Thanks! Dad's surgery went well. The recovery has been a little problematic, with some breathing issues, but he sounded upbeat last night and they sent him for a chest XRay, so hopefully he'll have an answer tonight.
Why the hell she was trying to *strangle* him with the sword was beyond me.
Heat of the moment, I suppose, but I was thinking the same damn thing!
I think the Governor has had some kind of mental breakdown or lack of understanding about the zombies, but he does take care of his people good. He's a really good side-by-side with Rick, in that it showcases the whole question of 'how far do you go to protect your people?'. Because, yes, Rick had that problem in the past, not willing to make the hard choices (something that Shane was actually good at), to recognize the way the world is now - and now we have New!Rick who is more hardcore and willing to make the tough call but he has lost so much of himself in the process. The Governor makes for an interesting 'this is where Rick may be someday' comparision.
The episode in Season 1 when he was introduced was the one I was thiiiiis close to giving up on the show because it was like, insert stereotypical white trash redneck guy here.
You know though, I think they counteract it with Daryl - because yes, stereotypical redneck in Merle and that is exactly what you expected to get with Daryl too, but you didn't. You get something so much more than that and that too is an interesting comparision. Knowing what we know about Daryl and Merle's childhood, you kind of wonder how they each would have turned out if Daryl had been the older brother and Merle the little brother. I suspect Merle is on his way out though and probably at Daryl's hands.
Also, LOL at your sister. She sounds like my girlfriend, who screeches and yelps at anything like that or anything jumping out on screen.
That's the thing though - my sister never screams like that. I have watched some terrifying shit with her before (28 Days Later, 30 Days of Night - both of which terrify the shit out of me) and she has never made that noise in her life. Which just proves the show really hits its mark. So, I guess The GF won't be watching any Paranormal Witness with us ever, huh?
Nice to see Cutty from The Wire coming to play. He was the guy who came into the prison with his group.
Apparently that character is from the comics. I never watched The Wire (we don't get HBO) but The BFF was a HUGE fan of that show, so I bet she recognized him.
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Why the hell she was trying to *strangle* him with the sword was beyond me.
Heat of the moment, I suppose, but I was thinking the same damn thing!
I think the Governor has had some kind of mental breakdown or lack of understanding about the zombies, but he does take care of his people good. He's a really good side-by-side with Rick, in that it showcases the whole question of 'how far do you go to protect your people?'. Because, yes, Rick had that problem in the past, not willing to make the hard choices (something that Shane was actually good at), to recognize the way the world is now - and now we have New!Rick who is more hardcore and willing to make the tough call but he has lost so much of himself in the process. The Governor makes for an interesting 'this is where Rick may be someday' comparision.
The episode in Season 1 when he was introduced was the one I was thiiiiis close to giving up on the show because it was like, insert stereotypical white trash redneck guy here.
You know though, I think they counteract it with Daryl - because yes, stereotypical redneck in Merle and that is exactly what you expected to get with Daryl too, but you didn't. You get something so much more than that and that too is an interesting comparision. Knowing what we know about Daryl and Merle's childhood, you kind of wonder how they each would have turned out if Daryl had been the older brother and Merle the little brother. I suspect Merle is on his way out though and probably at Daryl's hands.
Also, LOL at your sister. She sounds like my girlfriend, who screeches and yelps at anything like that or anything jumping out on screen.
That's the thing though - my sister never screams like that. I have watched some terrifying shit with her before (28 Days Later, 30 Days of Night - both of which terrify the shit out of me) and she has never made that noise in her life. Which just proves the show really hits its mark. So, I guess The GF won't be watching any Paranormal Witness with us ever, huh?
Nice to see Cutty from The Wire coming to play. He was the guy who came into the prison with his group.
Apparently that character is from the comics. I never watched The Wire (we don't get HBO) but The BFF was a HUGE fan of that show, so I bet she recognized him.