I like what they do with Carol. They were going in an odd direction with her right after Sophia died but she did refocus in the months before season 3's premiere. She seems to be so clear and strong, and she doesn't let her emotions or a nostalgic view of a "good" world get in her way. I absolutely loved the scene where she asked Carl not to tell Rick that she was teaching the kids how to use knives. She knows that world is gone, even if Rick can't bring himself to face it.

Has anyone wondered if there is some plague, if the Governor will have a cure (or claim to have a cure)? I don't know why I feel that way - I haven't read anything. It just sounds like some way they might bring him back in.

Edited October 15, 201312 yr by DRW50

It ticks me the hell off when people say this show is terrible and is only popular because of zombies. Say what you will about the writing or producing (although I don't think it's ever as bad as it's made out to be) but this show has the finest cast on TV. Why do they never get any credit? I don't expect the sneering elite websites like AV Club to ever say as much, but it just feels like nobody acknowledges the cast.

Holy Sh!t! Those ratings are kickass. 8.2 in the key demo is record breaking and makes TWD the highest rated show, it is higher than football and it was up against one of most popular NFL pairings, Cowboys/Washington. Blows me away. Crazy!

I know! That is insane!! Way to go TWD.

So apparently the comic Michonne gave Carl was a Robert Kirkman comic, Invincible. Good way to plug his stuff, I guess.

Danai interview.

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/10/14/the-walking-deads-danai-gurira-on-michonne-and-planning-for-zombies/

Kirkman interview. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/10/14/walking-dead-season-premiere-robert-kirkman/

Edited October 15, 201312 yr by DRW50

It ticks me the hell off when people say this show is terrible and is only popular because of zombies. Say what you will about the writing or producing (although I don't think it's ever as bad as it's made out to be) but this show has the finest cast on TV. Why do they never get any credit? I don't expect the sneering elite websites like AV Club to ever say as much, but it just feels like nobody acknowledges the cast.

I don't know about that, most of the time I find Andrew Lincoln laughably bad. And the girl who plays Beth is not very good at all. And when Andrea was still alive I found the actress so incredibly off-putting that I hated the character even when she was the only one making any sense.

I think Andrew Lincoln's great (Rick is an almost unplayable character, to me, and I imagine that's tough to work with, but he sells it for me). I don't think Laurie Holden ever fit Andrea, although I liked her at times. Emily Kinney has her limits, I agree. There are other people, like David Morrissey (the Governor), who I know are great, from their other work, but just don't work well with the writing or character.

I can point out a few people in the cast who can't act, but the idea is often that no one cares about the characters, they just want to see zombies. I don't think that's true. I think the show for the most part has a wonderful cast who give strong performances, and they do so even when they are just a minor part of a scene. The characters are why I watch, not the zombies.

Edited October 15, 201312 yr by DRW50

Because social networking is being factored into a show's success, I feel compelled to mention that during the initial airing of the show this past Sunday, 1.6 million TWD tweets took place! Hot Damn!

The only show to come close to that is Scandal with less than half.

I think Andrew Lincoln's great (Rick is an almost unplayable character, to me, and I imagine that's tough to work with, but he sells it for me). I don't think Laurie Holden ever fit Andrea, although I liked her at times. Emily Kinney has her limits, I agree. There are other people, like David Morrissey (the Governor), who I know are great, from their other work, but just don't work well with the writing or character.

I can point out a few people in the cast who can't act, but the idea is often that no one cares about the characters, they just want to see zombies. I don't think that's true. I think the show for the most part has a wonderful cast who give strong performances, and they do so even when they are just a minor part of a scene. The characters are why I watch, not the zombies.

I agree. I actually find the zombies kind of boring, except for scenes like the roof falling in where the characters I know are in direct jeopardy.

Well, the football game was adjusted up 8.4 so it beat TWD, but damn TWD did outstanding.

That's one thing that makes Carol interesting to me. She's become a very different person. I can't even imagine her standing back and letting her husband beat or bully her now. I thought for sure that she would crumble when Sophia died, but she took it better than Andrea who basically chose to die after her sister's death.

I actually find Carol's growth slightly unbelievable. A battered woman who loses her child is exactly the type of person I would think would crumble under these circumstances. However, I like how far she has come.

Has anyone wondered if there is some plague, if the Governor will have a cure (or claim to have a cure)? I don't know why I feel that way - I haven't read anything. It just sounds like some way they might bring him back in.

I doubt it is a plague with a cure. The bleeding eyes of Patrick and the walker Rick was looking at suggests a form of hemorrhagic fever, maybe ebola. Originally, i had not made the connection to the pig dying, but these viruses are contracted from animals. It could be the pig but I would think that the rats are more likely the vector. Regardless, there is no cure or definite treatment. It will make its way through the group. I would think that the elderly, children and those with compromised immune systems will the first to become infected and die. They need to be careful about their sanitation and the animals that they consume.

I just re-watched the season 4 trailer. After watching the premeire, my interpretation of the scenes from the trailer is different. Needless to say things are about to get very difficult our group.

Edited October 16, 201312 yr by Ann_SS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiyGT_xkw28

I still find Carl to be unbearable and want him to die. It was so nice being free of Andrea.