The Walking Dead Season 5

[Velocity]

How far afield did Aaron travel? It doesn't make sense logistically to me that he was at Atlanta, so did he pick them up before Richmond? I don't know that I buy that Rick's group was being stalked by Aaron and Morgan both for a long time and they didn't notice. Or notice each other.

 

[Velocity]

Well, some little kid is never going to sleep again. The Boogeyman in the closet has nothing on Carol.

 

[Random_Spock]

Well, some little kid is never going to sleep again. The Boogeyman in the closet has nothing on Carol.

Definitely. That was really creepy.

 

[Admiral2]

Well, some little kid is never going to sleep again. The Boogeyman in the closet has nothing on Carol.

Definitely. That was really creepy.

"No one will ever hear from you again.

Or... keep my secret, and have cookies."

I'm sorry... that just ruled. CAROL rules.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Oh, Carol.

She is appealing even when making sinister zombie-bait-in-the-woods threats at a kid! She has become as strong a survivor as anyone in the history of the series.

Aaron just so happened to have bike parts in his garage--and offers it to daryl. Too fitting. Plus, all of that business about Daryl needing a bike seems like a means to send him to the next enemy and/or his death.

...or, is Aaron already planning to get rid of his boyfriend; he was not too pleased with him...

Daryl's hesitation about the guns mirrors his agreement with Tyreese about not going on a running death/rescue mission at Grady hospital. we know how that change in plans worked out, so I would not be surprised if his latest change of heart leads to disaster.

Rick beginning to obsess on the hairdresser seems like a set up, not to mentioned completely idiotic on his part.

Stamp: Historically, markings on the body have been used to identify enemies, victims or targets. Did Rick miss the "one of us" line regarding the "A" stamp? Does he fail to see a likely parallel between the "A" and latest "W" marking discovered?

Sasha does not buy any of it...but will she become too erratic before the ASZ can be transformed into something else? The flashbacks seem sort of dangerous.

Noah. Well, it was good to see Glenn and Maggie draw him in, but in the wake of finding his family slaughtered, I feel he may not be around for the long haul.

Michonne hanging up her sword seems--to me--telegraphed; a sign that yes, she will need to use it again, or someone else will. Possibly leading to the photo released several months ago, for those who pay attention to spoiler photos.

The entire ASZ situation seems like combinations of every threatening community Rick's group ever faced. The only thing ASZ lacks is cannibalism.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

We've spent all this time as potentially shifty and dangerous characters have joined Rick and Co. and now "our family" are the creepy untrustworthy newcomers.

Was surprised by the horse, thought it would be ignored by walkers. Maybe they've shown the walkers and animals before but I can't remember.

I think Darryl might be bike-curious now...

 

[jbny67]

We've spent all this time as potentially shifty and dangerous characters have joined Rick and Co. and now "our family" are the creepy untrustworthy newcomers.

Was surprised by the horse, thought it would be ignored by walkers. Maybe they've shown the walkers and animals before but I can't remember.

I think Darryl might be bike-curious now...

They ate Ricks horse in the first episode.

They were also fed chickens at the farm

They also ate the pigs at the prison

 

[Mr. Adventure]

We've spent all this time as potentially shifty and dangerous characters have joined Rick and Co. and now "our family" are the creepy untrustworthy newcomers.

Was surprised by the horse, thought it would be ignored by walkers. Maybe they've shown the walkers and animals before but I can't remember.

I think Darryl might be bike-curious now...

They ate Ricks horse in the first episode.

They were also fed chickens at the farm

They also ate the pigs at the prison

Ah, remember the pigs. Been too long since I saw the first episode I guess, I remember Rick with a horse but not its fate.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

I think Darryl might be bike-curious now...

On the subject of "curiosity," Reedus and the media played with that several months ago (I believe during the break between seasons 4 & 5), but I do think the show is planting seeds. Some already think Aaron's attitude toward his boyfriend / trying to warm up to Daryl implies something else, but it could the producers just throwing audience off before something big (read: terrible) happens in the final 3 episodes.

 

[Trekker4747]

After her little speech to the kid in armory? Carol's a goner. That's her going over the line almost into villain territory, knock on the door of The Governor.

My "prediction" of losing a character this week due to the "special guest" tease on last week's Talking Dead didn't pan out, usually it's a fairly good rules as usually a cast member on the show is just plain mentioned.

Interesting to see Daryl bond with Aaron, funny to see him eating diner with Aaron and his boyfriend (Alex? Carl? John? I dunno, I don't do names.) Laughed pretty good with him slurping down the spaghetti and his and Aaron's little excursion in the woods. I agree with Aaron, Daryl's good at reading people and it's taken him a while but he's found the "trust" in these people.

Sasha has gone off the rails, but considering what she's gone through and lost since the prison fell (a two or three months ago now in show time) it's understandable. And, really, she sort-of had a point when she snapped at the lady at the party. Sasha's been in the world as it is now and lived in it the last two years. This people have more or less maintained their suburban lifestyles.

Nice subtlety with the "A" mark on Rick, (recall the train car the Termites put him and the others in, and marked the church with before raiding it.)

Seems like the Rick story line with the haircut-girl and her husband may track well with the comics. Building blocks are here.

So... I don't get why the Alexandrians don't have eggs. I mean, is it that hard to rustle up some chickens? And they must have eggs if the one lady wants to make pasta. Applesauce may make a decent substitute for eggs in baking, not so much in pasta-making. In baking the eggs are there for moisture in pasta-making it's more there for a binder and maybe as bit of leavening. Applesauce, or really any egg-substitute, in a pasta recipe would make for some crummy pasta.

Loved me some drunk Abraham, and loved me even more some serious, contemplative, Michonne.

The whole party scene just felt odd and out-of-place to watch. It was too.... "contemporary", "normal" feeling? It almost felt like a normal TV show, so to speak. With natural lighting, everyone is clean and dressed up. Just felt very odd and out of place, which I suppose was the point in how disconnected the Alexandrians are from the way the world is.

Something I was wondering after watching last week's episode again:

Why don't they have phones? They have electricity so it's not a question of power. Hell, phones don't need that much power to work (when your power goes out at home your land-line phone likely still works.) Now, sure, there's no central switchboard or anything like that but I would think someone around there would have the technical know-how to rip up all of the lines and set-up and old-fashioned phone-system. It may even be possible to set up a crude automated switchboard.

It doesn't take modern equipment or computers to create an operating phone-system.

 

[Ryan8bit]

That Carol scene was great. Part of me thinks though that it was more than just a threat. She made it very descriptive and brutal sounding so that if the kid did tell, people would just know it was made up, knowing how "friendly" Carol is.

Speaking of the guns, I'm glad that Tobin was introduced. I thought he and his crew were going to be abandoned. I can see from one of the quotes above about he cut scenes that he was meant to be in a montage.

In fact, it was nice to see a wide variety of people. I feel like they could spend so much time on lots of these characters and their relationships, but somehow I doubt that we're going to get that much time. I was surprised to see Spencer because I thought he was swapped with Aidan since Deanna was gender swapped. I'm glad that she was because I like the actress, and then it makes it so that we get a reasonable husband instead of the somewhat unreasonable character the wife was. Although I kept wanting Reg to explain something about why the wall was built backwards.

I really like this turn the show has taken. It's just so opposite of some of the boring stories prior. Although there's a lot of characters to cover. I remember last season when someone here was saying there were too many characters. How about now?

 

[Mojochi]

Anyone else want to keep telling me that Carol's façade is going to keep going unnoticed? Hell, even the Talking Dead people were echoing what I've been saying about Deanna maybe cluing into Carol's BS. Carol is playing with fire. Hell, Gabriel is in the teaser for next week saying "Satan disguises himself as the angel of light. That false light will destroy everything" Who do you think he's talking about? This shit Carol is playing & to a lesser extent Rick too, & Daryl seems to have dissented from that fold a little in refusing to take the lifted guns.

We at least got a small release on the Daryl tension in this one. I hope it's not a rope-a-dope. Something awful happens & he's once again between a rock & a hard place, like he was with Joe's gang... except that this time Rick's group might be the one's who are the offenders

Sasha just has PTSD. Sadly it's not really PTSD if the T isn't P yet. I'm not nearly as worried about her though, but you never know.

Somehow I have a bad feeling Michonne's balloon has to burst, at least this big pretty balloon she's riding on. She can still have hope, but this is just a dream too high

It's good to finally be in the meat of the season. They drag a bit getting to this point, imo

 

[Garak]

The most worrying thing about Alexandria is their leader appears to be a Democrat. I think you want a Republican in charge of things for the time being in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.

They appear to be doomed.

 

[Ryan8bit]

Hell, Gabriel is in the teaser for next week saying "Satan disguises himself as the angel of light. That false light will destroy everything" Who do you think he's talking about?

It could be Carol, or it could be just about the group in general. I kinda think it's about Rick, especially after he gave the speech about how they shouldn't let people in, and how he was talking about taking over Alexandria. Gabriel has not yet forgotten about the church massacre.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I want a spin-off sitcom about Daryl being the wacky neighbor of Aaron and his partner (I cannot remember his name) during the zombie apocalypse. He can constantly invite himself in for dinner.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Norman Reedus is the new Bill Daily.

 

[Trekker4747]

The most worrying thing about Alexandria is their leader appears to be a Democrat. I think you want a Republican in charge of things for the time being in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.

They appear to be doomed.

 

[Ethros]

Good episode. I finally realised Jessie the hairdresser is the same actress as Moira the maid in American Horror Story s1


Just to say I noticed they haven't introduced the Alexandra character of Heath into the show. Yet at least.
And even though he's stuck around he's never really done anything in the comics, so I'm hoping actually with enough characters on the show as is they simply don't bother.

 

[Mojochi]

Here's something I'm wondering about. Carol plugged the George Bush Walker several extra times to use up some of her magazine, so to coincide with her story about going out for target practice

Why not just pocket some bullets? If you need to have a secret weapon, then you'll need to have a cache of ammo for it anyhow. It's not like I saw her collecting shells to present when she got back. It would be smarter to not waste the ammo, I'd think

If Daryl has to shoot Carol down, or vice versa, I'm gonna be all sniffles

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Anyone else want to keep telling me that Carol's façade is going to keep going unnoticed? Hell, even the Talking Dead people were echoing what I've been saying about Deanna maybe cluing into Carol's BS. Carol is playing with fire. Hell, Gabriel is in the teaser for next week saying "Satan disguises himself as the angel of light. That false light will destroy everything" Who do you think he's talking about?

Who says he's not talking about a new enemy, or the biggest deceiver of all--someone who was a politician? Deanna does nothing but sell, sell, sell some glorious community/future. Like the Governor, to newcomers, the image of a hearty leader fighting to restore society is all BS, as the true nature of the outpost is revealed, and let's face it, there's nothing remotely normal or right about the ASZ.

This shit Carol is playing & to a lesser extent Rick too, & Daryl seems to have dissented from that fold a little in refusing to take the lifted guns.

Daryl seems like a set up waiting to happen. From the convenient motorcycle parts, to the job offer, Daryl broke protocol and revealed that sense of being independent to the degree that Aaron can offer exactly what Daryl would desire.

In a sense, his refusal to take the guns also reminds me of Andrea, not long after arriving in Woodbury, where she pulled back from Michonne in order to fall into the new location--without suspicion.

Sasha just has PTSD. Sadly it's not really PTSD if the T isn't P yet. I'm not nearly as worried about her though, but you never know.

But her hostility--even with Abraham and Michonne--cannot lead to any good outcome.

Somehow I have a bad feeling Michonne's balloon has to burst, at least this big pretty balloon she's riding on. She can still have hope, but this is just a dream too high

I agree. Mounting her sword might be the biggest mistake (psychologically) made since living in the ZA.

It's good to finally be in the meat of the season. They drag a bit getting to this point, imo[/QUOTE]

Hell, Gabriel is in the teaser for next week saying "Satan disguises himself as the angel of light. That false light will destroy everything" Who do you think he's talking about?

It could be Carol, or it could be just about the group in general. I kinda think it's about Rick, especially after he gave the speech about how they shouldn't let people in, and how he was talking about taking over Alexandria. Gabriel has not yet forgotten about the church massacre.

Good point. Rick is the leader, who sets the tone--makes decisions. That, and he knows little about Carol (and i'm guessing that includes Lizzie's fate). So, if he believes anyone is a potential devil, it is the man who hacked Gareth to death in a church.