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Hopefully, it means he has come to terms with the people he's had to kill or leave behind and he can move on. And hopefully, Herschel will keep his mouth shut about it, unlike Glenn and the barn.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Of all the characters TV Andrea is the worst compared to her comic book version. In the book she's super badass. She'd be the number 1 pick on anyone's zombie survival team. Everyone leans on her zombie killing abilities heavily.

In the show she's useless....and a slut.

lol, someone has to be the slut. I kind of like it that she shows some emotional neediness, so far in this season we only saw a glimmer of her killer side, the governor does not seem to get that yet but I am guessing he will find out about it soon enough... anyway it makes it all that more complex that she slept with him...

But I thought Maggie was going to be easy one. You know all those jokes about the farmer's daughter and all...

Maggie gave up the Prison way to fast... Disappointing.

My favorite part of last's night episode didn't even take place in the show....

It was right after they zoomed in on the zombies eating the guy that was just stabbed by Michonne, and it faded to black

then it came up with a kfc logo and said, "See why fresh tastes better."

I laughed for a good hearty minute

For better or worse it seems they are really listening to the fans. Lori, T-Dawg and Carl were the least popular characters. Two of them are suddenely gone and now Carl seems to be toughening up.

 timetowaste85 wrote:

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
I think they've made leaps and bounds with characters in this season as opposed to last, certainly holding my interest more. Michone is just plain awesome, even as fairly one-dimensional as she is. I hope she sticks around for a bit and gets some better character development.

Honestly, the more I see of Michone, the more I don't care about her. She acts like a badass just to be a badass, and she treats everyone like crap. While I agree the Governer is bad news, she is antagonistic towards everyone, and allows for no discussion. If they kill her off, I won't lose any sleep over it. I was VERY upset when T-Dawg died though, and was quite bummed when they really made it seem like Carol didn't get away, due to her missing for almost 2 full episodes. That surprises me, because I didn't like Carol very much at first, but I guess she grew on me. Of course, I don't think anyone was upset when Lori kicked the bucket. I actually have a bet with one of my friends though that Rick won't survive season 3, and that he's totally looney tunes now. I didn't think anyone in the main family would die off, but...apparently I was wrong. Rick is next up in my local death-pool. I got 5 bucks on him dying by the end of the season.

I have not seen yesterday's episode yet so take with a grain of salt. I like the concept of Michonne better than Michonne. As noted she's tough but it just seems meh once you get past the concept of "badass killing zombies...with a sword!" Not keen on where this episode was headed as I like those two characters (Maggie/Glen) -better than the rest of the cast combined.

Very OT but:

Not keen on where this episode was headed as I like those two characters (Maggie/Glen) -better than the rest of the cast combined.

Anyone else get a "can't rape the willing" kind of vibe from Maggie last episode? I mean I know she would give up the prison but geez.

Glen on the other hand GLEN SMASH.

For better or worse it seems they are really listening to the fans. Lori, T-Dawg and Carl were the least popular characters. Two of them are suddenely gone and now Carl seems to be toughening up.

Yeah! Not to mention Dale. I was not sorry to see any of those characters go. Amy was the only one I was sorry to see go, and I knew Merle would come back.

I liked Dale but he started to get on my nerves and wuss out towards the end.

 Alfndrate wrote:
My favorite part of last's night episode didn't even take place in the show....

It was right after they zoomed in on the zombies eating the guy that was just stabbed by Michonne, and it faded to black

then it came up with a kfc logo and said, "See why fresh tastes better."

I laughed for a good hearty minute

I caught that too!

Does the folks who advertise KNOW what was in the preceeding sequence?

I liked T-Dawg, and was sad to see him go. Lori...nobody cared about Lori. I was also bummed to see Shane become a douche, and have to leave. My sister complained that nothing really happened last night, I told her it was pretty much the rising action before next weeks climactic mid-season ending. And I'll probably miss next weeks episode cuz of work... Anyone want to record it on DVD for me and send me a copy? You'd be my best friend...

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I liked T-Dawg, and was sad to see him go. Lori...nobody cared about Lori. I was also bummed to see Shane become a douche, and have to leave. My sister complained that nothing really happened last night, I told her it was pretty much the rising action before next weeks climactic mid-season ending. And I'll probably miss next weeks episode cuz of work... Anyone want to record it on DVD for me and send me a copy? You'd be my best friend...

Thats too bad dude...

You could always just look at comments on the internet instead of watching the episode, we'll sum it up for you.

What was wrong with T-Dog I wonder?

When Sword Chick arrives, there is competition for "token african-american" status...
There can be only One!!!!

Alright, glad this thread is degenerating into sexism and racism.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Alright, glad this thread is degenerating into sexism and racism.

Just calls em like I sees em.

Glenn kicked some major ass, Maggie broke too soon. WAY too soon, like the buildup to the next week's episode. Woodbury will run red with blood!

The worst part about T-Dog was that they called him T-Dog. Seriously. For a black character I found utterly stupid that at no point he would ever tell his real name, he's just the token black character with the token black name. Other than that I liked his character. He's definitely no Tyrese but he was ok. Just wished they would have given him a fething name!


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 Iur_tae_mont wrote:
Glenn kicked some major ass, Maggie broke too soon. WAY too soon, like the buildup to the next week's episode. Woodbury will run red with blood!

Ah but thats the point! What happens after the blood running is the story for the next 8 episodes.

 DutchKillsRambo wrote:
The worst part about T-Dog was that they called him T-Dog. Seriously. For a black character I found utterly stupid that at no point he would ever tell his real name, he's just the token black character with the token black name. Other than that I liked his character. He's definitely no Tyrese but he was ok. Just wished they would have given him a fething name!

what, you don't know what the 'T' stands for?

The worst part about T-Dog was that his entire character was built through what Glenn says about him after he dies. I mean, he was a good character, he just didn't get any real lines and he never had a story of his own. I think the problem was that he was a guardian character, but that was sort of Dale's role throughout season 2. It tells a better story to have Dale stand out as 'that guy' rather than build up T-Dog with a similar personality. It would have been cool for T-Dog to fill Dale's shoes but now we have Hershel for that. I think that the writers kept T-Dog around because of the potential he had as a character, they just never utilized him to his fullest and ended up ditching him once he became "dead weight" to the story...

T-Dawg said his name was Theodore Douglas iirc. Doesn't change the fact he's the worst character ever.

Thought the last episode was pretty good, a few obvious "For future episodes" set ups...but not bad at all.
I particularly loved the old drunk (crazy) hillbilly buffet scene.
Now, the one scene I did dislike wasn't even in this episode, but rather in the previews for the mid season finaly shown during Talking Dead.
I personaly think that having Michonne find Penny ( the Goveners zombie daughter) and seem so careless in the act ( given what the clip showed) is very OOC for Michonne, given her hypervigilant nature.
Really think the whole " discovering Penny" scene would play out more effectivly having Andrea make the discovery.

I am actually super disappointed going into the midseason finale. Michone went from a cool enigma to just "girl with sword and attitude" Andrea is less the awesome dead eyed killer and more the dependent child. Maggie wasn't AS weak as some in this thread made her out but she still broke too easy, by contrast Glenn was really stalwart. I like that they used Hershel vice Dale, simply because the actor was better, other than that Hershel has been useless for the season so far.
I have almost no doubts Daryl will kill Merle before the end of the season, it has to happen. Just like Shane had to die by Rick.

 AustonT wrote:

I have almost no doubts Daryl will kill Merle before the end of the season, it has to happen. Just like Shane had to die by Rick.

Hmm, I'm not entirely certain it will be Merle who dies in the coming "reunion of brothers".
My reasoning may perhaps be flawed, but , as Daryl has been serving as a sort of " stand in Tyreese" this season I wonder if he'll end up on the end of Merle's bayonette hand.

I dont think that will happen, If anything I bet Merle kills the Gov over his brother.

So my opinions so far

T-Dog was a horrible character. I think he had more lines in the three episodes he was in this season than the last 2 seasons combined. But honestly he was just an empty character, probably the only one really left and that made him walker bait when they needed someone from the group to die.

I don't think Maggie gave up to quickly. She was basically shown she could be raped at their pleasure and then they threatened to kill one of the very few good things in her life. Glenn, however, is a frickin beast. I've like the actor from the first appearance but he's definitely one of my favorites.

I don't see Daryl dying. In all honesty the only characters I see as safe are Rick, Carl, Michonne, and Daryl. Rick and Carl as they are the basis of the entire comic series and the backlash would be to great if they went down. Michonne partially because she was just introduced this season and partly because of her popularity. And Daryl just due to straight up popularity. He's probably the most liked character on the show and backlash would be insane if he went down.

Oh, and I hate what they've done with Andrea. And I would consider Herschel dead weight and walker/bad human bait at this point since they appear to have learned their lesson from last season and aren't going to show his areas of expertise (farming at the prison). Basically he's a glorified doctor and Rick's sounding board. Though that may be enough to keep him alive.

I do like how they are going about avoiding amputations and such that would cost a grip in post production to produce from the main characters so far.

It is a let down that they don't develop some of the characters more. In the comic you really feel bad when some of the characters die. Not so much on the show, you can kind of tell who is going to die. I was amazed T-dog made it as long as he did, he was basically dead weight from the get go, they really could have done a lot more with his character.

Michonne is the best character on the show at this point. There is a story there that has not been told, and it is going to be very interesting to tell.

I am extrapolating about Michonne here:



My prediction for the mid season finale is:



Overall the show is as formulaic as it has always been, but it still holds my interest.

 DeathReaper wrote:
Michonne is the best character on the show at this point. There is a story there that has not been told, and it is going to be very interesting to tell.

I am extrapolating about Michonne here:

Spoiler:

Her two walker mules were her family members, and she has had a great childhood, but had to grow hard to survive quite quickly, and that is what makes her so mad/tough.

My prediction for the mid season finale is:

Spoiler:

Rick and the Governor have a showdown in the middle of town Wild West Style.

Overall the show is as formulaic as it has always been, but it still holds my interest.

Yeah I agree, they will keep the gov around for at least the rest of the season. They might not take his arm off though, merle already kind of plays that role.

Also I think it highly likely that there will be something up with merle and the gov. They've already spent too much time in the script hinting at that for something interesting not to go down... there's also hints that he's a complex character. Maybe he will turn into a jesus freak and hook up with team prison and his baby bro?

Either that or, he kills/maims his bro to prove his loyalty to the gov and becomes a hardcore villain...