03-12-2012, 10:10 PM
Rick-o wrote:Yeah, good, good stuff. And they're saying next week will be a just as much of a kick in the pants.
Ok, I'm surprised no one has started a thread about the show yesterday, so I'll get it rolling.
Like or disliked?
I thought it was pretty damn good! Shane finally gets his just desserts, and it's a double tap! Father and son, no less. ( I know, not a real double tap, but hey, it sounded good) What a way to go! Rick tricks Shane into thinking he's giving him his gun, then stabs him in the heart!! Carl even gets into the act with his first zombie kill. All done under a fantastic foggy, full moon night. I'm glad Shane is off the show, but man, they go through their main characters fast! A regular cast member "gets it" virtually each week now.
And while I'm at it, is Rick a cat, or what? Seems like he has nine lives with all the close calls he's had. Always comes out on top, though.
I also found it a bit unbelievable that they would give Carl, a boy of what, 8-10 years old an automatic pistol to carry around. I guess they needed that to complete the final scene, but it kind of seemed far fetched to me.
Really liking this show and I'm sorry that the season finale is next week. Will have to wait for Fall to get my next Walking Dead fix.
The Shane Rick showdown has been trying to boil over for awhile now. I still think the scene where Rick laid down the law to Shane after their punch up was Rick setting up the same scene we saw last night. When he gave Shane back his gun and turned his back on him, I think he was just waiting for Shane to go for it and was ready to turn and put one between Shane's eyes.
I think people tend to peg Rick as weak, but I suspect it's more a matter of him keeping himself in check than a reluctance to bring the smack down. It's quite obvious to me that when Rick decides he's going to bring the hammer down, he can bring a whole world of hurt.
Carl is actually 12 according to the wiki. Given the zombie apocalypse, life or death, they have to grow up fast now thing going on, I can see them giving him a gun. Granted, a revolver that's not going to possibly jam would probably make more sense, but that's more nerdy detail spotting than something the average viewer is going to give two seconds thought.