re: Official The Walking Dead S05E12 "Remember" NO COMICS

Good episode and agree with most of the talking points over the last few pages.

Did Deanna also make Mischonne a constable?

I laughed in Daryl's interview how he was still walking around with the possum

I thought this episode was pretty good and by the end of it the story had progressed alot. I think the take on this place is that it is a safe place, menaing its inhabitants don't mean them any harm, but it is also a very dangerous place because these people are so weak and vulnerable and it is a setup any outsiders would want to take. The only reason it has survived was mentioned by the senator lady, the entire northern Virginia area, millions of people, were evacuated. There aren't any people, or walkers in that area of the country. Maybe just a few walker stragglers here and there.

I also think Rick's crew was recruited with a purpose, protection. The senator knows these people are weak, they have probably started to increasingly encounter walkers, or maybe roving bands, while on scavenger hunts. There are also the 3 people she banished. She knows there are threats out there and that this community needs protection. I doubt she really understands just how bad it is on the outside though.

There is something with that girl. Pretty sure she is the one who took Rick's gun. She might even be a plant for some outside group and she is giving them intel. Over course, I think if that were the case they would already know this place was weak and would have taken it down by now. She's been there for months already. So I am thinking this girl is just feral, like the group she was outside too long. I think she definitely took the gun though.

Thought Darryl might be feeling out of place. I think he got reassurance whne the bada$$ braintrust, Rick, Carol, and Darryl met outside and Rick told them that they were either going to make this place work or they were going to take it from them. Took that to mean that these people were either going to get on Rick's page or they were going to get out. I'm sure Darryl liked that line of thinking because I think he was worried Rick was going soft. Rick isn't going to go back to soft.

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They built this set in an actual neighborhood so maybe they had to build it that way to keep the roads clear or something

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Here's an overhead shot of the wall. It's awfully close to the actual street so I'm guessing you're right. They probably knew people would nitpick about the braces but really didn't have much of a choice.

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It really is annoying and sadly I think this may have been a good by the set designers for the show and people having no clue how something works and instead thinking it looked "cool"

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Yeah, could be. That's disappointing if so.

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Not so much that Rick and crew are the bad guys, but it's neat to see two groups of survivors with totally different outlooks due to how they've been living.

No doubt Rick and his crew are suffering from some serious PTSD from all their ventures. And this new group, with their secure way of life and order in their community is so different than what Rick is used to.

But deep down, this is what Rick wanted. He just didn't think it could be achieved and him now becoming a Sheriff again should do wonders for his state of mind.

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Agreed on just about all of that. Surely, deep down it's what everybody wants, at least on some level. Everyone in a ZA atmosphere surely would have to dream about a day when things get back to some resemblance of normal...even someone like Darryl who never really fit in with "normal life."

The first thing I'd do if we decided to stay there was knock out the two walls between the houses and connect them into one giant house. That way your group isn't really split up, and you could occupy both houses while still being together. Especially considering the houses are only a few feet apart. I'd also go around reinforcing every entrance (and checking for secret ones, in case the townspeople were spying on me). I know I'd be hella paranoid if I were in Rick's shoes right now.

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This dude is like the rich douche villain in an 80s teen movie

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DAMMIT!! i was coming in just to post that gem.

it's the first thing i thought.

"We gotta couple of hot biscuits for you"

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I thought the boys said Enid had been there for 8 months, but that it had taken her a few weeks to start talking to them.

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"Enid is from outside too....she just came a few months ago."

They did say that it took her a few weeks to start talking though, but it definitely wasn't 8 months (only "a few months ago").

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The first thing I'd do if we decided to stay there was knock out the two walls between the houses and connect them into one giant house.

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Good thought but there are just no resources to do that (reconfiguring load bearing walls, new slab for the connection, etc.)

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This dude is like the rich douche villain in an 80s teen movie
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DAMMIT!! i was coming in just to post that gem.

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Yeah, he was pretty classic Zabka.

And his name is Aidan, which is pretty perfect.