Great premiere episode, glad they didn't waste time at Terminus.
I know!!! that was grrrrrrreat! I still can´t believe it. Imma check who directed and wrote it.
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I expected this to be complete shit, and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be a really good episode. I love what they did with Terminus and with Carol and Tyrell. I'm happy they've realized that they can't keep retreading the same tired story every season. I have high hopes they won't bore us to death this time around. Foolish, I know.
Ok, ok yeah, you are the stuff of bad dreams... pssht
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I expected this to be complete shit, and was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be a really good episode. I love what they did with Terminus and with Carol and Tyrell. I'm happy they've realized that they can't keep retreading the same tired story every season. I have high hopes they won't bore us to death this time around. Foolish, I know.
We really enjoyed it! And now everyone is back together again. Except Maggie's whatsername sister.
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Too much happiness at the first part of this episode was a givaway that things are gonna go very bad soon.
So Bob was crying in the woods, methinks he got bit in the basement and knew he was on borrowed time. Not sure, but methinks them eating him will give them a bad bellyache later. I hope
So what is "Padre's" secret? I don't think he is scamming anyone but I bet he has screwed people over bad to have survived this long.
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liking a lot this season. That terrible scene was from the comic, thing is I don´t remember completely and too lazy to go look for that scene but I thought it was creepy good. And yes I think Bob was bitten so....
Carol seemed overwhelmed I think and you know, she killed those girls so you can´t feel like a hero or maybe she got a clint eastwood complex and wants to ride into sunset alone!
btw, loved the squirrels humor
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"I´d not prolongued the chewing up, Doc. Nor the being spat out. Not go out a cunt. It´s the dispatch I find inglorious. The whole delusory fucking self importance.". Al Swedgin ;).
Too much happiness at the first part of this episode was a givaway that things are gonna go very bad soon.
So Bob was crying in the woods, methinks he got bit in the basement and knew he was on borrowed time. Not sure, but methinks them eating him will give them a bad bellyache later. I hope
So what is "Padre's" secret? I don't think he is scamming anyone but I bet he has screwed people over bad to have survived this long.
Thought exactly the same.
The padre is imo guilty to have let die without intervention a large part of his sheeps (by not opening his church's doors for example).
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So we guessed right that Bob was bitten, too bad the "tainted meat" bit did not go anywhere.
I am glad that Rick and Co are smart enough to smell a trap, but I am a bit bummed that the "Terminus Clan" did not run into the season a bit longer, I found them a fun bunch of cannibals.
So I wonder will the gang catch up with Glenn and Maggie ( who are sure to run into trouble ), and come on we know blondie wont make it next week cuz Carol is awesome.
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It was alright IMO
What I don't like is that they keeping having a bunch of filler storylines. You just know this will wrap quickly like the cannibal thing. It's kind of like last season where we had the virus and then the Governor and then everyone was separated and then terminus. There really isn't any type o seasonal arc to the show anymore.
I agree with Jent on the filler storylines. For me S1 and even S2 were very solid, followed by a very weak S3 and as for S4... Uber-filler but with some fantastic episodes centered on each small group heading to Terminus. Beth and Daryl had some great episodes (yes I know you all hated them, lol), so I'm glad she showed up again. I like Beth. *And* I liked S3 Michonne. So there.
I imagine Carol being there is part of a plan cooked up by her and Daryl to infiltrate the hospital and rescue her, and that the person going back with Daryl at the church was in fact Noah, to tell them about the place.
After a great first episode, this show has gone back to boring. This is "The Walking Dead" isn't it? And yet the zombies have gone from being a scary threat to being a set prop with no bearing on the story. The "tainted meat" angle held promise. I thought maybe we would end up with a new breed of "smart zombies" to liven things up. Instead, ever since the Governor, we've gotten group after group of bad people doing bad things. I can watch two groups of humans going head to head on any show on tv. I don't need to waste another hour of my life on this show.
-- Edited by Black as Snow on Friday 7th of November 2014 12:30:39 AM
I am trying to debate what was creepier. Greyworm watching Missandei bathe or Mullet Boy peeping on Abe giving that hot latin chick some dildomace?
Anyways after a really solid start the show seems to of sunk back into inconsistency with the last couple episodes. I am just not a fan of these episodes that don't focus on the core group, they feel off to me.
Also isn't it a bit ridiculous at how easily that fire hose tore to shreds those walkers
-- Edited by Al Swearengen on Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:10:48 PM
-- Edited by Al Swearengen on Wednesday 12th of November 2014 05:11:35 PM
Forgot I even watched this episode lol. I love Mullet Boy and Wannabe James Hetfield, but hell, it was plain as day the man was no scientist. Though i expected him to be a janitor in the institute or at least something related.
I suppose next episode we're back to the main group and/or the hospital. Good.
Just when you think the show is building up to something big- filler.
Hey, I'm a scientist who's come to save the world. Nope.
Hey look, we're cannibals. We died after three episodes.
Hey look, a horrible sickness, how long will that last? Five episodes, now let's move on.
What's this, the governor? Get that filler wrapped up already, we're nearing the midseason.
Hey look, a hospital with a bunch of random characters. How long will it fucking last?
This show has no trajectory. It's pretty much come down to "101 ways to kill zombies", this time with a firehose.
And wow, am I the only one who thought Abe's flashbacks were just plain bad? Why did we need to know that? What actually happened? His wife and kid left him? That's it?
That firehose scene was silly, zombies can only be killed by a shot in the head, so why did all those zombies collapse from a super soaker to the chest.
It was not a bad episode, and I kinda suspected Mullet Rainman was not the genuine article. What will they do now? Go back to the church and regroup?
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Just when you think the show is building up to something big- filler. Hey, I'm a scientist who's come to save the world. Nope. Hey look, we're cannibals. We died after three episodes. Hey look, a horrible sickness, how long will that last? Five episodes, now let's move on. What's this, the governor? Get that filler wrapped up already, we're nearing the midseason. Hey look, a hospital with a bunch of random characters. How long will it fucking last?
This show has no trajectory. It's pretty much come down to "101 ways to kill zombies", this time with a firehose.
And wow, am I the only one who thought Abe's flashbacks were just plain bad? Why did we need to know that? What actually happened? His wife and kid left him? That's it?
+ 1, for the whole post, the fake scientist stuff was a kind of bullshit acme...
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The whole "let's disconnect from the main group for three episodes" thing really isn't working. Did Beth, Abe and Carol/Daryl really deserve an episode each? Because I don't think they did. Filler within filler!
A Carol and Daryl-centric episode? Hell yeah. It wasn't great but it worked for me because these too are *that* good together. They don't talk much, they just act and react, and they manage to bring any script to life.
The burning of the bodies, Daryl's book falling from his bag, his face when he was driving back to the church, ugh. Good, good acting.
I was wrong though, so Carol did get genuinely hurt and it wasn't a scheme just to get inside the hospital.
The classic Walking Dead plot stretching is happening as expected.
The whole Beth, Carol, Daryl 3 episode story could've been compressed into a single episode.
Two eps away from the mid-season finale, and at least we know those are always strong.
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Meh, wasn't a fan of this one. Everyone acted either like idiots, or totally random. Obviously their plan couldn't have worked, or else we wouldn't have seen everything being laid out so carefully.
But looool, Daryl and the bowling head smash. That was weird as hell.
I think they were trying to mirror the gut wrenching season 2 one when Sophia emerged as a zombie. But Beth was such a whiny universally disliked character that really out of the blue got herself killed.
( WTF was up with that? She wanted to stab Dawn with a pair of tiny medical scissors? And how did Dawn shoot Beth? Her gun was holstered the whole time and suddenly...boom...headshot).
Also that completely wasteful, stupid go-nowhere plotpiont with scaredy preacher, old Michonne would've killed him for being such a dumbass.
Show is running out of steam and ideas, they better go big or go home next February.
-- Edited by DonalNoyesArm on Monday 1st of December 2014 09:22:05 PM
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DonalNoyesArm wrote:But Beth was such a whiny universally disliked character that really out of the blue got herself killed.
*I* liked Beth. But sheesh, that was a stupid death scene. One in many scenes and plotlines that didn't make any sense this episode/season.
What is the point of that preacher again? Bad writing. Why did Maggie and Co. had to go all the way to fucking nowhere to find out Eugene is a liar, and then come back to the exact same place? Bad writing. Why did they make that cop run off just to catch and kill him in the first two minutes of the next episode? Bad writing.
Whatever. At least Carol is alive, Andrew Lincoln *acted* for a change (actually, he's getting better and better, too bad they did all they could with his character), and Daryl keeps carrying women around. I approve of this.
DonalNoyesArm wrote:But Beth was such a whiny universally disliked character that really out of the blue got herself killed.
What is the point of that preacher again? Bad writing. Why did Maggie and Co. had to go all the way to fucking nowhere to find out Eugene is a liar, and then come back to the exact same place? Bad writing. Why did they make that cop run off just to catch and kill him in the first two minutes of the next episode? Bad writing.
It reminds me of AFFC so much...
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DonalNoyesArm wrote:But Beth was such a whiny universally disliked character that really out of the blue got herself killed.
*I* liked Beth. But sheesh, that was a stupid death scene. One in many scenes and plotlines that didn't make any sense this episode/season.
What is the point of that preacher again? Bad writing. Why did Maggie and Co. had to go all the way to fucking nowhere to find out Eugene is a liar, and then come back to the exact same place? Bad writing. Why did they make that cop run off just to catch and kill him in the first two minutes of the next episode? Bad writing.
Whatever. At least Carol is alive, Andrew Lincoln *acted* for a change (actually, he's getting better and better, too bad they did all they could with his character), and Daryl keeps carrying women around. I approve of this.
I agree with all of this. I was starting to like Beth. But we knew that Beth was really going to die soon, didn't we? She was the new Andrea.
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wtf happened? when I was enjoy Darryl and Carol so much.
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Right, so I'm finally caught up on this stuff. And honestly? It's pretty bad. Don't think I've ever seen a show more inconsistent. Every so often they cough up a good episode but not nearly enough. Even the joy of zombie killing got old. Characters come and go, characters are maimed, they wander to a new location and it starts all over again.
What this show needs is a complete overhaul. This show needs a point, other than bashing me over the head with nihilism every few episodes by killing someone who could have been an interesting character if they'd lived longer. Thought they were going to deliver that with Eugene but of course, that was just another fuck you from the writers. I don't even mind that it's bleak. I love bleak television. Everything just comes off as pointless, which apparently is the point. Fuck that.
-- Edited by Cosca on Monday 16th of February 2015 02:56:11 PM
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Right, so I'm finally caught up on this stuff. And honestly? It's pretty bad. Don't think I've ever seen a show more inconsistent. Every so often they cough up a good episode but not nearly enough. Even the joy of zombie killing got old. Characters come and go, characters are maimed, they wander to a new location and it starts all over again.
Yup, the world of the show is unsustainable, at least shows like GOT has visual variety, Dorne, Essos, North, The Wall, Kings Landings, this show only has zombies and destroyed Atlanta...how much you wanna bet..they go to Washington, it is destroyed, they deal with douchebag survivors...some more die and then off to the next location.
*sigh*
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"Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go to rust.” -DN
Exactly. GoT may be bleak, but it has a plot, it has momentum beyond whatever new cartoonish antagonist has been introduced lately, it has institutions and colour and history, as well as well written characters you can invest in. What's more, there is at least uncertainty with regard to those characters fates, things may eventually work out for some of them.
All Walking Dead has is the characters and the wasteland, neither of which are all that compelling (except Carol. Carol is awesome), and the show has underlined the fact that the fate of their fallen companions will be suffered by them as well. It's clear that the show will just keep going until it becomes unprofitable, and then maybe Rick will settle on a farm somewhere. Or die. Yeah, he'll probably just die.
The kind of thematic ground they're covering in the show is fine for a single story. Like the Road for example. But it's poison for a long-running tv show.
-- Edited by Cosca on Monday 16th of February 2015 03:08:55 PM
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Someone watched last episode? wtf was that? WTF WAS THAT?
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btw, loved the squirrels humor
*And* I liked S3 Michonne. So there. 
That was weird as hell.
But sheesh, that was a stupid death scene. One in many scenes and plotlines that didn't make any sense this episode/season. 
