I, too, thought that he was going through the stages of understanding that he would never have a chance to make things right with Lori...we always think that there will be more time, but in their world, they are learning the hard way that things need to be taken care of immediately. And for me to get all that from facial expressions...I think it was a wonderful scene.

 

The scene was brilliant! As people have already said Rick was fighting the disbelief that his wife had died. The way the character was wailing instead of just crying truly made me feel his sense of loss. Then when he fell to the ground I just lost it and burst into tears myself. Very, very believable.

 

For a second Rick walked up to maggie like she had just said something that pissed him off. he looked like he was gonna hit her. she of course had said nothing. Of course her body language was screaming " your wife is dead" He then looked at carl , who also said nothing, and it seemed rick could tell that carl put lori down. all of this the actors conveyed with out saying a word. Friggin Bravo.

I was listening to a podcast the night after the show aired and there were a bunch of kids saying they burst into laughter when rick said "oh no". Fools. Experience some loss beyond a bad night playing call of duty at some point in your life and you might recognize andrew lincoln perfectly capturing a men coming unglued. Losing something in his life that ment more to him than his own heartbeat.

 

What I find hard to believe about that scene is that the guy really has an English accent. I can see changing your accent when speaking normally, but in an emotional scene it must be much harder. Find it hard to believe people really didn't appreciate it.

 

that occured to me as well right after the episode ended. I forgot about it. thanks for the reminder. bad acting....really? People that think this is bad acting have no frame of reference.

like a little kid seeing some one make the "o" face and not understanding what all the fuss is about.

bad example but it popped in my head and couldnt get it out.

freud where are you?

 

Exactly why I brought that up. Emotional scenes are the hardest to stay consistent while doing an accent.

 

Absolutely - it was 100% magic. It also looked quite improvised which made it all the better.

 

It was amazing! I don't know what you're talking about, sorry.

 

David Morrissey/The Gov is a Brit too.

 

So is Lauren Cohan/Maggie.

 

Technically she's American.

 

Oh that's right. born in America, raised in Britain kind of back and forth right?

 

Something like that.

 

He did a fine job. Being married and having silly arguments that last for a while is one thing. But for that person to die without resolving it, even though you wanted things to be different but you had been too stubborn to give in...yea I believe it.

 

Yeah Lauren Cohen was born in america but raised in england I believe. I just think a lot of people are uncomfortable with such raw emotion and grief. I know people who have laughed during sad scenes in movies, and it's not because the acting is bad, or they think it's funny, it's because they feel awkward and uncomfortable witnessing something so heavy, and it makes them giggle. More of a nervous laugh than anything I'd say.

 

I knew about David Morrissey because I watched Red Riding

 

David Morrissey is easier to believe in my opinion because his southern accent on the show isnt as heavy as Rick's and Maggie's. Kinda like learning that the actor that plays Jason Stackhouse and the actor that plays Bill Compton on True Blood are Brits. It just doesnt fit when you are so used to the heavy Southern Drawl.....

 

I cried that entire ending!!! It was amazing acting and so sad!!!!! I dont see how people can laugh at that scene....i was bawling like a baby!

 

If you have ever seen the movie The Reaping. David Morrissey is brilliant and dead on with a southern accent. Didn't really know about him until I watched him in Blitz with Jason Statham.