Lakebum

They need to hire that greeter for every stop, country be damned. Wow...

Or commandeered some random guy's shoeshine stand...

Isn't that what happened to John and Jessica in Season 22? John, mostly, as Jessica kept telling him that they needed to use it because they were behind, and he kept insisting that there were teams behind them.

So... I guess we can't really call that a "Fast" Forward, can we? It could easily turn out to be a game-saver for them, just because of the wear and tear they avoided, but still... they took a helicopter ride, jumped out of it, and drove to the top of a big hill, and that somehow took longer than than climbing up and down a big tower, looking for six trolls or kayaking around looking for a special fishing lure (which all of the kayakers seemed to be remarkably bad at) and walking up the big hill? Unless we weren't shown something, there was some poor design on that leg. But despite that oddity, I'll remember this pair of episodes for the whining and crying and disfunction and incompetence and arguing. There are notable exceptions, but this is turning out to be an annoying group of people...

To be fair, they didn't "let" Tara live; they took her into the woods to execute her, and she escaped.

I think she went to The Kingdom because she wanted answers NOW, and the Kingdom is much closer to her hideaway than is Alexandria.

I woul I would hope Phil would stay far away from this show; it might be contagious.

"I've got an idea. I know it sounds crazy, but it just might work!" is a historic gold standard in the field of Remarkably Bad Writing. And yet, it was the modus operandi of the hunters, and not just tonight... though "I'm thinking they take a sea plane out of Blue Ridge" might have set a new low. Scooby Doo had more believable detective work, every Saturday. I'm embarrassed that I watched this show (even though I came in late.) I'm more embarrassed that some producers green-lighted it, and that some screenwriters got paid for their inability to make this show come across as remotely "real."

Any respectable BBQ joint in the south is going to also serve a variety of sides, including corn, green beans, fried okra, baked beans, slaw, potato salad, macaroni salad, Brunswick stew, french fries, potato chips, corn bread, white bread (just trying to name some things off the top of my head from two of the popular BBQ places in my hometown...)

OK, another idea, not quite as snarky as the one I posted before... Offer a reward to anyone who gives information that leads to a capture, with two conditions: 1. The capture must be made withing a two-mile radius of where the informer says they are, AND 2. the capture must be made within 24 hours of the hunters getting the info. This makes staying on the move a good idea, but doesn't FORCE anyone to move if they don't feel as if they are in danger.

1. Make the rules 2. Explain ALL of the rules. 3. Don't change the rules. 4. Don't treat your viewers as if they are idiots who don't notice things like "The hunters wear the same clothes every day" and "there are rules they're not telling us about," etc. 5. Realize that the arrogance of the hunters plus the unfair rules cause people to pull for the Hunted, not the Hunters.

The articles states that producers can make up new rules on the spot, as the game progresses. What a crock, and what a total misrepresentation of the show.

OK, in the latest episode, a scenario popped up which offered some more good possibilities for evasion. The couple who got the car from the guy named Blaze also spent some time at his isolated cabin (before being tracked there by some of that so-amazing-it-can-only-be-scripted "detective" work. The runners had left by the time the hunters got there, but they talked to Blaze, who wouldn't let them search the house, which he claimed belonged to his boss. So... pre-set a similar scenario. Find a friend who will be out of the country, and borrow his house. Have a friend he trusts act as caretaker. When the hunters miraculously find their way to the house, deny them access on the grounds of "It's not my house." But of course tell them that if they can get the owner's permission, of course they can come in. But good luck finding him, since "he's currently thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail."

Whoever sat up behind Father Gabriel is stealthy, small, and... well, probably a shape shifter. There was a clear shot of the back seat of that car, and there wasn't enough room for a normal human to climb in, hide, then rise up, much less to do any of them quickly, quietly or easily. And how did he know about the boat -- either boat-- much less how to get there? And if HE didn't write "BOAT," then do we have to add yet another super-human skill to our shape-shifting garden gnome? I guess we'll find out in 2-3 weeks, when Gabriel gets his stand-alone episode. (I'm just guessing about that, but it does seem to be SOP.)

Agreed. I think Rick smiled because the thought i his head was "Here's a whole bunch of people, armed people, who seem to be able to take care of themselves. And they haven't killed us yet, so they can't be all bad; these might be the numbers we need to be able to take on the Saviors."

So I'm in full eye-roll mode now. So the two bearded dudes (do I really not care enough to even look up their names? That seems to be the case...) meet some people who happen to mention that they have a kayak. Which makes it extra-special convenient that one of the guys looked up something about kayaking. Not canoeing. Not paddling. Not boating. KAYAKING. I'm surprised that they didn't google something about traveling specifically via a red tandem kayak....

I'm surprised this isn't already a category, since I've seen some plans posted in other threads. Assuming we know all of the rules -- which is not a good assumption, unless the contestants are stupid even by reality-show contestant standards -- would be this: I have pets: two dogs, two cats, four turtles and a snake. So I'm not going anywhere for 28 days without hiring a pet-sitter. A real, staying-at-my-house pet-sitter. That's not suspicious, because I would need one; I always get one, even for overnight trips (unless the dogs are coming along; the cats can handle being alone for a night.) So after getting the "you're on the run" tag, I would hastily pack my bag (because having one already packed MUST be against the rules, right? Who wouldn't have a bag packed already, unless it wasn't allowed?) hit the closest ATM, and start driving towards my lake cabin, because that's where I would go if I was trying to get away from anybody. Except... I would trade cars with a friend, drive back towards my house, hide with another friend, and then, when I was sure the hunters had thoroughly investigated my house, I would sneak back home. (If I was really on it, I would have that first friend use the ATM card at a far-off location, just to make sure the coast was at least temporarily clear.) Once I was safely inside, I would stay there for the duration. And I would tell the pet-sitter to stay, too, AND to throw a big party every night. That would confuse the scene with a bunch of extra activity AND be a way to have food brought in, because what's a party without food? (I wouldn't want to give the hunters a reason to think "That pet-sitter sure does buy a lot of food for just one person.") No phone, no computer, no TV, no activity at all when the pet-sitter isn't home; just me sitting in a windowless room catching up on my reading. No talking to the pet-sitter when it's just us at home, which is another reason for the parties; they will definitely help alleviate the cabin fever and general stir-craziness. Of course, my plan probably breaks several rules, the most important of which is "You're not following the script."

So packing ahead of time never occurred to any of the teams?

Carol and Morgan still don't know about Glenn and Abe; that revelation might be enough to make them mad enough to fight.

I just saw a re-cap that intimated that the slaughter at the Saviors' compound was the impetus for the Saviors to kill every man at wherever the Oceanside women used to be. And... I don't buy it. Tara and Heath have been scavenging for two weeks, which means the slaughter happened two weeks ago. So in that time... 1. The Saviors killed all of the men at some community 2. The women of that community fled in secret, found a cool new place, gussied it up with all sorts of camo to make it hard to find, organized an entire code of conduct that includes killing all strangers on site, became excellent fishermen, and more... again, in two short weeks. I don't buy it. I admit that it might be something that has no bearing on future events, but if the opposite happens to come to pass, then either the writers need to be called out for some sloppy time-lining, OR the characters need to explain to the Oceanside women that whatever happened to make the Saviors so mad that they killed all of the men, it wasn't the Great Outpost Slaughter.

On a completely new slant about this episode... did anyone else notice a small blond child slip behind the tarp with Heath? It happens during the bridge scene, as Heath is watching Tara battle a couple of walkers, as he is close to being swarmed himself. He backs up to the tarp and goes behind it, and in the confusion you can clearly see a small head of blond hair go in at about the same time. It COULD be a small walker... but if so, it's the only one of that group of walkers that had clean, shiny hair; most of them looked to have no hair at all, or at least hair that was 50% sand.

I don't think Nick was looking for drugs for his own benefit; I think alarms went off in his head when he heard the little kid talking about "wonder pills" (or whatever he called them.) We were being led to believe that he was just searching for something for himself, but in reality he wasn't. (Now just how believable that scenario is is something else.) It was in all the papers... I think the gunshot we heard was Dad removing himself from the equation...

I think a character's wardrobe oddities might be directly related to how confident that character is of avoiding walker bites. This is a world where a little nibble will kill you, so thick clothes might be worth the discomfort. When an extra layer of leather might be the difference between living and dying, sweating doesn't seem so bad.

In a world where one small nibble can kill you, I'm surprised that MORE people don't wear heavier, bulkier clothes, no matter the weather. A layer of leather might be the difference between living or dying, and that's worth a little extra sweat. So leather jackets and fur collars and gloves should be the norm; dressing down in dictates a certain level of confidence and badassitude... and that's not at all surprising for Michonne and Darryl.

I'm Alabama born and raised, and I've never heard anything BUT using "Coke" to mean any soda/soft drink/pop/whatever else Yankees call Coke.