The Walking Dead (no comics spoilers)

I don't trust terminus, something off about that place.

Showdown coming between Ricks group and the guys Daryl is with.

Wonder where the heck Beth is! No mention of her since she was kidnapped.

 

Thats what I am saying, no one watching the gates, not even chained, weird. Think you are right about Carol and Tyrese, probably last.

 

Terminus is shady at BEST.

Where the frell is everyone? Gates aren't guarded or fortified. One crazy hippie old lady? (Tasha Yar has seen better days)

I don't trust it one bit. As someone else said in another forum: "That better not be Beth on the grill."

 

:lol:

My money's on C.

 

Could very well be a meat processing plant, think about how much of a food shortage there is, damn thats a dark thought

Even the name of the place is foreboding, I know what Terminus means but sits a little too close to terminal for me.

Run away from the light!

 

Thinking of the group Daryl is now with, what do we know of them as fact?

They're a rough bunch. Yes. But are they necessarily evil or hostile?

They have a set of rules that are simple, yet harshly punished if broken. (Hehe, a society built on calling shotgun).

Just considering the alternative for a few moments...

Our first meeting with them, Rick never even sees them when they come in the home. He quickly hides (reasonable and appropriate) and hears some commotion going on downstairs. A man can be heard begging "please, no no no," and then a scream of pain. Having gone through what Rick has, and considering past history with other outsider bands, this isn't a good sign to Rick.

Then he gets trapped when a man comes in and lies down on the bed. He hears one man exclaim how a woman has been in the house recently and he's going to claim her if they find her. (Along with some lewd comments). Then someone else enters the room and tells the man taking a nap to get out. The man protests that he claimed the bed. Second man tells him he don't care and GTFO. Scuffle ensues and the first man is choked out.

Now, if we're in Rick's shoes, these people are animals. We need to do whatever it takes to get out of dodge fast (and before Carl and Michonne come back).

So Rick panicked. (Understandable) Went into fight or flight mode (also reasonable). When cornered in the bathroom with no time to ask questions (and already in fear), he just attacks and kills the guy - considering the circumstances through his eyes, very appropriate. He leaves the door open knowing the guy would turn so they would become distracted and he can make his escape.

The next time we see them, they are carefully approaching Daryl from all sides, weapons drawn. But they don't harm Daryl. They don't even rob him. They use a little intimidation at first until the leader, Joe, decides that's enough of that. They invite him into the fold.

What if I told you that Len (the POS having conflict with Daryl in the last episode. Now deceased) was BOTH the same guy mouthing off about claiming that woman, AND the one who choked out the poor napping guy? That's all but been confirmed (meaning, plenty of people have made solid cases for it on fan sites. The show hasn't confirmed it yet to my knowledge). So not only was Len a lying, conniving POS, but he also held little respect for the rules if HE wanted something, and in short, he was just an a-hole.

Who was the guy begging, then screaming in pain? He was one of their own. What if, just... what if... they had to treat an injury (like putting his shoulder back in its socket) or he had a bum tooth, so they held him down to yank it? It's not like they can go down to the dentist to have a root canal. (Something I'm amazed the show hasn't touched on yet.) Or hell... maybe he broke a rule.

Obviously these guys are not "nice." But could they be better than what meets first impression? Joe, especially, seems interesting.

Or not. for all we know, Terminus is a cannibal camp, and Joe's group herds people to them. LOL

 

Yeah, I'm just spit balling.

That group is not a gentleman's club for sure. Just curious where the story will lead and if things may not be as they seem. But if they turn out to be pure savages, it wouldn't surprise me either.

I'm hoping Beth is not in danger. But I'm not kidding when I say that I fear she's what's for dinner. Ok, maybe I'm kidding a little.

 

Would be even worse if they eat her before finding out the truth

 

Yeah.....

If the spoiler I heard is even remotely true, forget everything I said about the "claimers." No decency to be found there at all.

No. I won't repeat it.

 

This episode is disappointing me, but I think the "grilling Beth" joke may have been close to the truth.

 

Sick bastard, I dont have a problem with that

They are definitely cooking people there, sure hope Beth was taken by someone else and not on the menu.

Episode wasn't as action packed as they led us to believe but still liked it, scene where Rick rips the guys throat out and they kill everyone was intense.

 

Yes, the spoiler was accurate. (Not that hard to suss out considering glimpses from several foreign previews matched storyboard for storyboard with almost the exact same sequence from the comics). The rest of the episode?

Kind of anti-climatic.

They even managed to figure out that they were being herded... then let themselves get herded anyway.

I still think Terminus is a cannibal camp. They keep their "livestock" in the train cars until butchering time. Even Rick took a sharp notice to the, er, umm... discarded leftover body parts in that scrap heap.

I'm guessing Carol and Tyrese haven't arrived yet. Beth must be elsewhere. (I hope)

From what I could tell, Terminus has maybe 20-30 main residents. Over half of them older women. Yeah, they just REALLY messed with the wrong people.

 

Really? I thought the season was very good. Only one episode that was pretty boring, the Daryl/Beth one but I still liked it because you learned a lot about Daryl. I like the character development, not every show has to be running for your life and getting munched on by zombies. The show is as much about relationships as it is zombies.