the producers said they were gonna start to be more like the GN in that the biggest danger is other survivors, not necessarily the walkers. which makes complete sense imo.

"whats 50 walkers to a muhfucka like me can you please remind me?"

 

When I first saw the walker in the field I thought; "Hey, that must be the stagger on role!". Seriously though, I took it to show that walkers are everywhere and that there is nowhere safe. No matter where you go, what you do, how secure you think you are, there is a walker somewhere just wanting to take a bite of ya.

 

Yeah. I wonder why Shane didn't notify Rick? Anyone have a good idea?

 

The lone walker in the field is basically a metaphor for Shane. He is alone and wondering in life. Aimlessly looking. Especially now that he realizes he can't have what he wants. He's dangerous like the walker and sooner or later he will be dead. He figures that he and the lone walker have much in common. Even more than he has in common with Rick. He can identify with the lone walker. Though he does pity it, he is really no better off.

 

Walkers are every where and no matter were you look, their gonna be there. They rule. Sooner or later they will find the farm no matter how hidden or off road it is. They use no light disipline, so at night it is gonna be seen from a distance. They need to shut the lights off and go more under. All it takes is one. I like the Otis wandering back in idea.

 

I believe the zombies ate all the extra meat. lol!!

 

Well you can't really argue with Kirkman about this, but it seems weird to me. Why would the walkers start an urban sprawl? So far it just seems that they tend to herd and react to obvious stimuli & signs of life - sounds, smells, flairs, etc. They don't start thinking, "hey, downtown is running out of grub, maybe we should check out the countryside?"

 

But if you no longer smell fresh meat around and it seems to be coming from outside where you are then you start moving out.

 

You know what it's like?

Swarm intelligence

 

I think it was twofold:

One, just to show how casual everyone is about the wallking dead that just seeing one is like seeing a cow in a field.
TWO, foreshadowing that the walkers may be heading towards the farm.

 

It probably did, right into other walkers mouths.
I guess most of the obese people where to lazy to do things like "evacuate" or "fortify".
Thus they died in their homes, not on the road.

 

At the beginning of the episode, it was walking toward the direction they were coming from. Then at the end it was still walking the direction they were walking toward. To me, the initial symbolism was clear: trouble is heading toward the farm. The group's little sanctuary won't remain secure for long.

After rewatching the episode I think it might also have been a metaphor for Shane himself, feeling isolated and wandering on his own.

 

I'm not sure I buy the whole "foreshadowing an attack on the farm" deal. If that was the case, wouldn't there be more bloodthirsty walkers heading that way, or is that poor lost soul the only one looking for dinner? Besides, there has already been foreshadowing for the inevitable walker attack, the corpse bonfire being clearest to me.

However, I definitely agree that this was meant to be a metaphor for Shane being the lone wolf, as well as what I've brought up in another thread, in short, walkers are now a part of the world, get used to it. Epic scene regardless.

 

It's to show how the world is now an undead world.
Interview with Kirkman:

 

Would you like to provide a link for this information? Thanks. Very interesting though.

 

Another interesting insight from this interview.

 

I actually thought it was a living person at first. I believed it was some loner (believing it was Merle Dixon). But then when they called it a walker on the Talking Dead, I changed my mind.

I think it affected Shane with the "Lost" thing.

Even I felt bad for the zombie even though he would've attempted to eat them alive.