AMC's "The Walking Dead"

[Benji]

Oh, it's going to be one of those half seasons is it? Great :/

[Your Mom]

I don't get you guys. I loved that episode. What was so wrong with it?

[Cymbols]

It wasn't a bad episode. The

Half bodies outside the estate and then the upper bodies in that truck was pretty weird mind.

[GoGo Yubari]

It reminded me of when I stopped watching Requiem for a Dream halfway through because it just felt like misery porn, albeit well-made misery porn. It just felt relentlessly, endlessly, exhaustingly miserable with no let-up and I just didn't have any patience for it on that night.

They had something when it was just Martin there. I liked that. Every other character who died in the last two seasons showing up cheapened it, especially the fucking Governor (seriously? He hallucinated the Governor, and not any of the people he presumably spent a long time traveling with when he had first shown up?). A better version would have been Martin on one side and Beth on the other. And oh my god the truck full of heads/half-bodies made me die laughing and I can't imagine that was the point. Holy fucking overkill.

The directing was good. The fake-out with you assuming the funeral was for Beth but was actually for Tyreese was well-done, and Chad L. Coleman is a great actor. But "if you're moral and sentimental in this world you're going to pay dearly for it" has been done to death, and to much greater effect.

(Also it's kind of hilarious that everyone got on them about killing off whoever the black guy in the group is the moment another showed up and they noticed, and are now doing the exact same thing except the quota for black guys is up to two.)

[punky]

It reminded me of when I stopped watching Requiem for a Dream halfway through because it just felt like misery porn, albeit well-made misery porn. It just felt relentlessly, endlessly, exhaustingly miserable with no let-up and I just didn't have any patience for it on that night.

They had something when it was just Martin there. I liked that. Every other character who died in the last two seasons showing up cheapened it,

especially the fucking Governor (seriously? He hallucinated the Governor, and not any of the people he presumably spent a long time traveling with when he had first shown up?). A better version would have been Martin on one side and Beth on the other. And oh my god the truck full of heads/half-bodies made me die laughing and I can't imagine that was the point. Holy fucking overkill.

The directing was good. The fake-out with you assuming the funeral was for Beth but was actually for Tyreese was well-done, and Chad L. Coleman is a great actor. But "if you're moral and sentimental in this world you're going to pay dearly for it" has been done to death, and to much greater effect.

(Also it's kind of hilarious that everyone got on them about killing off whoever the black guy in the group is the moment another showed up and they noticed, and are now doing the exact same thing except the quota for black guys is up to two.)

I kind of thought the additions of the girls/The Governor/Bob/Beth were a little much, also. I liked seeing the cameos but it felt slightly out of place and I agree, if it was just Martin, it would've been better probablyt. I liked the explanation Nicotero had on Talking Dead though, about those characters all being a part of Tyreese's subconscious and everything that they said, was an internal struggle in Tyreese's mind. When The Governor said "You said you would do whatever it takes.." it was like his mind telling him that he wasn't fighting hard enough to live. I think it was overdone but it was nice to see the characters back and I thought the episode was a great way to send off Tyreese, since he struggled so hard through everything. They were trying to show no matter how big in stature you are, your mind and heart may not be as tough as your body to withstand the zombie apocalypse.

Edited February 9, 2015 by punky

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Lizzy and Mika seemed to have aged in the afterlife

And sue me...but I popped for The Governor. I always thought he got way too much of a bad wrap.

[Josh]

As much as this episode was better than they've had in a long while, the Governor showing up was dumb as hell. And I pretty much always hated him being on the show at all.

[Fudge]

Been looking forward to watching that for months and before it's even over I'm praying it would hurry up and end (or he would just hurry up and die).

First half was good, but most of the second half was so tedious it felt like watching Raw. A Triple H promo longer than it needed to be, then replays of it right after!

[Your Mom]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

[TKz]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I didn't really care about Tyreese any more or less than the rest. I didn't care about his death because he got bit. There was no way he was surviving. Why drag it out all episode?

[Your Mom]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I didn't really care about Tyreese any more or less than the rest. I didn't care about his death because he got bit. There was no way he was surviving. Why drag it out all episode?

Wasn't Hershel bit in the leg and they saved him by cutting it off? I assumed that was what was happening here and they were building the drama for it.

[Mofoticon]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I didn't really care about Tyreese any more or less than the rest. I didn't care about his death because he got bit. There was no way he was surviving. Why drag it out all episode?

Wasn't Hershel bit in the leg and they saved him by cutting it off? I assumed that was what was happening here and they were building the drama for it.

Herschel's amputation was immediate though. Tyreese already lost way too much blood and the infection had spread beyond his arm by the time they amputated it. He was pretty much doomed the whole time.

[Your Mom]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I didn't really care about Tyreese any more or less than the rest. I didn't care about his death because he got bit. There was no way he was surviving. Why drag it out all episode?

Wasn't Hershel bit in the leg and they saved him by cutting it off? I assumed that was what was happening here and they were building the drama for it.

Herschel's amputation was immediate though. Tyreese already lost way too much blood and the infection had spread beyond his arm by the time they amputated it. He was pretty much doomed the whole time.

Well yes obviously we all get that now but I wasn't thinking that at the time and I'm betting a lot of other viewers weren't either.

[GoGo Yubari]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I really liked Tyreese. I was holding out hope that he'd improbably live, because dying like that, in that drawn-out, exhausting, dreadful, endless way felt too obvious. But it's not like the Hershel thing because as far as I remember, they were able to amputate Hershel's limb pretty quickly and they were already in the prison so he had immediate access to treatment. Tyreese got bit, was lying arouind for what felt like forever, got attacked by ANOTHER zombie, got bit again, and then had his limb cut off and would have to survive a 30 minute car trip without any medical treatment.

Moreover, all the fancy touches and playing with narrative structure made it feel like a "we're killing a major character" episode.

[TGWL]

Did you guys hate Tyrese? I don't get all this I wish he would just hurry up and die stuff. I was hoping he would still somehow make it all the way until the end.

I really liked Tyreese. I was holding out hope that he'd improbably live, because dying like that, in that drawn-out, exhausting, dreadful, endless way felt too obvious. But it's not like the Hershel thing because as far as I remember, they were able to amputate Hershel's limb pretty quickly and they were already in the prison so he had immediate access to treatment. Tyreese got bit, was lying arouind for what felt like forever, got attacked by ANOTHER zombie, got bit

again, and then had his limb cut off and would have to survive a 30 minute car trip without any medical treatment.

Moreover, all the fancy touches and playing with narrative structure made it feel like a "we're killing a major character" episode.

I think a lot of us were pulling for Tyreese and would have been fine with the show if the he actually survived, but to have it drawn out like that, only for him to not make it seemed a bit too much. I don't think it was a bad episode though.

Edited February 10, 2015 by TGWL

[Benji]

[Your Mom]

That was both kinda dumb and kinda funny at the same time. And not once did it mention Sasha. Does the rule only apply to dudes?

[Lint]

Isn't that whole thing thrown off by Michonne being around for so long, and having a sword?

[GoGo Yubari]

That was both kinda dumb and kinda funny at the same time. And not once did it mention Sasha. Does the rule only apply to dudes?

The rule does only apply to dudes, correct. If it didn't, then someone would have shown up to replace Jacqui.

[Your Mom]

Oh god I totally forgot about her