DrDel
4101
W-A-A-A-L-L-L-T-T-T-!-!-!
Completely agree. He’s got to find a way to escape those a-holes.
DrDel
4103
You kidding me? That gang leader is Jeff Kober.
We already saw that gang a couple o episodes back when Rick killed a gang member in the bathroom of a house and snuck out the top window via the roof. Jeff Kober who plays joe was sitting on the porch and almost stumbled across Rick… Remember?
With such a famous actor who has returned a few episodes later… He and his gang will be around for a long time still I reckon…
I don’t care if the gang is around for a long time (though with the season 4 finale fast approaching, I doubt it will actually be as long as you think), but if Daryl integrates with them in any way other than as a temporary self-protection measure that’ll be fucking stupid for a number of reasons; including that he essentially rejected even his own brother in a similar situation, why would he suddenly become half-a-bad-guy to fit in with a bunch of randoms? I hope the writers are better than that, I know the Lost ones weren’t. Fuck you, Lost. I still fucking regret watching you past season 3.
Never forget!
I’m with Coke Zero. As a fellow Lost victim, I’ve had enough dopey character motivation reversals from Walking Dead’s first few seasons. But I’m pretty sure Daryl’s new friends are firmly established as bad guys and Daryl is way too much of an audience favorite for anything other than Noble Deeds and Valiant Heroics. He’ll kill them all and rescue Beth in short order. Mark my words!
Of course, I’m also hoping they don’t go for the cheap and easy romance angle. I like to think of Daryl and Beth as being more on the level of a Joel/Ellie relationship.
-Tom
hepcat
4106
I don’t want it to last for more than a few episodes, but I would like to see how he interacts with people he’s probably spent time around his entire life. The last thing this show needs is simple resolutions to everything.
I doubt we’ll see it from a Kirkman-inspired/scripted story, but I’d love to find that the struggles that Rick heard while under the bed and sneaking through the house were actually justified or misinterpreted, and that the roving gang of hard-looking thugs are actually quite nice people.
hepcat
4108
The overheard conversation that detailed what they wanted to do to the woman who’d left behind her laundry in that episode kind of leads me to believe that was never going to be a possibility.
Oh I agree, but it would have been a cool turn-around: a bunch of rough-looking dudes wandering the post-apocalypse talking smack about what they would do if they found a girl, but then turning out to be polite and respectful when the situation actually arises. The sound of the beat-down from the house that Rick heard turns out to be… I dunno, daily kung-fu practice?
I know it’s not the case, I just think it would be a fun scenario.
hepcat
4110
They kind of did that in the first season with the street gang stereotypes turning out to be protectors of a bunch of elderly folks.
JFrazer
4111
I have a suspicion we’ll see a power struggle of Darryl trying to take over the group. He just burned down the shack as a metaphorical destroying of his past life. I don’t see him slipping right back into it; at the same time, I don’t see him gently leaving the group in the night. Either we’ll see the group try to do something against Darryl’s moral fiber and he kills half of them, or we see him try to convince the group that their way of surviving isn’t working.
hepcat
4112
That would work for me. I also don’t believe Daryl’s going to become morally bankrupt any time soon. But I do believe that he survived a very long time with Merle and his kin by turning a blind eye on a lot of things. It will be interesting to see if he can slip back into that mode at all to ANY extent after his time with Rick and his crew.
That episode turned me around on Bob. Prior to that, he was just another guy in the crowd. But I really grew to like the way he’d grown and the consideration he continued to show towards both Maggie and Sasha. Yeah, it may just boil down to him not wanting to be alone or let anyone else be alone but hey, that’s good enough for me!.
^^^ this. I was talking with people at work about Darryl and they brought up the fact that he just metaphorically purged himself of his past. So they didn’t think he would immediately turn back to it. And it’s a good plot device (which happens in real life too) that when you say “I’m never doing X again” you often have to confront it immediately and show that your rejection will stick.
Also, people at work seemed to think the Funeral Home was some sort of Honey Pot, a trap to get people into the house, feeling secure, and then they’d have zombies set on them. I’m not sure I buy that, but it did seem like some sort of strange setup (plus if it was a trap, then the dog would have had to be in on it!).
Have to agree with this. He was something of a nonentity before they decided to center an episode on him. Well, aside from saying “hey, it’s Dee from The Wire!”
hepcat
4115
It certainly made me far more sympathetic towards his drinking problem.
Menzo
4116
Now that is how you do survival horror. Amazing episode.
TheRock
4117
That was great. I was kind of dreading it as I don’t like those kid actors but wow, the best episode this season for me!
Damn! That episode was all kinds of messed up!
Fuuuuuuck. Seriously, just all sorts of emotional gut punches this episode. Fantastic script and quality acting easily made this the episode with the most overall impact in a long long time. I don’t usually get emotional during drama like that, but damn if I wasn’t sitting there with tears rolling down my face when Carol did what she had to do. Raw, powerful, awesome. Nicely done Walking Dead.
CUCKOO CUCKOO! Dammit, the whole thing when she was like “I know what i need to do” noooooooooo Carol it does not mean what you think it means!
