Kevin Bacon Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I feel like this show deserves Emmys for the first time since it started. Mainly for Andrew Lincoln, but he always has Bryan Cranston to compete with (though this half season didn't quite get him at any peak performances). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This show is the best thing going for AMC.. The black guy getting mauled was tense.. Just wish they'd tone down on showing so many commercials.. Seems like there's a commercial every 5 minutes... Not gonna happen, AMC is getting an obscene amount of money for that ad space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bacon Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 This show is the best thing going for AMC.. WRONG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 T-Dog...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1sLori... (comic spoilers follow): Wow, just wow I did not expect them to kill her off so early. She dies in the comic but based on how the events in the comics go that point in time would have been the Season 4 finale probably. I expected Carol to show up at the last minute to be able to perform the C-Section safely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bacon Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Part of me can't help but feel this was damage control for last season by getting rid of Lori and simultaneously inspiring a character change for Carl, possibly into someone who doesn't completely suck. I would have preferred Carol dying over T-Dog, but whatever there.But just wow at Andrew Lincoln's performance there in the end, he's got some skills. Lauren Cohan too, for that matter. The acting by pretty much everyone in the ending there made that feel almost more real and raw than I'm comfortable with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) I'm waiting for the trolls to emerge and say that the show is racist because once they found a suitable replacement for T-Dog as "the black guy" they killed him off. Edited November 5, 2012 by 4815162342 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Wow what an eventful episode! RIP Lori and T-Dogg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bacon Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Just on a side note, I'd like to say that the WORST show on AMC is Comicbook Men.. I mean, Kevin Smith must be desperate.. WRONG again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 5, 2012 Author Community Manager Share Posted November 5, 2012 Part of me can't help but feel this was damage control for last season by getting rid of Lori and simultaneously inspiring a character change for Carl, possibly into someone who doesn't completely suck. I would have preferred Carol dying over T-Dog, but whatever there.But just wow at Andrew Lincoln's performance there in the end, he's got some skills. Lauren Cohan too, for that matter. The acting by pretty much everyone in the ending there made that feel almost more real and raw than I'm comfortable with.Carl hasn't completely sucked this season at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 5, 2012 Author Community Manager Share Posted November 5, 2012 I have to give this episode an A-. Some Notes: 1) Woodbury drama should have either been taken completely out or condensed so that it was no longer being shown after the zombies arrived in the prison. The whole plot was about them deciding to stay another day...which is nowhere near as exciting when you have: 2) T-Dog's death. Sacrificing his life to save Carol was pretty epic. Although it was funny how they get Carol's shirt and just assume she's dead. I bet the actor was really happy he finally got some lines and then got to the part where he got bit and he was like "Damn it! I finally express my opinions and I die!" Oh, T-Dog...you had to become Dale right before you died. 3) Lori's childbirth drama and death. I wasn't expecting this at all. I considered Lori "too central to be killed" but...wow. The whole childbirth scene was disgusting but it was amazing. I never liked Lori, but her death had an emotional impact because of Carl. Carl hasn't really sucked this season and he's been in the process of redeeming himself, but damn if Carl having to witness his mom's death and then having to shoot her didn't touch me. I also liked how Carl was stoic while his dad understandably broke down. This episode wasn't the most bad-ass but it's the first episode where the action carried an emotional weight to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Holy shit.That was a seriously intense episode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Shit, I told T-Dogg he should've just lay low. This is the first episode where he has an opinion about something (the prisoners) and he dies. RIP. Edited November 5, 2012 by CoolioD1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shorts Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 T-Dogg should have never removed that riot gear once he found it. I would have had that on 24/7!Btw is the new black guy supposed to take Tyrese's place from the comics? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) T-Dogg should have never removed that riot gear once he found it. I would have had that on 24/7! Btw is the new black guy supposed to take Tyrese's place from the comics? That's my assumption now. My favorite little bit was when T-Dog says his piece about the prisoners, Daryl adds in that most guys may be lowlifes but not psychos, and then: T-Dog: So you're with me? Daryl: Hell No! *with a funny scrunched up facial expression* Edited November 5, 2012 by 4815162342 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 How did they manage to make the death of such a hated character so sad?? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted November 6, 2012 Author Community Manager Share Posted November 6, 2012 By using Carl. Making him witness his mother's death while delivering a baby, then having him shoot her in the head? Powerful stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Yeah but even the way she handled it was very admirable. From her attitude and actions during last season, you wouldn't think it's the same Lori who would sacrifice herself and handle it in such a way to make it the best impact on Carl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I was hoping for a zombie baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I was hoping for a zombie baby.Me too.Great episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
