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[Wormius]

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Hmm, that I don't recall. I thought they did show him kill it.

As far as the airborne part, I sure hope not as there is no way Rick and Shane wouldn't be infected now. Escpecially Rick after pulling that dead zombie onto himself as well as the 3 zombies he blew away when they were standing over him.

I mean honestly, at this point they are barely doing anything to keep zombie fluids off of them. In the first season when they hacked up that zombie for camoflauge, they were very careful not to get any fluids on them. This season we have seen people yanking arrows out of walkers and wiping the blood off on their pants or doing disections only wearing gloves, getting covered in blood when they open up with firearms. Certainly no where near the level of care as the first season. Only thing I can think of is the guy from the CDC in s01 told Rick something about how it transmits. Like possibly they are all already infected but that makes no sense.

If they think they have some slow degeneration caused by the virus, it may be the right motivation to get them off the farm and looking towards some place that might have a cure again. I don't know how the whole Walking Dead universe goes, but it seems like groups are so alienated from each other that without any communications infrastructure they would have a hard time knowing what it is happening out there and they need to start moving again.

I'd like to understand why they think they are better off in a small group instead of pooling resources with others who are in the same boat as them. Aside from being able to stay alive, there is no real... skill or talent in the group to do anything better than what they are doing now.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Which, coincidentaly, started right after the CDC part. However....

IF everyone is already infected that would indicate to me there are two viruses at work here (one turns you and one kills you) meaning you don't need to be bitten/scratched by a zombie to become one, you simply just have to die. I don't think we have seen that yet, someone just dying and turning.

I think the jerk got bitten, became feverish, died, and came back. Can't remember his name, but Sophie's dad.

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by Wormius

If they think they have some slow degeneration caused by the virus, it may be the right motivation to get them off the farm and looking towards some place that might have a cure again. I don't know how the whole Walking Dead universe goes, but it seems like groups are so alienated from each other that without any communications infrastructure they would have a hard time knowing what it is happening out there and they need to start moving again.

I'd like to understand why they think they are better off in a small group instead of pooling resources with others who are in the same boat as them. Aside from being able to stay alive, there is no real... skill or talent in the group to do anything better than what they are doing now.

Maybe they should make a trade with the other outside group.

Shane for Randal and a first (e5)?

[Mccree]

I loved the shot of Shane looking at the window (of the building he threw the wrench in) and his reflection made him look like a Zombie. Thought it was great!!

[Lobotroth]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I think the jerk got bitten, became feverish, died, and came back. Can't remember his name, but Sophie's dad.

Same with Andrea's sister.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Maybe they should make a trade with the other outside group.

Shane for Randal and a first (e5)?

But Shane is the face of the group. He can't be traded. He was the lead Walker and Uninfected killer the previous season.

What a sad 2012 trade deadline.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Lobotroth

Same with Andrea's sister.

Wasn't her wound life-threatening on its own though? Jim was just a bite, if I recall. Not that it makes much difference.

[Ben_in_Canada]

Originally Posted by Wormius

But Shane is the face of the group. He can't be traded. He was the lead Walker and Uninfected killer the previous season.

What a sad 2012 trade deadline.

I wouldn't mind it if they split up the groups and followed both
Simultaneously with Shane leading the cowboy group into battle after deadly battle losing people every episode

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Maybe they should make a trade with the other outside group.

Shane for Randal and a first (e5)?

Too late, the deadline has passed.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

I'm pretty sure that zombie in the field was no one in particular. Looked to me like a chubby businessman in a tie at the end.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I think the jerk got bitten, became feverish, died, and came back. Can't remember his name, but Sophie's dad.

Negative....his wife went midieval on his skull the next day. He never came back.

I think you are thinking of the guy that was rolling with Dale (Jim), the guy digging all the graves on the top of that hill in s01. He got bitten, became feverish but the dropped him off on the side of the road on their way into Atlanta. We never see him turn though.

[Flame19,289]

The "walkers" in this episode definitely seemed different, starting with the two cops that Rick and Shane took out at the gate. Was it me, or did they look a little more gray than pale?

I was also pondering the pile of incinerated bodies that Rick discovered at the Municipal Center, along with the pile that the group burned on the farm after Shane busted open the barn. Does that somehow tie into the explosian at the CDC? Perhaps incineration allows the virus to become airborne?

[DuffMan]

the walker in the field and the significance of the scratches with no bite marks, and Shane and his knife, might all be....nothing. I say that because everyone thought the arm falling off the truck had some significance, but now I don't think so. I think they may throw these things in, in case they need a storyline they can tie into it.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

the walker in the field and the significance of the scratches with no bite marks, and Shane and his knife, might all be....nothing.

I think the Walker in the field has no particuler significance other then presenting a nice visual, I think there was some sort of message it was meant to convay to the viewer what exactly I don't know. Shane and the knife... I think that was an oversight by the show (i.e. I think they just didn't consider the implications of using the same knife... and I think they could just try to explain it away as him wiping it away offscreen). On the otherhand I think the "no bite marks" scene does have significance, I think it goes back to what the scientist whispered in Rick's ear and I think what he whispered was "It's airbourne" I think that the guards died and came back as walkers without being bitten.

[Ben_in_Canada]

I can't buy into the airboune theroy, that would be game over too quickly.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Ben_in_Canada

I can't buy into the airboune theroy, that would be game over too quickly.

How so If the airbourne mutation of the virus doesn't become active until you die?

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by Parallex

How so If the airbourne mutation of the virus doesn't become active until you die?

What killed the two cops? They surely didn't die of old age and they had no apparent injuries that would have killed them.

Either the scratches were infected by the virus, or they died of an airborn virus.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Ben_in_Canada

I can't buy into the airboune theroy, that would be game over too quickly.

Originally Posted by Parallex

How so If the airbourne mutation of the virus doesn't become active until you die?

Exactly.... right now everyone is affected, but when you die, that's when it takes over.

It also explains why some people aren't eaten. They die of other ways, then come back as a walker.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by J-bo09

Interesting read on ign.com about how the last episodes with darabonds involvement was the mis-season finale. The new writers were unhappy with the slow burn pace of the show. I think we will see the show start picking up considerably in the last couple episodes.

That's interesting, I think Robert Kirkman is now more active in the series as well since Darabond left. I was fine with the slower pace, but if they are as good as last nights episode that's perfect.

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Exactly.... right now everyone is affected, but when you die, that's when it takes over.

It also explains why some people aren't eaten. They die of other ways, then come back as a walker.

Who died of other ways and came back as a walker?