The Walking Dead The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1 "30 Days Without an Accident" Discussion Thread

[rayc1971]

hope daryl is not infected by shaking that kids hand!

 

[Figs]

The ign review nailed my theory on the new disease. Daryl ate the pig, infected Patrick when he shook his hand after sucking his fingers. Zombie Patrick kills and infects many others.

Which would mean Daryl is infected and will die soon.

 

[HighFivingMF]

I was really excited to see Kyle Gallner and Vincent Martella......

 

[Sawyer]

I was really excited to see Kyle Gallner and Vincent Martella......

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[HighFivingMF]

My theory of how it went down:

Daryl brought in a deer.
Vincent Martella ate the deer.
Some other people probably did too.
Vincent Martella shook Daryl's hand.
Daryl ate with that hand afterward.
Violet dies, possibly because of the disease.
Vincent Martella gets sick.
Possibly shows symptoms earlier because he's younger.
Vincent Martella dies. (Everybody haaaaates Chriiiiiiis)
That bleeding-eyes disease leads to a new breed of zombie that's been teased. There was also a bloody-eyed zombie they emphasized at the fence.

So within the next episode or so we should know which adults ate the TAINTED MEAT! And whether it carried over to Daryl or not.

 

[Man in the Suit]

I really liked the premiere. Gimple seems like he has a great grasp of the these characters. The humor was a nice addition.

 

[BrollySupersj]

Is this going to be on Amazon Instant Video? Anyone know?

 

[Agent Z]

Absolutely fantastic premiere episode. The walkers raining down through the ceiling was so damn inventive and scary! I was actually thinking that Beth's boyfriend might end up being a key villain later in the season, but,....OOPS!

Really liked Rick showing that he still has his humanity enough to possibly help the woman, but smart enough along the way to dig for red flags (i.e. the bit about the airport sculptures).

This was a strong episode from start to finish. The dialogue and characterizations felt natural, the pacing was great, and they gave us enough to piece together how the prison community has come along without beating us over the head with obvious updates.

I'm 0-2 in one episode: I pictured Carl's nerdy friend having a longer stay as well.

Man, what a creepy ending.

 

[SpideyFan866]

Wasn't the actor that played Patrick the kid from Chris Rock's TV show Everybody Hates Chris from a few years ago? Greg I think?

Yup. But he's got another show now thats a lite bit more well known......

 

[The Joker]

Pretty decent episode. The best part was by far the walkers raining down through the ceiling of the department store.

I assume Michonne is still after The Governor because he killed Andrea. She wants revenge.

When Rick was going with that creepy woman to meet her husband, when she started going on about food and how they haven't eaten for days, I thought it was going to be the cannibals storyline from the comic.

The whole walker virus thing with Patrick is intriguing. If the pig died of it will we get a zombie pig?

 

[thalidomide]

I already have a bad feeling about that guy who got trapped under the liquor shelve. Maybe he's the Gov's spy?

 

[O_B_Juan]

I can't wait until Carl puts his dad's hat back on!

 

[ShadowBoxer]

Which would mean Daryl is infected and will die soon.

Well the ign review suggested that Daryl infected Patrick when he shook his hand after sucking on his fingers. And Patrick only got sick after that occurred. Whatever Daryl was eating could have been infected, but it's just a theory at this point, but it would have a heavy impact on Daryl if he was the cause of Patrick's death. But I hope that's not the case as I like Daryl and don't want him to die lol.

 

[ironman_rick]

My Take...... Among the 1st episodes of the 4 seasons i will rank this as number 3.

This is how i rank them.
1)Season 1 Epi 1
2)Season 3 Epi 1
3)Season 4 Epi 1
4)Season 2 Epi 1

The thing about the pig, patrick and the blood eyes walker..... well lets see how the writers play this out.

BTW, is it me or is tyrese not as strong as in the comics ? He kills walkers with his bare hands in the comics. But here.....he is as a little weak (the way he handled himself at the hypermarket). But i am glad he is getting some love though t:. Karen is one hot milf.

 

[thalidomide]

I agree, tyresse is like a wimp in this episode, very different from the first time he was introduced in the show.

 

[Hyde]

I already have a bad feeling about that guy who got trapped under the liquor shelve. Maybe he's the Gov's spy?

That's what I was thinking. Overall it was pretty good, this season sounds very promising so far. A prison virus, Michonne looking for the Governor, Eugene and Abraham being introduced etc.

 

[DyeLorean]

I really liked this episode. It feels like in the hiatus they re-arranged all the pieces, gave a little more personality to some characters and their personal relationships, inyecting some much needed humor.
Don't know who is behind the show now, but I think it was a very positive improvement over last -for me, disappointing- season.

 

[chamber-music]

Trying to figure out what killed Patrick.

His lameness

Well, Kyle Gallner didn't last long.

He better up a better fight against Freddie Kruger

 

[TheDreamMaster]

I really enjoyed the the premiere, it was nice to have a slower paced episode. I'm of the mind this new virus is something animal spawned, maybe from exposure to all the rotting flesh everywhere. I'm banking on the deer meat killed Patrick.

 

[Travesty]

The whole walker virus thing with Patrick is intriguing. If the pig died of it will we get a zombie pig?

Mmmmmmmm, zombie bacon.

 

[Evelisse]

I'm not sure if Patrick was a Woodbury kid or what, but not sure how he's made it this far, basically I think he went to Storytime for the actual story, not knife training. He would have just annoyed me whenever he was on screen. He would have just got someone killed.

 

[Schlosser85]

Based on how soft he is considering how long the world's been in the grips of a zombie apocalypse, I'd guess Patrick was from Woodbury.

 

[Teelie]

I think it is something in the air although not necessarily a mutated zombie strain.

If it was tainted meat then why emphasize a zombie with the condition? Unless that zombie somehow infected the deer Daryl brought back (I assume he killed it himself so it wouldn't have been bit) it makes no sense.

If the strain has mutated and everyone has the virus already then it's only a matter of time before everyone mutates unless only certain people are susceptible. Maybe something in their blood or a weakness in their immune system.

Pigs are similar enough to humans to catch disease from us and vice versa but it still feels like a stretch to say it was the zombie virus mutating that killed the pig (which I assume also did not eat any deer meat).

That leaves some other kind of virus that's spreading which combined with the zombie virus causes these bleeding-eyed zombies. All these corpses festering for so long has no doubt created some kind of nasty disease that's infecting some people but we can't tell what vector it uses yet.

 

[squeekness]

Which would mean Daryl is infected and will die soon.

He better not.

 

[Kane52630]

The Walking Dead Season 4 Debuts with Record 16.1 Million Viewers

http://www.superherohype.com/news/a...ason-4-debuts-with-record-161-million-viewers

AMC’s The Walking Dead returned last night for its fourth season, delivering the highest ratings of any episode in series history. The season four premiere was watched by 16.1 million total viewers and 10.4 million adults aged 18-49. Last night’s ratings confirm The Walking Dead continues to be the #1 show on all of television among the coveted 18-49 demographic. 2013/14 season to date, last night’s premiere ranks as the #1 telecast in adults 18-49, outperforming all programs including primetime NFL football. With time-shifted playback, last night’s premiere should exceed 20 million viewers.
“Sincere thanks to the fans, who have welcomed The Walking Dead back for its fourth season with the highest-rated episode in the show's history,” said AMC President Charlie Collier. “We could not be more proud of this show and everyone on both sides of the camera who work so hard to give life to this story of character, leadership and survival. It starts with series creator, writer and executive producer Robert Kirkman, show runner and executive producer Scott Gimple and the director of last night’s episode (and the man behind the make-up) executive producer Greg Nicotero, their fellow executive producers and an extraordinary cast and crew who are giving their all every day. So clearly, thanks to them, the dead have never been more alive.”

The previous record for an episode of The Walking Dead was 12.4 million total viewers and 8.1 million viewers 18-49 for the season three finale.