ZOMBIES: Recap - #TheWalkingDead and family in 'Live Bait'

HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN IN THE ZPOC
By
Bowie V. Ibarra

Things get deep for our old friend The Governor in the latest episode of 'The Walking Dead'.  Here's some wild speculation from some zombie apoc enthusiasts, and brief notes on the episode.


ARMY ED,
Special Weapons and Tactics Advisor to ZBF.com

I think the Gov will continue to put pressure on the folks inside the prison using. He can weaken them by reducing their resources and weakening their defenses. The prison is too big for a small group to defend. He will work to force them out of the prison and into the open before he sets out to kill Machone. 

 

In the next episode i think the center on the Gov and show how he'll put his plan into motion.

 

I think his ultimate goal is to kill Machone and Rick. He's alone so he'll use subterfuge to weaken the group and divide them before he strikes.

Starting with Carol, I'd like to see characters go off in different directions and show different stories of survival.  I thought that's what might happen after the farm house.   People could go off on their own, have the story revolve around different groups trying to survive

JACKIE DRUGA,
author of 'The Flu' series from Permuted Press

I think this is my favorite season so far. Gov baby perches like a bird outside the prison. We see through previews how he has not gotten bit.

So my speculation. Darryl remains eerily calm about the news of Carol's ousting. And uses 'helping Michonne' as his excuse to go looking for her. It is while they are out we learn more about Michonne and see a burning Woodbury.

I think this is a clean up episode, Flu is done and running its course. Not much walker action, just plot set up and a slowed down pace as we approach the arc for the mid season finale

BRIEF NOTES
THE GOVERNOR HATES SPAGHETTI-O's
Well, it wasn't escargot or filet mignon.  But it was still nourishment.  What kind of jerk turns down Spaghetti-Os during the Zpoc?

 

ZPOC READY-MADE FAMILY

The governor walked into a ready-made family (which counts as an 'other group's story of survival'.  Well done Army Ed on your speculation).  The three girls spend time with their dying father thanks to The Governor, and end up leaving with him.  Governor has affection for the youngest, as she reminds him of Penny.

Guys, I guess you now know what kind of household to avoid during the zpoc if you aren't ready to shoulder this kind of responsibility.

STUMBLED BACK ON THE HENCHMEN

So, The Governor established himself as a bitter douchebag to even his most loyal followers, and they bailed on him.  That's why as he stumbled back on them with their own little team of survivors, it seems like there's going to be some tension that needs to be resolved between them.  The Governor might be more forgiving, considering he's now got a family to take care of.

GLAD IT WASN'T A BURMESE TIGER TRAP

Man, I don't know about you, but when The Governor fell in the pit trap, I prayed it wasn't a Burmese Tiger Trap. 

You know those, right?  It's a pit with pointed stakes at the bottom used in jungles.  Man, I though for sure the little girl was going to get impaled.

A NURSING HOME WOULD SUCK EVEN MORE DURING THE ZPOC

You hate to think about the zpoc and how it would affect a nursing home.  Looks like we got a chance to see what happened to one.  It's hard enough to think of one outside of the zpoc.  You know the attendants bailed on them, and their own families left them there.  Not cool, but another harsh truth of the zpoc.

So what now?  Looks like its time to build up the opposition and have them interact with the Prison.

We'll see next week.

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