Next show Rick and Gov are going to write long letters to each other and Daryl and Martinez will carry them across the river to read them aloud. Maggie and Glenn sing an out of tune love ballad while loading up double dead walkers in the back of the truck.

That's it. Hold out for the finale. There will be fire.

 

To be fair, I can't say [about production quality] until after re-watching the entire season 3 on DVD. Never quite understood the backlash on season 2 either because I liked it, enjoyed it thoroughly — themes were consistent with season one and character development was fluid, even gripping. Layers of meaning emerge upon multiple viewings and personally, I could care less about adrenaline from token blood, gore or near-death escapes.

Then again I saw it on DVD, so the viewing process was uninterrupted. No week-long anguish or emotional dissatisfaction from waiting for the next episode to air.

As for season 4, I hope they clean up the prison arc by end of season 3, be done with historical parallels. Would be nice seeing herds of undead by the thousands and arbitrary residues of the horror from perspectives of TWD's characters. More conundrums, dilemmas, growth, regression in the vein of "Clear".

Don't get me wrong, I like action-packed films and TV-shows. Only this series has a lot more potential than simply just that.

 

Could it be all these different directors? Too many cooks...

 

OMG here we go again same old song every single season. I heard this same complaint last season. Guys it's going to pick up soon just give it time.

 

Last weeks episode was a set up for the final 3 episodes. It is just the calm before the storm.

 

Yep and IMHO the payoff is well worth it. The action episodes pack a way bigger punch when there is filled out characters and story. If it was all action there is no suspense and with no set up I would not care at all.

 

Same here, I watched all of season 2 back-to-back and never understood all of the hate. How much wiser does Shane look in retrospect?

i do think the ability to rewatch each episode multiple times a week between the next episode might be contributing to the lack of patience.

 

I just feel like there is only one thing going on at a time. In the first half of this season it didn't feel that way. Am I imaging this?? I haven't gone back yet to watch it back to back so I can't say for sure. That's probably my only complaint this season. As for season 2, I loved it. Didn't think it was slow at all. but i watched it back to back after it aired before season 3 started so that may have something to do with it.

 

C'mon Peeps............each and every episodic drama on TV is a soap opera. Accept and enjoy. We only have a problem if someone wakes up and it's all a dream............................

 

I never thought my opinion would change so much. He was ahead of the curve.

 

I like all the individual episodes but agree that Woodbury / Prison story arc is kind of dragging. I can't imagine it going like this until mid season four but we'll see.

 

I never understood it either. Perhaps its just the type of viewers who are watching the show, it reaches many different types. Ive never been into horrors much but I love dramas and the drama aspect of this show is what caught my attention. If it was just pure action and gore with no dialogue it would lose my interest quick.

 

Absolutely agree. I hated him a lot when he was on the show, but now that he's gone, I'd give anything to have him back.

 

I'm glad Shane is worm food

 

He adapts faster than Rick, that's for sure. As for wisdom, I think it depends on what constitutes being wise. Sentience versus sapience maybe.

Shane has many strengths that work to survival advantage in ZA, but the question is whether being able to breath, eat and sleep are truly all there is to living. These things are mechanical functions and preserving them means living to see another day, but how long can they sustain human beings? People do wither out from psychological deaths, hence the title "walking dead'.

I see Shane as a classic byronic hero whose ultimate downfall was rational egoism. I don't think he was wise, and even if he had lived, I don't think he would've been able to transcend beyond self-interest.

 

You're obviously not comparing it to crap like Eastenders and Jeremy Kyle...

 

like [MENTION=3182]Skaeryll[/MENTION] said, i think this was just a developing episode, setting the mood for the last 3. looking at the promos (and spoilers c; ) of next weeks episode, it looks like its going to be very fast and action filled. so we can only assume the last 2 will be also. This episode was to give that much more umph to the story line. now leaving this episode, Rick realizes that this "war" is now officially a war. there can't be any treaty. there's no way out, they have to fight. its kill or be killed between the prison and woodbury. and because of this meeting, the governor now has a devilish plan which next weeks episode looks centered on. ill agree, i wasn't a big fan of this weeks episode. but to says it horrible and that this show runs on exciting moments every week isn't very necessary.

 

The calm before the storm, the deep breath before the plunge, etc. I think this talking things out without success was a necessary part of the show, and especially for a drama. If they did NOT have it, but just attacked each other, people would ask why they didn't try and settle their differences peaceably first. This way, of attempting a parley, is more realisitic IMO.

My big question is where will the show take us? If Rick's group takes out the governor, they could in theory cooperate with and move in with woodbury, which would raise a whole new set of issues, that of governing a town - which Rick might not be very good at. Being a politician IS a skill, even if non-politicians put them down.

OTOH, if Rick loses, it's back on the road again, which we've seen before, but maybe they'll head off for a coastal adventure like Michonne wanted. Is that the direction the show will go? Who knows?