re: Official The Walking Dead S05E06 "Consumed" NO COMICS

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I thought she was like 18 at the beginning and like in early 20's now.

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I'm pretty sure she was 16 in season 2, and probably around 17 or 18 by season 5. But there is still a large age gap between 18 and mid 30s to mid 40s.

She celebrated her 21st bday with her first drink last season, right?

As badass as Daryl is, he now has a pretty terrible track record of protecting the women he is with. I hope that turns into badass daryl rage in the imminent hospital attack.

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She was in a relationship with Jimmy, another survivor of the apocalypse. After his death, she later began a relationship with Zach, who also died.

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Maybe Daryl doesn't like her track record. Talk about tainted love.

i haven't read the thread but i'm a big fan of gimple as the showrunner.

i wouldn't say last night was action packed but the last two episodes imo had great character development. daryl and carol are both pretty sympathetic characters and the writers and/or gimple do a great job at conveying things as simply and effectively as possible.

in epi one with the reunion of rick and carol and carol being asked to be let back in the group and rick asking her if she'd have them was pretty powerful.

and last night in one sentence carol summed up daryl when he asked her how he'd changed "u used to be a boy, now you're a man" i'm paraphrasing bc i don't remember the quote exactly she might've said kid instead of boy.
but in that one sentence she encapsulated his journey thus far.

i didn't post after last week's episode but the connection of eugene and gabriel as cowards and the secrets they both tried to keep. had to keep.
when asked (once again paraphrasing) about what he was thinking about before his secret let out "...i'm thinking about that preacher..."

but it was that cowardice coupled with quick thinking from eugene that gave abraham a mission and a reason to live instead of eating a bullet.

great use of flashbacks so far without relying on them or spending too much time on them. they've given you exactly what you needed.

there's always gonna be shite to pick apart: in just one scene i.e. "carol getting hit by probably the only moving vehicle in the ATL area and then a bum legged everybody hates chris being able to hold daryl back/convince him not to go after carol.

but even that can be explained/reasoned with from the bginning of the episode i.e. daryl's prudence following the white cross vehicle and thinking about the big picture even when carol suggests "running them off the road"

the past two seasons have really made up for the farm season and parts of season 3. this season could overtake S1 for me when it's over and i'd put S4 3rd. we'll see.

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If they decide to go there with Daryl. They might not. Everything doesn't need to come back to romance, especially in the ZA.

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I don't even think sex is something that means anything to Darryl. Like he could go without it for the rest of his days and be just fine.

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They hit her on purpose.

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no, i know. just sayin. 1 car, quiet city. i'm saying it's a thing that gets picked apart by the masses. i give no shits about it.

My View on the Epsiode:

I'm not sure . I enjoyed the symbolism, flashbacks, and connection between Carol and Big D. I thought it was interesting and necessary. However, was anyone surprised by anything that happened this episode? We all knew they would encounter the murse, go into Hotlanta, and try to infiltrate the hospital. Maybe carol getting hit by the car was supposed to be the surprise portion, but they planned on getting in there anyway. Plus I mentioned multiple times before how I thought it was completely unnecessary to bring in some huge rescue party. It is dangerous getting through the city, but fighting a couple cops should be childs play for a group that has gone through so much compared to another who has been coddled inside of a hospital.

Its not that I didnt like it, but it wasnt my favorite.

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Could be a slaughter.

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Thats kinda my point. It should be a slaughter. Granted Darryl may need a little more help than just the kid. Him and Carol should have easily been able to handle the hospital.

But bringing the whole gang sans carl is just pointless except to try and create more drama and make the hospital crew seem like a tougher matchup than they are.