TWD Spoilers

[wowcheezits]

How did you like that ending? Just enough to sink you in for next week!

[LadyNymeria]

Ugh I was so bored with this week's episode. And the tornado was so random.

Previews for next week look better at least.

The more character building / digging into the group member episodes just don't do it for me. I need action to enjoy this show.

[LadyNymeria]

Feb 15, 2015 22:46:13 GMT -5 ****** said:

I originally thought the water was from Martin but I guess not! I've forgotten his name already but he was way too clean!! Based on next week's preview, he's bad news. I really hate how every new person/group they come across is a huge ordeal. They never just help each other then go on their own way.

His name was Aaron.

I was hoping the water was from Martin Morgan too. He has to run into the group at some point.

ETA: fix name

[cnf2013]

I read an interview with Andrew Lincoln right before the premier saying that the first few episodes are kind of slow and showing the fragmentation of the group, but that it takes a hard, dark turn and gets crazy. Let's hope so.

[LadyNymeria]

Feb 15, 2015 23:15:37 GMT -5 cnf2013 said:

I read an interview with Andrew Lincoln right before the premier saying that the first few episodes are kind of slow and showing the fragmentation of the group, but that it takes a hard, dark turn and gets crazy. Let's hope so.

I heard the same. Hope it gets interesting quickly.

[peaseblossom55]

The episode was a bit boring but it looks like it is about to get pretty good.

[ceejay]

This was perhaps the least stressful episode of TWD that I've seen in a long time!! Yes, it was a little boring but I honestly appreciated the break from the constant death and suspense and action. It will be interesting to see who the new person Aaron turns out to be... I have a guess based on the plot from the comics.

[easilyunamused]

The first 2 episodes were so blah. I don't need action in every shot, but I hate the lagging they seem to have some shows. It is sometimes still surprising to me that some characters hold onto before the outbreak. I feel like I'd just be straight to survival mode.

[mishy2010]

I like these episodes. I think it's good to know where they are mentally. The tornado was a bit much but the whole show isn't exactly believable so whatever.
This Aaron guy is way too clean to trust. And I want to know how the heck he knew Rick by name. Maybe Morgan is with them?

[kawaiikitsune]

All-in-all, I thought this episode was boring as hell.

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I really hope they don't take Douglas' community (if that is what they alluding to, I'm guessing so based on Aaron's appearance ) and turn it into a Terminus situation.

[lovegrilledcheese]

I agree it was a bit boring. The previews for next week give me hope it will pick up again.

[mrsp]

I'm really losing interest in the show. Both episodes so far have just been so slow. And the tornado? Random that it managed to completely tear up ginormous trees all around the barn, but the barn was still standing. I know that shit happens IRL, but come on. I was hoping the water was going to be from Martin, too. Also, I have a minor panic attack whenever they leave the baby (I'm blanking on her name) to go do something. Carl put her down to go help keep the doors closed and the whole time I just kept thinking about how she was laying there and I was waiting for something to happen.

Next week's episode looks better. That guy is real sketchy. Way too clean looking. It sounds like he's been spying on them since he knows Rick's name and that he's the leader.

[remylove1011]

Feb 16, 2015 10:00:03 GMT -5 mrsp said:

I'm really losing interest in the show. Both episodes so far have just been so slow. And the tornado? Random that it managed to completely tear up ginormous trees all around the barn, but the barn was still standing. I know that shit happens IRL, but come on. I was hoping the water was going to be from Martin, too. Also, I have a minor panic attack whenever they leave the baby (I'm blanking on her name) to go do something. Carl put her down to go help keep the doors closed and the whole time I just kept thinking about how she was laying there and I was waiting for something to happen.

Next week's episode looks better. That guy is real sketchy. Way too clean looking. It sounds like he's been spying on them since he knows Rick's name and that he's the leader.

All of this. They're going to need to watch that. I'm shocked she hasn't crawled/toddled off yet and got lost/eaten.

[kawaiikitsune]

Who is Martin? Did I miss a character? Or are we talking about Morgan, the guy who helped Rick in the first episode?

[mishy2010]

Feb 16, 2015 11:13:10 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

Who is Martin? Did I miss a character? Or are we talking about Morgan, the guy who helped Rick in the first episode?

I think it's just a mix up and they mean Morgan. 

[lilsneezy]

Yawn. Last nights episode was boring up until the last minute when they brought in the new guy. I think the worst part of that episode was when Rick said "we are the walking dead" ::eye roll::

[kawaiikitsune]

Feb 16, 2015 11:20:56 GMT -5 mishy2010 said:

Feb 16, 2015 11:13:10 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

Who is Martin? Did I miss a character? Or are we talking about Morgan, the guy who helped Rick in the first episode?

I think it's just a mix up and they mean Morgan. 

Ah, okay. I was getting super confused and thought I missed a character intro.

[jefa]

I think the walking dead comment from rick was cheesy. I mean I know that's what they are, and how the show title has multiple meanings, but to actually say it out loud was just lame.


I teared up a little when darryl finally allowed himself to feel his grief over Beth.

I think the tornado missing them is symbolic too. Both Maggie and the pastor showed how they've given up on god/religion. Maybe that tornado missing them will restore their faith that good things still happen and to keep fighting.

And maybe Aaron is the gay character that they say will be appearing.

[kawaiikitsune]

Feb 16, 2015 11:37:56 GMT -5 jefa said:

I think the walking dead comment from rick was cheesy. I mean I know that's what they are, and how the show title has multiple meanings, but to actually say it out loud was just lame.


I teared up a little when darryl finally allowed himself to feel his grief over Beth.

I think the tornado missing them is symbolic too. Both Maggie and the pastor showed how they've given up on god/religion. Maybe that tornado missing them will restore their faith that good things still happen and to keep fighting.

And maybe Aaron is the gay character that they say will be appearing.

He is in the comics. I really hope they keep that storyline with the show.

[LadyNymeria]

Feb 16, 2015 15:13:05 GMT -5 @mrsjohnmarston said:

I was really bored with this episode. I hope things pick up soon. I'm losing interest in the show fast.

Me too.

[elbug]

Feb 16, 2015 13:12:06 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

Feb 16, 2015 11:37:56 GMT -5 jefa said:

I think the walking dead comment from rick was cheesy. I mean I know that's what they are, and how the show title has multiple meanings, but to actually say it out loud was just lame.


I teared up a little when darryl finally allowed himself to feel his grief over Beth.

I think the tornado missing them is symbolic too. Both Maggie and the pastor showed how they've given up on god/religion. Maybe that tornado missing them will restore their faith that good things still happen and to keep fighting.

And maybe Aaron is the gay character that they say will be appearing.

He is in the comics. I really hope they keep that storyline with the show.

All of this in regard to the symbolism. Rando tornado but it certainly got the point across IMO. It was a bit slow but I liked it. They needed to show them beat down and struggling about to hit rock bottom before they can pull themselves together and continue to survive.

I'm dying to see where all this goes. All those chopped up bodies in the last episode set the stage for some nasty group/person to come around. I haven't read the comics but it sounds like something big is coming.

[SpraggleFrock]

Feb 16, 2015 13:12:06 GMT -5 kawaiikitsune said:

Feb 16, 2015 11:37:56 GMT -5 jefa said:

I think the walking dead comment from rick was cheesy. I mean I know that's what they are, and how the show title has multiple meanings, but to actually say it out loud was just lame.


I teared up a little when darryl finally allowed himself to feel his grief over Beth.

I think the tornado missing them is symbolic too. Both Maggie and the pastor showed how they've given up on god/religion. Maybe that tornado missing them will restore their faith that good things still happen and to keep fighting.

And maybe Aaron is the gay character that they say will be appearing.

He is in the comics. I really hope they keep that storyline with the show.

I hope they stick with the comics on this one too.  

The episode was boring but not terrible.  

[MissMusic]

I was also "eh" about the episode, but here's what I'm trying to take away from it:

1) The preacher loses his faith as Maggie has. However, there's a big tempest (that random tornado) and the miraculously survive. I believe the line was something like, "We shouldn't have survived that!" "...But we did." Sort of a divine intervention when people are at their lowest, which reeks of Biblical stuff, in an episode where people lose faith. The whole episode was a big Biblical metaphor.

2) Interesting how Daryl is the first one to protect everyone by holding the barn doors shut from the Walkers, and as usual he tries to do it on his own...just as he wants to be alone for everything else that episode. He can't do it alone, literally. He has his group to back him up, though, and together they make it.

3) I'm glad Daryl and Maggie talked, because they both lost someone close to them but they feel it in different ways. They both needed that talk. Daryl fixes the music box for Maggie which is perfect, since Beth was the musician and she was so...young? Innocent? I don't know the right word.

4) The whole Rick/Daryl thing: "We're The Walking dead/ No we're NOT them". And yet, as they were dragging themselves down the road earlier with the hoarde behind them, it really looked like they were similar. They see the deer thats been eaten--a fawn. Cute, Bambi, innocent. And they they shoot the pet dogs and eat them without hesitation.

5) Who poses as a friend in the end? Aaron. Biblical references abound, the Biblical Aaron was the mouthpiece of Moses and the first high priest for the Israelites, who, you know...wandered a lot. Fought a lot. Iiinteresting...

[heatherj9603]

This episode was kind of a disappointment and slow. But the ending does look intriguing. I may have yelled "no no no!" When he came up to the girls. And how does he know everyone's names?

[MissMusic]

Feb 16, 2015 18:22:20 GMT -5 ****** said:

MissMusic nice synopsis! Very interesting points in biblical references. I can see that. Yeah, interesting. * now rethinking the episode*

I did a Masters in Theology / Biblical Lit, and so everything I see gets that sort of tint.  I could be way off here, but I saw the episode as Biblically loaded.

Dogs come up in the Gospels, (I have to work that out a little more, though); tempest, denial, wandering, tribes, "us vs them" mentality, the wilderness [desert]; MAYBE the gift of water on the road (gotta look that up too); the 1 house that stands...

17 (the number of days that have passed since Atlanta) has Biblical meaning--it can be a mark of evil/enemies, or it can be a number of "overcoming all odds"/victory. 
The director said it was roughly 14 days on the road, and 14 is the "perfection number" x 2, or doubly perfect.  It can also mean being saved, finding salvation or refuge, etc.

Iiiiiinteresting.  I'm probably reading too deeply into it, though.

[wormy42]

Feb 16, 2015 11:24:05 GMT -5 lilsneezy said:

Yawn. Last nights episode was boring up until the last minute when they brought in the new guy. I think the worst part of that episode was when Rick said "we are the walking dead" ::eye roll::

That line was a direct nod to comic readers. Guarantee it was the only reason it got put in, so comic readers could say, "look, he said the thing!!"

**comic spoiler**

He says it back at the prison in the comics, though. Still kind of a lame line even then.

[wormy42]

The symbolism while they were holding the door back, boots slipping in the mud, the minute parallel to rick's war stories, the whole group pulling together to survive and prove that they are different than the ghouls at the door. For 3 of them to go from a really depressed, almost given up, state to being the first 3 to jump up and fight was really a strong message. They can't do it alone, and they're still willing/able to fight. The tornado was kind of random... Especially lifting all the walkers from the door, but it made all the tension kind of more dynamic.

[MissMusic]

Are there 13 left in the group now?!
That would just take the cake.

[jefa]

Feb 16, 2015 23:35:46 GMT -5 ****** said:

MissMusic I count 13. So that's also symbolic?

Jesus and 12 apostles.

[mustloveerica]

The entire time we were watching the ending I was like "he's too clean! Stop trusting clean people! They always turn out to be bad!" And then on the preview for the Talking Dead they said "what's up with the impeccably clean stranger?".

...called it.

But seriously tho. I thought it was a horribly boring episode. Too much talking and crying.