Questions tagged [the-walking-dead]
An American horror drama TV series about a post-apocalyptic world dominated by zombies known as 'Walkers'.
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How did Michonne get her sword back?
In S05, when arriving at Terminus, Michonne is stripped of her sword.
In E03, she appears back with it, but I missed the part that she got it back.
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The Wolves - A Disappearing Storyline In The Walking Dead
So as I'm watching the Walking Dead for the millionth time, I'm still left wondering what the purpose of The Wolves was to the story? They had left marks around the area that our main cast was at, ...
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What is this sign in Season 5, Episode 1?
At the end of the credits of The Walking Dead epsiode S05E01 we got to see a familiar face, seemingly following the group. He seems to be able to follow them from a "sign" carved into a tree? Or am I ...
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How old was Carl in The Walking Dead?
According to the The Walking Dead wiki Carl was 12 years old when the show started, although the actor was 10-11 at the time. How old is Carl when season 8 started? He has a visible beard by then and ...
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Why does Jesus side with Maggie in S08E16?
Jesus has always been the voice of mercy and reason in The Walking Dead, even in the last episode of S08E16 when he talks to Morgan.
In the last scene of S08E16, he agrees to this:
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How did the Saviors know the group would try to reach the Hilltop?
In the season 6 finale of The Walking Dead,
How did they know that the group would make that trip?
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Differences between the standard and extended versions of TWD S6 E16
Season 6 of The Walking Dead was finally released on DVD and Blu-ray. Among the special features is an extended version of episode 16:
...executive producers Robert Kirkman, Scott M. Gimple and ...
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Do I need to watch Walking Dead before watching Fear the Walking Dead?
I'm planning on watching Fear the Walking Dead but I read that it's a spin off/prequel of the Walking Dead.
Is it quite dependent on The Walking Dead or can it be watched on its own ?
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Why don't humans become Walkers when eating other humans who are infected?
Watching the S05E01 of the Walking Dead, Cannibalism seems to be the way that the members of Terminus survive. Why would they not turn as well eating human flesh because all humans are infected and ...
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Why do the walkers resurrect at the presence of a human?
I'm up to S3E03, of the walking dead, so I understand that everyone is infected, and when a person dies of any cause, it takes a time frame of 8 minutes to 8 hours for the dead person to rise back as ...
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Why do we not see snow or much of season change in the Walking Dead?
I do not recall seeing much snow or any serious weather change in the Walking Dead series. Is there a specific reason for that?
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Why does Negan kill this character in TWD S07E08?
Earlier in the episode, we see Spencer return from a supply run and receive some commendation for it by one of Negan's men.
You look like shit, which means you fought for this. You did your
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How did Rick survive while in coma?
In the very beginning of the Walking Dead series if I recall correctly, Rick has been in coma for over a month, yet he managed to survive. We don't know exactly when the hospital got over-run but ...
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Is there enough evidence in the mid-season finale to conclude "Little-Ass-Kicker's" fate?
Near the end of The Walking Dead season four's Mid-season finale, we are given a glimpse into Judith's car seat:
We know she was in this car seat based on a previous scene:
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How did Carl not die when he got shot in the eye in The Walking Dead?
Most people would die from being shot in the eye. I know when Denise got shot with a arrow in the eye, she died, so why didn't Carl? Don't get me wrong I'm happy he lived but why did he?
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Why is there blood dripping from the middle of the wall at the end of S06E05?
At the very end of the episode 5 of season 6 of The Walking Dead, a growing blood trail is shown going from the middle of a wall section. It doesn't look like someone died up above because there are ...
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Who machine gunned the Saviours that Carol was being held at gunpoint by?
I'm still a bit confused, in late Season 6 of The Walking Dead, Carol went away from the community for certain reasons, she had a car with wooden spikes protruding from it (even the bonnet) when she ...
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If most humans tend to be eaten before being turned into zombies, how are most of zombies intact?
Shouldn't many if not most zombies in The Walking Dead have their guts spilling out and the majority of their tissue eaten? Do zombies have a maximum capacity for food - after which they'd rather give ...
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What is "A" and "B" in The Walking Dead?
I was just watching "What comes after" and I realised that Anne referred to Rick as a "B" as opposed to in season 8 when she wrote "A" on the boxcar he was trapped in.
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"I am Negan" lifted from the movie Spartacus?
Was the concept of unity in the "We're all Negan" motif ripped off (or homaged) from the scene in Spartacus where every character stands up and states, "I am Spartacus!".
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Shouldn't Carl's hat be too tight by now?
Carl has been wearing the same hat for 5 seasons of The Walking Dead now. Given that he's been at the age where much of a person is continually growing, why does this hat still fit him? Was it ever ...
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Why do they change the storyline?
Why do producers change the storyline when they take a book/comic book and make it into a movie/ TV show?
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How did Jesus steal the car keys?
In S6E10 of The Walking Dead, Rick and Daryl go out on a supply run. They come across a box truck full of supplies in the back.
While using the truck to flip over a vending machine, a man comes from ...
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Has Carol become unrealistically unhinged?
Carol, the former Babysitter Of The Year, has had an edge to her for some time. However, in the most recent episode of The Walking Dead, titled "JSS", she seems to be bipolar. In one moment she's ...
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Did Carl actually get raped?
In final episode of The Walking Dead season 4 a big disgusting fat guy TRIES to rape Carl. We can hear the buckle of the guy and all, but we don't see him actually doing movements. So I'm a little ...
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How did walking dead characters get cured?
I remember in season 4 of The Walking Dead that Glenn, Sasha and a few others were infected with some type of illness and that they were still sick even when the Governor attacked them. How were they ...
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How did the walkers enter the prison later?
My understanding is that by episode S03E02 "Sick" of The Walking Dead, Rick and his team had cleaned out the whole prison and hardly one walker was alive in the vicinity. The prison was locked on the ...
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How did Rick Grimes "change" throughout The Walking Dead series?
If you've seen all the seasons of The Walking Dead you've probably noticed that Rick's personality changed throughout the series.
Now I have seen all the seasons and I'd like to know what the main "...
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Where is Wade from s6e6 of walking dead in season 8?
Where is Wade from The Walking Dead, s6e6? What is the not-in-universe reason the character has not been in the show since (eg. did the show wrote itself into a corner or change of character direction,...
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How faithful is Walking Dead the TV show to the comic series?
Is the TV show merely inspired by the comic series, or is it somehow tied to it in terms of story progression?
I ask this because one of the attractions of the TV show is that it breaks from typical ...
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Why take that "glass floor" risk in the museum?
In The Walking Dead's 'A New Beginning' (season 9 episode 1/S09E01), a team led by Rick Grimes enters the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, in order to find useful materials and tools for their ...
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Who is the walker that Michonne saw in Season 4 Episode 9?
In the walking dead season 4 episode 10 After, there is a scene where Michonne gets back to the prison and sees nobody there. Then, she uses her old technique of camouflage and uses two trapped ...
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Is this depiction of fatal brain trauma realistic?
Tonight in S06E14 of The Walking Dead, we see a character receive fatal brain trauma (not exactly an uncommon occurrence on this show). Specifically:
Clearly this is a fatal injury, and the character ...
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By what names are the walking dead known?
Each group of people seem to have labeled the walking dead by different names.
Here's a few I can recall off hand (I think):
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Walkers | Rick's group
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Why does Dwight forget?
In season 7 episode 11 of The Walking Dead
Is that a correct interpretation? Is there confirmation of that? I haven't seen any signs of this in previous episodes.
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Head injuries in the Walking Dead
So I just finished watching the first episode of the fifth season of The Walking Dead and
Rick is a tough guy, was in the police forces and can take a beating, that we know, but how can a man survive ...
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Why did Shane see those visions when he died?
In season 2 episode 12 of The Walking Dead, when Shane gets killed by Rick, Shane sees a vision of a bunch of walkers... Does this have any meaning? I've watched this show about 3 times now, but still ...
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Do we know who died in the season 6 finale of The Walking Dead? [closed]
At the end of S06E16 of The Walking Dead, a major character died. However, who this character is was not revealed on the show.
Series creator Robert Kirkman, appearing on after show The Talking
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What was Bob blubbering about?
In this week's episode of The Walking Dead, towards the end of the episode Bob started, in my mind, acting funny. He seems more emotional, and finally goes outside and starts crying while leaning up ...
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This Sorrowful Life car
In the Walking Dead episode "This Sorrowful Life," Merle hot-wires what looks to be an older car. The car had a car alarm that caused a walker attack. I don't recall there being car alarms on older ...
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Are some zombies highly skilled?
Could it be possible that some zombies are smart or just partially zombies, so that they are still able to develop tools? I'm asking, because in episode 2 of The Walking Dead we can see a walker (a ...
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How does the prison gate work?
In the episode 30 Days Without Accidents Michonne returns and Rick opens the gate. But what kind of pulley mechanisms can make that work? Especially when you don't have electric motors like the garage ...
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Please explain the ending of S5E5 of The Walking Dead to me
If you haven't seen The Walking Dead S5E5 yet, here's what happens:
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Why not use dead the Michonne way (hands & teeth removed), plus guts for smell repulsion?
In the entire The Walking Dead series the only smart usage of the walkers was by Michonne to set up her few walk along walkers; no hands, no teeth and kind of inert but helpful in terms of ...
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Does Ron have Stockholm Syndrome in The Walking Dead?
From re-watching, I started to think about Ron's psychology. Obviously, we all know that Ron hates Carl because of the whole Enid situation, and while some of that anger could have seeped into Rick, ...
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In season 1 of The Walking Dead, why does Jenner whisper it to Rick
I don't get why Jenner felt the need to whisper
we're all infected
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Are newborn babies infected?
In The Walking Dead we learn early on (S2 if memory serves) that everyone is infected and the infection only takes effect after death but I don't recall if new born babies are infected.
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How did Patrick get the killer virus that kills you so you convert to a walker?
I just started Season 4 of the Walking Dead, so I know that Wood berry is flattened and all the civilians there moved to the prison to be with Rick, Darrel, Maggi, Glen etc, one of the refugees is a ...
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Handcuffs in The Walking Dead [closed]
In season 1 of The Walking Dead, Merle cuts his hand off because he cannot cut through the handcuff.
Yet in season 3, Andrea cuts her handcuffs with a pair of plyers?
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What happened to the group at Grady Memorial Hospital?
He everyone,
I'm rewatching season 5 of The Walking Dead and I just saw the scene when Beth got killed and the police officers behind Dawn tell them to leave and that they'll never see them again.
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