4001

Carl would still find a way to trip while being chased by a crawling baby zombie.

4002

There is no way Baby Judith is going out. No way. This is prime time TV.

I am surprised that they used the word “shit” though…

4003

If it were me, I’d be tossing Judith back over my shoulders while fleeing. The kid should be named Chum.

4004

Why is Abraham’s hair colour and moustache color so different?

4005

Oh yea, last week on Talking Dead the actress who plays Tara says something to the effect that the writers are working on Negan…

That would suggest that Negan is coming this season (or soon). Maybe Terminus is one of the town’ Negan is trying to control. How he will be implemented I am not sure but I suspect he will be a severely muted / toned down version…

4006

So let me get this straight. Glen and the holdover chick from the Governor’s story arc run into a Walter Sobchak cosplayer, Kevin Smith, and a stripper?

-Tom
4007

If I was Glen I would have smacked the “scientist” guy upside the head the second he said, “It’s Classified.” Classified? Fuck you! I imagine there’s a reason why mustache guy think he’s saving the world, but when you drop a bomb like, “This guy knows how all of this happened and can fix it,” as a viewer I’m not willing to blindly accept that, especially in the manner in which it was conveyed in that scene. I’m going to need some proof.

4008

I imagine the script they handed the latina hottie was as short as her short shorts.

“Hi!”

<stage direction: bend over 12 times while facing away from camera>

“Bye!”

4009

That whole exchange convinced me that Eugene (the supposed scientist bad-mullet guy) is full of shit. I know Sgt. Slaughter claims Eugene was chatting with Washington folks on his sat phone up until two weeks previous, but it could have been anyone on the other end of that phone, if there was anyone at all (he could have been lying to the others to convince them to take him to Washington). I find it hard to believe that if Eugene were at all neccessary to the survival of mankind that whatever government power remains would allow him to travel cross country with one reservist and a stripper as escort.

I liked how less than 30 minutes after regaining conciousness, Glenn had gone total bad-ass and pretty much taken leadership of the group away from Sgt. Slaughter. I really enjoy where Glenn is going this season, and I hope he gets some more time to grow as a character before he’s reunited with Maggie.

I also liked the scenes with Rick this time around, especially how, after killing the guy in the bathroom, he had the foresight to open the bathroom door a crack before slipping out the window. Then when the dead bandit came back, instant distraction.

Carl and Michonne in the house with the paintings was creepy as all get out. I want to know who painted the walker portrait, then wrapped it up and left it outside the room with the grisly scene.

4010

Do not want. I can’t stand the Glenn story arc for nearly everything he’s done after season one. Hey, let’s play a game! List, in order from worst to less worst, the worst characters on the show. I’ll go first:

  1. Lori
  2. Rick
  3. Glenn
  4. Maggie

One down, three to go?

Ah, so that’s what happened. I figured it was awfully convenient that a zombie showed up at that moment. But it was the guy Rick fought in the bathroom! Man, I’m pretty slow. I guess it’s because we’d just seen another fight scene where one of the bandits was non-lethally choked out. I figured Rick just choked out the bathroom dude as well. When he then cracks the door, I had no idea what was going on. So he could see out? Because it smelled back in there? To equalize the pressure when he opened a window?

-Tom
4011

I’m thankful they pointed out that Rosita was in love with Abraham. Although I guess it was obvious that was the case by the way they kept at least 15 feet apart at all times and spoke exactly 3 words to each other.

4012

Ouch Tom, that’s harsh! What makes you say that Glenn was better in Season One and has gone downhill ever since? I agree that in Season One Glenn was a great side character, street smart and cunning when he needed to be, yet still showing a bit of fun immaturity on occasion (such as driving the car out of Atlanta). But this is the Zombie Apocalypse, so freewheeling and fun loving isn’t going to fly for long, especially when you end up in a group with a dynamic like Rick’s. I think that the writers struggled with Glenn both at the farm (where he was relegated to an almost comic relief role) and at the prison (where he wavered from hopeful in defining his new life with Maggie to hopeless after the trip to Woodbury). Now, finally, they are giving Glenn purpose. It may be a semi-hokey purpose, but learning of Herschal’s death pretty much means all Glenn has at this point is Maggie (and Beth I suppose), so I’m willing to excuse his single-mindedness.

4013

It’s a combination of all the contrivances his character has been put through by the worst of the show’s writing. All his sulking about Maggie’s not-rape by the Governor, the plague stuff, and now suddenly leading a cast of guest stars from some awful WB show. The actor himself is really likeable, but I get the sense the poor guy is on tenterhooks waiting to see what sort of silliness his character will be subjected to next. Right now, his defining trait is riot gear.

Also, I don’t get a sense for any chemistry with Maggie, which pretty much scuttles that Cold Mountain dynamic where we hope they finally find each other. Theirs is a relationship that exists only on the page. He had more chemistry with Herschel! I hate that in a TV show, when two characters get together because the writers decreed it.

The arrival of the Walter Sobchak cosplayer, Kevin Smith, and the stripper really does feel like something from another TV show. It’s wacky. I’m guessing they even brought in a whole new writer for Kevin Smith’s explanation about killing the truck: “discharge of automatic weapon fire while under the influence of unregulated adrenaline,” or whatever he deadpanned while gazing offscreen at nothing in particular. Wacky! Those guys better get into some badass zombie throwdown set pieces stat, because I can’t bear much more dialogue like that without the accompanying Dead Rising over-the-top zombicide.

-Tom
4014

They really overdid it on the hair. But in all honesty, I think Abraham was terribly miscast. I like that actor…he was fantastic on Southland…but he’s not Abraham. He’s not even capturing the gruff soldier persona very well. He’s like a caricature of the gruff soldier.

4015

“Heightened state and unfamiliarity with rapid-firing weapons”, I believe.

Anyway, my list, if the list is the people you want to see killed.

  1. Lori
4016

As Eugene notes, he is smarter than Abraham. I presume Eugene was easily distracted from his quest to save the world most probably because he was simply lying about knowing the reason for the ZA. Thus, the “classified” - he doesn’t know squat. Abraham wasn’t smart enough to figure that out.

4017

You do know he was on of the main cast members of Band of Brothers? If you dislike the character in the TV show, it’s due to the writers rather than Cudlitz as he was truly amazing in both Southland and Band of Brothers.

4018

I have really liked this new section of the season. Being out of the prison has been a good step. I think some of you are looking way to deep into the show. If you just sit back and enjoy it, it’s pretty good.
I am really skeptical of the scientist though. What the fuck does it matter if it is classified, the world is over, and there are zombies roaming everywhere. What would someone possibly do with the information? I think he’s bullshitting, or just stupid.

4019

This show sucks. I don’t know why I keep watching.

4020

Like I told the other poster with the same comment: so you can complain.

If I don’t like something, I just stop watching it.

I didn’t recall his work on Band of Brothers, but even the best of actors can make a misstep. Maybe it’s the ridiculous hair that’s throwing him off his game.

I’ll add that I thought the actor playing Eugene nailed it. I actually liked his portrayal.