The Walking Dead Season 5 - Official discussion thread

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Kaido

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Oh snap. Morgan is going to be the new moral compass (re: "all life is precious"). That means he's gonna die
 

Kaido

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So what kind of threats can they come across that not human ? What about a nuclear power plant blowing up near alexandria and making their little paradise toxic? Would be nuts.

I was wondering about that too...no one is guarding the bombs or the nukes or the powerplants or airliner fuel or anything like that, plenty of opportunity for huge disasters to happen. And if a nuclear plant DID leak...well, can we just say nuclear mutated zombies walking around?
 

manimal

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Oh snap. Morgan is going to be the new moral compass (re: "all life is precious"). That means he's gonna die

I thought that as well though I think the group needs to turn back to spirituality. Seeing the three of them praying after Sasha almost killed the priest and Morgans letting the wolves live will be interesting.

The group does need morgan now. They have gone too feral and need to keep some semblance of morality. Morgan will be really good for Rick.


I think Morgan found a zen master or a Daoist priest and traveled with him a while.


I also started to think that the guys that morgan let live will meet the group again in the next season and pay the kindness forward somehow. Maybe Morgan is there to put them back on track spiritually.

The group was the happiest when Hershel was tending to his flock.
 

CZroe

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They killed Red Hood because he wrote the warning on the car... probably the note Aaron and Daryl found between the seats too.

He shot Pete. Clearly. The only reason he even turned around to look at Deanna first was to get her approval. Body language is context!
 

Kaido

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Kaido

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I think Morgan found a zen master or a Daoist priest and traveled with him a while.

The guy who plays Morgan says he's got a pretty good backstory for that, so I'm excited to see how they play it. Morgan will definitely stick around to help Rick because Rick was there when Morgan was crazy with all the weapons, so now he needs to return the favor & not let things get too out of hand. Deanna is a bit too extreme for the current world they live in - Ricktatorship or bust man :biggrin:
 

manimal

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The guy who plays Morgan says he's got a pretty good backstory for that, so I'm excited to see how they play it. Morgan will definitely stick around to help Rick because Rick was there when Morgan was crazy with all the weapons, so now he needs to return the favor & not let things get too out of hand. Deanna is a bit too extreme for the current world they live in - Ricktatorship or bust man :biggrin:



Deanna will have an interesting arc. She is a classic politician. Now that she has lost and is out for blood she will understand rick pretty quick. When they are told about the Wolves she will be even more. Shes gonna draft up some patriot act bullshit pretty quick.
 

wetech

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I was wondering about that too...no one is guarding the bombs or the nukes or the powerplants or airliner fuel or anything like that, plenty of opportunity for huge disasters to happen. And if a nuclear plant DID leak...well, can we just say nuclear mutated zombies walking around?

global warming is the next big threat. Zombie farts are like greenhouse gases * 1000.
 

SamQuint

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Without maintenance all the plants are going to melt down! It is just a matter of when.


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I would think that as the crisis began and things started going to hell the national guard would protect the nuclear plants and then they would systematically shut them all down to be on the safe side. Maybe in the spinoff show they will show that scenario.

Maybe that is the threat everyone is alluding to, nuclear meltdowns that they will force them to move.
 

Kwatt

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I would think that as the crisis began and things started going to hell the national guard would protect the nuclear plants and then they would systematically shut them all down to be on the safe side. Maybe in the spinoff show they will show that scenario.

Maybe that is the threat everyone is alluding to, nuclear meltdowns that they will force them to move.

The reactors are designed to shut down without intervention (on the 2 I have worked at anyway).

The problem is the spent fuel pools. Without cooling pumps and make-up water the spent rods will boil off the cooling water.

Once a rod canister is exposed it will melt through the caseing.
Spewing contaminated patticles and steam. Be at least 250 miles away depending on wind, rain and terrian.

Southern coastal Oregon, Northern coastal Calif., Alaska and Hawaii would be best. Parts of several other western states may be good as well (think Rockies).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spent_fuel_pool


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Jaskalas

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The problem is the spent fuel pools. Without cooling pumps and make-up water the spent rods will boil off the cooling water.

So it really doesn't matter if the reactors self-cool or not, the fuel is still going to breech containment without active human management. I imagine it's easier for most post apocalyptic shows to ignore certain aspects of the apocalypse.
 

Brovane

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So it really doesn't matter if the reactors self-cool or not, the fuel is still going to breech containment without active human management. I imagine it's easier for most post apocalyptic shows to ignore certain aspects of the apocalypse.

Yeah most apocalypse shows glance over this. You have two issues the Reactor and the spent fuel pond.

The reactor will shut itself down automatically as soon as grid power is lost.
Even if a reactor get's shutdown it still needs cooling for weeks before it goes completely cold. Most sites don't have more than probably 1-2 weeks of diesel fuel onsite. So once the grid goes and unless you can get more diesel fuel things will go bad quickly.

The fuel ponds are a big issue. Without active cooling the water does boil off. It takes years before the fuel has cooled enough for dry storage. It was never planned for that a reactor site would loose power and not have access to more diesel fuel within 1-2 weeks to run the generators onsite.
 

SamQuint

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Yeah most apocalypse shows glance over this. You have two issues the Reactor and the spent fuel pond.

The reactor will shut itself down automatically as soon as grid power is lost.
Even if a reactor get's shutdown it still needs cooling for weeks before it goes completely cold. Most sites don't have more than probably 1-2 weeks of diesel fuel onsite. So once the grid goes and unless you can get more diesel fuel things will go bad quickly.

The fuel ponds are a big issue. Without active cooling the water does boil off. It takes years before the fuel has cooled enough for dry storage. It was never planned for that a reactor site would loose power and not have access to more diesel fuel within 1-2 weeks to run the generators onsite.

Well seeing as Rick and the gang have been out there surviving for a year or two now it looks like they dodged that bullet.
 

KMFJD

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Just rewatched it again after seeing this screencap on reddit and there is definitely blood on the sword before he attacks Reg



Who's blood is that on the sword?
 

manimal

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Just rewatched it again after seeing this screencap on reddit and there is definitely blood on the sword before he attacks Reg



Who's blood is that on the sword?

Is that screen cap when the sword was pulled away after it sliced him open ?




anyone not there yet at the end? Man if he killed the kid that would be fucked up.

Who else lived in Michones house? He went there looking for trouble and found the sword?

Was carl in the last scene?

HE KILLED CORAL!
 

Imp

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I thought that was Rick's knife/machete... It looked like it had a serrated edge.
 

KMFJD

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The screencap is just before he sliced Reg (1:02:09) and it's Michones katana
 
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