I think it could go either way, but now I’m leaning towards the kid was just putting his gun down. It was deliberately filmed in a way that left doubt I think.[/quote]
Rifle still pointing in general direction, still a threat. I would have probably shot before he even talked, but then, I was trained to shoot people who hold weapons.
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Wait, you mean the guy in the avatar wasn’t/isn’t a fan of not dropping a weapon and slowly inching closer as a means of “compliance”?
No shit. Can’t imagine why.
Really, that kid was basically acting out of the “how to get yourself shot by a cop/soldier” manual.
Hershel and Rick’s response has me thinking it was just a case of being filmed/directed badly so what was supposed to be a cold blooded execution looked like Carl did the right thing. It has happened before in the series. The producers seemed genuinely surprised Lori wasn’t sympathetic and T-Dawg was mocked.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Sorry, not what I meant. I was trying to be clever, saying that it would’ve been decent for just a regular episode, but was a letdown as a finale.
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[quote]debraD wrote:
I agree with Chris, it was a pretty decent finale.
When Carl shot the kid, the kid was lowering his weapon in such a way and seemed to be inching closer that I was sure he was going to pull something so when Carl shot him it seemed like the right thing to do. [/quote]
I don’t remember seeing anything like that. I saw Carl being a d*ck.[/quote]
They said “drop the gun” NOT “hand me the gun” which he was trying to do.
If you are to stupid to follow directions in a war environment…Bang you are dead.[/quote]
In a “war environment” the kid’s heart beat is probably off the charts and he can’t process whether someone says ‘drop the gun’ or ‘hand me the gun’. [/quote]
Same goes for the person that said drop it. Heart pounding, etc. Not expecting a kid of 12 to react like a war vet. Carl had bad things happen when he hesitated before. [/quote]
I like Carl’s rationale, about Ricks hesitation in killing had led to them losing people.
haha told y’all. Some of you actually thought the baby was going to die? Governor will come back next season and die mid-season but then again who knows, and who cares at this point.
The show has already lost its appeal to me TBH. I’d rather they remade the 24 series. Let the new guy be called Blake Mauer.
As others have said, it was a good episode just didn’t have as much impact as it could have done as a finale. Still I really enjoyed season 3, massive improvement from the dull and weary episodes of season 2. In a lot of ways I am quite happy with the governor still being alive, but no longer as part of woodbury. I think he will be out of a few episodes then come back for revenge, but it is better than keeping the prison v woodbury thing going, as eventually that would have got old. Just hope they have some good material for season 4.
With as obsessed as I am over this show, I am sad to admit that I have not seen the entire 1st season, only 3 or 4 episodes. So since my woman is working these next couple of nights and little man is out by 830 or so, I have popped this on NetFlix and am trying to catch up
Seeing Shane and his awkwardness all over again is just weird. Almost uncomfortable haha…
