S02.E09: Los Muertos - Pre-Air Speculation and Live Chat

[HalcyonDays]

This is your pre-air Speculation and Live Chat thread for S02.E09: Los Muertos. This thread will open Friday August 29th, and will close after the episode airs Sunday. Then please go over to the actual episode thread, S02.E09: Los Muertos. Please do NOT post spoilers or discuss The Walking Dead here (that is for over here!).

As always, please be civil and respectful to your fellow posters, and thanks for posting at Previously.TV!

[candall]

I <3 all you live-chat posters.

I couldn't participate last week, but skimming the thread as I watched the recording made it possible to zip through the episode in about eight minutes flat.  Bonus:  All harm to animals was a blur.

The funniest part was that the cleanliness of Nick's t-shirt generated the most scrutiny--although references to Nick's "expressionless, infantilizing" mother never get old.

 

Looking forward to seeing whether they'll be able to top Nick's long hot slog through the desert . . .

[minamurray78]

I totally forgot the show was back last week, but I'll be back for the snark today.

I wouldn't have thought it possible to make one stupid decision after another and still survive desert, wild dogs, zombies, bullets and bites, but somehow Nick did it. Looking foward to see how his gang is doing.

[JackONeill]

I'm strapped in for any of those hair-pin turns!

[nodorothyparker]

My husband's trying to sort out a drinking game for the show.  I fear we may all be dead of alcohol poisoning before the hour is up.

[mightysparrow]

Why aren't I as fascinated with Nick as the show-runners so clearly are?  I can't describe how much my heart sank when I realized the show was opening with him.

[candall]

I always think the straits aren't tooo dire if there are still top sheets, bottom sheets and pillowcases. 

[MostlyContent]

What is this?  The human version of the puppy chute?  

[JackONeill]

Doesn't the "Doctor" look like the guy who came to the island of Lost the last season? 

[Straycat80]

What are they chanting? Here comes dinner. 

[nodorothyparker]

Worst game of tag ever.

[NorthstarATL]

WHY? Why are we still with Nick?

[Raven1707]

Seems a bit harsh...doomed to be a canape.

Edited August 29, 2016 by Raven1707

[JackONeill]

Now, how does Pixie Dust feel about his buddies the Walkers?

[MostlyContent]

Pixie Dust!!  Love that. 

[calliope1975]

4 minutes ago, mightysparrow said:

Why aren't I as fascinated with Nick as the show-runners so clearly are?  I can't describe how much my heart sank when I realized the show was opening with him.

None of these characters are as compelling as TPTB think they are.

[mustbekarma]

Seriously, another group feeding the fucking Walkers instead of killing them? This show is annoying the hell out of me. I want to see what's happening to everyone else. Not Nick. Not Ever.

[mightysparrow]

That little girl clearly got a whiff of Nick when he tried to pick her up.

[candall]

Pfft.  Happy NOW?

[JackONeill]

Madison even complains about the driving. The highness.

[NorthstarATL]

I get it now! I never thought I'd be HAPPY to see Madison et al!

[mustbekarma]

Thank you! People I want to see. This episode suddenly got better.

[MostlyContent]

Oops.  Looks like they left the hairdressers behind for a couple of days.  Bummer. 

[NorthstarATL]

Nick's running on fumes as well. Of a different sort.

[mightysparrow]

Well, this should liven things up.  Poor Strand, stuck with the Weird Sisters.

[JackONeill]

Maybe it'll be a dual perspective show? That's because none of tha characters are that interesting.

[nodorothyparker]

You.  Yes, you there in the blood tie dye shirt that you're probably going to cling to for the next 20 episodes.

[NorthstarATL]

Stranded!

[candall]

1 minute ago, NorthstarATL said:

I get it now! I never thought I'd be HAPPY to see Madison et al!

I think it went the opposite way.  We got a flash of Madison so everyone would stop bitching about the Nick show.

[JackONeill]

Sure am glad TPTB spent all that money on the ship instead of on writer's salaries.

[NorthstarATL]

Smart thinking writing in the sand. Good thing there's no tide or anything.

[MostlyContent]

"He always comes home"  

Yes, Madison, because nothing has changed since his druggy days till now.  Not one thing.   

[NorthstarATL]

They can check in...but they can't check out.

[JackONeill]

Can my platinum AMEX get me an upgrade?

[NorthstarATL]

I LOVE Strand!

[nodorothyparker]

No, don't bother to close the door behind you.  I'm sure that won't become important at any point.

[TVFan17]

I mean... Nick is okay in small doses.  I don't need entire episodes devoted to him.  Too much Nick.

[chlban]

So, decided to tune in just to see if this is still as awful as last year

 Apparently, the PTB didn't think it was bad enough so they added subtitles! Awesome. So I have to put my glasses on to watch. Granted, that only requires sliding them down from the top of my head, but for this show, it's too much effort. Looks like we are at the prison. I already know how this ends.

Edited August 29, 2016 by chlban

[NorthstarATL]

I love how bitchy Nick sounded: "Who's going to miss you?" LOL!

[Raven1707]

"Who's going to miss you?" Ha!

[mightysparrow]

Nick is becoming the Carol of FTWD.

[calliope1975]

Why can't Nick ever be clean? He may be dirtier than all of the mothership put together, and I am including Daryl in that equation. 

[Red Fields]

Wonder if we'll see Travis and Chris this ep.

Edited August 29, 2016 by Red Fields

[NorthstarATL]

Just now, mightysparrow said:

Nick is becoming the Carol of FTWD.

NO! Carol's interesting and has a STORY! Nick is just taking up time and space! YMMV.

[minamurray78]

Nick got bloodied again. That didn't last long.

[candall]

Every one of those Amazon Prime commercials has tugged my heart harder than all the FTWD put together.

[MostlyContent]

Nice to see that the wedding cake made it through unscathed.  :)

[mightysparrow]

1 minute ago, NorthstarATL said:

NO! Carol's interesting and has a STORY! Nick is just taking up time and space! YMMV.

I was thinking along the lines of the obsession of the writers to the detriment of the other characters and the whole show.

[JackONeill]

I have a hankering for Dinner # 18 at the local Mexican restaurant.

[Red Fields]

He's talking.