The Walking dead

[CGVT]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

You probably won't like it any more than you did.

If you just want some cheezy zombie action, you might want to check out Z-Nation on SyFy.

It is a lot of fun. I usually get a chuckle or two out of it and enjoy it quite a bit.

 

[iijakii]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

There's definitely drama in it. It's only the first two seasons that have any love-dramas from what I remember, though.

 

[max384]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

It's a good mix of drama and action. If you didn't like the first season because of the drama, you probably won't like subsequent seasons.

 

[MarkKF]

She's in the car with Sarge

I think the actress is prego to. Hide dat belly!

I like this show much more when they are on the road, finding supplies, places to hole up and meeting other survivors, both innocent and despicable.

 

[ffaoe]

I think the actress is prego to. Hide dat belly!

I like this show much more when they are on the road, finding supplies, places to hole up and meeting other survivors, both innocent and despicable.

I know that the actress who plays Tara had a baby not that long ago. She looked kind of pregnant despite the big loose shirts she was wearing in the episode where the wolves attacked.

 

[Talgrath]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

It's a difficult question to answer without knowing exactly what you are talking about. Inherently the show is about human drama, with zombies as a backdrop and plot device, by the point we're at in the show now, human conflict (as in war/murder) is the main threat and death by zombie is sort of secondary (though people still die via zombie from time to time). I think the bit you're talking about the "Who's the baby daddy?" drama that started towards the end of season 1, where we don't know the father of Lori's kid is, if you can't stand that sort of stuff, I won't lie, season 2 will be brutal for you because it's almost entirely about the conflict between Rick and Shane over Lori and how to run the group, unfortunately you can't really skip Season 2 because they kill off a bunch of people and add a bunch of new ones. Once you're past season 2 though, the show is increasingly better; the focus shifts more to survival drama, such as "should we totally kill these guys, or make peace?" and "is the leader person fit to lead?"

TL;DR: If you're looking for a more actiony or less drama filled zombie show, Ash vs the Evil Dead or Z-Nation may be more to your speed. If you want a zombie survival drama, the Walking Dead is for you.

 

[milldoggy]

Just watched the Morgan ep. I enjoyed it. Yes it was a huge letdown to not continue the story at Alexandria. But it was a pulp fiction like cut to a back story which is going to make the chapter we are going to see so much better. A great story is not linear.

 

[Braumeise]

I am speechless!

TWD is by far one of the best TV series ever!
They do have some flaws/let downs although the 90 min. Morgan Eastman episode was definitely not one of them.

Everybody - like virtually every freakin fan of this show whats to know if Glen is still alive, yet they dare to do this! And it works!!!

It worked out awesome! Took me like five min. to realize I could be really pissed now but it was so well edited and paced and told and directed and acted that it captured me completely and that is what I am looking for always! If I "see" where the crew stands and where the lightning devises are - I know what I am seeing is utterly bad! It takes a lot of solid work to get me involved.

I draw my hat!

Let it goat, rest in peace Tabitha!

 

[BUCKNUTS]

I am speechless!



TWD is by far one of the best TV series ever!

They do have some flaws/let downs although the 90 min. Morgan Eastman episode was definitely not one of them.



Everybody - like virtually every freakin fan of this show whats to know if Glen is still alive, yet they dare to do this! And it works!!!



It worked out awesome! Took me like five min. to realize I could be really pissed now but it was so well edited and paced and told and directed and acted that it captured me completely and that is what I am looking for always! If I "see" where the crew stands and where the lightning devises are - I know what I am seeing is utterly bad! It takes a lot of solid work to get me involved.



I draw my hat!



Let it goat, rest in peace Tabitha!

I agree with you completely it was yet another great episode. I have many friends and family who love the show more disliked this episode than liked it but I think they are dead wrong. @passedpawn get on board brother it's one of the best shows ever produced imo. Character and story development are a big part of the show but they have to be because nobody would tune in for more than an episode or two to just watch zombies get thier heads blown off or bashed in. I never get hooked on tv shows, I watch sports, cooking shows and this and I am hooked.

 

[BamaProud]

I'm pretty far from 100% sure that Glenn is dead, but the more I think about it the more I could see it being the case. Imagine the next episode like this: Maggie goes off with Aaron to find Glenn, she was gearing up all Rambo style in the promo and Aaron was trying to stop her, in town the Alexandrians are dealing with the fallout of the raid. Maggie has flashbacks while looking for Glenn of their time together that we didn't see in the show, towards the end of the episode you find out Maggie told Glenn she's pregnant right before the meeting where Rick laid out the plan (thus why Glenn was so insistent she not be involved, not just to prop up the glorious leader). Then, gut punch, they find Glenn but he's zombified! Aaron puts down walker Glenn while Maggie is paralyzed with horror/grief. Maggie falls to her knees in grief, cut to aerial view, zombie horde about to hit the walls with Rick just barely ahead of it.

I like it...but Maggie needs to be topless.

 

[GrogNerd]

Like I keep saying, even Romero will tell you zombie movies ain't about the zombies

 

[drainbamage]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

Season 2 will probably get on your nerves. Slow pacing, not many zombies, lots of soap-opera drama. If you can bear with it, it gets better.

 

[agrazela]

Call me a drama queen, but I kinda miss the human drama of some of the earliest seasons. The show has kind of devolved into a head-exploding-zombie-kill-fest, which may be accurate for the world they live in, but gets a little monotonous to watch.

In that vein, I really liked the Morgan / Eastman episode. It's the only one I can remember seeing in years that I keep thinking about well after watching it.

 

[m_c_zero]

HEY EVERYONE! I watched the 1st season and got turned off by the drama at the end when some woman overheard some dude talking to some girl. Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

So, my question is, is it worth picking up again? I don't like relationship dramas, hope that describes it. I like the zombies. Thanks for your consideration

There is a lot of character development in the show so inherently there is drama that takes place, some of it believable for their circumstances some of it not. But once you get to know the characters and their back stories you really get to feel like you are part of the show. After that the episodes have meaning and you crave more and more of it, even if it is an episode full of drama and more character building. I say give it another chance. Take it for what it is, a fantasy show about a zombie apocalypse and let it flow. You'll get into it.

 

[m_c_zero]

Season 2 will probably get on your nerves. Slow pacing, not many zombies, lots of soap-opera drama. If you can bear with it, it gets better.

This, so much this. I even got annoyed at season 2 but it was worth it in the end.

Didn't they also get new writers after the first season?

 

[m_c_zero]

 

[passedpawn]

There is a lot of character development in the show so inherently there is drama that takes place, some of it believable for their circumstances some of it not. But once you get to know the characters and their back stories you really get to feel like you are part of the show. After that the episodes have meaning and you crave more and more of it, even if it is an episode full of drama and more character building. I say give it another chance. Take it for what it is, a fantasy show about a zombie apocalypse and let it flow. You'll get into it.

The reason I ask is because I've been slogging through the Dexter series. I like the show, but man I can't stand the stupid relationship threads, mostly involving his promiscuous sister and whoever she's laying with this week.

 

[max384]

The reason I ask is because I've been slogging through the Dexter series. I like the show, but man I can't stand the stupid relationship threads, mostly involving his promiscuous sister and whoever she's laying with this week.

I quit watching Dexter for that same reason. I love the premise of the show, but the extraneous drama got to be too much and I quit watching it.

The Walking Dead, on the other hand, has kept me intrigued non-stop.

 

[drainbamage]

Didn't they also get new writers after the first season?

There were a lot of changes around that time. The first writing team departed/was fired (depending on what you read), then the original executive producer left shortly thereafter.

The reason I ask is because I've been slogging through the Dexter series. I like the show, but man I can't stand the stupid relationship threads, mostly involving his promiscuous sister and whoever she's laying with this week.

Haha, that doesn't change much as you go (Dexter, that is). Just wait...the relationship stuff gets weirder. No spoilers.

TWD eases up on the relationship drama after the whole love triangle/"who's the baby daddy?" thing gets resolved. Most of the drama centers around how different people handle tragedy and being thrust into leadership roles, and how the characters' back stories affect them in the present. Carol's character arc is especially entertaining to watch. You'll probably hate her the first few seasons, and then sometime you realize she's one of the most interesting characters on the show.

 

[Talgrath]

The reason I ask is because I've been slogging through the Dexter series. I like the show, but man I can't stand the stupid relationship threads, mostly involving his promiscuous sister and whoever she's laying with this week.

I haven't watched Dexter, but I would say that by season 3 very little relationship drama is left in the Walking Dead and that by season 4 it's pretty much gone. People still have relationships, mind you, but there's not a lot of love triangles or focus on those relationships. You're made aware that people are sleeping together or married and that adds some emotional tension if they nearly die or die, but the focus is on survival drama.

 

[m_c_zero]

I slept with Dexter's sister...

 

[MarkKF]

So did he, Michael C. Hall

 

[slym2none]

Seemed like an MTV drama and I dropped it.

You lost me right there, man...

 

[slym2none]

I really liked the Morgan / Eastman episode. It's the only one I can remember seeing in years that I keep thinking about well after watching it.

For me, that one would be "The Grove". I got goosebumps just now thinking about that one...

 

[Natdavis777]

The reason I ask is because I've been slogging through the Dexter series. I like the show, but man I can't stand the stupid relationship threads, mostly involving his promiscuous sister and whoever she's laying with this week.

I liked Dexter. It got my wife hooked on watching series. Ive since got her to watch Breaking Bad and now we are on Justified (which is f*cking awesome)...

One thing that turned me off on Dexter, and it is paradoxical that I say this, is the swearing from Deb. I swear all the time, but damn, every other word out of her mouth is f*ck... It could be a drinking game!

 

[bigken462]

So how many weeks do you guys think it'll be before we find out about Glenn? I'm working tomorrow night and always have to log out of Facebook to keep the spoilers away. I'm pretty curious how Rick might get out of his current situation.

So far, this has been the most intense season yet.

Ken

 

[GrogNerd]

I liked Dexter. It got my wife hooked on watching series. Ive since got her to watch Breaking Bad and now we are on Justified (which is f*cking awesome)...

One thing that turned me off on Dexter, and it is paradoxical that I say this, is the swearing from Deb. I swear all the time, but damn, every other word out of her mouth is f*ck... It could be a drinking game!

we really dug Justified, especially Boyd. Walton Goggins deserved awards for that character.

I liked how they would beat you, rob you, even kill you, but dang if they remembered their pleasantries and how-do-you-dos first. their mommas taught them better.

& I'm just the opposite about Deb. as a former sailor, I've already used up my allotment of cusswords; I'm all about coming up with different ways to say the F word. So I like the way Deb comes up with her variations.

So how many weeks do you guys think it'll be before we find out about Glenn? I'm working tomorrow night and always have to log out of Facebook to keep the spoilers away. I'm pretty curious how Rick might get out of his current situation.

So far, this has been the most intense season yet.

Ken

ain't no MIGHT about it, that was Rick yelling to open the gates at the end of the last episode

 

[bigken462]

ain't no MIGHT about it, that was Rick yelling to open the gates at the end of the last episode

I guess I missed that part. Humm. Well, maybe they'll have him a cold beer waiting. lol

So..........Having come across this thread with plenty of free time to post in it for once. If you guys were surrounded by hundreds of walking Zombies trapped in homebrew shop and gun store, which would you prioritize. Stuffing the sacks with ammo or brewing supplies? lol

I wonder if you could kill off a few of them with spent grains and hops? lol

Ken

 

[slym2none]

Can't drink later if you aren't alive. Zombie-killin' time!

 

[JohnnyO]

Great scene in the sewer with the zombies emerging from the muck.

 

[slym2none]

The walls are bleeding!!!

 

[Talgrath]

Once again, an episode that is more of a set up for the next episode than anything else. A few observations:

Rick Is In Charge Now
Whatever else the townsfolk might think, Rick is definitely in charge now. Rick's speech, his talk with Deabba (the senator lady) and Aaron's supporting speech when people might have blamed him all laid out the foundation. Rick's continuing romance with Jessie will likely be a problem in the not so distant future.

Maggie's Pregnant
So, we all sort of thought this, but we got confirmation when Maggie and Aaron (unsuccessfully) tried to sneak out and Maggie confessed she didn't really think Glenn was alive, but her pregnancy and her guilt over burning the photo forced her to try. At the end of the episode Aaron and Maggie erase Glenn and Nicholas' names from the wall of the dead since, for the moment, they're still just missing.

Still No Glenn
At this point, I think we won't know Glenn's fate until either the end of the second to last half season episode or until the half season finale. The next episode's preview shows nothing to indicate we'll see anything of the missing pizza boy.

Spencer is a Hypocrite
The whole town is about to raid the pantry, dooming everyone to slow starvation, but Spencer gives a speech...and then steals some stuff for himself. Spencer's hypocrisy is definitely going to come back to bite him in the ass.

Blood Leaks Through the Walls
The episode ends with a shot of blood leaking through a small hole in the wall, more likely than not it is symbolic, but it could be an indicator that the walls won't hold long. Deanna seems to have gotten a bit of swagger after talking to Rick...but maybe it is too much swagger as she taunts the zombies.

EDIT: As Spyk'd pointed out below, Spencer was on watch on the wall, so it's very possible he offed himself or was killed and that's his blood we saw.

 

[Spyk'd]

Blood Leaks Through the Walls
The episode ends with a shot of blood leaking through a small hole in the wall, more likely than not it is symbolic, but it could be an indicator that the walls won't hold long. Deanna seems to have gotten a bit of swagger after talking to Rick...but maybe it is too much swagger as she taunts the zombies.

Clearly you forgot who was on watch on top of the wall...

 

[slym2none]

How many here read/have read the comic?

***HERE THERE BE SPOILERS***







Last chance... turn back now! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!







How many think that Ron and Jessie/Holly (because so far, she is an amalgamation of the two characters) end up with the same fate as Holly & Ron from the comic? That would be so brutal, esp. if it goes down the same way...

Also, next ep. is Sasha/Abraham/Darryl-centric. Maybe the week after that is how Rick gets out of the RV and back to Alexandria. After that, we see where Morgan was going with that little blue bag, and what was in it. Next ep. focuses on Enid. Then, finally, we get some closure with stuff coming together, and end up learning whether Glenn is dead or alive for the "mid-season finale" (a term I hate with a passion).

 

[Talgrath]

Clearly you forgot who was on watch on top of the wall...

Oh ****, I didn't pick up on that. Good point. Are we sure it was him though?

 

[MarkKF]

Will they ever get to the point where they only have trusted people on watch, at the gate, on the wall? If not will they at least have trusted people watching the people doing those jobs?

 

[agrazela]

I'm getting pretty annoyed with these whiny-b*tch Alexandrians. Not sure I want any of them to live. Except maybe Jessie

 

[drainbamage]

I'm getting pretty annoyed with these whiny-b*tch Alexandrians. Not sure I want any of them to live. Except maybe Jessie

Agreed (on both accounts ). How they would have made it this far baffles me.

 

[m_c_zero]

Great scene in the sewer with the zombies emerging from the muck.

Reminded me of Swamp Thing

 

[TwistedGray]

Great scene in the sewer with the zombies emerging from the muck.

Sewer zombies were neat, but what's with dude just laying in the water waiting for zombie to crawl up to him. Being a little proactive goes a long way.