The Walking Dead

They took the time and effort to make sure the shot of him falling down showed the other body on top of him, and deliberately avoided showing said body during Glenn's "death" scene. That and the conspicuous absence of his name from the opening credits when the producers say he will show up again in some capacity makes me think this is just their attempt at misdirection, to lure us into a false sense of security for when they really kill someone off.

For the season ending, Glenn wakes up underneath Nicholas' corpse to discover that all of the rest of the cast, including the Wolves and unnamed Alexandrians, have been devoured by the horde. He's the last man on Earth.[/wmg]

edited 4th Nov '15 4:38:51 AM by Boston

I'm still waiting for Henry Blake to show up alive.

As for Glenn, they've got room either way.

He's alive.

I'll eat the next poster's hat if he's not.

I'm not wearing a hat.

If they're putting the "No Way Out" storyline from the comics into the TV show, then this is definitely a setup. A lot of people die in that one, and at least one major character gets horrifically maimed.

edited 5th Nov '15 4:56:25 AM by JakesBrain

Looks like some were right about Glen...

Motherfucker... AMC crapped out here.

And checking another regular channel, ABC, I see Norman Reedus hosting the American Music Awards. Heh.

[edit] And looks like that last 10 minutes mattered... which shouldn't be a surprise given the mid-season finale is next week. Waiting to catch it in the encore showing tonight.

edited 22nd Nov '15 9:01:29 PM by Nohbody

SPOILERS

A few weeks ago, I knew for sure that Glenn was dead. Last week, my mind started to change and I told myself "I'm pretty sure he's dead, but I bet that the creators are gonna figure out a way to fool all of us and later on go "Yeah, he's actually alive and well."

So when I saw last night's episode, I just shrugged and said "Called it." >___> Nevertheless........I'm not upset that he's still alive. Just saying.

But dammit, Walking Dead, why are you pulling this shit now? Why are you gonna have Glenn reach Alexandria immediately when the gate falls? I told my coworker and friend that this was gonna happen: Immediately after we find out Glenn's alive, someone else we love will die. For real. I also called that Alexandria would fall in the season finale, or mid-season finale. And from what it looks like, I think both of my predictions will come true.

Fuck. I hate being right.

PS: Fuck you, Ron. Hope that teenage asshole gets ripped to shreds. .......That Came Out Wrong. >__<

edited 23rd Nov '15 5:29:52 AM by Tyk5919

I'm on episode 7 right now. Anyone else feel like it's kind of obvious the reason Ron wants to learn to shoot is so that he can shoot Carl?

Episode 8. I'd have hoped that at least Rosita would have been smart enough to take the shot when the W guy told them to lower their guns.

THANK YOU! My god, I feel like everyone was playing with the Idiot Ball in this episode! The last time this many characters made this many stupid decisions in one episode, we were watching Season 2. And a certain character got a certain fan-favorite killed for not staying in the fucking house.

This wasn't a terrible episode, but for a mid-season finale, it was very lackluster.

Smart? Do you have any idea what happens when the person holding an incredibly sharp object directly against the part of the human body that most certainly does not need to be slashed by incredibly sharp objects suffers an impact that would result in said sharp object being forced back? Spoiler alert; lots of blood demonstrating why holding knives directly to the throat works as a deterrent from gunshots to begin with. He doesn't need to cut particularly deep to cause a lethal injury and a muscle spasm from getting shot would be enough to slit her throat. That's why police don't try shooting when people do that in real life.

You look at the first Taken for how to get around it. Liam Neeson doesn't shoot when the bad guy has a knife pressed up against his daughters throat, but the second he lowers it enough he takes the shot and doesn't end up slitting the throat of the person he's trying to save.

edited 6th Dec '15 2:39:55 AM by Shaoken

Ha heh.

I've heard that Robert Kirkman based Negan on a certain person, but he didn't want to say which one in case they were able to cast him as Negan. An assistant of his revealed that he based him on Henry Rollins. It's too bad they couldn't/didn't get him for the show.

Either way the result would be better than giving the crazy guy guns and letting him take the hostage in the middle of a horde of walkers.

It bothers me that they killed off that one police officer in Season 5, the guy that head-butted Sasha. That was freaking stupid.

You could still have killed off Beth or Dawn and kept that guy alive, having a Good Counterpart to Rick would've been more interesting.

"Oh, this show killed off a good character for pointless drama, surprise surprise!" Yeah, well that obnoxiousness aside, it just bugs me in hindsight, they wasted a perfectly good character, no pun intended.

edited 22nd Jan '16 7:07:16 AM by Soble

So I just binge watched the whole series (so far) over the past couple weeks. Love it. It's so fascinating to see how the characters evolve over the course of the series, for better or for worse. Rick, Carl, Carol, Daryl and Glenn are so radically different that their Season 1 selves are nearly unrecognizable. But you know what? I believe it.

That said, the show is undeniably flawed; sometimes they'll kill off a perfectly good character for no reason while other, less interesting characters overstay their welcome. That, and the show has its fair share of silliness (I swear I've seen huge crowds of walkers just teleport behind a survivor's back when his back was turned). Wildly entertaining nonetheless, and I can't wait for Season 6 to resume.

Few scattered thoughts:

• I'm a bit confused about how the virus works. So, everyone is infected, which means that they always reanimate no matter how they die... but then, why is getting bitten still a death sentence? If everyone's already infected, what difference would getting bitten make?
• I'm not sure why Carol is so hostile to Sam. Granted, as of the midseason finale I hate the little snot too, but before that he didn't really do anything wrong besides begging for cookies and catching Carol stealing weapons.
• Is it jut me, or is Rick slowly transforming into Shane? That furious "The Reason You Suck" Speech he made to the Alexandrians sounded exactly like something Shane would have said.
• I'm also not sure what the Wolves' motivation is. Maybe they'll explain it later on, but as of now, his little dialogue with Morgan in the Season 5 finale is all I have to go on, and even that is pretty cryptic.

Being bitten seems to be pretty much a normal infection, albeit a fair bit faster. So it can still kill, it's just not the transmission method of zombie virus.

Funny that.

I giggled.

If it's just a normal infection, couldn't it be treated with antibiotics?

I mean, I guess that would depend it it were bacterial or viral...

edited 3rd Feb '16 12:21:04 PM by JTorch

Most of the recent teasers seem to lay it on pretty thick that people are going to die. More than one. Probably lots.

This is The Walking Dead. That happens.

So, I've heard a couple of rumors that this show is going to last at least until Season 12. I'm curious to see how far the show will go, but at this point, I'm not sure what else they can do without recycling various plot points (something many people are already complaining about in certain areas).

They have a comic book to work off of. The comic book's done at least 10 volumes IIRC, and I think the show's only up to Volume 4 or 5.