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The Walking Dead: Season Five
- Thread starter iamlowsound
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Rick was certainly lusting on the doctor's wife, but I suspect she was encouraging it, and she didn't say yes until he admitted he wouldn't have made the offer to anyone else. There is no feeling of gratitude from him for the doctor's treatment of Tara; had we have the van arriving scene and the doctor immediately taking her into surgery I'm sure he would have been grateful. Maybe that's why they didn't show that scene? No idea, but another chance at drama with Rick having to deal with a wife beater who was saving one of his own people in a way that nobody else there was prepared to do.
Also interesting how the Doctor smacked his wife when she tried to break up the fight and then Rick smacked Carl right after.
Hopefully Michonne knocked some sense back into him. Bearded Rick> Shaved Rick.
Hopefully Michonne knocked some sense back into him. Bearded Rick> Shaved Rick.
For all her cunning, Carol isn't thinking clearly and Rick isn't either. The Alexandrians seem to be on the level. Surely the issues like the need for more security, the wife-beating doctor, and so on could have been handled in a better way. Deana does not seem like an unreasonable person.
Were Daryl and Aaron back by the time Rick's fight started? And were we to assume they'd been out all night on their search? I remember them spotting the light in the distance at night time, then when we picked back up with them, it was daylight when they found the dismembered body/disemboweled woman tied to tree.
Something that really bothers me is the disconnect between Deanna and Rick seems to have started as soon as she appointed him "law enforcement officer."
There seems to have been little discussion or understanding of what laws to enforce, and how to enforce them. This should have been a thorough process, because without it, there is tremendous potential for ambiguity and misunderstanding.
I'm not defending Rick, because as an experienced police officer he should know better how to de-escalate, and he obviously did the opposite. But his point was valid, and poorly addressed: The people of Alexandria had a known wife beater in their midst and did nothing about it?
When Pete asked Rick, "What are you going to do, put me in jail?" the answer should have been, "Yes, you'll be confined or separated if necessary." But Pete seemed to know that was not an option and that he was above the law.
Kind of a big confusing plot hole for me.
You sure Deanna and the Alexandria people aren't keeping some important knowledge from Rick and his group (and us)? The Alexandrians seem too weak to survive let alone thrive in this environment. I think they're hiding a big secret.
There seems to have been little discussion or understanding of what laws to enforce, and how to enforce them. This should have been a thorough process, because without it, there is tremendous potential for ambiguity and misunderstanding.
I'm not defending Rick, because as an experienced police officer he should know better how to de-escalate, and he obviously did the opposite. But his point was valid, and poorly addressed: The people of Alexandria had a known wife beater in their midst and did nothing about it?
When Pete asked Rick, "What are you going to do, put me in jail?" the answer should have been, "Yes, you'll be confined or separated if necessary." But Pete seemed to know that was not an option and that he was above the law.
Kind of a big confusing plot hole for me.
You sure Deanna and the Alexandria people aren't keeping some important knowledge from Rick and his group (and us)? The Alexandrians seem too weak to survive let alone thrive in this environment. I think they're hiding a big secret.
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I think it might be time for the boy to ditch the hat. I have such a hard time taking his character seriously with that ill fitting thing on his head.
Yeah, I know! It made sense when he was a little kid playing dress up. Now he's too old.
I'm betting that the Wolves and Alexandrians are working together and that Deanna uses those tales to figure out who to manipulate and who to eliminate.
+1 to Rick beginning to act like Shane. I'm thinking that if Rick's group survives this they'll need to take him out of a position of absolute leadership and institute a parliament-style group that votes on appropriate courses of action (maybe five, an odd number for sure so that there can't be a tie on any issues).
+1 to Rick beginning to act like Shane. I'm thinking that if Rick's group survives this they'll need to take him out of a position of absolute leadership and institute a parliament-style group that votes on appropriate courses of action (maybe five, an odd number for sure so that there can't be a tie on any issues).
+1
And I've not read the graphic novel at all, so the term "Wolves" is a bit of a spoiler, but not too bad, because it's obvious someone outside who knows the lay of the land is carving "W's" in walker's foreheads.
I do wonder if that woman tied to the tree was still human while being disembowled and turned after she died. It's a nasty notion, but she looked pretty fresh.
She was lookin' pretty fresh, if I recall correctly... I think she might have turned just after they got there...
Sorry about that but someone else a few pages back used the term "Wolves" and I just kinda ran with it as it seemed to make sense to me. I haven't read the graphic novel either.
I think that Daryl did say something to the effect of "they tied her up and let them tear her apart", and her opening her eyes and beginning twitchy muscle movements in the manner that she did was consistent with how we've all seen others reanimate after death. I guess I could have asked him, I'm 95% sure that I saw Norman Reedus at SxSw, crossing Congress and passing by me as I was heading the opposite way. Don't want to be "that guy" though...
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Really?
Now that I think about it, I vaguely remember the graffiti (which only seemed to me like random graffiti at the time), but at what other times was Wolves mentioned? You'd think after hearing a word like that twice it would have made an impression. I probably need to follow closer...
