The Walking Dead Season 4

[rodneyfaile]

And I hadn't even thought of that, even though when it happened, I was immediately fixated on it, & even commented to my wife that I would've forgone the handshake at that particular time. :sick

I kinda had it on my mind after Rick goes up to a water barrel and washes his dirty farmer face in it. I'm guessing water is a precious commodity and they are collecting rain to drink. Who wants to drink essence of Rick?

I often wondered why zombie blood splattering on someone didn't seem to be a risk of contamination, but a zombie bite is. With dead pigs, zombie eye blood, Darryl acting like he is at KFC, and water being focused on several times, I think somebody needs to make a run for some Clorox wipes and any of those wine bottles that didn't break.

The kid in Zombieland was right again to be carrying hand sanitizer.

 

[jcoffman99]

But they're all infected anyway. It wouldn't matter. Remember Shane? That's why this kids illness is so intriguing. Also why his eyes were different. This is something they've never encountered before. It's the old we couldn't prepare for it because we didn't know it existed deal.

 

[rodneyfaile]

I agree that this is something all new. Whatever it was killed that kid, and then he turned as everyone who dies does.

I just always found it odd that if you get bit by a zombie you turn immediately, but you can be drenched in zombie blood and nothing happens. I like the concept in 28 Days Later where he gets blood in his eye and turns. I know that was the Rage virus, but you think zombie contamination would be similar.

So happy they didn't have that pig turn into a zombie pig.

 

[Shendorion]

Yeah, the kid died of some sort of rapid onset hemorrhagic fever. They showed us a walker on the fence (twice) that wept blood from his face before he died, and an adjacent animal species rapidly sickening and dying, and they exposed our two leading men to infection sources (Daryl shook hands with the kid hours before the kid presents symptoms, and Rick shares a scene with two pigs that I'm guessing were dying of the same thing). I wonder what they're going to do with that, and how many episodes they'll string us along before the characters catch on. I'm betting the immediate crisis of having a fresh walker loose in their secured area will stop them investigating his death, and keep Hershel from finding out about the pig or Rick seeing a pattern in two dead pigs.

 

[Boba Debt]

I loved this episode and thought it was a good way to jump back into the show. I like how they don't act like the last episode and the premier are right after each other.

I also think that there is some sort of disease that killed the kid and the animals.

I didn't mind the Clara stuff but it would have been way more impactful if it was her zombie baby (with teeth) instead of her husband.

 

[Tiashe]

I stop watching TWD season 3, I want to know if Rick's son is dead =)

 

[Monkey67]

No Rick's kid, Carl is not dead..yet. In fact he has more balls than his father these days.

You had to think the animals were gonna be a issue sooner or later.

 

[Sir Angus]

Since pigs are 98% similar to humans genetically speaking, the fact that both the domestic pig and wild boar were sick before the kid tells me that a plague virus has mutated.

I'm glad to see they've finally stopped being stupid and started hardening the prison, growing food and taking in strays. Everything in the first episode made sense to me and I'm willing to let it all play out except the freaking zombies still biting through denim. The kid in the grocery store should've never died. I liked that Carol was teaching the kids about knives. They've become a hunter/gatherer clan and there's no place for modern civility nor PC sheltering the kids crap.

 

[Tiashe]

No Rick's kid, Carl is not dead..yet. In fact he has more balls than his father these days.

You had to think the animals were gonna be a issue sooner or later.

That's why I don't really like Carl, I want to see him to be killed Ahah !
For me, when kids has more balls like that, it's not really... realistic.

 

[Feezle-Nuts]

Beth wearing jeans with with holes in the knees cracked me up. She was wearing very trendy clothes for being in the ZA.

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Sure it is. When the dad is a nut job and the kid is a hormonal pre-teen.

 

[YenChih Lin]

Well, I liked being back for the TWD universe, not as good as Breaking Bad, but I've got something to watch. I liked how everyone evolved, and I guess Daryl is the more vulnerable one here than Beth, which is good. No one, how cool he is can be constantly on the top of his game, I think the death of his brother changed him too. And TPTB are screwing again with Rick's emotions. The best scene in the first episode was Michonne's encounter with the cardboard stand-up; she was like:"You gotta be kidding me?!" :lol

 

[teragon]

Was a good episode. It had raining zombies and showed us how things have evolved with the group and introduced some new threats. Did I mention raining Zombies ? What more do you want :lol
That lady Rick had an encounter with creeped me out every time she was on screen though !

 

[red4]

That lady Rick had an encounter with creeped me out every time she was on screen though !

She was the girl from the Jet Li movie Unleashed (Danny the Dog).

 

[Kerr Avon]

I realized today one of the reasons the episode was better AND why the group was doing better overall.

No more Andrea and Lori.

The less than worthless women were holding them back.

I also applaud Carol's teaching of the children some combat skills instead of letting them become fodder for walkers. If they are old enough to hold a knife, they are old enough to know how to defend themselves.

 

[Kerr Avon]

That's why I don't really like Carl, I want to see him to be killed Ahah !
For me, when kids has more balls like that, it's not really... realistic.

You have a very limited understanding of the capability of children. They have fought wars. You concept of 'reality' isn't on par with what the rest of the world has experienced.

 

[DARKSIDE72]

So is this new virus/sickness that killed the pig and the kid in the comic books? Or is this something new? I'm guessing the kid contaminated the water supply now...?

 

[red4]

I don't understand what Andrea or Lori ever did to hold anyone back. Lori was kind of a bitch, but she never got in anyone's way. Andrea didn't have the omniscient perspective of the audience, so to say she was holding anyone back is unfair. The protagonists who caused the most problems for the group were Shane and Merle.

 

[Kerr Avon]

So is this new virus/sickness that killed the pig and the kid in the comic books? Or is this something new? I'm guessing the kid contaminated the water supply now...?

I'm pretty sure it's new, nothing related to the comics.

And as for not showing Herschel looking at the pig and not needing to have 'everything' on screen, well you need the key plot points on screen. If the pig is important, and it getting sick and dieing, then not having any mention or indication the resident veterinarian look at it is just sloppy writing.

 

[dreaminspired]

So is this new virus/sickness that killed the pig and the kid in the comic books? Or is this something new? I'm guessing the kid contaminated the water supply now...?

I think the water supply was already contaminated and that's what killed both the pig and the kid. Imagine all of the nastiness that is oozing out of all of the corpses that are being buried everywhere. It was bound to leach into the water table eventually and make the ground water unusable.

My only issues with the episode was that it seemed predictable. When Rick met the derelict woman I immediately thought "Book of Eli" and it was going to be a set up to get jumped and robbed/killed. The actress even looked like that woman from Book of Eli, kind of.
The pig foreshadowing a disease was a little too obvious, but why try to hide the direction your story is going, really?
I still liked the episode though and I'm anxious for next week.

 

[DARKSIDE72]

Thats what we were talking about, why wasn't the pigs death looked into further? Seems to me that there is going to be a lot of doom and gloom this season for the characters!

I'm pretty sure it's new, nothing related to the comics.

And as for not showing Herschel looking at the pig and not needing to have 'everything' on screen, well you need the key plot points on screen. If the pig is important, and it getting sick and dieing, then not having any mention or indication the resident veterinarian look at it is just sloppy writing.

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I would have thought they would have been boiling the water at the very least...

I think the water supply was already contaminated and that's what killed both the pig and the kid. Imagine all of the nastiness that is oozing out of all of the corpses that are being buried everywhere. It was bound to leach into the water table eventually and make the ground water unusable.

My only issues with the episode was that it seemed predictable. When Rick met the derelict woman I immediately thought "Book of Eli" and it was going to be a set up to get jumped and robbed/killed. The actress even looked like that woman from Book of Eli, kind of.
The pig foreshadowing a disease was a little too obvious, but why try to hide the direction your story is going, really?
I still liked the episode though and I'm anxious for next week.