This is just empty speculation, but the first number that popped in my head was 3 months. That felt about right for organizing a large group of people, setting up what they've got, and implementing it.
[TV] The Walking Dead
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What it seems like isn't always a great indication though. I wouldn't have thought 8 months passed between seasons 2 and 3 if the characters hadn't explicitly said so.
Well, one thing's for sure: we can't track time according to Carl. That kid (the actor, certainly) had another growth spurt between seasons. Which is always a problem when you have child actors involved in a story with short time jumps. See also: Lost, Harry Potter.
I shouldn't have to get that information from a source that isn't presented on screen, though. That's the sort of thing that should be weaved into the narrative, not told in commentary. Which doesn't even have to be verbal, but through visual cues and such. With that said, 5-6 months seems reasonable, given what we saw set up for the prison, like new gate, the stables, and garden.
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Then they've passed another winter. So it's been about a year and a half since the outbreak. Damn. They're doing so well.
This season's gonna be very stressful.
This season's gonna be very stressful.
But if he hadn't picked it up, it wouldn't have happened. And he lived; that one guy wasn't so lucky. And the zombies might have fallen through anyway.
Maybe this show isn't running on an arbitrary karmic wheel.
GOD DAMMIT! I always die of dysentery!Yep. Wonder how that kid got sick though, unless...
Well we need a massive wipe of the prison if we're ever going to move on, so prepare to see friends shooting friends in the face?
NOOOOOOOOO I was happy for them!
You have read the source material right?
Ah ok. Makes sense.
My wife thought it was a boring episode. I pointed out that this was the first season starter episode where the group started out "safe", which just made it feel a bit slower. We realized it would likely pick up in the second episode.
I am actually curious how they will go with the "bleeding eyes" virus. We know already that everyone is infected with the zombie virus since Shane in Season 2, so are they going to play it that this is an external version of the virus that is now infecting people separately from the original virus, or will they make it really dramatic and imply that this is the next "stage" of the virus, meaning at any point, one of them can now just die and turn without any outside factors causing it. I find that to be more suspenseful.
Be aware this is coming from someone that never read the comics, so I have no idea if the story behind this new event is explained.
As for that woman in the woods, I was totally not expecting them to go the direction they did with her. I knew she was going to be trouble, but her "zombie-like" look made me think that she and her husband were actually idolizing the zombies, and would turn out to be cannibals that were going to be taken to the compound and start secretly eating people (since the trailers implied someone killing people in "cold blood", which means pre-meditation, which is not really something you would say about a zombie, since there is really no cognitive excuse for what they do). Instead it just turned into yet another person attempting to keep alive a zombiefied loved one. Was a little disappointing.
Be aware this is coming from someone that never read the comics, so I have no idea if the story behind this new event is explained.
As for that woman in the woods, I was totally not expecting them to go the direction they did with her. I knew she was going to be trouble, but her "zombie-like" look made me think that she and her husband were actually idolizing the zombies, and would turn out to be cannibals that were going to be taken to the compound and start secretly eating people (since the trailers implied someone killing people in "cold blood", which means pre-meditation, which is not really something you would say about a zombie, since there is really no cognitive excuse for what they do). Instead it just turned into yet another person attempting to keep alive a zombiefied loved one. Was a little disappointing.
I keep making it a bad habit to say "Why didn't they do this?" with this season already.
Listen, I understand you guys feel pretty safe for the most part in the prison, but you know for a fact that a guy just breaking his neck falling down some stairs in the night can turn into a walker and kill dozens of people, not to mention a slight chance some on the outside fence may wiggle their way in somehow. Can you not spare a single late night guard post watching for the shambling dead inside the cell blocks where everyone is sleeping? Even just an unarmed guy that can scream a warning for the others to wake up before they all get murdered?
Also, I understand that the one guy laying down had his neck bite out and couldn't scream for help, but it obviously didn't sever his nerve endings, since he got up and started walking around later as a zombie. Why the hell didn't he flail around and at least make a bunch of noise? Why did he just lay there perfectly still with his eyes open? My only guess is he was in some pretty heavy shock, but come on! Getting my neck bite out would at least instinctual make me reach for it.
Also, I understand that the one guy laying down had his neck bite out and couldn't scream for help, but it obviously didn't sever his nerve endings, since he got up and started walking around later as a zombie. Why the hell didn't he flail around and at least make a bunch of noise? Why did he just lay there perfectly still with his eyes open? My only guess is he was in some pretty heavy shock, but come on! Getting my neck bite out would at least instinctual make me reach for it.
I figure even a warning would make it easy for people to at least slam their doors shut.
Just watched episode 2; I plan to be caught up by tonight. Not sure exactly what happened at the end of the episode. Hopefully next episode will clear it up.
Just watched episode 2; I plan to be caught up by tonight. Not sure exactly what happened at the end of the episode. Hopefully next episode will clear it up.
From the latest episode, is anyone else surprised
that we had a car with three black characters...and all three of them survived!? This definitely ain't your momma's Walking Dead, anymore.
I have to call bullshit on that scene, because there's no way there weren't any scratches as a result of the big zombie hug.
Also, end of episode ...
Goddammit Dr. S, COVER YOUR MOUTH.
Did not expect Carol to be the killer. That's gonna get ugly.
Did not expect Carol to be the killer. That's gonna get ugly.
I figured it out when Tyrese asked her to watch after Sasha and then she flew into a fit of rage. No one would react like that unless they were guilty over something they did to the person asking.
I was more surprised that they revealed it by the end of the episode, since I figured they would milk it another couple episodes. I have a feeling the series original character that will get axed this season will be Carol. The fact that they seem to be hinting at a possible Daryl/Michonne bond of some type only makes me feel more certain she will be out of the picture soon.
I was more surprised that they revealed it by the end of the episode, since I figured they would milk it another couple episodes. I have a feeling the series original character that will get axed this season will be Carol. The fact that they seem to be hinting at a possible Daryl/Michonne bond of some type only makes me feel more certain she will be out of the picture soon.
Dude, I don't have time nor the inclination to an hour filler show like that after most Walking Dead episodes already have 30 minutes of filler in them with boring segments and double the amount of commercial breaks compared to what it used to have.
I'm serious.
Before I used to watch live but now I watch Castle instead then start watching at 10 AM.
With my PVR I'm done by 10:40.
My point remains, if everyone knew that you turn when you die and you live in a jail cell, just close the door.
Wouldn't those doors lock when closed? Would you really want to sit and wait to be let out of your room every morning? Or in a worst case scenario where the dead come flooding in and the guy with the keys either doesn't make it or runs for it? I can understand why they might not close them every night.
I don't think it was ever show that the bars automatically lock. If it was a modern prison then likely the locking mechanism was electric, meaning the doors could be closed, but not locked unless a master electric switch is used. Even if it was just conventional key locks, the logistics of it mean the prison would have to have tons of master keys stashed somewhere, so they could possibly give everyone a key to their own door.
Even if none of that would work, just put something in the lock space to block the door from hitting the lock mechanism, then use a broom handle to brace the bars as closed as possible. Or hell, just close the door as much as possible without even worrying about latching or blocking It still gives you more time to work with when you hear the zombie rattling outside the bars for a few seconds trying to get inside. Better then a plastic privacy curtain.
Rewatching season 3 with my wife, they've shown Rick and Carl locking the doors after closing them.
Manually locking them, or auto-locking? I think the argument is no one would want to lock themselves in without a way to get out, not just that they can be locked. I would hope prison doors could be locked.