Walking Dead on AMC

Yes, I am guessing it is <redacted> from the comic book as well. I wasn't so sure about that in the comic book, I eagerly await to see how the show handles it.

Ok, I liked this episode overall, and think it is a good ending to the first season. My observations:

1) The brain scan of the "zombification" of Dr. Jenner's wife. That was cool. RL tech like that doesn't exist at all, but still cool to see how it works. I find it hard to believe with that kind of equipment Dr. J didn't find out more than he did.

2) Dr. J's whisper in Ricks ear. Yeah, I'm pretty what he said is something I posted in a comic spoiler pretty early on in this thread. Not a bad way to get the information out there.

3) The opening flashback. Very nice, one of the better parts of the episode IMHO. Answered the question of how the gurney came to be in front of Rick's door, which I had wondered about. I think they are actually taking better advantage of the Shane character in the TV series than Kirkman did in the book.

4) The building explosion: Well, I have to say that the special effects budget would have been better spent by having more zombies throughout the show, paid for by saving the money on this shot. It just looked so fake. My wife commented, "That was a very efficient explosion." I was thinking the same thing. With a fuel-air explosion, it seems to me that all of the party should have been killed, being as close as they were.

Like the comic, this series has me on the edge of my seat, sorry to see each episode end and eager for the next. Very much looking forward to next season.

The purpose of the explosion was to incinerate and failing that, make it impossible to get any of those "bad bugs" that the doctor was talking about. All of that was multiple stories underground. The fire we see and the building collapse was simply collateral damage.

It's not like they had a FAE as a lobby chandelier.

Well, the final episode and now I have to wait (though I am pretty sure Santa is leaving me several volumes of the graphic novel under the tree ).

Anyway, obviously the trailer editing was worthy of a Fox show, completely misdirecting expectations. From images of a shattered maniac & suicidal researcher we discover a tired, lonely, & defeated suicidal research.

Nice episode in terms of adding some broader context to their experience, and gave them a taste of down time and relaxation. Some glimmers of personality came through in some of the small exchanges within the larger group too, which was nice.

Shane earned some sympathy and then flushed it and more down the drain in the rec room. You know, at the start I wanted to dislike her, but she has stayed strong and is swinging me around some. We will have to see where it goes. Their relationship cannot remain hidden with so much Shane-Rick tension rising. And that won't be pretty.

Andrea 'staying' made a lot of sense, but her realization that she may be dragging someone else with her was nice. The other woman (I forget her name) was an obvious candidate to stay, she seemed somewhat broken by the loss of Jim. And Jenner needed some human company at the end.

The big dramatic finish left me a bit flat. The grenade was a nice out, but then seemed constrained it its results (one window pane?) and then they seemed far too close to the building explosion to have come through safe/clean. But I understand how that works in dramatic presentations.

Looking forward to more. Sooner rather than later, I hope.

I made it a zombie weekend by watching "Return of the Living Dead Part II" (which is quite hilarious with bodiless zombies talking) and playing a lot of Plants vs Zombies and playing with a zombie mastermind.

I really liked last night's episode especially showing Shane thinking Rick was dead.

But now I have to wait till October? bah! I hate waiting.

March 8 is when this comes out on dvd/bluray......so we can re-watch it and wear out the discs until october of next year lol!

I am sure AMC will keep running its reruns so unless they add something cool I wouldn't see any reason to buy the discs yet.

Here's something to think about/possible plothole:

Dr. J says the zombie "virus" only controls the brain stem and what makes "you, you" is never activated. So how do we explain Morgan's wife returning to the house and trying the door knob in the pilot and Amy's slight (though maybe just coincidental) recognition of Andrea when she reanimated?

I don't want to wait until October 2011 for the second season.