Walking Dead Season 2 Discussion Thread

[Insane Irish]

You guys have some valid points, but I don't think Shane is that sinister. He doesn't want to blow everybody away. I wouldn't have wanted to save that kid that injured himself on the fence either..... He would have been zombie food!! Dude pops rounds at u and u wanna save his life, risking your own, and your family's safety too. I don't think so. But who saves him.....?? That kid is gonna be a major headache....and all they had to do was drive away. Also, one question....should Shane have just let the walkers kill both himself and Otis?
Then Rick's kid would have died too! It was a terrible thing to do, but it kinda had to be done. Neither of them would have made it back from the school if the shooting incident didn't take place. No chance they were getting out of there alive.
Rick and Shane need each other, because they are both on opposites of the spectrum...one is a wuss, the other is a little pyscho.... Neither of them are perfect, but without both of them this group wouldnt last very long.

[BGT Masters]

You guys have some valid points, but I don't think Shane is that sinister. He doesn't want to blow everybody away. I wouldn't have wanted to save that kid that injured himself on the fence either..... He would have been zombie food!! Dude pops rounds at u and u wanna save his life, risking your own, and your family's safety too. I don't think so. But who saves him.....?? That kid is gonna be a major headache....and all they had to do was drive away. Also, one question....should Shane have just let the walkers kill both himself and Otis?
Then Rick's kid would have died too! It was a terrible thing to do, but it kinda had to be done. Neither of them would have made it back from the school if the shooting incident didn't take place. No chance they were getting out of there alive.
Rick and Shane need each other, because they are both on opposites of the spectrum...one is a wuss, the other is a little pyscho.... Neither of them are perfect, but without both of them this group wouldnt last very long.

He seems like he wants to blow everyone away to me. If Rick wasn't there I am sure he would have shot Hershel by now, he would have killed Dale by now, and he wanted to put a bullet in the kid's head as well already. Personally for all we know the other group they ran into was just like them. Lets say Glen was out getting supplied and they ran into the other group.

If the other group killed him, I am pretty sure Rick and Shane along with the others would have opened fire on the other group as well. I say give the kid a chance. No point in taking him with you to save his life just to kill him. I think you don't give Rick enough credit calling him a wuss and calling Shane a little pyscho is a bit generous. Personally I didn't think killing Otis was a necessary evil. I think Shane just did it to ensure it was him who made it out. If anyone is a coward its Shane, only a coward would have done something like that and its something a true leader never would have done.

[superpieman]

i think calling rick a wuss is way off. I think the fact that hes trying to maintain a little order in a chaotic world rather then cave to shanes way of being a barbarian shows how much of a leader he truly is. everyone respects him much more then shane because of it

[sportscardrage]

I don't believe there is any way to say that Rick doesn't have some major guts in him. Rick has had to do some crazy stuff and there is no way you can label him as a wuss. When it came down to it there was only one person to step up and put a bullet in Sophia. Even Shane himself just stood there not knowing what to do. The fact is Shane says they should have left Sophia behind, but yet he couldn't man up and kill Sophia in the process.

I'm not saying Shane is the best answer for a leader, and Rick isn't always. As a whole Rick and Shane do need each other, and the group needs both of them. Rick and Shane are like a perfect "ying-yang" thing where they might butt heads a lot but the fact of the matter is they level each other's influence out.



But besides that....what about the suicide thing? Who would have the mindset that Beth had? I mean would it seem that terrible of an idea if it meant you avoided one day becoming being possibly ripped to threads by a zombie?

[Insane Irish]

Well, I am only calling him a wuss because he was such a badda$$ in the comics..... Basically the TV version of Shane = the comic book version of Rick.
I do like how is is finally showing some cojones, by shooting Sophia and taking care of the dudes in the bar.
I'm just saying most of them would be dead without Shane!!

[BGT Masters]

Well, I am only calling him a wuss because he was such a badda$$ in the comics..... Basically the TV version of Shane = the comic book version of Rick.
I do like how is is finally showing some cojones, by shooting Sophia and taking care of the dudes in the bar.
I'm just saying most of them would be dead without Shane!!

And half of them would be dead without Rick because Shane would have killed them by now. ;)

[sportscardrage]

Actually if you think about it wouldn't most of them be dead by now without Rick since he did bring the bag full of guns.........

[shrewsbury]

rick no doubt can hold his own, and as we seen in the last episode he can hold his own with shane in a fist fight.

but they both are needed for the balance to survive. shane should be in charge of security, and rick in charge of everything else. the obvious issue is shane and laura, if shane can't let this go(and by the previews it doesn't look like he will) things will never work.

rick has been more than a stand up guy about the whole crazy situation, but yet again, in that world he doesn't have many choices.

excellent show though!

[oilfan10]

So Mr. Carl Grimes...care to explain yourself?

[BGT Masters]

Very disappointed in Carl and what his actions lead to.