re: The Walking Dead : Season 6, Episode 5 "Now" -- (No comics, or spoilers)

I thought it was a weak episode.

Sometimes this show leans a little too much on the Three's Company method of story telling - to many things rely on people not telling others what they're up to an and thus misunderstanding ensue.

I mean, did Morgan just leave an injured Wolf alone and tied up in alightly locked up house? Speaking of Morgan, what that him commotose on McLesbian Doctor's table? Is he even tied down in case he dies and turns while she is making out with whatshername?

And did Maggie and Aaron just go "under the wall" without telling anyone and left the manhole cover thing in the town unlocked and unbarred? (granted that didn't amount to anything since they came back, but what the hell?)

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Speaking of Morgan, what that him commotose on McLesbian Doctor's table? Is he even tied down in case he dies and turns while she is making out with whatshername?

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Morgan and bo staff can be seen letting Rick in during the beginning of the episode.

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What was the significance of the scrawling on top of the wall?

PNL #1 R Monroe

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Not sure what the "PNL #1" part is (maybe the first piece of the wall?), but I'm pretty sure "R. Monroe" refers to Deanna's husband Reg Monroe who constructed the wall. She was touching his name remembering the loss.

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What was the significance of the scrawling on top of the wall?

PNL #1 R Monroe

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Not sure what the "PNL #1" part is (maybe the first piece of the wall?), but I'm pretty sure "R. Monroe" refers to Deanna's husband Reg Monroe who constructed the wall. She was touching his name remembering the loss.

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It was the first panel erected for the wall and was signed with a welding rod by Reg Monroe.

I thought the episode was ok. I'm a little put out that Glenn is going to have a Sophia-like deal and that probably won't be resolved until the mid season finale.

I don't think this episode moved the story along at all. All we got out of this hour was that the Alexandria leader has found her resolve and that Maggie is pregnant, which we already were pretty sure about.

Also, I don't buy that Rick would take time to make out considering the zombies at the wall and his away team still unaccounted for. I didn't buy that.

There's always time to kiss Alexandra Breckinridge

Decent episode, if a lttle boring.

Agree with Scoop that not much happened aside from the Maggie reveal and ole girl getting her resolve back to lead her people.

I noticed there were a LOT of references to Glenn, and being both potentially dead AND alive. That was a little annoying since it seems like they are gonna drag that shite out for the next half a season or more.

One thing hit me last night...where is Eugene? I couldn't remember for the life of me when the last time we saw him was (I think it was during the raid).

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Pressure on the walls is so great that walker blood is squeezing through tiny perforations in the tin.

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This is my theory. I don't think its dripping from above.

Yes this was one of the weaker episodes this season, but everyone of them has one. Sets things up for later.

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I think they made it a point to show Deanna walking along the wall and passing up the spot where the braced the wall from the truck hit. They're deliberately showing you that it's the weak point on the wall and the pressure from the hoard is breaking it down.

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That's kinda the vibe I got from it as well.

Although I was thinking about this last night...how/why are the walkers pounding on the walls of Alexandria? We know that they basically just wander around aimlessly until something (noise, food, etc.) grabs their attention and the react to/follow it. But why are they at Alexandria and actively trying to get in? Sure, the horn went off and that's what initially attracted them in that direction, but once it went off they shou8ld've just wandered around bumping into shite for eternity. Just because they arrive at a fortified city wall shouldn't mean that they automatically want to get in (in fact, they shouldn't even know what "get inside the wall" means...they have no thought activity).

It just doesn't make any sense, and was sort of aggravating since it's basically only there to create tension/drama.

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I wonder if Jenny McCarthy threw him a sympathy frick on singled out.

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I hope you have some peanut butter to go with all that jelly.