re: Official The Walking Dead S05E09 "What Happened and What's Going On" NO COMICS

Just finished...I live out west, so I don't get to watch the show until about two hours after the rest of you.

Cinematography was awesome. The slo-mo zombie kill fest while we were witnessing it through Ty's eyes was some of the best work I've seen on TV. The random flashing light/obscure transitions between some of the shots was a little overkill...reminded me of Michael Bay's affinity for light flares. Minor bitch, though. Excellent work. The only zombie kill that looked CGI was Noah stabbing the twin zombie with model plane.

I was surprised how emotional I got during the show. I was more angry than anything that Ty was bit (twice). I really wanted his character to have a chance to grow and reach his potential. Oh, well. I wasn't really sad about his death. However, all the past characters coming back really was tough. Beth, the girls, Bob...I had feels. Then the Gov and that a-hole who chewed gum like Gus Malzahn...complete anger again. Michonne's desperation to find a place, any place, tossed in the mix and it was a roller coaster. I really felt for the group during the final scene on the road. Heart-wrenching.

I have a theory regarding the various body parts and torsos, but that "W" in the forehead kind of threw my thought-process for a loop. I don't know what any of it meant...

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So we've gone from T-Dog to Tyrese to Noah. This is called downgrading, people.

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Noah is W-Dawg... as in WEAK Dawg.

They were still near Atlanta when Morgan was tracking them. Now they are 3 states away. If Morgan finds them anytime soon I'll be annoyed.

In all these seasons they struggled to travel very far at all yet in one episode they can drive 6-8 hours on roads that are probably blocked by cars and bodies??

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yet in one episode they can drive 6-8 hours on roads that are probably blocked by cars and bodies

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on the Talking Dead after the show, they said 17 days had passed since the death of Beth

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I did think it was hilarious that a crippled Noah kept outrunning everybody over and over

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This

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And he can't fight off the other walker? It's weird, one episode he's a beast and the next he can't even fend off a fragile walker.

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And this annoyed the shite out of me

And where did zombie twin come from? The closet? Or was it like a Jack and Jill bathroom setup and he was the one behind the closed door? Either way, you either A) hear a zombie in a closet or B) you see that there is a zombie there behind a door and when you walk into the adjoining room notice open doors. Just hard to look past big time inconsistencies when dealing with characters who are supposed to be experts and dealing with this kind of shite by now

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They were still near Atlanta when Morgan was tracking them. Now they are 3 states away. If Morgan finds them anytime soon I'll be annoyed.

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Morgan has Rick's map to DC.

Anyone got the official count on how much show vs. commercial time we got? Couldn't have been much more than 40 minutes of show.

First commercial didn't come until like the 23 minute mark if I remember correctly

(Not counting the commercials right after the title sequence)

But they came fast and furious (and long) after that. Up until the last segment of the show, which was a little longer.

i haven't read this thread yet (i will when i have some downtime), so i don't know if i'm in the minority or not....but as far as i'm concerned, good riddance to tyrese. he had more than enough time to come to terms with the situation around him, but he still wanted to be "mr. holier-than-thou idealist". it's one thing to yearn for the way things were, but it's another when your beliefs are jeopardizing the safety of the rest of the group. the folks on 'talking dead' want to vault his character into sainthood, and i'm like "why?!?!" yeah, he might've had an awakening of sorts near the end, but it was too little too late for me.... flame away, i reckon