ironicsilence wrote:
ive never before wanted a tv character to die as badly as I want carl to bite it, sadly I know that isnt going to happen....but needless to say I was cheering for the zombies tonight

 ironicsilence wrote:
ive never before wanted a tv character to die as badly as I want carl to bite it, sadly I know that isnt going to happen....but needless to say I was cheering for the zombies tonight

 Khornholio wrote:
Spoilers dude! Spoilers!

 Jimsolo wrote:
I'm glad they're finally giving Michonne some backstory. I'd still like them to explain how she got ahold of a magical katana that replicate feats previously unheard of outside of lightsaber duels, as well as the skill to wield it in defiance of both realism and physics, but I won't hold my breath. The atrocious blaxploitation dialogue seems to be mostly gone, which is a plus.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Jimsolo wrote:
I'm glad they're finally giving Michonne some backstory. I'd still like them to explain how she got ahold of a magical katana that replicate feats previously unheard of outside of lightsaber duels, as well as the skill to wield it in defiance of both realism and physics, but I won't hold my breath. The atrocious blaxploitation dialogue seems to be mostly gone, which is a plus.

IIRC, the comics explain that she retrieved the sword from her neighbour's house when the outbreak began. She was already a skilled fencer, which somewhat explains her skill with the katana.

 Hulksmash wrote:
I don't get the Carl hate. He's a kid that:

1) Lost his dad
2) Got a surogate dad in Shane
3) Got his dad back.
4) Dad killed his surogate dad/favorite uncle
5) He had to shoot the zombie version of said surgate dad/favorite uncle
6) He put a bullet in his mom's head to prevent her coming back as a zombie
7) Found a bloody baby carrier his sister was in
8) Saw his surogate grandpa die
9) Lost all of his new "family" except his dad as far as he knows.
10) Has seen his dad go crazy and in his opinion (and mine) act irresponsibly in the current world.

And he's a dang teenager on top of it. How in the world is this kid suppose to react?

Now normally a teenager's black and white doesn't really apply to the existing world. But in the zombi apocalypse it really is much closer to reality. Which means Carl is in a better place to understand the demads of the new world than many grown adults, including his dad. I actually think the character is deeper and better than most people consider. If you consider his actions week to week he can come off as a bit of a snit, but if you actually look at the character it's pretty darn perfect and awesome.

Regarding tonights episode in general I really liked it. A lot of Carl's issues were finally brought to light in his tirade at his sleeping father (which needed to happen so people could remember what's he's actually been going thru). Carl found out more about himself and I forsee much less teenage angst from him in the future.

We got a lot more backstory about Michone which was great. I like the fact that they touch on the fact that the sword skill might have been an ability pre-apocalypse.

Overall an excellent episode with 3 of my favorite characters. Next week will be interesting as they cover the rest of the people who made it out of the prison. Looking forward to it.

Oh, and Talking Dead whenever Nicataro (sp?) is on is great.