Season 5 | Episode 6 | Consumed [AMC] [SPOILERS]

NUTZZ

The Walking Dead - Season 5

Episode 6 - Consumed

Airdate - November 16th on AMC at 9/8c | November 17th on FOX UK at 9pm

Cautiously, members of our group must venture into a familiar location on a heroic rescue mission. It's a huge stage, but so are the stakes.

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Hank Scorpio

Brilliant episode, I give it a 9. Huge improvement over the previous two with characters you actually care about

Adolescenteen

7

Good episode.

Really enjoyed the flashbacks and how good was it to see parts of Atlanta we saw in season 1 again? The tone of this episode felt great, especially with the fire symbolism. Also it was a good set up for next week's episode, which I can't wait for now. Although after everyone survived terminus, I think someone is going to die soon, probably Carol .

One annoying thing - the landing of the van. What the hell was that?

Morpork

I got the tissues out when Carol and Daryl lay on the bed. Major disappointment!
Seriously though, when are they gonna get it on?
Great episode all the same and so nice to see a city again.

Oranage2

7

Enjoyable episode, I really liked the city setting, thought it was done very well, also nice to see the zombies being threatening again.

One thing I found odd was when Daryl smoked the cigarette, it was like and advertisement or something.

Solid 8/10

LandoCalrissian

7

Yes yes yes huge improvement

A couple of small things that niggled at me but love the fact that they are back in the City setting.

Thought the flashbacks were well placed

As mentioned over the last 2 weeks Daryl is one of the few characters that hold an episode that is spun off from central storyline or one focusing on a larger group - You are just genuinely interested in his character

But Daryl and Carol are certainly a badass pairing!!!

MythicalMadMan

7

Voted 8

Random thought was the scene where Carol was driving up to the prison would have been cool at the start of last season forward flash if u wish that'd have u wondering what was going to happen...

Love the bit at night time where all the walkers were coming towards them as they entered the shelter, genuinely got a bit freaked its great when a show elicits emotion in you.

Good the see the old tank that served Rick so well going strong (one critique i'm nearly sure it was a foot further forward in season 1 :P)

And as others have said it sets up brilliantly for the next episode although i havent watched the clip for next week so possibly we could be back to Abraham group.

Thats the one small thing that Im not gone on about the show is skipping weeks from one group to the next as all the tension they build is mostly gone (for me anyways) by the time it comes back around. Last week we were left with was Abraham going to kill himself or not but now im left wondering about carol this week. Not sure what it achieves maybe it just doesnt work for me is all.

@Adolescenteen would you mind explaining the symbolism i didnt pick it up ty

MythicalMadMan

7

Oranage2 wrote: »

Enjoyable episode, I really liked the city setting, thought it was done very well, also nice to see the zombies being threatening again.

One thing I found odd was when Daryl smoked the cigarette, it was like and advertisement or something.

Solid 8/10

Ya i noticed that too and with the crisps as well some very obvious product placement I reckon, I never really noticed it before this episode, have they been doing it always?

Adolescenteen

7

MythicalMadMan wrote: »

Voted 8

Random thought was the scene where Carol was driving up to the prison would have been cool at the start of last season forward flash if u wish that'd have u wondering what was going to happen...

Love the bit at night time where all the walkers were coming towards them as they entered the shelter, genuinely got a bit freaked its great when a show elicits emotion in you.

Good the see the old tank that served Rick so well going strong (one critique i'm nearly sure it was a foot further forward in season 1 :P)

And as others have said it sets up brilliantly for the next episode although i havent watched the clip for next week so possibly we could be back to Abraham group.

Thats the one small thing that Im not gone on about the show is skipping weeks from one group to the next as all the tension they build is mostly gone (for me anyways) by the time it comes back around. Last week we were left with was Abraham going to kill himself or not but now im left wondering about carol this week. Not sure what it achieves maybe it just doesnt work for me is all.

@Adolescenteen would you mind explaining the symbolism i didnt pick it up ty

With the fire, I think it was a symbol of the fact that Carol's old self has been burned away and also how much she (and Daryl) has changed since the beginning of the outbreak.

There was a ton of fire/smoke in this episode. From the opening shot of seeing the prison on fire to Daryl and the cigarette.

Teyla Emmagan

I am not convinced. Definitely better than last week, and two of my favourite characters, but still lacking something I think. Or maybe I'm just not in the right mood.

CastorTroy

Oranage2 wrote: »

One thing I found odd was when Daryl smoked the cigarette, it was like and advertisement or something.

Clearly Mad Men is still affecting the show.

Was thinking they'd find out about Beth then Carol faked injury to get in, but nope.

Sudden Valley

7

Does Carol not know the safe-cross code?
Great episode. Interesting despite there being not too much action. Carol and Daryll are the two most interesting characters in the show.

MadYaker

6

It was good, a few things though. The van falling off the bridge, I mean it clearly toppled forward and was going to land on the roof and then it just lands right way up? Also, Carol getting hit by the car, she just wandered out into the street like she didn't even hear them coming. Overall though I did enjoy the episode, the setting in Atlanta is really cool.

NUTZZ

7

I love the fact they use children walkers very sparingly on the show so when we do come across them it's quite striking.

Really enjoyed this episode, it's a dream pairing with Daryl and Carol for a whole episode. It puts to bed the idea that Carol went in to the hospital undercover anyway, although it does feel a little like the Woodbury story again.

cloudatlas

Daryl and Carol obviously haven't seen "the Italian Job"

Liam McPoyle

Oranage2 wrote: »

One thing I found odd was when Daryl smoked the cigarette, it was like and advertisement or something.

The cigarettes are the same brand that were smoked in the X-Files by Cancer Man and Breaking Bad ie "Morley".


More of a nod to these shows than anything else Id say.

Chip Whitley

7

Much better episode. Obviously we care more about the older characters, but the setting was better, it fleshed out the storyline better, there was less plot holes (dat van landing tho) and walkers were a serious threat again, happy days.

Next week looks good too, 2 episodes left in 2014!

honerbright

Business Cat wrote: »

More of a nod to these shows than anything else Id say.

I feel like the van hanging off the bridge was a nod to Lost, the way it was hanging like the small plane in season 1 and with the virgin Mary statue in it too.

Anachrony

Oranage2 wrote: »

One thing I found odd was when Daryl smoked the cigarette, it was like and advertisement or something.

The emphasis on smoking was part of the fire theme they kept returning to.

The cigarette brand isn't a real brand. It's one they use in fiction specifically to avoid product placement. It's a bit of a running joke/easter egg at this point since so many shows have used the same fake brand.

mzungu

7

Great episode. Darryl and Carol really are great characters. The episode had some genuinely eerie moments too and the sombre tone throughout suited it perfectly.

The car falling off the bridge could have been done better, but I guess you cant win them all.

MarkR

Enjoyed the episode. The magic van was a bit meh. And the "stop following me! No, you were following me!" was a bit weird. I had to rewind to see who owned that book. Was that covered in the Darrly / Merl episode before?

Carol did get taken a bit easily, didn't she? Loved Atlanta backdrop, looked great. Sad to see the mini walkers / tents in the sky way, but that's what happened I suppose. I wonder did they freeze in the walkway? Thought I saw a few bullet holes in the chest on one, through the sleeping bag.

That reminds me, since when have they stopped scouting for weapons?! Rich guys offices always have a handgun and a bottle of whisky in the top drawer of the desk!

obriendj

7

mzungu wrote: »

Great episode. Darryl and Carol really are great characters. The episode had some genuinely eerie moments too and the sombre tone throughout suited it perfectly.

The car falling off the bridge could have been done better, but I guess you cant win them all.

Agree with this. gave it an 8 could have been a nine but the end faded a little. I thought the tension and build up at the start of the episode was excellent.

The van was strange wasn't it? it seemed to fall forward as you would expect but then landed on all 4 wheels.

The walkers landing on the van made me laugh. Tho it seems nobody in this show can die in a car crash.

Dubh Geannain

5

Anachrony wrote: »

The emphasis on smoking was part of the fire theme they kept returning to.

The cigarette brand isn't a real brand. It's one they use in fiction specifically to avoid product placement. It's a bit of a running joke/easter egg at this point since so many shows have used the same fake brand.

Until some smart marketeer brings out that exact brand or very similar. Then they can say look at all the product placement we got for free :pac:

Baby4

4

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nc6000

4

How come there are so few posts about this episode? Two days after it screened in the US and the day after it screened on Fox and we're still only on the second page.

Most other episode threads seem to have at least 5 or 6 pages each.

Paddy Cow

Baby4 wrote: »

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I feel the same. It's like the writers hit the ground running with the first couple of episodes and then had to slow to a walk. What happened in this episode could've been summed up in 2 minutes with Daryl arriving back at the camp saying "We ran into this guy who just happens to have escaped the hospital Beth is traped in and Carol got hit by one of there cars so is there too".

There were too many coincidences in this episode. With the size of Atlanta the odds were that Carol and Daryl would've never met escapee laundry dude. To meet him twice is nonsense. I won't even go there with the van. I thought they were going to escape by going out the doors and climbing down the bridge. No way did the van do a 360 and land them without injury :rolleyes:

Obviously every episode can't be action packed but I would've preferred if they fleshed out the escape from Terminus and dealing with the psycho's/church a bit more. That was dealth with so quickly that I thought they had upped the pace for this season. They have lost the tension of everything that is happening. We now have three groups - Beth and Carol at the hospital, Rick and co at the church and Abraham and co on the road. More than likely they will all meet back at the hospital and people will be lost, which is what they are building up to in the half season finale but I don't think it has warranted the last few filler episodes.

They started off with great build up and tension but a lot of that has been lost for me with them skipping from group to group.

cloudatlas

I think we need some slow contemplative episodes as well as frenetic ones. I really liked the episode where Beth first ended up at the hospital, although it seemed the writers were duplicating 'One Flew over the cuckoo's nest'.

The last episode with Abraham (Ahab the sinful) chasing a cure (the white whale) wasn't the best in my opinion.

I prefered this episode slowly moving back to more action and learning a bit more about Carol's thought process, she is on a great character arch.

NinjaTruncs

7

For those saying the show is too slow paced just think back to Season two, a whole year on a farm!!! If anything it feels like they are flying through this season. The could have easily spent a full episode showing what Carol did when she split from the group, however they cut through that in a few minutes. I'm really liking the pace they are setting this year. They don' seem to be dwelling on one particular story too long which the show has done in the past.

The only thing I felt let this episode down was the way Carl was caught, she was holding a big ass assault rifle when she was taken, that should have screamed caution to the guys taking her. In the world they live in someone who's survived that long alone isn't to be taken lightly.

challengemaster

Did anyone else feel all the Carol flashbacks were badly integrated with the rest of the episode?

Cork boy 55

8

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I feel the same. It's like the writers hit the ground running with the first couple of episodes and then had to slow to a walk. What happened in this episode could've been summed up in 2 minutes with Daryl arriving back at the camp saying "We ran into this guy who just happens to have escaped the hospital Beth is traped in and Carol got hit by one of there cars so is there too".

There were too many coincidences in this episode. With the size of Atlanta the odds were that Carol and Daryl would've never met escapee laundry dude. To meet him twice is nonsense. I won't even go there with the van. I thought they were going to escape by going out the doors and climbing down the bridge. No way did the van do a 360 and land them without injury :rolleyes:

Obviously every episode can't be action packed but I would've preferred if they fleshed out the escape from Terminus and dealing with the psycho's/church a bit more. That was dealth with so quickly that I thought they had upped the pace for this season. They have lost the tension of everything that is happening. We now have three groups - Beth and Carol at the hospital, Rick and co at the church and Abraham and co on the road. More than likely they will all meet back at the hospital and people will be lost, which is what they are building up to in the half season finale but I don't think it has warranted the last few filler episodes.

They started off with great build up and tension but a lot of that has been lost for me with them skipping from group to group.

They where heading toward abandoned hospital van which they saw from high building , the van was only 3 blocks from gradys hospital
the second time was right across road from gradys maybe he was heading back with the rifle,
so black kid was still in area of hospital after escape they found him second time when he started shooting nearby. So the whole episodes was in general area of gradys.

really great episode besides van thing they should just had them get out of it right before it fell would have been just as dramatic. carol getting run over was a bit weird alright.
less zeds in city now many have migrated out into countryside

obriendj

7

challengemaster wrote: »

Did anyone else feel all the Carol flashbacks were badly integrated with the rest of the episode?

I thought they really worked. They just showed her at her lowest. and this episode was her starting with a clean slate.

Shame she ran out in front of the car. And the didnt even stop to look for anyone else.

I am worried the next few episodes will end up like the middle of season 3 in woodbury

Diabhal Beag

2

Thought it was a huge drop off from last week tbh.

DoozerT6

MarkR wrote: »

Sad to see the mini walkers / tents in the sky way, but that's what happened I suppose. I won der did they freeze in the walkway? Thought I saw a few bullet holes in the chest on one, through the sleeping bag.

I wondered that too, they must have all died at the same time, and it must have been sudden, hence some of them still being in the tents/sleeping bags, as if (whatever it was) happened while they were all sleeping. Or maybe it was some sort of virus that killed them all before any survivors could 'put down' the dead. I wonder is there more of a story there, or will we be forever left to wonder. Like Terminus - I was full sure that there was (is?) more to be told there....

Nervous Wreck

7

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I feel the same. It's like the writers hit the ground running with the first couple of episodes and then had to slow to a walk. What happened in this episode could've been summed up in 2 minutes with Daryl arriving back at the camp saying "We ran into this guy who just happens to have escaped the hospital Beth is traped in and Carol got hit by one of there cars so is there too".

The entire show could be summed up by Rick saying to someone "I awoke after a gunshot-induced coma to find most of the population killed off by zombies. After settling on a farm for 3 weeks and killing my psycho-best friend, my friends and I moved into a prison where my wife died in labour. After this, and a run in with a one-eyed Governator, we took a trip to a camp inhabited by cannibals but have since left that place too. So here we are in a church, I guess.... Oh, and we fucked up Andrea's character too."


But that'd be a pretty boring way to shoot The Walking Dead, I reckon.

Good Buddy

9

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Thought it was a huge drop off from last week tbh.

Eh are you sure youre in the right episode thread ???

Cork boy 55

8

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I wondered that too, they must have all died at the same time, and it must have been sudden, hence some of them still being in the tents/sleeping bags, as if (whatever it was) happened while they were all sleeping. Or maybe it was some sort of virus that killed them all before any survivors could 'put down' the dead. I wonder is there more of a story there, or will we be forever left to wonder. Like Terminus - I was full sure that there was (is?) more to be told there....

There where bullets holes/blood stains in sleeping bags perhaps stranded refuges preyed on by bandits in their sleep

mzungu

7

obriendj wrote: »

Agree with this. gave it an 8 could have been a nine but the end faded a little. I thought the tension and build up at the start of the episode was excellent.

The van was strange wasn't it? it seemed to fall forward as you would expect but then landed on all 4 wheels.

The walkers landing on the van made me laugh. Tho it seems nobody in this show can die in a car crash.

It certainly wont bag an emmy for editing, thats for sure

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

The entire show could be summed up by Rick saying to someone "I awoke after a gunshot-induced coma to find most of the population killed off by zombies. After settling on a farm for 3 weeks and killing my psycho-best friend, my friends and I moved into a prison where my wife died in labour. After this, and a run in with a one-eyed Governator, we took a trip to a camp inhabited by cannibals but have since left that place too. So here we are in a church, I guess.... Oh, and we fucked up Andrea's character too."


But that'd be a pretty boring way to shoot The Walking Dead, I reckon.

For some reason I read that in the voice of Rust Cohle from True Detective.

Diabhal Beag

2

Good Buddy wrote: »

Eh are you sure youre in the right episode thread ???

Nothing in the same universe as Abraham's freakout I'm afraid.

Dandelion6

I thought it was a good episode but they're also clearly building to another Big Confrontation With Bad People, it just seems a bit samey at this point.

Bacchus

7

Great episode after last weeks disappointing trip with the B team. Two of the show's best characters, on a mission together in a city setting (which after 4 seasons of being in the woods is quite refreshing). Loved that night scene with the walkers coming out of the woodwork wandering the streets. Really creepy stuff. It does feel like there is a lot more potential for the walkers in this setting. The camping group for instance was well done, particularly with the two in the tent.

MarkR wrote: »

And the "stop following me! No, you were following me!" was a bit weird.

Didn't mind that bit personally. They were all heading in the same direction to go rescue Beth. It was a slight stretch that they end up so close to each again but it was fine with me.

obriendj wrote: »

I thought they really worked. They just showed her at her lowest. and this episode was her starting with a clean slate.

The flashback at the start where Rick first abandoned her was good. As was the one showing how she came back across the prison burning. The other flashes though seemed a bit pointless and didn't add anything IMO.

Yakuza

8

For anyone complaining how Carol was knocked down too easily, don't forget she'd fallen off a bridge (with only a flimsy seat belt to hold her in (and it damaged her clavicle) not too long beforehand, was probably under-nourished and not at her sharpest generally.

Ping Chow Chi

8

I really liked this ep, I am a sucker for post apocalyptic cities though

I am starting to feel like Rick and his crew have killed more than enough humans though, yes they have bumped into some unpleasant characters, but at this rate they will be the only ones alive in Atlanta!

Chip Whitley

7

Carol said something to Daryl about 'helping people' when they were in the shelter and it made me wonder, as it feels like a long time since they actually 'helped' people. They took in the Woodbury people at the prison but more often than not conflict arises when they meet other groups.

Maybe we'll all be surprised and Rick will sit down and come to a peaceful resolution with the 'cop' who runs the hospital. :D

Paddy Cow

Any one else curious at to how the people at the old folks home got on? I hope Rick drops in to check on them.

Cork boy 55

8

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Any one else curious at to how the people at the old folks home got on? I hope Rick drops in to check on them.

There's a deleted scene from start of season 2 which shows Rick group's going back there post-CDC, Pre-Farm.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zXQxy_-6RU

MadYaker

6

When the black kid held them up Carol tries to shoot him but Daryl stops her, then when they catch the kid and he's trapped under the bookshelf about to get his face chewed off Daryl wants to leave him but Carol wants to save him? That didn't make much sense to me. Then Daryl walks off and leaves Carol and the kid but he comes back just in time to save him. I mean come on make your f*cking minds up!

Id have put one in the back of the kids head as soon as he turned his back after holding them up and robbing them.

Nervous Wreck

7

MadYaker wrote: »

When the black kid held them up Carol tries to shoot him but Daryl stops her, then when they catch the kid and he's trapped under the bookshelf about to get his face chewed off Daryl wants to leave him but Carol wants to save him? That didn't make much sense to me. Then Daryl walks off and leaves Carol and the kid but he comes back just in time to save him. I mean come on make your f*cking minds up!

Id have put one in the back of the kids head as soon as he turned his back after holding them up and robbing them.

I'm pretty sure Daryl was pretending to want to leave him to get bitten to see if Carol would care enough to save him.

FortuneChip

The Walking Dead has had a horrible habit of throwing in stupidly slow episodes that drag just to break up the more explosive ones.
However, both this and to a lesser extent last weeks benefited from the slower pace, rather than being slow for the sake of it. Really enjoyed this weeks episode. Irrespective of it being set in the city, it did have a similar vibe to the very first episode throughout (Bear McCreary's soundtrack probably helped that along).

Yeah, really good episode with no mindless stupid stuff. VAN *cough cough*

Oranage2

7

I wonder would it have been better to show this episode before the hospital one?

Timing would be off but there would be some mystery to who took Beth and the ehc guy. Though as I said the timing would be off and it would probably be confusing.

Omackeral

7

Following this forum for ages but have only caught up to the more recent episodes. From 'Consumed' there were a few little subtle things I liked.

- Daryl wrapping and disposing of the mother and baby walker in a respectful manner was a favour to Carol. It showed that he considered them innocents as such and gave them a send off in a way that you'd reserve for your own people, as shown with Tyrese wrapping Lizzie/Misha in the flashback. Obviously burial is how they do it for their own but they were on the road and in a high-rise so this wasn't possible.

- I think Daryl sparking up the cigarette was a bit of a throwback to/reminder of his 'old' self in the Merle days as he was contemplating leaving the kid. Or maybe it was just a bait and switch for the viewer and he was testing Carol, as stated by another poster.

-Carol is the sensitive sole who's become more badass. Daryl is the badass who has become more sensitive.

- Nice to see Rick's tank again :pac: