They don't mess around

Show is so good

Holy shiite

Quite a finish

Wow....awesome

So, who shot him and where's the girl?

HOLY....SHIT.

The awesomeness picks up right where Season 1 left off...

This is going to be an epic season.

read the comic if you get a chance

and if you watch what happens next week after the show ended its pretty obvious what happened

That was an awesome episode.

Comic Spoilers


If you want to know who shot Carl, you can read this.

And do as Shogun says. I know you might not think of yourself as a comic reader, but that comic is ****ing excellent. Try it out.

i'm on book (vol) 10.

all i can say is: OH. MY. GAWD.

It appears these zombies are a little smarter than they appear? The one who went into the trailer who searched around....the ones in the church who appeared to be worshipping? Also, I thought they could smell live humans? How could they hide under the cars then?

Awesome show overall...some really strong character work going on here.

Deberg, I think since they were in a "graveyard" of death then the zombies couldn't actually pick out the live humans from all the other stench in the air.

Also at the end I was thinking "awww the deer, it is the sign from God that Rick was asking for", and then DOH!!!!!!!!!!

Exactly why it was so shocking. I'm glad I haven't read the comics, otherwise I'd have known what was coming.

The creator explained it on "Talking Dead" afterwards. Said they could smell and distinguish human from zombie, but they aren't bloodhounds who go sniffing about for their prey. On average they were probably at least 7ft. away from a zombies nose at any time(from nose to ground, then from zombies feet to middle of vehicle). A lot different than brushing shoulders with them.

Dude I've read the comics and I didn't even see it coming.

Pretty good opening.

But I hate dumb plot holes like being in a huge field of vehicles which obviously have drivers, keys etc everywhere and then worried about fixing the stupid winnebago?!?

Just go get a nice new range rover or something, haha

What I don't get is why are there just dead people strewn around that huge field of vehicles. Shouldn't they have been turned into zombies? Or did they just sit in their cars slowly dying, going "welp, I'm done trying"?

Yes, plenty of holes that are difficult to reconcile, even in a movie revolving around zombies. I'm trying to overlook them, but it's not easy. In Zombieland, they picked up an Escalade and a Hummer. Pretty sure I'm going down that same path if I'm one of the survivors in The Walking Dead.

I was thinking the same thing when I was watching the episode too.

One thing you learn from the comics is that there is no happiness. Just when you think something good might happen, that usually means someone is about to get ****ed.

Yea I could see that from a mile away last night.

Music cue'ing up. Smiles creeping up from characters who are constantly going through hell...then boom! gutshot

I think it has to do with the fact that it is more a house on wheels. Beds to sleep in and all that. Plus, he might be trying to hang onto something that is his, a security thing.

It's got it's advantages, get on top, high vantage point, lots of room for passengers and supplies, restroom.

Wow, I’m cracking up at how many things I’m running across and I’m going…..yeah, just what I thought! I’m TRYING not to pick it to pieces, but I can’t help it.
The black guys arm was cut DEEP about a foot long right down his forearm. I thought he’d die, yet an hour later he’s all good.
Why why why are there so many dead people in those cars that aren't zombies? the most glaringly stupid thing yet on the show.
They KNOW they can’t just go shooting guns whenever they want, so where are all the hatchets, machetes, swords, etc.
EVERYONE should have a gun. Come ON!
You know, when you’re driving down the road wondering when zombies are gonna jump out at you, you really want to be on a motorcycle! By the way, the guy on the bike, the hunter with the crossbow…..is he a Boondock saint??

One last thought, the partner who wants to sneak off, he’s hesitant to take the hot blonde because why??? He’s….gay?

I do like this show though…..

Wow

Killer ratings

Yeah, not so much criticizing the motor home choice, although I'd probably try to find one that didn't come off the assembly line in 1970. I was more on the lead car(s) with my comment. Not to mention the one guy who's rolling on a bike that could be heard for miles.

The motorcycle bothered me too. If sound is what draws them, then maybe a loud bike like that is not the answer.

Great opening episode last night! Anybody know how many episodes there are this season?

6 or 7 with the same following in February. Read it somewhere on this thread.

Did that blonde have two guns? When she is being taught how to clean hers, she shows him a stainless steel pistol and 20 minutes later it was a blued finish.

Think the stainless was the guys.

hehe....im sure we could pick this thing apart if we wanted to, but the drama and suspense are so good, im usually willing to overlook most things.

Heres some more Darabont speculation. Sounds like last nights episode might have gotten him fired. My guess is him and the comic writer Kirkman didnt get along? Maybe the comics explain alot of the zombie stuff better??


http://www.aintitcool.com/node/51622

That dude is probably my favorite character on the show. He's perfectly cast, and he plays the part very well.

I haven't watched that many episodes, but an early one made it clear that He has a little bit of everything packed away in his RV. Trading vehicles would involve restructuring his entire survivalist organizational structure.

11 million for the night is no joke.

Blows my mind though, when you think about how hard Breaking Bad has had to struggle to get viewers (although it set its own record last week iirc), on the same network on the same night. If you had to ask me which one would have the bigger audience, it wouldn't be the zombie show, even speaking as someone with a genre bias.

It's hard to think of an RV that breaks down every 50 miles as receiving the survivalist approval stamp.

Horror and Gore is a fairly easy sell. Especially in October which this show has premiered twice.now.
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It had it's moments, but overall I rate this episode as "meh".

I thought it was better than most episodes from last season. At least it kept my attention for the entire 90 minutes.

Agreed.

True. I wish they could recapture whatever it was they had in the 1st episode.

For the record, I wouldn't give that basket case a handgun either. If hers had been assembled when she was trapped in the bathroom, she would have used it, and it would have encouraged every single one of that zombie pack to do a heel turn and beeline right back for the area. Would have gotten them all killed.

They need to go back to their medieval roots, and make themselves some rudimentary polearms and shields. Oh, and yeah, ditch the Harley noise machine, and find yourself a Prius - they're practically noiseless.

I think this most recent episode was on part with that first episode.

Let's see if it gets better.

Keep a lookout for bows and crossbows.

Yeah that one guy (Daryl?) kicks ass with that crossbow. Quietly.

It wouldn't hurt to be leathered up, either. Christ, driving around in a short sleeved shirt with the windows down is ****ing reeruned.

The comic is on like issue 85 or 86 now and not once has anyone ever used a silenced gun. I find that amusing.

Really? I just think you can get away with things in comics that you cant in a live action drama.

That cheap, cheesy special effect of the convoy leaving Atlanta in the open killed me. They could have left that out.
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I'm mad I don't have cable! I had to wait until the DVD came out to watch the last season.. Anywhere I can find this on the 'net?

Yeah, limited resources though. I don't think that silencers are exactly widely available.

This. Kind of illegal in most states.

Pretty intense episode at times.

When Carl was grabbing the knives off of the dead dude in the truck I was covering my eyes like a little bitch.

What? I don't follow.

I thought the leathered up quote was smart at first, b/c it'd help protect from zombie bites, then I realized you were talking about riding a motorcycle. To each their own, but I don't think I'd leather up if I road one. I think the folks covered in leather look reeruned.

Yeah, I have a REALLY big problem with shitty special effects. That is why I never saw the first Hulk movie, and why I can't stand 120Hertz tv's. They KILL CGI.

I would have grabbed EVERY radiator hose in that car graveyard.

He bothered me A LOT last season. First b/c the southern accent was WAY bad, and b/c their backwoods nature was a bit over the top. This first episode has toned all of that WAY down and the accent is much more mild. Made it a lot easier to watch.

I watched all of Season 1 yesterday on Netflix. I hadn't watched the show at all before yesterday, and I totally geeked out on it. Then I watched the season 2 premiere last night.

This is a damn good show.

Me too, I honestly don't like horror movies at all, but zombie/vampire stuff usually doesn't bother me, and I think it's cool.

I thought you've read the books? so you know what happens right?

The cowboy speech at the beginning over the radio was way over the top/cheesy. I wish that had been cut. The mom and the cop praying were also cheesy. I don't care that they were praying, but it isn't necessary at all for us to hear what they are praying or see them doing it really.

This was a good episode overall, but nothing great.

The cool thing about zombie movies (the good ones) is that sense of inevitability. Impending doom. They're slow and stupid, but there are hordes of them. They just keep coming. That's terrifying.

This series hasn't been able to capture that.

I was especially frustrated with the "the doctor told me......ah, never mind" bit at the beginning.

It was good. It could have been an hour, though.

haha, me too.

is Hal from cliffhanger ever coming back or is he dead? can't remember

Agreed. Especially the "Rick signing off" at the end. Agree on the praying shit also. It'd be a lot more profound if the person praying were alone, and obviously a ****ing wreck without hope and needing faith to cling to. Instead, these detached moments in front of a crowd. Hell, I would love a moment from Rick like Tom Hanks had in Saving Private Ryan where he breaks down shaking and crying in private as to not show everyone his "weak" side beings they all look to him for leadership and strength.

There are SOOOOOO many things this show has going against it, somehow though, the show as a whole rises above it.

True, another thing, I've been annoyed by. They've portrayed it a tad with things like the black woman staying at the cdc, and the blonde chick wanting to take it as a way out also. The characters are just so thin that it makes it really hard to be drawn in emotionally and psychologically as far as fear is concerned. The seasons need to be more than 6 damned episodes, it leaves so little time to develop the characters and stories.

Yeah, that was annoying also, that whole opening scene was just bad acting on "Rick". His character is so, ugh, I dunno, what is something like monotone for the depth or versatility of a character?

Merle. He got locked on the roof, they finally went back for him and he had sawn his hand off. Can't remember if he ever reappeared.

Wasn't that just a device to catch up new viewers who may have missed season 1?

Yeah, it was lame, but that's what they were doing. Honestly, a voice over narrative would have been better.

Thats what i took it as. Didnt really bother me much.

I think people are being hyper-critical. It isn't Lost where every detail is to be scoured over for some deep meaning. It's a show about zombie's. You are going to have inconsistencies or else it would be boring as all hell. Although the black guy should have died after slicing open an artery, and I'm sure the kid isn't going to die after taking a rifle shot to the liver/lung.

Google it there are a lot of web sites that stream for free.

I thought the zombies looked better than last season.

Not yet.

Finally caught up with Breaking Bad, so I watched s1ep5 "Wildfire" last night. This show is enjoyable, because I like zombies, and I'll definitely get current on it now.

That being said, the voice that comes over and says, "Previously on the Walking Dead" is the same voice that says, "Previously on Breaking Bad" and it just made me pine for BB.

Exactly. It's a Zombie show for ****'s sake.

so I went googling and the crossbow dude is indeed a boondock saint. I also wondered where I'd seen the hot blond who can't put a gun together (Andrea)....she was in The Mist and so was the mom who's little girl is lost (Carol Peletier)... she was the lady who had to go home to her children and noone would go with her. worthless info I know...it always bugs me when I just KNOW I've seen someone in something else.....
Speaking of which, Sarah Wayne Callies was so much hotter in prison break as a redhead.

Andrea = federal agent who got played by Chiklis in The Shield.

yeah I noticed that on IMD but I wasn't a Shield watcher.
just noticed that Dale (the old guy who won't give blondie her gun) was also in The Mist. boy they really raided that cast.