The Walking Dead

I know! That's why I thought he was dead! That whole fucking episode was all about how everyone deserves a goddamn vote on Randall, and Dale went around asking everyone. Not a damn clip of him in the episode whatsoever, so, I figured, they just killed him off....so stupid. -_-

 

After I've declared that I know for sure the shocking penultimate moment when everything changes I worry that it's all a giant foiler and nothing will turn out like the spoiler sources all say it will. One way would be if they filmed alternative endings. In it's own way as long as the 'real' ending was great too, it would be fun to be completely surprised.

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My pleasure.
I'm wrong often enough, for sure.



This scene from the promo for episode 12 begins an even bigger rollercoaster of events--or so I hear.

 

The only time I saw anyone talking to T-Dog was when Dale was screaming while he was being attacked, and either Rick, Daryl or Shane yelled at him while they were running by to grab the gun.
He didn't get a line there either, and all it showed was him turning away from the camera to grab the gun.

 

What an episode tonight!!!!!

 

Ditto!
I did not see that coming, any of it. Great episode.

Btw, there's a Walking Dead Facebook game coming out in April.
http://www.facebook.com/AMCTheWalkingDeadGame

I'm gonna give it a try.

 

Well, it was definitely an entertaining episode! Also, I wonder what Comic Book Men's dropoff is after that first commercial break?

Carl finally popped his cherry, so to speak. Not in the way I expected, considering the comics, but oh well. Glad to see they will finally be moving on from the farm. That herd at the end there looked like some serious trouble.

 

Comic Book Men is not showing good numbers, I read whereas The Walking Dead is doing fantastically in the ratings game. The Walking Dead is second only to The Good Wife for views in that day & time slot and Sundays is brim-full of competition for eyeballs.
What's coming on The Walking Dead:

I'm very anxious about the possible (original cast) body count in the season 2 finale.
Newly published HQ photo stills from Episode 12 (aired 3.11.12). I'll unspoiler tag 'em if I can remember to in a few days.


Shane Walsh (Jon Bernthal) in Episode 12 - Photo by Gene Page/AMC


Bernthal EW Interview on Everything

The Walking Dead Season 2 Episode Photos

Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Randall (Michael Zegen) in Episode 12

Photo by Gene Page/AMC


Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) in Episode 12
Photo by Gene Page/AMC


Inside Episode 212 The Walking Dead: Better Angels:
After Dale's departure, the cast of The Walking Dead talk about revenge on the zombies, and the necessity of letting Shane back into the group.


AMC The Walking Dead : http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead


Sneak Peek The Walking Dead Season 2 Finale, "Beside The Dying Fire'

Rick has eliminated Shane, but there's a much larger problem on the horizon. Don't miss the shocking season finale Sun., Mar. 18 at 9/8c

(Short synopsis)

 

Oooh great episode! Can't wait for the finale.

 

Gonna watch the latest episode tonight.

Settie, I thought this one was the finale?

 

OMG, it's a swarm....

Swarm that originates in Atlanta. Now that the creek and swamp have started drying up, the swarm is attracked to the gun shots. Major action and mayham in the first 30 min

 

On Air Trailer, Season Finale: The Walking Dead


The Walking Dead - Episode 2.13 - Beside the Dying Fire - Full Synopsis - Major Spoilers

Shot opens in Atlanta: a group of walkers are feasting on what looks like Rick's horse, or what's left of it, when they're startled by the sound of a helicopter flying overhead. The horde migrates over several days, weeks, a great distance, and eventually comes to a fence. The fence bows and breaks under the relentless forward motion of the walkers. The herd presses on. Wandering aimlessly in the forest, the walkers turn as a gunshot goes off like a beacon, leading them to dinner. Soon they are closing in on Rick and Carl, as they leave the scene of Shane's murder.

Daryl and Glenn arrive back at the farmhouse. They explain that they heard a gunshot, and share their confounding findings about Randall.

As they walk back to the house, Carl asks Rick about what happened to Shane. Soon after, they notice the walkers bearing down on them, and it's not long before they are overtaken and have to make a run for the barn. Back at the house, the rest of the survivors are just figuring out that Carl is missing and walkers are approaching. Lori is panicking. Hershel passes out the guns.

The horde is making quick work of the barn. Rick dumps gasoline everywhere, busts open the door to lure the zombies inside, and climbs up to the loft with Carl. Carl drops a lighter into the gasoline-soaked hay, igniting everything in sight. Meanwhile, the men and Andrea shoot from their cars in a futile attempt to corral the herd and buy time.

Finally, Daryl figures out that Rick and Carl must be in the barn, and instructs Jimmy to drive the RV to the barn to rescue them. Rick and Carl manage to barely escape, while Jimmy is devoured inside the RV. Blood is everywhere, coating the windshield.

The survivors are starting to run out of ammo. The horde is too large.The women hold hands and make a run for it as Hershel makes a last stand for the farmhouse. They are just about clear when Patricia is attacked from the side and is devoured while Beth is still holding onto her.

Carol is headed off by a few walkers and backed into a corner with nothing but a plank of wood to defend herself. Andrea saves her but is attacked from behind and gets pinned under a walker. T-dog pulls his car around, but quickly has to leave the scene with Beth and Lori before the car is overtaken.

Glenn tells Maggie that the farm is lost; they have to get off the farm, now. Hershel comes to the same realization, almost too late, as a walker sneaks up from behind. Rick saves Herschel and they along with Carl head out in their own direction. Glenn and Maggie take off as well. Daryl finds Carol about to collapse from running, and they speed off together on Daryl's motorcycle. Andrea is abandoned. The barn collapses into the flames. And we're not even halfway done.

The group is now scattered. Glenn and Maggie switch places in the car as Maggie breaks down and can't continue driving. Glenn says they need to make their way to the highway, but Maggie protests that the herd came from that direction. Glenn finally tells Maggie that he loves her.

Rick, Carl, and Hershel arrive at the highway, where they left the care package for Sophia, hoping that the others will think to rendezvous here. Hershel is ready to part ways, but Rick wants to stick together.

Lori and T-Dog argue over where to drive. T-Dog wants to head to the coast, but Lori threatens to jump out of the car if he doesn't turn around and go back to the highway.

A walker appears on the highway. Rick is about to give up on waiting any longer, but… in the nick of time, the other survivors arrive. Time for a head count:]

Shane - dead
Andrea - missing
Patricia - taken by the walkers
Jimmy - splattered all over the RV

Meanwhile, Andrea is running for her life in the woods, but the walkers pursue her tirelessly. She can't keep this up for long. Walkers are emerging from the trees in random directions as Andrea shoots to clear a path.

The survivors leave the highway, pushing onward, but soon run out of gas. Several people start to panic and are on the verge of giving up. Rick tries to pull everyone together. The conversation turns to Randall and Shane. Rick has to come clean. He reveals that the secret Jenner whispered to him at the CDC was that everyone is a carrier of the infection. The group is not happy that Rick has kept this from them.

Lori and Rick talk privately. Rick tells her what went down with Shane, and confesses that it wasn't just self-defense… he wanted Shane dead, he was tired of Shane dogging him and acting like Rick stole Lori and Carl from him. Lori freaks out when she finds out Carl's role in Shane's death and withdraws from Rick, refusing to let him touch her.

Andrea is exhausted. This is the end of the line. She can't carry her gun-bag any longer, her pistol is out of ammo -- she bashes in a walker's head with it -- now she's down to knives, another walker practically on top of her… enter Michonne to save Andrea at the last minute, towing two armless walkers in chains, samurai sword in hand.

The rest of the survivors set up camp in the middle of nowhere. They may have found each other again amid the chaos, but the group is still broken. Many are ready to run off into the dark and leave Rick behind, fend for themselves. They are on the verge of splitting up again, when Rick takes back control... he says they're not going anywhere; he killed his best friend for them. This isn't a democracy anymore.

The camera pans up… in the distance looms a prison facility.

End of Season 2.

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What a great episode. I honestly thought I'd be disappointed at Carl not killing Shane (living Shane anyway) since the "it's not the same as shooting the dead ones" was a very big deal for early Carl, but it worked.
You have no idea how hard it is not to click on that spoiler button for the finale Fangirl.

 

OMG, m0rpheus if you do, your mind will be blown! I'm still trying to pick up and put back together my braaains after reading it.

 

FG, you are dead on in your "spoiler". Pretty much exactly what I have read......
I have chills just thinking about next week.

 

I know! Such devastation. And the party is just getting started...

 

Ugh, I clicked your spoiler for the mid-season finale and got that spoiled. I'm NOT clicking this time...

That being said, I think it's less likely now that Jenner told Rick everyone is infected. Why would he have left Shane to come back if he did?

 

Read the spoilers, oh man! Awesome. Can't wait to see it.
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It was a very very emotional scene, I doubt he was thinking about a potentially zombiefied Shane. You can't have a clear head on your shoulders all the time, after all.

 

Because he just killed his 'brother' (life-long friend and deputy to his sheriff).' He was completely distraught and babbling. And because Carl had to be the one to really kill Shane.
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Yeah, kind of like what Daryl said about Rick not always having to do the 'heavy-lifting.' Rick is every bit as freaked out by the apocalypse as anyone else. He differs in that he carries the enormous burden of feeling responsible for everyone's well-being. He's now reached a point of nearly cracking. Will he or won't he keep his stuff together? I think we may have to wait until season 3 to find out!

For those of you that read the season 2 finale spoilers:

Here is the comic book version of 'Michonne,' the woman who will save Andrea. I don't think we are going to see her face until season 3 as I don't think the actress has been cast yet.

 

If he knew he would come back as a zombie, he would never have left him there and certainly wouldn't have turned his back on him. That being said, the whole scene wasn't my favourite. Why wouldn't Carl say, "Hey, behind you." or do any warning at all, when a zombie is bearing down on his dad? Nope, I'll just point this gun I've never used before and not say anything and hope everything goes well... I guess we're going to have to explain it away with, "Well people are emotional and don't react properly when under stress." Actually, that's a fairly central theme in TWD, so I guess it will have to do
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The reason I say he wouldn't have left him there is presumably some time passes between him dying and Carl showing up. They even do a fake fade-to-black to emphasize this. Maybe he was waiting for him to come back so he could re-kill him and Carl showed up before he could?

 

Just started to download the "Nebraska" episode from iTunes. Have to see where this goes after the slooow buildup in the first half of the season.
Would be nice to have that cable for the iPod with the HDMI connection for the HD TV connection to view these.