Yeah,I noticed that was kind of ass backwards as well. The supports should be on the interior; to help support the walls against the inward-directed pressure caused by walkers piling up on the wall.

But, a neat little detail is the role reversal here. Deanna Monroe(Douglas Monroe) and Reg Monroe(Regina Monroe). Also, by saying it was her husband who built the wall; and now is dead-that makes him an awful lot like Davidson.

 

Is Reg alive or dead? Deanna spoke of him in both past and present tense...

 

yea im not sure either. at first, the way she talked about her husband and her son made it sound like they were both gone, but then we see her son. also, interesting that Jessie never mentions her husband at all when she talks about her family and her sons.

i do agree with the construction of the walls though - i dont really know anything about fortifying a structure, but that just looks wrong to me.

 

honestly, this might have to do with reality, i.e., this is a real neighborhood that they film in and the real residents might not want the support beams on their side of the wall in their actual backyards

sometimes it really is that simple

 

So wait,

... Oh snaps, politics before family?

 

I also thought maybe the beams are on the other side for space and cosmetic reasons. Stupid space and cosmetic reasons but...

But wait, picture the professor designing this. The supports are attached to a section of wall buried just under ground (for cosmetic reasons) When enough walkers push against the fence to bring it down the supports pull up another section of wall behind them. A manageable amount of walkers are brought in to thin the herd and the supports are now on the right side to strengthen against the rest outside. Stupid idea? Yeah it's not mine it's Prof Monroe's.

 

Actually, it's structural engineers who are trained in things like force and strength. Architects are more worried about how structures look and such. Reg obviously thought that having the support beams inside the ways would have been unsightly.

 

This place is obviously like Terminus and the support beams are on the outside to prevent people from breaking out. Duh.

 

Yeah. Right. Those walls aren't too secure if a teenage girl can get over them as easily as the one last night. They're not guarded or anything. Has nothing to do with preventing breakouts. DUH!!!!!

 

I was going to put a spoiler tag saying "sarcasm" but removed it in the end. I guess I made the wrong decision.

 

The beams were on the inside

 

I think Reg is actually still alive. She said 'my husband Reg IS a professor of architecture'. The reason she later referred to him in the past tense, saying "who he WAS, mattered", because earlier Rick stated that who we WERE before the ZA doesn't matter anymore.

 

They're on the outside.

 

The real question is, how does that girl get back in? The outside of the walls are smooth. Dolphin smooth.

 

She walks up the support beams.

 

Yeah. Right. Those walls aren't too secure if a teenage girl can get over them as easily as the one last night. They're not guarded or anything. Has nothing to do with preventing breakouts. DUH!!!!!