The Walking Dead Season 5

[TREK_GOD_1]

"Only" half siblings?

Half siblings can be as close or closer than full siblings. Especially if they grew up in the same house (as it appears that Maggie and Beth did). Their interaction at the farm indicates that they were close.

And yes, I think they were "only" half siblings. (Full disclosure, I had a half sibling and I object to the term "only").

Yes, Beth and Maggie are close, as demonstrated in:

• Maggie's desperation to save Beth from the suicide attempt
• Beth asking Maggie to join her in suicide (no one would ask an estranged person to do that)
• Maggie's frantic screaming upon discovering Beth was not on the bus escaping the Governor's 2nd attack.
• Maggie's voice over asking Daryl about Beth's fate.

The series does not focus on their relationship often, but what we have witnessed leaves no doubt (so far) about how close the Greene sisters are.

 

[bbjeg]

And Morgan seeing the aftermath.

Well, so far...

Even without looking at a map, I've had the impression the characters have never been more than fifty miles from Atlanta since the beginning of the show. Generally less.

I'm not familiar with ...

i agree with your post (though I would have spoiled that Morgan bit regardless of it being spoiled to me before) but I didn't say the second quote.

 

[Borgminister]

Adopted kids can be loving too!

 

[Trekker4747]

Anyone else find Officer Rapey's use of the sucker on Beth as being sort of... unsettlingly creepy? Like the sucker was a metaphor for something else considering this guy's demeanor and that, well, Beth is still a 17-year-old girl, maybe barely 18.

Good work on the actors for how the scene played out, but it was sort of uncomfortable to watch.

 

[Silvercrest]

Very much.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Well...he was a rapist wannabe, so just about everything about him was creepy. Goes with the territory.

 

[Trekker4747]

Well...he was a rapist wannabe, so just about everything about him was creepy. Goes with the territory.

Wannabe? I'd say he was past that point, I'm sure there's a woman somewhere in that hospital whom he's forced himself on.

 

[ITL]

Anyone else find Officer Rapey's use of the sucker on Beth as being sort of... unsettlingly creepy?

Yes. Everyone who watched it. Because that was the point.

 

[bbjeg]

Well...he was a rapist wannabe, so just about everything about him was creepy. Goes with the territory.

Wannabe? I'd say he was past that point, I'm sure there's a woman somewhere in that hospital whom he's forced himself on.

I assumed the suicide girl had prior dealings with him before.

 

[sojourner]

Yeah, it was made pretty clear that she "belonged" to him.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Well...he was a rapist wannabe, so just about everything about him was creepy. Goes with the territory.

Wannabe? I'd say he was past that point, I'm sure there's a woman somewhere in that hospital whom he's forced himself on.

I mean wannabe in relation to Beth.

 

[Ryan8bit]

Noah being a plant--either for the hospital group--or another would add something else to his character. I would not want to see him just be a sort of interesting character only to end up being an easily bumped off B player (sort of like Bob).

I think that's all he is. It seems like people want characters on this show to often be more than they really are, especially Bob. This show is pretty obvious about things... if someone were really a plant, we'd be likely to know it well in advance.

Noah said he was from a walled in community in Richmond. I suspect that he will go along with the group since Richmond is on the way to DC. Who knows, maybe he will be leading them into some sort of conflict.

Anyone else find Officer Rapey's use of the sucker on Beth as being sort of... unsettlingly creepy?

The best part was that the jar she smashed over his head was full of suckers. Poetic justice.

 

[B.J.]

Okay, I haven't been following this thread or the show too closely, but I did want to give you guys some info from a former Atlanta resident. The hospital that Beth is in, as shown on a sign, is Grady, which is right in the heart of downtown Atlanta. It's right on the 75/85 connector, and very close to I-20, so they could theoretically get there very quickly from pretty much anywhere inside or just outside the perimeter (I-285).

As for how close any suburb/rural areas are, they're pretty much everywhere if you're outside 285 and away from any other interstates. I grew up in Gainesville GA, and outside of rush hour times, I could get to the middle of Atlanta inside an hour. And there were plenty of rural-ish areas between them.

 

[sojourner]

I'm gonna go all the way back to the pilot episode/second episode with this one. Why didn't Rick try to startup that tank he was trapped in? The battery obviously had some charge since the radio still worked.

That's always sort of bugged me.

 

[Trekker4747]

It's possible the tank's battery had enough charge in it to power any accessories (like the radio) but not enough to crank the engine. It's also likely the tank was out of gas but the ignition still set to the "run" position to allow the radio to work.

Besides, what makes you think Rick knows how to drive, let alone start, a tank?

 

[Mojochi]

Anybody kept track of how long it's been since Beth was kidnapped? Seems like over a couple weeks now, but I have to recheck

Daryl tracked on foot until he exhausted himself, fell in with Joe, & went with them a bit, fell in with Rick, made it all the way to Terminus, where they were captives a while, escaped & made their way to the church, where they've been for a few nights

There seem to have been a short amount of events at Beth's hospital to account for that much time. Did they keep her unconscious for a long time or what?

 

[sojourner]

Rick's stay at Terminus was over night I think. The stay at the church was 2 nights at most. The only really subjective part is how long Daryl was with the claimers.

It's possible the tank's battery had enough charge in it to power any accessories (like the radio) but not enough to crank the engine. It's also likely the tank was out of gas but the ignition still set to the "run" position to allow the radio to work.

Besides, what makes you think Rick knows how to drive, let alone start, a tank?

Whether it would have worked or not is not the question. The question is why didn't he try?

 

[Ryan8bit]

Anybody kept track of how long it's been since Beth was kidnapped? Seems like over a couple weeks now, but I have to recheck

I don't think it's any more than a week, actually.

 

[bbjeg]

It's possible the tank's battery had enough charge in it to power any accessories (like the radio) but not enough to crank the engine. It's also likely the tank was out of gas but the ignition still set to the "run" position to allow the radio to work.

Besides, what makes you think Rick knows how to drive, let alone start, a tank?

Whether it would have worked or not is not the question. The question is why didn't he try?

I agree. I don't know much about tanks but if I found myself in one and thought I could use it, I would try.

 

[doubleohfive]

I don't understand why this show can't juggle multiple storylines better. Game of Thrones has half a dozen, if not more, storylines running at the same time, seamlessly joining one group and seeing what they're up to, leaving and looking at another group, and you feel like something is actually going on.

Walking Dead has one/two storylines going at once, they focus on one group wandering in the woods for four episodes, then cut to the second group and focus on them wandering in the woods for two to three episodes. Isn't it possible to show both groups of people wandering in the woods in the same episode? Or do the producers think we're too stupid to keep track of two different stories at once?

I'm in no way comparing the writing or Game of Thrones to The Walking Dead, I just don't understand why these stories have to be dragged out so frigging long. I also don't have ADHD, I'm capable of watching heavily serialized shows, I just prefer them to be where it feels like something is actually happening, instead of doing circles in the woods.

It could also just be a production thing, dictated by location and time. This episode could have been shot at the same time last week's episode was, saving the production season (in terms of time working) money and resources. I could easily see last week's crew finishing with Melissa McBride's scenes for the episode and sending her off to the other set to shoot her one scene for this episode.

I'm not saying that's the only reason The Walking Dead does this, but it's certainly a possibility.

Also: I freely admit I laughed in that final scene when Carol showed up. Oh boy oh boy these people have no idea what's in store for them.