The Walking Dead ***With Comic Spoilers***

[Buck]

Sunday Nights at 9pm/8pm (Central) on AMC.

Note from Gonzo:

Spoiler Tag all comic book references please. Anything from episodes that have already aired is fine.

[NewChief]

The whole "pregnant zombie" thing was pretty nuts.

Major Comic Book Spoiler Below pertaining to the Phone, please don't read if you want surprise.

Spoiler!

Assuming that they keep who is on the other end of the phone the same, then the "pregnant" zombie is even more impactful. After all, Rick gave it a C-section, thus "giving birth" to Lori on the other end of the line. This neatly parallels the birth scene of his actual daughter last week. That's some pretty cool stuff that the show writers added in.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by NewChief

The whole "pregnant zombie" thing was pretty nuts.

Major Comic Book Spoiler Below pertaining to the Phone, please don't read if you want surprise.

Spoiler!

Assuming that they keep who is on the other end of the phone the same, then the "pregnant" zombie is even more impactful. After all, Rick gave it a C-section, thus "giving birth" to Lori on the other end of the line. This neatly parallels the birth scene of his actual daughter last week. That's some pretty cool stuff that the show writers added in.

What are u out talking about? That wasn't a pregnant zombie. The zombie ATE Lorie by itself. It was so full it couldn't move. Why Rick stabbed its stomach full of him dead wife I have no idea.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Lots of speculation on the interwebs right now about whether or not Carol and Laurie are still alive? Like i said last week, if TV doesnt actually show you an act and only implies it.....theres usually a reason for it.

Umm. Lori's dead. Did you not watch last nights episode?

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by aturnis

What are u out talking about? That wasn't a pregnant zombie. The zombie ATE Lorie by itself. It was so full it couldn't move. Why Rick stabbed its stomach full of him dead wife I have no idea.

I put "pregnant zombie" in quotes for a reason. They intentionally made it look pregnant to echo Lori's pregnancy the previous week.

Yes, I'm aware that it was full of Lori's remains.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

BTW, where did Michone get training to become a master Samurai? I thought she was just an oridinary businesswoman before the apocolypse?

It hasn't been explained, but there is a reason. I"ll put tags on it even though it's not really a bfd to spoil it.

Spoiler!

She used to fence when she was younger. She looted the sword from a neighbor who collected them after the zombie apocalypse. Plus, she's been killing zombies and swinging it around for over a year. Practice makes perfect so they say.

[aturnis]

Originally Posted by NewChief

I put "pregnant zombie" in quotes for a reason. They intentionally made it look pregnant to echo Lori's pregnancy the previous week.

Yes, I'm aware that it was full of Lori's remains.

Damn you deep son!

I gotcha now...

[KevB]

Originally Posted by KC_Connection

Daryl can make ponchos look cool. Also shoots opossums and soothes babies in the same episode.

Meanwhile, his brother appears to be a kick boxing champion who does one armed push-ups at the age of 60. And we all originally thought they were just a couple of hillbillies.....

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by KevB

Meanwhile, his brother appears to be a kick boxing champion who does one armed push-ups at the age of 60. And we all originally thought they were just a couple of hillbillies.....

Well, there were two arms, just one hand/one nub push-ups.

[CJizzles]

I realize this is just a show, and sometimes we tend to over think.

But, you'd think by now Rick and company would have devised some sort or armor to shield themselves from walkers' bites.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by CJizzles

I realize this is just a show, and sometimes we tend to over think.

But, you'd think by now Rick and company would have devised some sort or armor to shield themselves from walkers' bites.

Yeah. I also, still, can't believe that they act like Daryl's motorcyle is a smart means of conveyance, especially since walkers are attracted to noise.

[Brock]

Getting some real unintentional laughs watching this show.

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Yeah. I also, still, can't believe that they act like Daryl's motorcyle is a smart means of conveyance, especially since walkers are attracted to noise.

Heh, I was thinking this last night... It definitely takes the stealth out of a stealth mission.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

BTW
If this scenario were to happen, it instantly does away with crotch-sniffing feminists. 99% of the female populous is weaker than 99% of the male populace. It's a fact of life and while perhaps women haven't been portrayed in the best light here, I'd give the show close to 85% realism.
Women can kill zombies (via firearms) just like men can but they would not be as successful, (sans training) as men are with hand-to-hand combat because they are smaller and weaker.
Get the **** over it.

And on another subject that relates...
I'm betting Michonne used to be a cop or had some other male dominated career.
Bank on it.

Edit:
Nevermind it was covered.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by aturnis

What are u out talking about? That wasn't a pregnant zombie. The zombie ATE Lorie by itself. It was so full it couldn't move. Why Rick stabbed its stomach full of him dead wife I have no idea.

****ing Zombie beat him to it. He was pissed.

[kaplin42]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Lots of speculation on the interwebs right now about whether or not Carol and Laurie are still alive? Like i said last week, if TV doesnt actually show you an act and only implies it.....theres usually a reason for it.

Read the spoiler below. She is DEAD. DEAD DEAD DEAD, no discussion. (for Lori, Carol I believe to still be alive.)

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Q&A with one of the recently dead. No real spoilers if you've seen the most recent episode, but I thought I'd pop it in spoiler tags just in case.

Spoiler!

Spoiler Alert: Stop reading if you haven't watched Sunday's episode of The Walking Dead! The AMC drama is no stranger to shocking deaths (RIP Shane and Dale!), but Sunday's episode packed a punch with two cast members biting the dust. After a rogue prisoner unleashed a hoard of walkers on the survivors, T-Dog (IronE Singleton) sacrificed himself for Carol (Melissa McBride) by becoming zombie chow, while Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) succumbed to complications while delivering her baby. We caught up with Callies to get her take on the series' most heartbreaking episode to date.

TV Guide Magazine: What was your reaction when you heard the news?
Callies: I knew it was coming and on a show like The Walking Dead, you kind of assume that it's always coming. I got the episode, read it, put it down and couldn't really do anything for half an hour. And the great blessing was [director] Guy Ferland. Guy and I go back to Prison Break, I love him. He shot Jon [Bernthal]'s death, so apparently they bring him in to kill leading characters! Guy and I spoke about wanting to shoot it with enough elegance that it wouldn't be gross and have heart.

TV Guide Magazine: What was the mood like on set?
Callies: We were all a little shaken up. It was an interesting day because IronE died that morning, so my whole focus for the morning was dealing with my friend and colleague. It was difficult because Chandler [Riggs] and I hadn't really rehearsed the scene beforehand because, in a way, we've been preparing for this scene for two and a half years. I came out of the set in rehearsal and virtually the entire cast stopped by just to be there. I didn't know they were coming — we all did that for Jon — but for some reason I just wasn't thinking about it and it was really moving to look out there. Andy [Lincoln] and Norman [Reedus] were a little bit freaked out by the delivery. They've both got kids and I came out after we shot a couple takes of that and they both looked green and were kind of shaky. I took it as a compliment. [Laughs]

TV Guide Magazine: It's a very unusual death within the world of The Walking Dead: she doesn't get attacked or bitten, it's just a natural complication. How did you feel about the way she went?
Callies: Lori has more control over her own death than anyone else who dies on the show. It's hard for me because it's a death for Lori that is a victory, ultimately, for her. She got the baby to term and now she can leave this group of people with a gift of hope and renewal. That's the most important symbol you can leave them with. Lori's had this death sentence from the beginning, but the opportunity to say goodbye is a luxury most people don't have on the show and I think Lori says goodbye to Rick in a lot of ways beforehand.

TV Guide Magazine: Including that scene on the bridge at the end of episode 2, which in retrospect turns out to be the last conversation they've ever had.
Callies: Yeah, and the hardest thing about shooting that scene was not making it about that. Lori and Rick don't know that they're not going to see each other again. Andy and I built all of the work we did together for the whole third season around that scene. We're not going to look at each other and he's going to reach out and just put his hand on my shoulder. And that's the moment where you go, "they would have been OK." It's a part of why that moment means so much to Lori. She says to Hershel she expects to die so to just have that — he reached out to me! — that's enough. That was the scene that really messed us both up, and then [in episode 4] we had this look across the field and we hadn't really expected it to be emotionally as difficult as it was. I love Andy Lincoln, Andy Lincoln is going to be in my life for the rest of my life, but I'm never going to lay eyes on Rick Grimes again. We shot the scene, barely got through it and then we just met in the middle of the field and collapsed into each other for a second. I'm always fascinated by the idea of what goes through your head right before you die. There's this great Emily Dickinson poem called "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died," and it's all about a woman who's in the process of losing her life and the thing that grabs her attention is a fly. And I think that last thought in [Lori]'s head is "I'm really going to miss him," which is kind of oddly detached because she's going to peace, she gets to be free of this. She knows her son is enough of a soldier to survive, she knows the baby will be raised in a world where the baby will be a soldier from birth. But Rick was the last man alive and I'm really going to miss him.

TV Guide Magazine: What will you miss most about your Walking Dead costars and crew?
Callies: It's a culture on set unlike any other set that I've ever been on. We built a great community and we did it consciously. Andy, Jon and I were the first actors in town, we spent every weekend together, all of our free time going over the scripts and finding a way to work together. As more actors came into town, we brought them into that. If we're going to do a zombie show, then we all run the risk of falling flat on our faces. The only way we can do it well is by having a really safe environment so we can take big risks, look like an a--hole and fail. That is the hardest thing to create. Ten days after I'd left The Walking Dead, I was on another set and I talked to Bernthal. He's been an angel through this because he did it first and knows how hard it is. He was on the phone with me every day going into work and coming back, and the last thing he said to me before I left for Detroit to shoot this movie, he said, "Do yourself a favor and forgive everybody right now on the next set for not being the cast and crew of The Walking Dead. They're all going to be good people, you're going to love them, but you cannot walk in there expecting Greg Nicotero and Andy Lincoln because you can't do it." But I'll also miss Lori, I have loved playing her.

TV Guide Magazine: What do you think will be Lori's legacy in the group?
Callies: I think Lori and Rick evolved together from when they were very young so that he could be the gas and she could be the brakes [Laughs]. I think in a way she became a part of Rick's conscious and he's going to have to recalibrate without her. Lori was the first one to say we have to bury the dead, it's not your decision who lives and dies. Lori was the one who said things that were uncomfortable and hard to say but needed to be said. And maybe that's the voice that Rick's going to have to start hearing again.