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dkersten:
Anyone else wondering if Sasha's overanxious knife swing that cut both a zombie and Abraham will cause problems for him?
Also, I just noticed that IMDB shows the cast members for the next several shows, and some people are missing, suggesting they will get killed or leave. Interesting.

harveybirdman:
The problem is that some characters have become sacred, and their is less emotional investment. I mean I liked Beth and Tyreese, but I never felt like the series made me seriously emotionally invest in them. In the past they have done a great job with secondary characters. T-Dog's death for example was emotional and meaningful given some of his other important moments (changing Rick's mind about the prisoners, almost succumbing to fever, struggling with Merle's abandonment). But with Beth and Tyreese, I just was like oh well bummer, in stead of holding back tears.

If it had been Carol that died, rather than Beth, I feel like Daryl's reaction would be much more interesting and captivating. As it stands I just don't know how I feel about it. Again I liked Beth enough, but meh I don't know what dynamically changes without her or if I can force myself to believe it.

For that matter Rick and Daryl seem to be untouchable as well, to the point where it's almost as if they're never REALLY in danger. When the show was young you never knew when your favorite might end up dead. I feel like it's at a crossroads. I'm very interested to see what happens to Judith given the diversion from the comic.

The Alexandria and Saviors Story lines have potential to be cool, and maybe if they hold true to Glen's fate some of the feelings of "sacred" characters will dissipate

jdbailey1206:
The whole ideal of sacred characters really does the series justice. My wife and I are on separate sides of the fence about Carol. This just goes to show you how the characters can really mean to each of us. Which to me is a sign of excellent writing. We become invested in each character differently and become emotional when something happens to said character.

I have read the comics on and off and I read up on each character to see who survives and I get a kick of watching my wife's reaction when something happens to a character. But there are times when you get a Dale when I'm talking to the TV saying, "Hey! He doesn't die yet!" But the writers do well to fill the void the character has left with another character.

harveybirdman:
Yeah most of the character changes I've been COMPLETELY on board with Herschel taking on some of Dale's character worked famously in my opinion.

And of course Bob taking Dale's ultimate fate was also very well done. To me it's almost like the TV show gives Kirkman the chance to improve upon the story threads from the comic. Having the Hunters have a deeper story line and intersect with the Savior story line seems like a good example of fleshing out the story and building continuity.

The foreshadowing of the Savior conflict in the "Radio News" that Tyreese is hallucinating is interesting as well. I just hope that we get to some good action soon. The last few episodes have been so slow that putting up with the ENDLESS commercial breaks is almost unbearable.

DaOld Man:
I don't know about this folks.
3rd show of the season and Im feeling like if I miss watching an episode, so what?

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