To discuss the episode "Home".
Sunday 9:00 PM on AMCBetween Seasons
re: Helostwin's comments, I agree on most points.
1) that did seem off. Perhaps they were the last survivors of a larger group? otherwise it doesnt make much sense they'd have made it that far.
2) n/a
3) Maggie needed a kill for sure, but she had mentioned before that growing up on a farm, she learned how to shoot. So not surprising she was able to handle herself, besides she proved herself vs walkers already.
4) That was a bit odd we didnt even a glimpse of them; With all that gunfire you'd think they'd investigate, but then again they had no weapons to engage with, so staying hidden was probably a wise choice. (ignoring of course the more obvious, which is they werent 'required' for that bit of story and thus didnt even get a snippet of hiding from the gunfire)
5) Glenn makes sense as 3rd in a sort of strongest fighter perspective, but also no one else seems like they'd be ready to step up to the role mentally either; Hersh clearly wants to be in the back row, and most of the others left now are more support characters vs take charge types (aside from Carl, but he's a kid)
6) agreed that was totally absurd how many rounds were fired and only 1 person taken out (after the initial snipe). Perfect headshots on walkers, but yet unable to even kill (let alone wound) more than 1 person, most of which werent ducking and weaving much at all. Furthermore, they were EXPECTING an attack and yet no one was on guard at all, or wearing armor (which aside from Glenn on his latest mission, seems to be oddly lacking considering their supplies). I get why the did it for the story - they couldnt kill too many off that quickly, and they had to set up the baddies as being even more bad - but still, there should have been less shots fired and better cover.
The Gov standing out in the open was a bit goofy - seemed like he was either proving he was invincible (in a psychotic way), or simply unafraid of dying. That one scene where he just glances over at a couple bulletholes in the door that nearly hit him, it almost seemed like he smirked happily.
| OdumC wrote: |
| Pretty good episode.. Andrea kills me still hanging out in Woodbury. she's become the new Lori IMO. |
Can someone say....how did the Governor's man get up into the guard tower?
I didn't understand that at all!
| Fozz33 wrote: |
Can someone say....how did the Governor's man get up into the guard tower? |
| Fozz33 wrote: |
Can someone say....how did the Governor's man get up into the guard tower? |
| Helostwin wrote: |
| 1) I think it was unrealistic that that Mexican family (2 guys a woman & a newborn baby) would still be alive 1 year into the zombie apocapolypse. They were completely unable to protect themselves & most survivors seem to be in groups for mutual protection. 4) I was suprised that Tyress's group wasn't shown at all. They could have proved themselves to be worthy of staying if they had helped repulse the attack. 6) Literally hundreds of rounds fired and only 2 people get shot? And one of them (Axyl) was taken out with the first shot. When these people shoot Walkers they get a head shot almost every time, when they shoot at the living they couldn't hit the side of a barn at 10 feet. Also where did all this ammo suddenly come from? Lately they were so short they were killing walkers with knives, now they're spraying bullets like a fire hose. |
1. I'm pretty sure they were part of a larger group that got separated. They could have also been part of the Woodbury that manged to get out although then there might have been some dialog with Merle. Either way i think the family was part of a larger group & they had to take off on their own for some reason or another. It also seems they either took a wrong turn or drove into a zombie ambush.
4. Yeah Tyresse's group must have left the prison. I knew the Governor was plotting for a revenge strike against the prison & i had thought that group was going to be reinforcements but apparently they left when Rick lost his mind.
6. Well i half expected them to shoot with better precision but most gunfights i have seen tends to be misses. Walkers don't shoot back, they just groan and smell horrible lol. The living shoot back plus run for cover, however it did look like some of the miss firing was bad aim when someone is in plain sight for firing at i'll have to rewatch that scene again. As for the ammo, it's never clear & seems to be poorly written in (like Hershel in the Season 2 finale, appears to have infinite ammo you never see him reload). It's possible that the prison may have kept guns and ammo for the prison guards if so i'm sure the group hit jackpot. Certainly the Governor has plenty of ammo stashed up as well.
The Walker killing action at Yellow Jacket Creek was pretty darn awesome.
