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The Walking Dead Season 5, Part 2 S6 premieres Oct 11th
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Hobbestetrician
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- Why bring Rick in to be a constable if, when presented with an actual crime, you are just going to hand-wave it away? Sure, Rick went to quite an extreme with his death penalty suggestion but exile isn't exactly nice either. And just hoping it will get better sure shows a lot of leadership...
- I like that Nine Inch Nails song but that whole segment was so tonally out of place. Like they would listen to that song for as long as they did (conveniently shutting it off right before the first f-bomb). This show isn't known for it's subtlety but they could not have chosen a more obvious song with obvious lyrics if they tried.
- Aside from the party, Alexandria seems to have no more than 9 residents at any time. And no more than 6 of the main group can be present simultaneously.
- Convenient to not have Maggie speak with her husband or Rick about what she heard. Don't these people talk to each other?
- Why doesn't anyone actually talk with each other?!? Just ambiguous line after ambiguous line, often with characters who know each other quite well, that don't even relate to what someone else just said.
- Case in point: Rick yelling about how the people of Alexandria have no idea what it is like on the outside. You are right, Rick, they don't. Why not tell them about the group of cannibals that captured you and then ate your friend's leg while he was still alive. That might get them to listen.
This season has been quite good (compared to past seasons and save everything to do with the hospital) but it is so reliant on my least favorite trope of characters simply not speaking with each other or not saying what they mean to increase tension.
- I like that Nine Inch Nails song but that whole segment was so tonally out of place. Like they would listen to that song for as long as they did (conveniently shutting it off right before the first f-bomb). This show isn't known for it's subtlety but they could not have chosen a more obvious song with obvious lyrics if they tried.
- Aside from the party, Alexandria seems to have no more than 9 residents at any time. And no more than 6 of the main group can be present simultaneously.
- Convenient to not have Maggie speak with her husband or Rick about what she heard. Don't these people talk to each other?
- Why doesn't anyone actually talk with each other?!? Just ambiguous line after ambiguous line, often with characters who know each other quite well, that don't even relate to what someone else just said.
- Case in point: Rick yelling about how the people of Alexandria have no idea what it is like on the outside. You are right, Rick, they don't. Why not tell them about the group of cannibals that captured you and then ate your friend's leg while he was still alive. That might get them to listen.
This season has been quite good (compared to past seasons and save everything to do with the hospital) but it is so reliant on my least favorite trope of characters simply not speaking with each other or not saying what they mean to increase tension.
the thirst is real boys
Rick is right though. he and his group might as well kill all the people in there and live an happy life in Alexandria, brought you by Best Wall ever built in human history.
I'm just going to turn my brain off for the next episode aka the finale of this season, I'm sure I'll enjoy it much more.
Rick is right though. he and his group might as well kill all the people in there and live an happy life in Alexandria, brought you by Best Wall ever built in human history.
I'm just going to turn my brain off for the next episode aka the finale of this season, I'm sure I'll enjoy it much more.
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Deanne brought them there for a reason, a reason that is not so clear, yet. She didn't invite them in to start stirring things up with the residents. While Deanne is pragmatic, she is more of an idealist, her mindset is that 'yes the world on the outside is bad, but we're on the inside and none of us are bad, and if any of us turn bad, we'll kick them out.' Rick even says something to the effect that you can just brush your problems aside, they will come back to haunt you and you need to take care of it now.
Which is were I think the W, we've been seeing comes in. Because as was earlier mentioned they exiled some people.
More_Badass
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Oh, nice connection there
In the show, who were the first people Rick killed? The guys in the bar when he and Glenn were looking for Hershel?
The Artisan
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I was just thinking about that, I think it means alexandria will never be the same.
The Artisan
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that's pretty funny, coming from someone who just put a gun to my head.
Hidden One
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Remember when I said Rick was becoming like Shane everyone gave me shit.
More_Badass
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Anyone else think for the Wolves, the show will mix (comic)
aspects of the Scavengers and the Whisperers? Why mark the walkers? Maybe it's so those hidden among a group of undead can tell the difference between a person and a walker, who's marked and who's not.
Wouldn't it just be easier to have themselves with the mark, rather than making sure every walker with them had marks?
My wild guess of who is putting the W Mark: Morales. M is an upsidedown W. IT ALL FITS.
My wild guess of who is putting the W Mark: Morales. M is an upsidedown W. IT ALL FITS.
Great episode.
Take a bow, assholes. You motherfuckers got me just when I started to think you were gonna let me down.
Take a bow, assholes. You motherfuckers got me just when I started to think you were gonna let me down.
I see what people are saying, but we have been following Rick. We know him. We know that he is in the right, most of the time anyways. The people of Alexandria barely know him. If you barely know a guy, see this...
And hear him ranting about he is basically taking over, nothing he says will make you think he is right.
Baron Doggystyle von Woof
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Why you gotta lose it for some pussy Rick?
Can't wait for next episode, shits going down.
Can't wait for next episode, shits going down.
The Artisan
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the wait for season 6 will be extremely painful.
The Artisan
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I thought that was the season 5 premier?
>_>
Holy shit.
WarrenMax007
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Good episode.
I'm with Rick. Fuck Michonne. Yes, he went a little overboard, but he stopped choking the guy and put his gun down. Whatever happens, you can't turn on your own. You can't. Especially when Rick is right. He wasn't even the one who started the fight. Of course no one knows that.
I'm with Rick. Fuck Michonne. Yes, he went a little overboard, but he stopped choking the guy and put his gun down. Whatever happens, you can't turn on your own. You can't. Especially when Rick is right. He wasn't even the one who started the fight. Of course no one knows that.
block tower
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love how Walking Dead has really turned around with these past two seasons, definitely has my interest again. Rick is complete mess and its great. I already want Sasha's mentally unstable ass to die though. her brother was just as fucking annoying on the show with the constant craziness.
Dayum that episode! Can't wait to see the season finale.
Oh and people are speculating that Morgan got killed by the Wolves and they will reveal it in the season finale. Rick and Co. about to f up the Wolves!
RIP Morgan
Lol, fuck off AMC. Killing off major black characters off screen and shit now.
Pictured: Local Man Going a "Little Overboard":
The lady in the back left makes me laugh. She's just like "aaw, this is nice".
This image really just cracks me up. It looks ripe for one of those "YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID" type macros.
Pictured: Local Man Going a "Little Overboard":
The lady in the back left makes me laugh. She's just like "aaw, this is nice".
The whole scene reminded me of the Joker a little bit. Maybe it was the mannerisms.
Ricky Ricardo
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It was brilliant acting on Lincoln's part for sure
Leithkorias
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I have no doubt that enemies will scale the support beams at some point, but nothings tearing them down. They look the way they do because TV, but the architect that built them said nothing would get through them. From inside or outside. I believe that.
Its not the strength of the walls that will be an issue, but rather their design.
I'm pretty sure it was the Grove episode with Carol and the flowers. I just remember the traintracks.
Pictured: Local Man Going a "Little Overboard":
The lady in the back left makes me laugh. She's just like "aaw, this is nice".
My new favorite gif. Is it too spoilery to use in other threads? I hope not.
I wouldn't use it, at least for a while
giancarlo123x
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Give it till the next season premier. It isn't even on Netflix yet.
breadtruck
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Dayum that episode! Can't wait to see the season finale.
Oh and people are speculating that Morgan got killed by the Wolves and they will reveal it in the season finale. Rick and Co. about to f up the Wolves!
RIP Morgan
WTF. Im gonna be mad if this pans out true.
The Silver
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I was hoping Rick would call that woman out on how exile is pretty much the same thing as killing someone and they're just cowards who don't want the blood on their hands.
Mix Master
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The filler for this show is painful
- fuck sasha's crazy ass
- carl needs to take his ass in the house
- carol and that little boy are anoying
Anyway its not ricks business if Pete is beating his wife, Denna said so.
- fuck sasha's crazy ass
- carl needs to take his ass in the house
- carol and that little boy are anoying
Anyway its not ricks business if Pete is beating his wife, Denna said so.
More_Badass
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This again?
Should all post apocalyptic survivors be stoic unflappable zombie killing machines?
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So your idea of a good show is people not having any remorse or any emotions over someone's death, people who are hermits and don't interact with anyone. Wow, no thanks THAT would be boring
HadesGigas
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She made him the law, it's exactly his business.
Then she is annoyed when he notices the bad shit she already knew about but didn't tell him about.
His reaction is way over the top and crazy, but her stance on the situation was way ...under the top. Letting the people of importance do whatever they want to the people of less value, to protect the status quo. Basically the same way the hospital was run.
Where´s maggie anyway? She forgot to tell rick about gabe´s betrayal.
Also,does daryl even know that noah is dead? it seems he was outside the walls for a long time and i´m pretty sure he will pissed to know that beth died for nothing.
Anyway,this was a great episode too and i hope they don´t drop the ball with the season finale.
Also,does daryl even know that noah is dead? it seems he was outside the walls for a long time and i´m pretty sure he will pissed to know that beth died for nothing.
Anyway,this was a great episode too and i hope they don´t drop the ball with the season finale.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Dayum that episode! Can't wait to see the season finale.
Oh and people are speculating that Morgan got killed by the Wolves and they will reveal it in the season finale. Rick and Co. about to f up the Wolves!
RIP Morgan
FUCK OFF
IF THEY DO THIS FUCK
"It was one thing sitting around here picking daisies when we thought this place was safe, but now we know it ain't"
"The right choice is the one that keeps us alive"
I love the contrast from Season 2 Rick not knowing what to do with Randall, so they both decide to drive so far (18 miles) out that he shouldn't find his way back and they wouldn't have to kill him, yet Shane basically protests that they could risk dying if they simply let him go, hence their fight.
(Not to mention their double vendetta over <woman'sname>'s husband. It's great.)
And now we have Rick protesting that exiling Pete will put them in danger, that he might return.
I feel that Shane carried Season 2 and his attitude towards survival was so unequivocal and straight forward, either this or that, live or die and now Rick is the same person, and we've seen that type of Rick for a while, but within Alexandria the episode felt like a throwback to the farm with Shane. Obviously it's not black and white and they're still definitely different, but you can definitely see it too.
Referring the newer episodes back to older ones is what I love about this show, and I'm really enjoying it. I was skeptical about how this half of the season would turn out, but it's heading in a good direction to me.
Well, there probably is no contrast intended but I like it anyway.
It's easy to see Rick just being an idiot because he wants to be with Jesse (lol), but try to see it this way, well... at least the way I saw it
#TL;DR I agree with Rick's actions, I loved it when he broke because I can post-apocalyptically (hooray for making up words) relate to him and his actions (what?), as I could Shane. Except for their love stories (I hope).
[I just deleted 5 paragraphs of subjective thoughts on why I think Rick was doing all the right things because it doesn't really matter, and him snapping/breaking is just the result of Deanna's stupid concept of civilization when there is no law and order to the point where they look the other way when there are clear problems that they are aware of. No matter how small domestic violence may appear in a zombie apocalypse, they're so focused on being civilized that they cannot do anything except exile someone who may possibly come back to fuck them over]...or well, he just wants to bang Jesse. Wahtever, It was a fun scene, that's all that counts.
Now it's time for some lovely Shane quotes to echo as they correlate with Rick's current personality and how great it is!
"The right choice is the one that keeps us alive"
"Let me ask you something, man, what do you do? What do you do to keep this camp safe what do you do? What you fix up an RV? babysit some guns? you pointed one at my chest, right? But you just... you couldn't pull that trigger, could you? If I was such a danger and I was such a threat, what did you do to stop me, huh? I smashed that barn open, I saved Carl, that's me, that ain't you, that ain't Rick, that's me."
"Rick you can't just be the good guy and expect to live ok? not anymore."
Great!
"The right choice is the one that keeps us alive"
I love the contrast from Season 2 Rick not knowing what to do with Randall, so they both decide to drive so far (18 miles) out that he shouldn't find his way back and they wouldn't have to kill him, yet Shane basically protests that they could risk dying if they simply let him go, hence their fight.
(Not to mention their double vendetta over <woman'sname>'s husband. It's great.)
And now we have Rick protesting that exiling Pete will put them in danger, that he might return.
I feel that Shane carried Season 2 and his attitude towards survival was so unequivocal and straight forward, either this or that, live or die and now Rick is the same person, and we've seen that type of Rick for a while, but within Alexandria the episode felt like a throwback to the farm with Shane. Obviously it's not black and white and they're still definitely different, but you can definitely see it too.
Referring the newer episodes back to older ones is what I love about this show, and I'm really enjoying it. I was skeptical about how this half of the season would turn out, but it's heading in a good direction to me.
Well, there probably is no contrast intended but I like it anyway.
It's easy to see Rick just being an idiot because he wants to be with Jesse (lol), but try to see it this way, well... at least the way I saw it
#TL;DR I agree with Rick's actions, I loved it when he broke because I can post-apocalyptically (hooray for making up words) relate to him and his actions (what?), as I could Shane. Except for their love stories (I hope).
[I just deleted 5 paragraphs of subjective thoughts on why I think Rick was doing all the right things because it doesn't really matter, and him snapping/breaking is just the result of Deanna's stupid concept of civilization when there is no law and order to the point where they look the other way when there are clear problems that they are aware of. No matter how small domestic violence may appear in a zombie apocalypse, they're so focused on being civilized that they cannot do anything except exile someone who may possibly come back to fuck them over]...or well, he just wants to bang Jesse. Wahtever, It was a fun scene, that's all that counts.
Now it's time for some lovely Shane quotes to echo as they correlate with Rick's current personality and how great it is!
"The right choice is the one that keeps us alive"
"Let me ask you something, man, what do you do? What do you do to keep this camp safe what do you do? What you fix up an RV? babysit some guns? you pointed one at my chest, right? But you just... you couldn't pull that trigger, could you? If I was such a danger and I was such a threat, what did you do to stop me, huh? I smashed that barn open, I saved Carl, that's me, that ain't you, that ain't Rick, that's me."
"Rick you can't just be the good guy and expect to live ok? not anymore."
Great!
Old Gimlet Eyes
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That Morgan collage....wow. Looking at all the pics, the clothes, the sunglasses, the ring on his left hand....how can that dismembered corpse not be him??? Fuck. If the wolves killed Morgan like that, my god we will see Rick go super saiyan.
Eh, it's going to be a red herring. Undoubtedly.
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