Walking Dead Season Two

[Gillfan]

Zombie animals would cause the "plague" to spread far faster than humans.
Zombie rats would be especially adept at getting us, and of course zombie birds would be death from above.

[monsterphile]

Zombie animals would cause the "plague" to spread far faster than humans.
Zombie rats would be especially adept at getting us, and of course zombie birds would be death from above.

Assuming that the zombie disease is already bacterial or viral, insects would be the most efficient vector for spreading such a condition.

Rob

[Sean]

I knew a girl---we'll call her 'Donna'---that would give a swarm of mosquitoes a run for it's money regarding spreading contagion.

[Gillfan]

Assuming that the zombie disease is already bacterial or viral, insects would be the most efficient vector for spreading such a condition.

Rob

Correct. I don't think anyone has done a zombie insect story yet, have they?

[frankenstein73]

I remembered this article from a few years back, about a zombie plague in cambodia spread by mosquitos. it was in the bbc news and spread around on april 1st.
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/zombies.asp
heres some more articles on the topic
http://zombieresearchsociety.com/archives/category/zombie-infection-sources
I  think it was in one of the books ive read too, possibly world war Z?

[The Invisible Woman]

Oh my gosh! I think that last night's episode was the best yet. SPOILERS! It had some hard core zombie exterminating (in what I thought was a well done montage in the beginning) and some good old fashioned human drama. It was nice to see the group finally pull it together and begin to coordinate their efforts. I can't believe it took Hershel this long to let them live in the house, but I am glad that he has had a change of heart.
Shane has finally gone over the edge after teetering on the brink for so long. I think Lori's talk with him was her attempt to make him feel better, but it just made things worse and sent him down deeper. I kind of felt bad for their prisoner, thinking that he was free, only to have his neck broken. Oh well, c'est la vie, especially in a zombie infested world.
I knew that Rick would see through Shane's flimsy story and try to talk him out of murdering him, but I did not see that conclusion coming. That whole scene with Rick and Shane was great. Rick was forced to do what he never could (but maybe should have earlier) and become like Shane, killing Shane to save his own life and for the good of the group. He had to become Shane in order to stop him.
This episode also established that ANYONE who dies in ANY way will come back as a zombie. Those crazy quick flashes during Shane's zombification were pretty unnerving. And poor Carl having to overcome his problems and shoot zombie Shane! In the long run that will either be good for him or seriously mess him up. Oh, and that final scene where the camera swoops upward and at first you see an indistinct treeline, and then the mass of zombies spilling out of it! Holy crap!
This has got to be the cataclysmic event that forces them all to leave the farm. I have a feeling that a few characters will die in the process, but they will all have to leave (even Hershel and his daughters, if they live) and go back to their nomadic style of living. I can't wait to see the season finale!

[BaronLatos35]

I loved last night's episode. SPOILERS....

The scene with Rick and Shane was great. I thought Darryl was going to kill Shane when he left the prisoner's body. I thought he tracked Rick and Shane figuring Shane's story was BS. I didn't see the knife coming. Vicious. I don't think he became Shane, I saw a man fighting for his family. Shane would kill anyone to survive.

WTH was Lori thinking? She knew how fragile the situation was with them and she says something like that to Shane??? Come on lady. I don't think her head is on straight.

I didn't feel bad for Randall the prisoner. Did you pick us his vibe when he thought Shane was going with him? He quickly showed his colors. He was nothing but bad news.

Can't wait for next week.

[Gillfan]

Carl is the most poorly supervised child ever.
Who is watching this boy?

[BaronLatos35]

Carl is the most poorly supervised child ever.
Who is watching this boy?

That is the truth Gillfan! He just wanders all over the place.

[Sean]

Carl is the most poorly supervised child ever.
Who is watching this boy?

Maybe with Rick briefly away, her pants came off again and she was too 'busy' to watch Carl.  It's tough keepin' them pants on, idn't it, Lori?  HONESTLY... what more important thang does Lori have to do over keeping a friggin' eye GLUED to Carl? 

[Sean]

I loved last night's episode. SPOILERS....

The scene with Rick and Shane was great. I thought Darryl was going to kill Shane when he left the prisoner's body. I thought he tracked Rick and Shane figuring Shane's story was BS. I didn't see the knife coming. Vicious. I don't think he became Shane, I saw a man fighting for his family. Shane would kill anyone to survive.

WTH was Lori thinking? She knew how fragile the situation was with them and she says something like that to Shane??? Come on lady. I don't think her head is on straight.

I didn't feel bad for Randall the prisoner. Did you pick us his vibe when he thought Shane was going with him? He quickly showed his colors. He was nothing but bad news.

Can't wait for next week.

Agree on all counts.  I saw Randall as a weak minded follower who ran with a pack of bad people.  He was reverting back to that sub-dominant follower who engages in bad things fueled by a mob mentality the second he thought he was home free with Shane.

[Sean]

Carl is the most poorly supervised child ever.
Who is watching this boy?

The situation reminds me of when my family is vacationing or just out some where-----and there's a child anywhere from 3 to 6 years old with NO PARENTS IN SIGHT in a public place, where anyone could snatch him or he could fall off of something and they would never know.

Wasn't DALE's demise enough of a wakeup call to Lori Lolita that 'wandering off' is a BAD idea?

[frankenstein73]

HAHAHA! Lori Lolita!!!

[Mike Scott]

OMG!! Two for two! Who's gonna die on the finale next week?

I (along with most people) have been thinking that Shane needs to go, for the sake of the group, but I didn't think it would come one week after Dale got killed and had no idea how Shane would get it when he got it.

I think Carl will be alright, now that he has redeemed himself.

[Moonshadow]

I did enjoy this last episode, although I wanted to strangle Lori for her behavior. We can only hope she gets chomped on, and soon.

I agree with some of the other comments about Randall -I think his remarks to Shane showed his true nature.

One complaint -the hackneyed use of "someone points a gun at another person but really they are shooting at a bad guy behind them." That was so lame.

So now we know -everyone goes zombie when they die. I had wondered if we'd see this happen when the previous episode had Dale get attacked, but Daryl took care of the situation quickly so there was no chance of that. But I'd been suspecting we'd see it after those zombie cops in the other town appeared to be free of injury.

I do hope we've seen the last of the farm. Time to move on. And why do these people have so many lights on? Shouldn't they be concerned it will attract walkers -or worse, the gang down the road? They almost deserve to get eaten for sheer stupidity!