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** What I noticed from the field hospital was an abnormally large number of military wounded. What I gathered is that they would rather evac their own wounded then otherwise healthy civilians.

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** What I noticed from the field hospital was an abnormally large number of military wounded. What I gathered is that they would rather evac their own wounded then than otherwise healthy civilians.



** Real life survivalists stock up on gold, even though it wouldn't have a lot of practical value in a post-apocalyptic world. People have their conceptions of what's valuable, like gold, or money and precious gems, and those conceptions wouldn't have changed instantly when things have only just started falling apart.



** Plus, there was a horde incoming. [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Better to quickly get chopped up]] than to get eaten alive or, even if you survive the horde, slowly succumb to the infection.



* Is it ever stated what is wrong with Madison? it could be just bad acting but she seems very detached from everything right from the start, to be honest she seems more high than her junkie son.

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* Is it ever stated what is wrong with Madison? it It could be just bad acting but she seems very detached from everything right from the start, to be honest she seems more high than her junkie son.son.
** Everyone responds differently to stressful situations, and some of those responses can seem inappropriate, like people who smile or even laugh to cope with bad news. Madison's might just be to pull back, to separate herself emotionally from the situation. Especially since she was a counselor, and might have needed to maintain a level of detachment there, helping people with their problems without getting too invested.



** That bus was old and rusted. A lock wouldn't stop a group of well armed men for very long, the crowbar they used to pry the fence off alone could do it within a minute or two. They could also easily set up a perimiter around one or two of them breaking into it.

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** That bus was old and rusted. A lock wouldn't stop a group of well armed men for very long, the crowbar they used to pry the fence off alone could do it within a minute or two. They could also easily set up a perimiter perimeter around one or two of them breaking into it.



** Sometimes people get locked into a pattern of behavior when they're panicking. All they can think is "shoot" and so they just keep trying to shoot, even when it becomes irrational. In their minds, shooting ''should'' remove a threat, ''should'' kill things, and so in their panic they just keep going, some part of them believing that it surely ''must'' work eventually.



** It doesn't really originate with that film, it just made it more popular. As a man's given name, its been around since at least 1805, and Madison Nguyen was born in 1975. Plus it's not unusual for some people to use surnames as first names, so it's not impossible ffor her to have that name at her age.

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** It doesn't really originate with that film, it just made it more popular. As a man's given name, its it's been around since at least 1805, and Madison Nguyen was born in 1975. Plus it's not unusual for some people to use surnames as first names, so it's not impossible ffor for her to have that name at her age.



** If Strand did find them and decided to attack, they'd be safer on the ''Pennsylvania''. And the sub has food, water, power, and most importantly, military-grade radiation protection. It's possible that weather patterns are still pushing fallout to new areas, and the area with the Bed-and-Breakfast could've been at risk.

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** If Strand did find them and decided to attack, they'd be safer on the ''Pennsylvania''. And the The sub is proof against most weapons, and it has food, water, power, and most importantly, military-grade radiation protection. It's Plus, it's possible that weather patterns are still pushing fallout to new areas, and the area with the Bed-and-Breakfast could've been at risk.
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** Colorless antifreeze is still fairly common, I don't think it's unreasonable that she found some. And it can lose its sweetness with age, like if it's been sitting on a shelf for a few years during a zombie apocalypse. Or they might have noticed the sweetness, but brushed it off as "oh man, this water tastes so good because living largely as a scavenger makes me thirsty and I haven't had water this pure in a while!" In a world where zombies are the main threat, and where you don't always have a steady supply of food and water, you probably won't jump to "someone deliberately poisoned this with antifreeze, I need to spit it out right now".
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* So in Season 7, Episode 6 Morgan finds the group that got evacuated by Isabelle in the Season 6 finale and brings them to the sub. But why? Wouldn't it have been better to take Grace and Mo to the Bed-and-Breakfast they were staying at? It's outside the area affected by the nukes, and as far as I know Strand doesn't know where it's at, unlike the sub they're staying in.

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* So in Season 7, Episode 6 Morgan finds the group that got evacuated by Isabelle in the Season 6 finale and brings them to the sub. But why? Wouldn't it have been better to take Grace and Mo to the Bed-and-Breakfast they were staying at? It's outside the area affected by the nukes, and as far as I know Strand doesn't know where it's at, unlike the sub they're staying in.in.
** If Strand did find them and decided to attack, they'd be safer on the ''Pennsylvania''. And the sub has food, water, power, and most importantly, military-grade radiation protection. It's possible that weather patterns are still pushing fallout to new areas, and the area with the Bed-and-Breakfast could've been at risk.
** Plus, as we see later on, the sub had the emergency rafts which they used to evacuate as a group. Bringing everyone back so they could move out together makes a bit of sense. Safety in numbers and such.
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** Clear case of ArtisticLicensePharmacology.

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** Clear case of ArtisticLicensePharmacology.ArtisticLicensePharmacology.
* So in Season 7, Episode 6 Morgan finds the group that got evacuated by Isabelle in the Season 6 finale and brings them to the sub. But why? Wouldn't it have been better to take Grace and Mo to the Bed-and-Breakfast they were staying at? It's outside the area affected by the nukes, and as far as I know Strand doesn't know where it's at, unlike the sub they're staying in.
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** That was part of Martha's intention with Morgan: she wanted to bring him down to her level to make him "stronger." She seemed to understand a little too much about Morgan's history and while she set out to kill others, she was personally fixated on destroying Morgan in a much worse way. Killing has set Morgan down a dangerous spiral several times before, so he was trying to avoid that path, knowing well that if she goaded him to killing her, she would have accomplished her goal.
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*** He could have been in denial or downplaying it for Alicia's sake.


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*** [[spoiler: The bombs might have been the last resort option, if the gathering and quarantining did not work.]]

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** The same reason the people of Alexandria deferred to Grime's crew: the people who have been "out in the world" fighting walkers and scrounging supplies are seen as having more experience with survival and crises. Most of the people in these communities have just been following their leaders and living in a bubble of safety.

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** The same reason the people of Alexandria deferred to Grime's Grimes's crew: the people who have been "out in the world" fighting walkers and scrounging supplies are seen as having more experience with survival and crises. Most of the people in these communities have just been following their leaders and living in a bubble of safety.


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** As hardened as the protagonists are, they're still moral people who would rather not kill someone if they can help it. When Martha is amok, they shoot at her, but when she's helpless and/or taken captive, they don't think that she's a threat anymore.
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** The same reason the people of Alexandria deferred to Grime's crew: the people who have been "out in the world" fighting walkers and scrounging supplies are seen as having more experience with survival and crises. Most of the people in these communities have just been following their leaders and living in a bubble of safety.



* In Season 4 there's a poisoning incident in which someone taints bottled water with antifreeze. But ethylene glycol--the primary component of antifreeze--tastes sweet. This is why it's a such a large poisoning hazard to children and pets, both of which are naturally attracted to sweet drinks. Anyone drinking bottled water that had been adulterated with automotive antifreeze would notice the sweet taste. Not to mention, most automotive antifreezes are dyed a bright color such as green or orange.

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* In Season 4 there's a poisoning incident in which someone taints bottled water with antifreeze. But ethylene glycol--the primary component of antifreeze--tastes sweet. This is why it's a such a large poisoning hazard to children and pets, both of which are naturally attracted to sweet drinks. Anyone drinking bottled water that had been adulterated with automotive antifreeze would notice the sweet taste. Not to mention, most automotive antifreezes are dyed a bright color such as green or orange.orange.
** Clear case of ArtisticLicensePharmacology.
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* In Season 4 there's a poisoning incident in which someone taints bottled water with antifreeze. But ethylene glycol--the primary component of antifreeze--tastes sweet. This is why it's a such a large poisoning hazard to children and pets, both of which are naturally attracted to sweet drinks. Anyone drinking bottled water that had been adulterated with automotive antifreeze would notice the sweet taste.

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* In Season 4 there's a poisoning incident in which someone taints bottled water with antifreeze. But ethylene glycol--the primary component of antifreeze--tastes sweet. This is why it's a such a large poisoning hazard to children and pets, both of which are naturally attracted to sweet drinks. Anyone drinking bottled water that had been adulterated with automotive antifreeze would notice the sweet taste. Not to mention, most automotive antifreezes are dyed a bright color such as green or orange.

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