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The Walking Dead thread "Killer Within" episode **POSSIBLE SPOILERS WITHIN** (Original Post) Flaxbee Nov 2012 OP
It looks like they have a one black man quota. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #1
uh oh. Flaxbee Nov 2012 #2
Nah...T-dogg took a bite to the shoulder..so either he is going to lose an arm HipChick Nov 2012 #4
oh, crap Flaxbee Nov 2012 #5
T-dogg is a dead puppy. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #7
aww man..they didn't have to do T-Dog like that.. HipChick Nov 2012 #9
No they didn't. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #10
The prisoner Rick left out in the yard lured them in. Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #21
I caught that on the rerun. Thanks. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #24
I missed the First Word..anyone catch it? HipChick Nov 2012 #3
what's that all about? I've seen others refer to it, but I'm clueless Flaxbee Nov 2012 #6
It's for a sweepstakes..you have to get all three words to enter HipChick Nov 2012 #8
The first word was "Fear" ellie Nov 2012 #60
Baby coming during the zombie attack. texanwitch Nov 2012 #11
This better not turn into a zombie baby. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #12
On the farm it would have been easy. texanwitch Nov 2012 #13
Realistically, someone is going to smother that baby to keep it quiet. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #14
My money is on Carl Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #34
Having to shoot his Mother will change him. texanwitch Nov 2012 #48
I think the hardest part would be the noise... babies just cry. There was a horrible, horrible MASH Flaxbee Nov 2012 #15
I remember that. Hawkeye went crazy. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #26
I never saw that one. Brigid Nov 2012 #36
Wasn't that the series finale? ellie Nov 2012 #53
It was the finale. I think part of Hawkeye's breakdown was that he was in denial about the baby... MiddleFingerMom Nov 2012 #58
Massive Freakin' Spoilers! Hayabusa Nov 2012 #16
Man.....that was.... Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #17
Wow, Carl did his own mother in. krispos42 Nov 2012 #18
wait! wait! what??! Why? Flaxbee Nov 2012 #28
His mom died in labor krispos42 Nov 2012 #54
Well, technically she died after Maggie ran a knife across her abdomen. rug Nov 2012 #55
I think she only passed out from shock, was alive and aware as she was being cut jp11 Nov 2012 #63
Going into shock would be the best scenario. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #66
carl is going to one fucked up little boy... BlueMan Votes Nov 2012 #56
What the hell did I just see? dawg Nov 2012 #19
wow -what an intense episode NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #20
Poor Carl. texanwitch Nov 2012 #22
Poor Rick. He still loved her too. dawg Nov 2012 #23
I was glad Carl and Lori were able to have their moment. dawg Nov 2012 #27
Carl is rapidly turning into a sociopath. Brigid Nov 2012 #33
Disagree he was mournful and struggled to do what he jp11 Nov 2012 #65
Hooolllllyyyy shit on a Ritz cracker!!!!! Brigid Nov 2012 #25
I think Andrea just wants to get laid. newcriminal Nov 2012 #29
Is she turning to the dark side. texanwitch Nov 2012 #32
Oh, I so hope that Andrea has smarten up and learned how to use Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #67
Merle seems a little different now. texanwitch Nov 2012 #70
I think there were at least one other person in prison hiding. texanwitch Nov 2012 #30
It was.... Liberal Veteran Nov 2012 #35
OK. texanwitch Nov 2012 #40
I wonder how he managed to survive? n/t Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #42
tell me - tell me - tellmetellmetellmetellme! Flaxbee Nov 2012 #31
Lori died, the baby is still alive. texanwitch Nov 2012 #37
Spoilers inside Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #38
In Talking Dead the actress said that Lori knew from the beginning Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #68
dead newcriminal Nov 2012 #39
Answers Hayabusa Nov 2012 #41
well NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #43
At least you can remember Carol's name the rest of us couldn't. newcriminal Nov 2012 #44
I couldn't remember NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #45
I thought that was Carol's body, not T-Dogg's DebJ Nov 2012 #69
I'll have to watch it again, but NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #74
They didn't actually show Carl shooting Lori. We could hear the shot and are to assume he shot her. newcriminal Nov 2012 #51
So how stupid was that prisoner who managed to escape being locked in a pen with zombies? Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #46
I think he found the dead deer. newcriminal Nov 2012 #47
Maybe. What was that thing he left on the ground? n/t Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #49
Looked like a heart. Maybe the deer's heart. newcriminal Nov 2012 #50
T-Dogg is on "Talking Dead." Brigid Nov 2012 #52
What if Carl couldn't bring himself to do it and Lori shows up as a walker? MiddleFingerMom Nov 2012 #57
How would we know the difference? Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #59
Me too jp11 Nov 2012 #62
I doubt it... LP2K12 Nov 2012 #61
He did it Shrek Nov 2012 #64
Damn -- just damn. aikoaiko Nov 2012 #71
Yes. texanwitch Nov 2012 #73
If Rick wasn't a zombie killing machine before he will be now. texanwitch Nov 2012 #72
Girl Shrek Nov 2012 #75
Thanks. texanwitch Nov 2012 #76
The baby did look way too healthy for the circumstances. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #78
Oh, hah hah, I just got the double entendre of the title Duer 157099 Nov 2012 #77
I was thinking NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #79

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
12. This better not turn into a zombie baby.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:49 PM
Nov 2012

But really, there's no realistic way to raise that baby, is there?

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
13. On the farm it would have been easy.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 10:56 PM
Nov 2012

There was food, and cows for milk.

Not now.

What a rough way to have a baby.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
48. Having to shoot his Mother will change him.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:41 PM
Nov 2012

I would keep a eye on the baby.

Now they will have to find food for the baby, joy.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
15. I think the hardest part would be the noise... babies just cry. There was a horrible, horrible MASH
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:01 PM
Nov 2012

episode - I didn't even understand it for a while because I was young when I saw it - they were all on a bus and one woman's baby started to fuss - the enemy was very nearby - and she suffocated/smothered it to save everyone else.

Took me a long time to "get" what happened - I thought she just quieted her baby - and I don't know when I've been as devastated by something I saw on tv.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
58. It was the finale. I think part of Hawkeye's breakdown was that he was in denial about the baby...
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 03:05 AM
Nov 2012

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... and in his mind, he thought it was a chicken that the woman killed to keep it quiet.
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krispos42

(49,445 posts)
54. His mom died in labor
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:58 AM
Nov 2012

And they come back as zombies when they die, even if they weren't bitten. Ergo...


jp11

(2,104 posts)
63. I think she only passed out from shock, was alive and aware as she was being cut
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:54 AM
Nov 2012

then either passed out or died from shock. I don't think we can say on way or the other the only thing is either Carl killed his mom or he kept her from coming back (assuming he actually shot her in the head).

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
66. Going into shock would be the best scenario.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:55 AM
Nov 2012

Because, if she died, she could have sent live Zombie virus to the baby.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
20. wow -what an intense episode
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:06 PM
Nov 2012

poor T-Dogg has to go out in the same episode where Lori gives birth & dies.

surprised the other guy made it.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
27. I was glad Carl and Lori were able to have their moment.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:17 PM
Nov 2012

I was hoping so badly that Rick would bust through that door just in time, with Herschel in tow.

jp11

(2,104 posts)
65. Disagree he was mournful and struggled to do what he
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:58 AM
Nov 2012

allegedly did off camera, plus he invoked the memory of what Rick told him about Rick and Lori one day dying and having to do what needed to be done, to grow up.

He certainly isn't like many young kids his age in our world but how could he be growing up in that one seeing what he sees and doing what he does.

I think when/if he does this kind of thing w/o any struggle/remorse/emotion he'll be on the road to being a sociopath/ the Shane path of doing the math.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
25. Hooolllllyyyy shit on a Ritz cracker!!!!!
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:14 PM
Nov 2012

I fell asleep on the couch just as the episode was starting, and woke up to just in time for. . . Hooollllyyyy shit.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
67. Oh, I so hope that Andrea has smarten up and learned how to use
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:57 AM
Nov 2012

her feminine allure to get into their heads.

Michonne is going to need her because, if you saw the Talking Dead, you know what has already become obvious. Michonne doesn't suffer fools.

Oh, and I think that T-Dogg's death is a sign that they wanted him out of the way to allow Merle a chance to reunite with the group. So, it is possible that Merle and Andrea may become an item.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
70. Merle seems a little different now.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:39 AM
Nov 2012

He wanted to go and find his brother but the Governor said no.

I think Merle will go anyway.

Andrea likes the bad boys.

Being really close friends with the Governer would be great for her.

Michonne is so cool, yeah she suffers no fools.

She made it on her own before, she can do it again.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
30. I think there were at least one other person in prison hiding.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:18 PM
Nov 2012

I quess he was the one who shot the deer in the beginning.

Then set off the alarm.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
40. OK.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:30 PM
Nov 2012

I thought there were only two prisoners left.

He knew his way around the prison.

I think Rick was wrong about the two prisoners.

They could be good guys.

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
31. tell me - tell me - tellmetellmetellmetellme!
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:18 PM
Nov 2012

Can't stand it!

What happened to Lori? Why did Carl have to kill her? Did the baby survive? What happened to T-Dogg at the end?

Gah!

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
37. Lori died, the baby is still alive.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:26 PM
Nov 2012

Carl shot his Mother after she died so she couldn't turn.

I think T-Dogg held off the zombies after he was bitten for as long as he could.

He went out fighting.

I will miss T-Dogg.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
38. Spoilers inside
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:27 PM
Nov 2012

Lori was having a breach birth, so she made Glen's girlfriend use Carl's big ass knife to C-section her and get the baby out, her reasoning being that "the group needs the baby" (WTF? They do????) and so she said goodbye to Carl and made the girl promise that she'd make sure Lori didn't zombify, but after Lori died from the massive knife wound to her belly, the girl chickened out and made Carl do the deed, which he did, with a bit too much stoicism.

TDogg sac'd himself for Sophia's mom, threw himself (after he had already been bitten) in front of a zombie hoard to allow her to get away.

There, all caught up!

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
68. In Talking Dead the actress said that Lori knew from the beginning
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 11:01 AM
Nov 2012

that the pregnancy was a death sentence for her. So I guess those who thought she was a terrible mother owe her an apology.

 

newcriminal

(2,190 posts)
39. dead
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:29 PM
Nov 2012

Lori had to have a c-section. Maggie did it. Carl we assume shot her. Tdog sacrificed himself after bitten to save Sophie's mom. can't think of her name.

Hayabusa

(2,135 posts)
41. Answers
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:31 PM
Nov 2012

While running away from the zombie herd drawn from the surviving prisoner from a couple of episodes ago (the one that Rick locked outside with the zombies) she went into labor. The only ones with her were Maggie and Carl and she needed a C-Section because she was having complications. Not knowing what to do, Maggie agreed to simply cut the child out at the cost of Lori's life. Carl put his mom both out of her misery as well as prevented her from rising. The baby did survive.

As for T-Dogg, he was bitten in the initial attack and fled with Sophia's mother into the prison. In there, they were cornered by another small group of walkers and T-Dogg, knowing he was dying anyway, tackled the two zombies into the wall and held them while she escaped.

EDIT: Beaten to it. By a lot of people...

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
43. well
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:32 PM
Nov 2012

the little guy that Rick had locked in with a bunch of walkers seems to have survived - he lured the walkers in and they swarmed the group, and they all got split up. Hershel (who had just walked into the yard on crutches) and his other daughter were in one area, Carl, Lori and Maggie in one, with T-Dogg & Carol in another area, while Rick, Glen and Daryl were with the two other prisoners (the weasely white guy and the black guy named Oscar)

Oh, the guy seemed to have powered up the backup generator and set off the alarm to attract more walkers.

Unfortunately, T-Dog got bit.

Lori then went into labor, and Carl, Lori and Maggie got shut into a room by a horde of walkers. She couldn't deliver the baby, though, so told Maggie to cut her open to save the baby. Some touching moments between Carl & Lori happened, and Maggie cut her open and got the baby out. They then had Carl shoot his mother off camera.

Rick fought with the little guy(Andrew), but then Oscar got ahold of Rick's gun - and shot the little guy with it. He then gave the gun back to Rick. The group shut off the generator and then stumbled back into the yard to meet up with the rest of the group (they encountered T-Dogg's chewed up body, too, and carol's scarf, but not Carol, I think) The last scene is Maggie & Carl coming into the yard with the baby - and no Lori. It was a very powerful scene. I can't really do it justice.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
74. I'll have to watch it again, but
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:17 PM
Nov 2012

on Talking Dead afterwards, I think they implied that Carol's fate was unknown. I know they found her scarf, so I think they assume she is dead, too.

 

newcriminal

(2,190 posts)
51. They didn't actually show Carl shooting Lori. We could hear the shot and are to assume he shot her.
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:50 PM
Nov 2012

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
46. So how stupid was that prisoner who managed to escape being locked in a pen with zombies?
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:38 PM
Nov 2012

Apparently he had enough wherewithal to not only escape the walkers, but also 1) kill a deer and 2) find some diesel fuel which he hauled back, by hand, to the prison, JUST FOR REVENGE.

What a dope.

jp11

(2,104 posts)
62. Me too
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:48 AM
Nov 2012

but I'm sure the baby's going to be the new "where's Carl?"



"Somebody quiet that baby"

"The baby needs food"

"The baby need diapers"

"I've got a baby to take care of"

"that baby's going to get us killed"

Ugh.

LP2K12

(885 posts)
61. I doubt it...
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:40 AM
Nov 2012

Glen Mazzara said he didn't want to deviate from the books more then he already had to. What they showed is not how Lori died in the books, but it fit the show better.

Shrek

(3,983 posts)
64. He did it
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 09:56 AM
Nov 2012

From an interview with the producer:

I appreciate why you wouldn’t show a young kid shooting his own mother in the head. But as you didn’t, it does raise the question of whether Lori really is dead, dead, dead — in every sense of the word.

[Laughs] I think we’ve seen enough that we know Carl would not miss from that range.

It is a reasonable question to ask, though.

Yeah. I think the bad version of this show would definitely have a half-alive, half-zombie Lori living in the prison doing all sorts of nefarious things in the background. But, no, that poor child did shoot his mother and, yeah, we’re going to be dealing with that.


http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/04/walking-dead-robert-kirkman-8/

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
73. Yes.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:14 PM
Nov 2012

He did what he had to do.

They didn't need to meet a zombie Mom and wife.

Poor kid, he just grew up real fast.

He would need to in that world.

I don't know if Rick could have done it.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
72. If Rick wasn't a zombie killing machine before he will be now.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:11 PM
Nov 2012

He lost his wife in a tough way, and now has a baby to look after.

Was is a boy or a girl, or did they say.

Did I miss it.

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
76. Thanks.
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:07 PM
Nov 2012

A new level of hell to deal with.

I am sure baby formula, clean water, and clean bottles are everywhere.

Even in a prison set up, this will be fun.

I heard the baby on the show was a six week old baby.

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
77. Oh, hah hah, I just got the double entendre of the title
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 01:18 PM
Nov 2012

"Killer Within" -- I was thinking it was in reference to Andrew, the jerk prisoner within the prison.

But Lori also had a killer within!

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