Season 5 | Episode 2 | Strangers [AMC] [SPOILERS]

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The Walking Dead - Season 5

Episode 2 - Strangers

Airdate - October 19th on AMC at 9/8c | October 20th on FOX UK at 9pm

With supplies running low and not knowing whether to trust the people around them, Rick leads a mission where the risk might not be worth the reward.

Rick leads a risky mission for a possible small reward when the supplies run low and the group's mistrust of people grows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuOrLyqls5g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjIoFamNxEs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHsh9RZENs

5starpool

Looks like

Father Gabriel

in the first vid, although I haven't watched it.

Hank Scorpio

3

Very poor overall

Oranage2

3

nuxxx wrote: »

Very poor overall

I don't like the sound of that

Gonna watch it in an hour when I get off work.

LandoCalrissian

It was always going to be an anti-climax after the fantastic season opener
But yeah nowhere near as good as last week

That being said there were still a lot good things in there

Glad to see the Termites back so quickly and they didn't hang about messing
up Young Bob

In reality you would have to expect that the group would want to take a breather after the mayhem that just went down at Terminus

ricero

6

i liked it. it had to slow down a bit at some point but my god still some mad **** going down :eek:

willmunny1990

Good episode.

You'll always get people that will complain but you simply can't have 16 episodes like the opener.

Oranage2

3

Very slow episode, a lot of What they do just doesn't make sense.

poor Bob, a character I was warning to

, but how did they know his/her name at the end, maybe he was a part of that group before?

wandatowell

6

Was the Priest guy in The Wire before?

ricero

6

wandatowell wrote: »

Was the Priest guy in The Wire before?

Yup he was detective carver and also he was hercs partner

Liamalone

3

Normal service resumed. The only way was down after last week's cracker.

wandatowell

6

Thought it was a good episode. Kept the story going nicely.

duridian

7

Okay, so while it was a bit of a slowdown, it was nowhere near the slow, half season ramble towards Terminus that most of the second half of S4 turned into.

Looked like Bob was bitten in the flooded cellar but concealed it from the rest of the group. Can't wait to see if Gareth and co.'s food disagrees with them.

off.the.walls

9

Am I right???

GavRedKing

8

When Bob woke did he see

the guy Tyrese was meant to have killed.

PhiloCypher

duridian wrote: »

Okay, so while it was a bit of a slowdown, it was nowhere near the slow, half season ramble towards Terminus that most of the second half of S4 turned into.

Looked like Bob was bitten in the flooded cellar but concealed it from the rest of the group. Can't wait to see if Gareth and co.'s food disagrees with them.

IDK the next time on Walking dead are usually spoilerific and they didn't hint at any sort of pay off in that regard, could be they are throwing a curveball and the crying jag was just him letting out all all the pent up emotions he keeps in check to maintain his sunny optimistic attitude in front of the GF and the others.

Sugar Free

Was the walker that Carol killed near the end

Joe from Season 4 - the leader of the gang that 'claimed' stuff like f*cking children?

Tar.Aldarion

7

Although it's gonna be a come own from teh first episode of course, it was still good, nice faster paced stuff this season, seems they have learned a bit.

naughto

What was carol doing with the car was she going to head off on her own again I wounder

CastorTroy

Pfft. cannibals? This show is totally ripping off Z Nation. Next thing you know, they'll have a

Znado

sashafierce

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cjmcork

jaysus, they can't move for the cast of the Wire - one can only hope Straaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnngggggggggg shows up!

sashafierce

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naughto

sashafierce wrote: »

Anyone think that the gang are gonna think that the priest guy...I forget his name... killed Daryl/Bob/Carol and they will kill him.....

Ah I hate watching it week by week!

No put i d say he's mixed up with the gang that kidnapped beth

DoozerT6

GavRedKing wrote: »

When Bob woke did he see

the guy Tyrese was meant to have killed.

I thought I saw that too... Also wondering if

Bob

may have been bitten, similar to the storyline in the comics.

A slower episode, but necessary I think - we saw the group come together a bit more, ie Rick/Abraham and their respective groups...also, nothing to do with the storyline but it was nice to see Rick and baby Judith having a little father/daughter time in the church Shows that they are still human, and not just 'survivors'. IIRC, they didn't have much interaction in S4, Beth was always taking care of her :P

GavRedKing

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DoozerT6 wrote: »

I thought I saw that too... Also wondering if

Bob

may have been bitten, similar to the storyline in the comics.

A slower episode, but necessary I think - we saw the group come together a bit more, ie Rick/Abraham and their respective groups...also, nothing to do with the storyline but it was nice to see Rick and baby Judith having a little father/daughter time in the church Shows that they are still human, and not just 'survivors'. IIRC, they didn't have much interaction in S4, Beth was always taking care of her :P

I'm fairly sure we seen the same thing, I'd have to watch it again but looked

like the guy tyrese told Carol he'd killed, he had a hat on and similar hair, although it was blurry.

Tzar Chasm

7

We did see tyreese batter the sihte out of that fella tho, so even if he had relented at some point and let him live he would still be fairly bruised

DoozerT6

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

We did see tyreese batter the sihte out of that fella tho, so even if he had relented at some point and let him live he would still be fairly bruised

True point....can't remember if the guy looked bruised or not, even though it was blurry.

Crackle

6

An ok episode. Holy **** at the end though!

Regarding the guy Tyrese beat, I just rewatched that bit again and I'm pretty sure it's him. His left eye looks swelled shut.

Edit, a quick google brought this up

Zero-Cool

7

Jaysus that was a great episode, new mysterious character, new 'Safe house', back story details between characters, plan to move ahead to dc and the return of the fine young cannibals. Wasn't expecting them so quick. And then we had 3 guys from the wire in the same scene. I dunno what people want.

Maybe I'm bias as i read the comics and love when the tv show follows a comic arc so closely.

5starpool

No spoilers in the below really but I'll tag it anyhow as it references the comics, but

a couple of things straight from the comics there (with a different character in one case) lessened the tension a bit for me as I know how it'll play out.

Chip Whitley

6

5starpool wrote: »

No spoilers in the below really but I'll tag it anyhow as it references the comics, but

a couple of things straight from the comics there (with a different character in one case) lessened the tension a bit for me as I know how it'll play out.

Exactly how I felt about it. Decent episode that probably would have been better had

I not read the comics!

AlanS181824

Anyone else love that ending?

Pretty mundane stuff, the odd walker, way too much dialogue and then boom... Right at the end

the people who have Beth speed by and Bob's foot is being eaten by cannibals!

expectationlost

Season 5 | Episode 2 | Strangers [AMC] [SPOILERS]

thegreengoblin

6

5starpool wrote: »

No spoilers in the below really but I'll tag it anyhow as it references the comics, but

a couple of things straight from the comics there (with a different character in one case) lessened the tension a bit for me as I know how it'll play out.

I know what you mean but it's been three years since I read this story arc in the comics and it's just far enough back that I can't quite remember what's going to happen next. So it's still relatively fresh for me...a bit like

Bob's foot

:pac:

I see on the first page there was some moaning about this episode being slow and a comedown after the amazing opener, blah blah...but jesus what do people expect? I thought it was an enjoyable, solid episode. This one was always going to be about seeing the gang back together, Rick and Abraham getting to know each other, maybe a bit of downtime for them all after the trauma of what went before, etc. Reading some of the comments here I find it amazing that some people actually made it through season 2.

BMmeow

In the comics

Dale is the one whos leg eaten and they find out they're eating tainted flesh! I think bob could have been infected when pulled in that water & it explains why he was outside crying and kinda looked like he was limping?

Maybe the termites saved Bob by cutting his leg off?

Then again Gareth also ate the leg and theres no way he's going to be killed for eating the meat so soon into the season. so maybe not infected at all!

Liamalone

3

BMmeow wrote: »

I!

GTF ffs

Calibos

sheehy83 wrote: »

Jaysus that was a great episode, new mysterious character, new 'Safe house', back story details between characters, plan to move ahead to dc and the return of the fine young cannibals. Wasn't expecting them so quick.....

Yeah, 'That Drives me Crazy' too.

Henceforth, I demand that all references to the Terminites be changed to The Fine Young Cannibals. Brilliant

I guess one could now say that Bob has been Terminated

terryduff12

2

For the whole episode I could something happening to bob one more Kiss crap, going out crying with his backs to the woods, they`ll be back to calling the walkers behind trees killing them so as not to upset anyone like Hershel done back in the prison. Is it that the writers haven`t a clue or would people be that stupid in them situations.

Oranage2

3

BMmeow wrote: »

In the comics

Dale is the one whos leg eaten

Probably best to spoiler that unless it's your intention to give away a possible story line.

MarkR

After the fight in the food kitchen, and Bob walking out by himself, I was sure Bob was a goner. At the time, I was kinda nervous, waiting for the other boot to drop.

Shame Tyrese didn't finish the job. Worse that he lied about it.

Glad someone remembered Beth (at the end at least)

I think the car driver was locked outside by Gabriel. Someone who worked in the church with him. Did we ever see was it male / female? Just that they always seem hidden, like they want a big reveal. Maybe a kid. Maybe a woman?

Then again, soft as she's been, I would have thought Beth would have been up to a bit of ass kicking. Especially after hanging around with Daryl.

Baby4

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maximoose

BMmeow wrote: »

In the comics

Dale is the one whos leg eaten and they find out they're eating tainted flesh! I think bob could have been infected when pulled in that water & it explains why he was outside crying and kinda looked like he was limping?

Maybe the termites saved Bob by cutting his leg off?

Then again Gareth also ate the leg and theres no way he's going to be killed for eating the meat so soon into the season. so maybe not infected at all!

I thought this as well, why else would he be crying?

Great episode I thought, but like others the comics dampened the impact for me as you could tell what was coming.

hollypink

Baby4 wrote: »

Loved this episode, but a couple of things bugged me:

- They keep wandering off into the night on their own (Bob, Carol, Daryl). It's Season 5 ffs! They know the deal by now...

Me too, especially as they couldn't be sure all the Sanctuary people were dead, could they?

I really thought based on his behaviour that

Bob had been bitten; I wonder if this is the end for him, certainly looks like it. The closing scene I found a bit disturbing, reminded me of a cellar scene in the film/book "The Road". It certainly heightened the horror! It occurred to me that if Bob was bitten, it would have been on the leg/foot, so maybe the fine young cannibals (love that!) inadvertently saved him. But there are too many holes in that. Everyone else got sick very soon after being bitten and anyway they'd surely have noticed the bite before they took his leg.[\spoiler]

sonofenoch

Baby4 wrote: »

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Also when the group were traipsing through the forest at various times there was no sign of the kid......who dropped the baby

maximoose

Carl had Judith a lot of the time, pretty sure she was always visible enough when they were moving around!

As for the wandering off in to the night.. Bob we are speculating on, but Carol I thought was intending to leave the group again for whatever reason - Daryl copped this and followed her to stop her.

Boom_Bap

What annoyed me was that there was so much attention on Bob throughout the episode and I knew that something was going to happen to him. But the annoyance was put to bed once it was understood that all the boyo-s were sitting around eating his leg.

I really think that he may have been scratched or bitten in the cellar and he was hiding it. It would be interesting to see if it went that route.

I'm a bit pee'd off because of the whole mystery around the new priest and how he survived, and what detective Coral found on the wall of the church.

One other thing....when Bob was taken by the Terminus lads, there was a scratch or marking on the tree. We seen something like that last week on Morgans return

5

The drab, lifeless conversations are back

maximoose

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I'm a bit pee'd off because of the whole mystery around the new priest and how he survived, and what detective Coral found on the wall of the church.

I think that'll be answered shortly enough, they seems to be lifting everything about his story from the comics

The actor pees me off cuz he just reminds meof the bollix of a character he played in Oz :pac:

sonofenoch

Also this magical solution mullet man has for 'killing off the undead' are they aware all the living has the virus also? ........have never followed any of the comics so pardon my ignorance

Keyzer

Decent episode, enjoyed it.

That said, the writers are still committing glaring errors in terms the bullsh1t they expect us to accept and believe.

Like many have said already, why are people wandering around, at night, in the dark on their own? The world is infested with zombies. Added to that, they've just escaped from a group of cannibals who will be royally pissed off that their old home and most of their buddies are dead. Its just sloppy and lazy writing.

Also, if you were that suspicious of the priest would you lay into his "wine" stash and get sloshed? It could be drugged or, worse, if you are attacked you wont be able to put up a fight if you are half cut.

And why do they just believe mullet man in his claims that he can fix it all? Lets all put our faith in this complete stranger who has offered no real scientific evidence or explanation as to how he can solve this problem and trek on to DC.