I have questions that are not really major spoilers:
-Chekhov's gun rule. Violated?
-Was this intended to be an allegory for the efficacy of negotiating with terrorists?
-Is anybody watching the reruns in black and white? If so, how do you like the effect? Does it add anything?
-What the hell did I do last night to wake up like this?
Keep an eye on Merle. The governer smiles and says "Merle gets the dirty jobs done." Didn't it seem that he escaped Woodbury awful easily? Remember when Andrea came back from the prison a couple episodes ago and the gov asked "Was Merle there?" Did anyone find it interesting he asked Michonne to come with him? He's a spy.
What's the over/under on Milton surviving past the midseason finale? Dead man walkin
edit: he is the governor's nerd boy assistant for those who aren't good with names
@MasterFlinter Well if it is the midseason finale, I would say even money as we are approaching the season finale. All kidding aside, I would say he'll be dead during the fight with the Prison.
I need someone to do me a favour, I need grumpy cat photoshopped to look like the The Governor. Thanks in advance, Internet.
Wouldn't it be hilarious if the Gov' is working for President Negan and after he's killed, bad things happen? lol
Sweet, now I can finally make a joke about how while The Walking Dead still turned in a solid episode, Bob's Burgers still turned in an episode that showcased more genuine emotion & heartwarming moments. Not as heartwarming as last week, bu last night's episode did have a tender musical number about the love affair between Thomas Edison & Topsy the Elephant!
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...Um, I forgot what the actual joke was going to be.
Also, as awesome as the passionate sex scene between Glenn & Maggie is, having read the TPBs of the comic so far, there is a good chance that it will not end well...
And can I be the one to ask why Rick just didn't shoot the Governor? I'm pretty sure the fans have a legitimate explanation, I just want to hear it.
@SlyDante777 Rick isn't a dummy, he knows that if he just walked in and shot the governor then all hell would've broken loose. Better to reason with devil you know then one you don't.
@Canadian.Scott @SlyDante777 ...Except seeing as how they're going to war & whatnot, all hell is pretty much breaking loose no matter what. Heck, the Governor already had one of Rick's men killed, & tried to do in the rest. Given what the Governor has done so far, I'm kind of wondering why he didn't even try to act on the opportunity. I mean, in the comic it was justified, if only because The Governor immediately cuts off Rick's hand the second he comes in.
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@SlyDante777 @Canadian.Scott Maybe then it was a bit of Rick's dignity still...wait to see what the man has to say. Although when the Governor said i want your total surrender, then would have been a good time to shoot. I actually thought mid way through the episode that these guys were going to shoot each other and they were going to be dragged back to their respective camps, setting up the battle a little better.
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I keep telling myself I'm going to catch up on the show online at some point - I did watch last night's episode of Vikings this morning while soaking a p-trap in some bleach, for anyone interested the episodes are available on free Hulu, I ask the question is Loki now being portrayed as a pyromaniac as well as bi-polar? And why the heck does no one in the crew carve runes?
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@Gallen_Dugall as far as i know with Loki being also the god of fire on viking mythology makes sense he being a pyromaniac, even though the trickster part has always being his strongest persona, and since the runes thing was more of Odin kindof magic i guess (never watched Vikings to jugde) they are letting it for him?
(loki was the one who stole fire for humans in vikings mythologies and Odin sacrificed an eye for the knowlegde of runes)
and the bipolar part is prob cause he was actually a true hero in some stories and a villain in others, so i guess they interpretated that as being bipolar.
@andre_morello ah, so your saying that they are reading the myth into the character. I just assumed it was just his name, then again I should have clued in to Ragnar. Just hoping that it lasts long enough to bring on all seven feet of Harold Hardrada or at least notable historical vikings like "The Child Splitter" who was famed for his ability to split children in half after tossing them into the air or "The Baby Lover" who... you know I just can't see this series lasting very long any more.
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So what is going to happen? I think we are looking at next episode as a set up to the finale so a lot of talking about strategy and how the battle will go down. On Talking Dead, Lauren Cohan let slip that we see her and Herschel interact some more so probably the discussion is about whether he joins the group in the fight or if even Maggie gets to join the fight. I think in the end from the prison Rick, Merle, Daryl, Glen, Maggie and Michonne will fight. Herschel, Carl, Lil' Ass-kicker and Beth stay behind with the provision that if the group is not back by X hours to leave the prison and not return. Possibly setting up season 4 storyline.
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And I think when the battle starts, it will be chaos with people panicking and shooting blindly and some of the townspeople will turn on each other and we'll see Andrea, Tyrese, Milton join the prison group. In the end we will not get the satisfaction of a dead Governor. Instead we get an on the run man trying to rebuild a damaged ego and life.
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I think it was a bit of a tease to show the gun taped to the desk but not used, same with Herschel and his guns strapped to the stump.
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I haven't watched a lot of the black and white episodes only because I really don't like a lot of season 1 but i will once season 2 starts up.
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This episode further proved that Andrea is the worst...she better be the one that kills the Governor after all this back and forth but I will tell you that if that happens, fans will not forgive her but will instead say "what took that harpie so long?"
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Honestly, I could've just watched the Governor and Rick talk the whole episode and it would've been fine with me. Those two guys can act circles around a lot of other people.
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It was an episode that's for sure. And by that I mean it was on TV for an hour. I will say the interactions between Herschel and Milton and the ones between Darryl and Martinez really made the episode what it was. Watching Merle bitch and then get punked by hot tits was just kind of sad. Andrea is still fucking useless. And the previews with Tyrese make me a bit sad though I really hope they are going to shock us with his responses. I am trying to be more open about the show, but to quote a FB thread my friend posted: "I believe that Andreas vagina is Rick's guardian angel." and "So if he has a beef, her beef curtains do all the work..."
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@Canadian.Scott We don't need to tell him that, his head is big enough already. The second quote was actually mine and an attempt to use beef curtains in relation to Andrea.
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Well, after last week's episode, this week really didn't have a chance of being considered an "awesome" episode. It wasn't bad, but it was a tremendous amount of setup. I hope that it pays off for the upcoming episodes.
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Someday I will have to find and catch up on, "The Walking Dead" television show. But to show my support for an open thread and to motivate my fellow nerds here is a gif of an animated girl killing Zombies.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7z2rshaMv1rbyttso1_500.gif
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@Someguy I was late coming into the Walking Dead. I only watched it last summer when AMC did a marathon a couple months before the season 3 premiere and trust me when i say, i'm glad I watch it now.
@Canadian.Scott I do plan to try. I do know some of the comic but I want to see the show so I only try to scan the comments.
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@Someguy @Canadian.Scott All you really need to know is the show is very different than the comics. Mainly in the fact that Andrea is a twat and not cool at all.
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Just more of the usual treading water with a random zombie sequence put in to remind us it's a "zombie show".
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@dennis.groome In the show's defense, tough to follow up last week's amazing episode.
@Canadian.Scott @dennis.groome It really was impossible to follow up last week's episode with another killer one. Though I was happy to see Rick stand behind a newer member of his group at the end of the show.
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@Canadian.Scott @dweber77 @dennis.groome Well if he users her to bring Tyrese over then I guess you could call her master bait... ok I apologize. That was bad even for me.
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@dweber77 @Canadian.Scott @dennis.groome That is until Rick uses Michonne as bait.
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