The Walking Dead 5.4 "Slabtown" (spoiler alert)

[NewJeffCT]

Another group of survivors is introduced, and although things appear safe and nice, there is a bit of a dark side.

New Zealand promo:

[wyldwolf]

1. Don't all groups of new survivors have a bit of a dark side?

I'm waiting for a group of Millennialists who think this is the start of Armageddon.

[NewJeffCT]

2. they're probably all dead by now

I would think?

And, I agree as well. Any group of survivors probably has some sort of dark side to them if they're 18-24 months into the apocalypse.

[wyldwolf]

4. If you could introduce a new group of survivors, what would be their angle?

How about a survivalist community or a family in a bomb shelter completely unaffected or unaware of the zombie apocalypse?

[NewJeffCT]

6. The "claimers" group from last year

seemed to be kind of survivalists. The book World War Z called them LMOs - Last Men on Earth - as the humans were fighting their way back from the west coast across America, they'd run into people that were holed up in fortified homes in remote areas thinking they were the Last Man on Earth.

Also I would think that in some more remote areas, there should be plenty of people that are okay - Metro Atlanta is 6 million or so people and the state or Georgia is around 10 million. Montana has 1 million people in almost 3 times the area as all of Georgia. Doing the math, GA has 165 people per square mile, Montana has less than 7 - Even if you're the sole survivor in a 10 square mile area in Montana, you're dodging 70 zombies in that area... in Georgia, it's 1,650 zombies in that same area. Of course, being a red state, Montana might have fallen into a Fox News & Rush Limbaugh induced panic, which would have made the matters exponentially worse.

[NewJeffCT]

8. hmm

slow night so far...

[pinboy3niner]

9. People running out to stock up on popcorn and beverages for tonight. :) nt

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Backflash.

Hey, did you see what Murphy did on Z-Nation? Took the food from two survivors, and then allowed their zombie husband/father access to their hideout?

Cold blooded.

[NewJeffCT]

5. yeah

That was pretty asshole-ish of Murphy. Seems like he may end up the King of the Zombies or something.

[NewJeffCT]

7. saw a spoiler

that somebody else gets bitten tonight... [font color=white] the way the article was written, I could not tell if it was Beth or Carol, but one of those two. [/font]

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Ah Pooh.

I thought we already figured out that if you have to hole up somewhere to sequester yourself from the zombie apocalypse, that a Walmart was the best option? Not only does it have food, supplies and toilet stalls, but guns and ammo and the buildings are built more sturdy than Targets.

I'm thinking, a Walmart in the same shopping center as a Home Depot should do. For the lumber.

[Solly Mack]

11. Soon

[NewJeffCT]

12. here we go

interesting - the clock is working.

[NewJeffCT]

13. Grady Memorial in Atlanta

is where Beth is... the cop says Beth owes them

[NewJeffCT]

15. cop and doctor come into the room

said they rescued her from being surrounded by walkers.

[Brigid]

14. "You owe us"?

That doesn't sound good.

[NewJeffCT]

16. Nope

not at all.

[NewJeffCT]

17. They have power in the hospital

very interesting. Another cop in the hallway

[NewJeffCT]

18. Janitor down the hall

weird

[NewJeffCT]

19. even a cafeteria

interesting

[NewJeffCT]

20. this place is weird

the cop was on a stationary bike. Some guy there complaining about being bored...

eating guinea pigs?

[NewJeffCT]

21. WTF was that

the cop orders the doctor to try to save the guy, then when he seemingly can't, the cop slaps Beth?

[Brigid]

23. Yeah.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

24. I hope Beth goes medieval on that cop's ass,

collecting that debt.

[Brigid]

22. They're collecting slaves.

I'm almost afraid to wonder why.

[NewJeffCT]

25. seems that way

now that I think about it

[NewJeffCT]

26. interesting

they're looking for the weak ones?

[NewJeffCT]

27. the woman whose arm got sawed off

made it. Seems to like Beth now

[NewJeffCT]

28. First time in the Zombie Apocalypse

of The Walking Dead that a woman has been in charge of a group of survivors... nice change of pace, even if she's evil as well.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. She does seem to have more of a prominent role than Denise Crosby had.

[NewJeffCT]

29. that was a creepy scene

the asshole cop and the lollipop

[Brigid]

33. You do know what he really wants,

Right?

[NewJeffCT]

34. yep

not exactly subtle

[NewJeffCT]

31. The doctor told Beth the wrong medication?

then said he told her to give him another medicine? WTF Doc?

[Iris]

73. Yeah. He turned out to be a real creep. I think he did it on purpose.

Survival, I guess.

Edit: Oh, yes. I see now.

[NewJeffCT]

74. Yes

I was typing that as the show was going on - I thought he told her the medication she got and administered. However, he later said another medication and I wasn't sure if it was a mental/stress/fatigue error on his part, or if it was purposeful... or if I had heard wrong earlier.

However, it's apparent it was intentional on his part - didn't want competition from another doctor.

[NewJeffCT]

32. the cop notices Beth's wrist scars

from when she tried suicide in season 2

[NewJeffCT]

35. oops

Beth gets caught by lollipop cop in the top cop's office

[NewJeffCT]

36. well, lollipop cop

didn't last long... well deserved death for him. major league asshole

[Brigid]

37. Well, that's going to change things a little.

[NewJeffCT]

38. yep

seems like non a-holes are the exception in the ZA

[Baitball Blogger]

39. Ha-ha.

Too bad she didn't know her zombie-self was able to deliver a little karma.

Though, you know, she had to know she would become one.

Was that his office?

[NewJeffCT]

41. I thought it was the woman's office?

the top cop?

[Baitball Blogger]

43. So she hated the woman cop more than the abuser.

Revenge by self-inflicted zombie assassin.

That's a first.

[NewJeffCT]

40. That was unexpected

Beth & Noah go to escape, and then Noah escapes and Beth gets re-captured. I wonder if Noah is the person who is with Daryl?

[Brigid]

42. Could be.

And Noah told him.about Beth, and maybe Daryl has come back to the group to get help rescuing her. Maybe next week there will be a rescue.

Beth will be on "Talking Dead".

[Joe Shlabotnik]

44. hmm could be.

From some the photos from the filming of this season, it looks like Ricks engaged in this fight too.

[NewJeffCT]

49. i'll have to look that one up

maybe Daryl and Noah get the gang to go back for Carol & Beth?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

54. I saw production photos of darryl and Carrol in atlanta, and also

something with rick involved in a car chase with the cross people's cars.

[NewJeffCT]

56. cool

and, it's a good 600-650 miles from Atlanta to DC

[Brigid]

45. Oh, no!

Carol!

Dawn doesn't know it, but she's really stepped in it now.

[NewJeffCT]

46. Holy crap!

that was quite the ending with Carol being wheeled into the hospital as Beth was about the kill the doctor

[charlie and algernon]

47. well shit

the hell happened there at the end?

[NewJeffCT]

48. Carol & Daryl follow the ambulance

and, something similar happens to when Beth got snatched - these guys take Carol and then bring her to the hospital?

[Baitball Blogger]

50. What a sweet ending.

This is getting better and better.

[NewJeffCT]

52. Beth was almost like Carol Jr

during the escape. killing the bad cop, then blasting away at the walkers...

[Baitball Blogger]

55. Those two together...

they won't need rescuing.

[Brigid]

57. Good point.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

58. wonder if she may had some help from Carol

observing and sniping from nearby vantage point.

[NewJeffCT]

59. I don't think so

but, when I heard the shots go off at the end that were not her gun, I initially thought it was Carol.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

51. Not one of the best episodes,

but thankfully Beth is back in the story. I think its evident that she is no longer the wall flower that she was a season or 2 ago.

I think next week the story will be split between and Abraham's group, and the main group begin an assault on the hospital.

[NewJeffCT]

53. yes

I hope they don't let the Daryl & now Carol cliffhangers out there for another week as the entire episode will be Abraham, Glenn, Maggie, Rosita and Eugene

[Brigid]

60. Anybody else think . . .

Noah and Beth will eventually get together?

[NewJeffCT]

61. Maybe

the greene sisters coming out okay in terms of relationships?

[NewJeffCT]

62. online speculation

carol is a Trojan Horse who let herself be captured, then she'll wreak havoc from inside, with Daryl and Noah outside?

[Brigid]

63. They were just talking about this on "Talking Dead".

Since we don't know the time line, it could be. But Beth would be wise not to let on that they know each other.

[Baitball Blogger]

65. That would have been a huge risk, since Carol could not be sure that they

would have taken her. How would she know that they would take her too?

[NewJeffCT]

67. good point

they could have just shot her & let her die.

[NaturalHigh]

64. I wasn't impressed.

Hopefully it will lead to an interesting angle, but I just kept waiting to see some of the regulars last night.

[Baitball Blogger]

66. Beth is acquiring scars on her face that will have to become permanent marks on

her character's face. Unless a plastic surgeon surfaces.

I'm guessing the scars will be a metaphor to indicate that she's has undergone a metamorphosis.

[NewJeffCT]

68. somehow

I don't think many guys would kick her out of bed for having a scar on her face.

good point on the metaphor, though.

[miyazaki]

69. Beth is the biggest bore on the show

-as the latest episode proved. Though I realize they're setting
up another storyline. With too many players involved, it seems there needs
to be a major bloodbath. And the gore/shock factor is about the only trick the producers
have left, (like so many shows). To me, The Governor was the last somewhat interesting character
they had.

[NewJeffCT]

70. well, they didn't give her a lot to do and have not

but, it did show how much her character has changed since season 2 when she almost killed herself. I'm not a big fan of Beth either, though I don't hate her, either. You can't expect Emily Kinney to turn into The Most Interesting Woman in the World with fewer lines than the Most Interesting Man has in his Dos Equis commercials.

[Marrah_G]

72. I like beth more and more as time goes on.

[Marrah_G]

71. I think that darryl and carol followed the ambulance to the hospital and found Noah outside

He told them what was happening and how to get Carol inside.