAD WEIGHT" label on each and every one of them except Daryll.

Three women who by all appearances seem to be coming apart at the seams at any given moment, to say nothing of the eyebrow raising dialogue at times. "This is a graveyard...I'm not comfortable with this." "DEAL WITH IT LADY!" and all of them worthless in a fight. (And this is supposed to be Georgia? Clearly some producer has no experience with southern women.)

One old guy who seems to be one of the last people left alive who can actually think remotely clearly in crisis...Now if only he wasn't a manipulative old bat.

Glen: He comes very close to being useful. Seems to sneak around pretty good. Isn't actively breaking down..which is an achievement with this group. Carries out whatever crap job needs to be done without much apparent complaint, and hasn't really managed to massively screw anything up. Unfortunately, he also seems to be a lot like Frodo Baggins in that he has three options: "Scream" "Run" and "Look sad/bored."

T-Dog. The useless, counter-productive, and ugly bag of mostly water. There need be no further explanation.

Two cops, both of which also seem to be coming apart at the seams (With different manifestations.) Rick seems to be simply strung out. Decent shot. Ain't too bright, but for better or worse seems like he's trying to preserve everyone he can. Could be salvageable depending on coming episodes.

Shane on the other hand...Well, I had the donkey-cave alarm blaring on this one since early season 1, but it didn't go overboard till the Otis incident. If he will leave shoot one man and leave him to die (Who is already risking himself to repay a -bad- mistake, and also saved his life once already.) there are absolutely no mental safeties left for the rest of em. Can't depend on him, and more risky than not to try. He needs to go, or he needs to die. Quickly, while he sleeps. Less ammunition expended than fighting it out. He is a really piss poor liar too, which makes the whole thing even more hilarious/sad/rage inducing.

At least the children have somewhat valid excuses for being useless. They're children. They do only as well as they are taught, and it seems the instruction was poor.

Long story short? "Oh my Christ, you morons are going to get me eaten or shoot me in the back while I am covering you. I'm going inna-woods. Cya. Try not to die!"
   
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Really?...I think there doing a pretty good job with character development/ non-zombie elements of the show...with the exceptions of T-Dog and the woman who's kids been running around in the woods since episode 1.


The only developments relating to character for me has been slapping the "DEAD WEIGHT" label on each and every one of them except Daryll.

Three women who by all appearances seem to be coming apart at the seams at any given moment, to say nothing of the eyebrow raising dialogue at times. "This is a graveyard...I'm not comfortable with this." "DEAL WITH IT LADY!" and all of them worthless in a fight. (And this is supposed to be Georgia? Clearly some producer has no experience with southern women.)

One old guy who seems to be one of the last people left alive who can actually think remotely clearly in crisis...Now if only he wasn't a manipulative old bat.

Glen: He comes very close to being useful. Seems to sneak around pretty good. Isn't actively breaking down..which is an achievement with this group. Carries out whatever crap job needs to be done without much apparent complaint, and hasn't really managed to massively screw anything up. Unfortunately, he also seems to be a lot like Frodo Baggins in that he has three options: "Scream" "Run" and "Look sad/bored."

T-Dog. The useless, counter-productive, and ugly bag of mostly water. There need be no further explanation.

Two cops, both of which also seem to be coming apart at the seams (With different manifestations.) Rick seems to be simply strung out. Decent shot. Ain't too bright, but for better or worse seems like he's trying to preserve everyone he can. Could be salvageable depending on coming episodes.

Shane on the other hand...Well, I had the donkey-cave alarm blaring on this one since early season 1, but it didn't go overboard till the Otis incident. If he will leave shoot one man and leave him to die (Who is already risking himself to repay a -bad- mistake, and also saved his life once already.) there are absolutely no mental safeties left for the rest of em. Can't depend on him, and more risky than not to try. He needs to go, or he needs to die. Quickly, while he sleeps. Less ammunition expended than fighting it out. He is a really piss poor liar too, which makes the whole thing even more hilarious/sad/rage inducing.

At least the children have somewhat valid excuses for being useless. They're children. They do only as well as they are taught, and it seems the instruction was poor.

Long story short? "Oh my Christ, you morons are going to get me eaten or shoot me in the back while I am covering you. I'm going inna-woods. Cya. Try not to die!"


You see, you are thinking about this in a ridiculous way. You think they should have buckled down and function like a Military unit. What do we have here in this group? A rag tag group that probably survived on pure luck so far?

Yeah, you are asking a lot in this situation. Seems to me they are doing pretty well with what they got. None of them had "Zombie Survival Guides" and such before any of this happened. I am sure none of these people even thought about a "Zombie Apocalypse" before any of this started. They might have watched a few horror movies with zombies in them, but they were no experts.

You are holding them to some silly standards.
   
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Ma55ter_fett wrote:Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.



More action? Wasnt there a huge Zombie scene, with shamblers everywhere? And people being eaten, and zombies being shot? I thought there was enough action in it. And I agree, I bet itll be drama next time around, carl healing up and the group figuring out what to do next
   
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You think they should have buckled down and function like a Military unit.


Are you also detecting lottery numbers, while reading my thoughts? Let's go with a couple things off the top of my head:

Hey, the two cops and guy who is actually useful: You, more than most, have the ability to teach these people how to defend themselves and the people around them. Might just be a good idea to start trying, for a variety of reasons.

Here's another idea: Why don't we actually ask the people in this group if any of them have medical supplies of any sort? Ammunition? Bandaids? Batteries? Freakin toilet paper? Apparently that just slipped all the minds involved too, evidenced by the little experience with the antibiotics.

Heck, Mr. Badgewearer, let your son go on over to that deer. Nevermind that this is the deep south, and in a situation where the grocery stores might be...an unavailible option. Nah, nobody would ever go deer hunting in that situation. Heck, you and your partner both have probably gone hunting a couple times and know this to be the case! Couldn't happen. Nah, don't take off your jacket that happens to be the exact same shade as the animals pelt. What could possibly go wrong?

You are holding them to some silly standards.


No, I am holding them to using basic logic. I am holding them to the standard of: "Well, ya know, it's part of the country where you get the aftershocks from several different kinds of natures dispeasure, and the policemen leading the whole affair (To say nothing of the others following them) are probably not inexperienced with disasters, and though this is slightly different in the particulars the basics still apply."

There is suspension of disbelief, and then there is "I want to hit my face on the desk now." and while it is still good TV, the characters have more than a couple instances of jumping right past the former and into the latter.

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KingCracker wrote:
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.



More action? Wasnt there a huge Zombie scene, with shamblers everywhere? And people being eaten, and zombies being shot? I thought there was enough action in it. And I agree, I bet itll be drama next time around, carl healing up and the group figuring out what to do next


Well yeah, but it was only two guys. Not a lot of suspense there seeing as one was a series regular who has shown that he can handle himself, and the other was just some over weight dude who may as well have been wearing a red shirt and been named "ensign 1"


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SOFDC wrote:
Are you also detecting lottery numbers, while reading my thoughts? Let's go with a couple things off the top of my head:

Hey, the two cops and guy who is actually useful: You, more than most, have the ability to teach these people how to defend themselves and the people around them. Might just be a good idea to start trying, for a variety of reasons.


Okay, the first thing these cops need to do is get everybody to safety while protecting them. As you can tell by how the show has been going, they have yet to reach any sort of safety. They just now got to the farm where it is even remotely safe for them. They have not even had time to teach other people to defend themselves while they have been trying to get scavenge and make sure everybody is alright and accounted for.

SOFDC wrote:Here's another idea: Why don't we actually ask the people in this group if any of them have medical supplies of any sort? Ammunition? Bandaids? Batteries? Freakin toilet paper? Apparently that just slipped all the minds involved too, evidenced by the little experience with the antibiotics.


They were scavenging for these things. They really do not have a whole lot hidden from each other. Darryl had his own supply of antibiotics because of his own issues. T-Dog did not get his little issue until after they had left in search of the girl. Easily explained. Again, silly standards.

SOFDC wrote:Heck, Mr. Badgewearer, let your son go on over to that deer. Nevermind that this is the deep south, and in a situation where the grocery stores might be...an unavailible option. Nah, nobody would ever go deer hunting in that situation. Heck, you and your partner both have probably gone hunting a couple times and know this to be the case! Couldn't happen. Nah, don't take off your jacket that happens to be the exact same shade as the animals pelt. What could possibly go wrong?


When you see a deer, do you immediately run because you expect somebody to be out hunting it? These people haven't seen any other survivors really. All the people they have run across have "Opted Out" of the whole situation. Why would they expect somebody to be hunting that specific deer?

SOFDC wrote:No, I am holding them to using basic logic. I am holding them to the standard of: "Well, ya know, it's part of the country where you get the aftershocks from several different kinds of natures dispeasure, and the policemen leading the whole affair (To say nothing of the others following them) are probably not inexperienced with disasters, and though this is slightly different in the particulars the basics still apply."


Has most of the nation ever been wiped out by a plague that causes the dead to rise and kill you? Is this something that regularly happens in Georgia that the Police down there train for? No?

That would be something for the Army and the CDC to handle. Both of those were wiped out, if you recall. These guys have no clue what they are doing. They are just surviving right now. Trying to keep their group together and alive. Saying they should know what to do in this situation is ludicrous.

Edit: Stupid quoting error.

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Ma55ter_fett wrote:
KingCracker wrote:
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.



More action? Wasnt there a huge Zombie scene, with shamblers everywhere? And people being eaten, and zombies being shot? I thought there was enough action in it. And I agree, I bet itll be drama next time around, carl healing up and the group figuring out what to do next


Well yeah, but it was only two guys. Not a lot of suspense there seeing as one was a series regular who has shown that he can handle himself, and the other was just some over weight dude who may as well have been wearing a red shirt and been named "ensign 1"



I loled. Nicely done. Poor fella......Im saddened more by the fact that most of you guys have no real clue who that "fat guy" is! He is an awesome actor DAMMIT!!!
   
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@ SOFDC

While I see what your getting at, you have to keep in mind that most of the group are just civilians , all of them going through very traumatic situations...with no real prior knowledge of " what a zombie is"...so it's understandable that in some cases they'd seem/ act pretty " useless"...make dumb choices/mistakes..etc.
With the exception of Daryl, most of these folks ( including Shane and Rick..who are just Country Cops...not S.W.A.T or some Spec Ops) were living pretty " normal/boring" lives before the outbreak...they're in a transistional/ developmental stage now...learning to cope and survive in the " new world".


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Three women who by all appearances seem to be coming apart at the seams at any given moment, to say nothing of the eyebrow raising dialogue at times. "This is a graveyard...I'm not comfortable with this." "DEAL WITH IT LADY!" and all of them worthless in a fight. (And this is supposed to be Georgia? Clearly some producer has no experience with southern women.)

Blondie... whatever he name is, doesn't seem to be quite useless. What happened in the RV was her fumbling in a very high stress situation. Once she had a weapon she just up and killed the zombie no problem. So I'm not willing to completely write her off. Lori... I can't recall if she's had an opportunity to prove to be more than dead weight. Right now she's been wrapped up as the pivot point in the triangle with her, Shane, and Rick which has really not given her much time to shine. Crew cut mom, yeah she's pretty useless.

One old guy who seems to be one of the last people left alive who can actually think remotely clearly in crisis...Now if only he wasn't a manipulative old bat.

Manipulative sure but what has he really done? Convinced Blondie (I've really gotta learn her name) not to off herself and faked the RV being worse than it was to prevent people from having the "Needs of the many" conversation in relation to Sophie. So I'm willing to give him a pass on the manipulation since he seems to have his gak together overall.

Glen: He comes very close to being useful. Seems to sneak around pretty good. Isn't actively breaking down..which is an achievement with this group. Carries out whatever crap job needs to be done without much apparent complaint, and hasn't really managed to massively screw anything up. Unfortunately, he also seems to be a lot like Frodo Baggins in that he has three options: "Scream" "Run" and "Look sad/bored."

He seemed pretty jazzed when he stole the Charger. Frankly he's spent most of his time in action and they really could be using to have some drama with him. Unfortunately he hasn't really developed many hooks with the rest of the group which means they have no real way to integrate him into the current drama. Which sucks because he's one of the most competant characters in the show.

T-Dog. The useless, counter-productive, and ugly bag of mostly water. There need be no further explanation.

I give him a pass on the car door as it was a total accident and it happened as everyone was diving for cover from the walker herd. Over all though he has proven to not be worth the effort to keep him alive. Dropping the key (though Merle's an donkey-cave so whatever), being convinced he's going to be left to die because he's black (even though no one has shown the least hostility towards him and they've got a far better reason in him being dead weight), and overall him really not doing much of anything ever does mean that you could just forget to include him in an episode or two and I doubt anyone would notice.

Two cops, both of which also seem to be coming apart at the seams (With different manifestations.) Rick seems to be simply strung out. Decent shot. Ain't too bright, but for better or worse seems like he's trying to preserve everyone he can. Could be salvageable depending on coming episodes.

Rick has several very good reasons for being like his is. First, he woke up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. That'll feth anyone up. Then he has to find his family and amazingly enough does. He's thrown into a leadership role he doesn't really want but has forced upon him. They've lost people while ostensibly under his command. His family is in mortal danger. They've had their best hope for salvation blown up right under them. He is probably dealing with the fact that his wife is pregnant by his best friend. Now his son has been gut shot by another regular human and he's spent two episodes borderline delirious from blood loss. The guy has proven to be quite competant and is far from a drag he's just had a rather rough run of it the last two or three episodes.

Shane on the other hand...Well, I had the donkey-cave alarm blaring on this one since early season 1, but it didn't go overboard till the Otis incident. If he will leave shoot one man and leave him to die (Who is already risking himself to repay a -bad- mistake, and also saved his life once already.) there are absolutely no mental safeties left for the rest of em. Can't depend on him, and more risky than not to try. He needs to go, or he needs to die. Quickly, while he sleeps. Less ammunition expended than fighting it out. He is a really piss poor liar too, which makes the whole thing even more hilarious/sad/rage inducing.

Again, not useless. Dangerous but not useless. The downside is that after Daryl he's probably the most competant survivalist in the group. More than likely when he leaves they'll lose him, a car, and a significant number of weapons. They might also lose blondie but at this point I'd call that a net positive. The biggest issue the group has is that at this moment NONE of them are aware of the issues with Shane save Lori which means they'll most likely try hard to keep him around.

Long story short? "Oh my Christ, you morons are going to get me eaten or shoot me in the back while I am covering you. I'm going inna-woods. Cya. Try not to die!"

Funny thing is that I'd quite happily go through the zombie apocalypse with Daryl, Rick, Glen, and Old Dude. T-Dog and Crew Cut mom are the only ones I'd be adamant about dumping.


You see, you are thinking about this in a ridiculous way. You think they should have buckled down and function like a Military unit. What do we have here in this group? A rag tag group that probably survived on pure luck so far?

I'd give them more than luck. Much of the group in the beginning was useless, abusive Dad, T-Dog, the black lady, crew-cut mom, or unproven, blondie and her sister, hispanic family, etc. But I think Shane, Old Dude, Daryl (and to a degree Merele probably), Jim, and Glen were smart enough and competant enough to survive, meet up with the other people and to get everyone somewhere safe. I think attributing it all to luck is harsh. Abusive dad and his brood probably survived totally on luck but I wouldn't throw the entire group under the RV like that.

Yeah, you are asking a lot in this situation. Seems to me they are doing pretty well with what they got. None of them had "Zombie Survival Guides" and such before any of this happened. I am sure none of these people even thought about a "Zombie Apocalypse" before any of this started. They might have watched a few horror movies with zombies in them, but they were no experts.

The producers have explicitly stated that in this world no one has ever heard the word zombie before. No books, no movies, no survival guide, nothing. I guess George Romero made convention pieces of satire or something in this world. So everyone is going into this fresh with no real idea of how it all worked.

I'm liking the mix of action and drama this season. I wouldn't mind more action but building up the characters isn't wasted time. We've been getting some decent action set pieces and zombies staggering around. I'm ok with it. Now I hope AMC pulls its head out of its ass and gives the show its budget back so we can get even more zombies but whatever, it's all good.


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KingCracker wrote:
Ma55ter_fett wrote:
KingCracker wrote:
Ma55ter_fett wrote:Kinda hope the next episode has a little more action in it.

I'm tired of seeing rick and lori wandering around looking like they are haveing the worlds worst case of hay fever.



More action? Wasnt there a huge Zombie scene, with shamblers everywhere? And people being eaten, and zombies being shot? I thought there was enough action in it. And I agree, I bet itll be drama next time around, carl healing up and the group figuring out what to do next


Well yeah, but it was only two guys. Not a lot of suspense there seeing as one was a series regular who has shown that he can handle himself, and the other was just some over weight dude who may as well have been wearing a red shirt and been named "ensign 1"



I loled. Nicely done. Poor fella......Im saddened more by the fact that most of you guys have no real clue who that "fat guy" is! He is an awesome actor DAMMIT!!!


I remember him from Deadwood. And it was a surprise actually because that wasn't "supposed" to happen.


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Anyways, this show is breaking all kinds of ratings records despite the fact it isn't supposed too. Rumor is they've already renewed for season 3. (hopefully take some of that MadMen money back)

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I think with the numbers they are pushing ratings wise, they HAVE to get a better budget, because its proof right there, that people are sticking around and watching this show. Cant wait for tomorrow!
   
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The last minute or so of the last episode was intense...can't say I blame Shane but it was still a dastardly thing to do...

I'll bet Shane was hoping to get away cleanly...that was a low blow bashing a guy with no legs over the head...though Otis made a pretty derp move too...using his last bullet to try to kill Shane...hate to say it but at that point I'd rather have reserved it for myself instead of getting ripped to pieces...
   
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Yup, thats one sad fact about the Z APOC. Always keep 1 bullet for that very reason. Quick way out instead of being torn apart
   
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KingCracker wrote:Yup, thats one sad fact about the Z APOC. Always keep 1 bullet for that very reason. Quick way out instead of being torn apart


That is what grenades are for! If I am going out, I am taking some of them with me!
   
 
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