The Walking Dead

I think the people on Talking Dead awhile back explained all of the non animated corpses (on the highway for instance) as having been possibly gassed or experienced head trauma etc before dying.

I forget what the comic's take on the deal is. Im thinking though, If you die and turn into a zombie or die and just die...Im not sure if it matters whether a person is immune or infected, dead is dead. It would be a 'dun dun DUUUUN' issue if the infection slowly zombified you while your alive moreso I think.

Clearly the whole idea about what caused the ZA in the first place factors into whether everyone is otherwise doomed to become a zombie or not. I understand the show is doing its best to not focus on the "hows and whys" but I have to think that eventually, sooner or later, Rick and company are going to stumble over some clues that will start to explain the "bigger picture" behind what caused the ZA and if there's any hope to overcome it.

I really don't expect Rick is going to be able to "save the world" single-handedly, but it'd be kind of odd if the show doesn't eventually start revealing some of the global secrets behind the ZA in some form or fashion.

Ack, sorry about that. When you mentioned getting the collected edition of the first 48 issues (I think that was you), I assumed you'd read most or all of it. The incident at hand occurs in probably about the 27th or 28th issue, but I can't put my finger on exactly which since I too am reading collected editions.

I agree that having a mostly undamaged undead Sophia was far more impactful. However, I'm an ex-cop and want to know how it happened now. As a TV viewer I can accept the hand waving I'm going to get, but I wouldn't complain a bit if they explained it better.

Actually her appearance and actions wind up giving the impression that Herschel was at least partly right. I know he isn't but it gives that impression.

The other zombies charge out but she hesitates and hides until the last moment. Then she doesn't charge growling like the rest. She sort of hesitantly shuffles forward with an occasional snarl as if she is fighting the urge.

In other words if she acted like this in any other show the other people would be telling her "Fight it Sophia. I know you are still in there." and then she would start crying or say "Help me" or "I can't" or some such.

BTW I'm rewatching the first season and . . . is Sophia deaf/mute???

Just another missed opportunity, I guess.

...And she was the child of an abuser. Kids in that situation tend to be more withdrawn/quiet than kids from more healthy homes

I really don't see how not specifically telling us why she's quiet is any kind of a failure. I honestly cant see a situation where it would have been appropriate for anyone to bring the subject up to her or her mother before her father's P.O.S. nature is revealed, and afterward it would have been obvious to any of the characters that would have really cared.