The Walking Dead 5.5 "Self Help" (spoiler alert)

[NewJeffCT]

The group must contend with a new set of issues while out on a mission, and must push through to survive.

I really hope we don't have to wait through an entire episode of Abraham, Eugene, Rosita, Maggie and Glenn to find out what happens with Carol, Beth and who is with Daryl.

[NewJeffCT]

1. And, my prediction for who is with Daryl

It's Bill Murray.

[alphafemale]

2. I think there are many people from the "hospital" with Daryl

We do need some minor characters for body count in the rest of the season after all.

[NewJeffCT]

3. That would be interesting

Would be nice if they had an actual doctor with them...at least temporarily.

[alphafemale]

4. After Terminus that self appointed little runt Mean Queen is a joke for Carol to pick off.

I mean. Seriously?

[NewJeffCT]

5. you never know, though

I hope they don't make Carol into some sort of super woman. Daryl is almost like a super man as well - how often does Daryl screw up? He almost never misses with his crossbow, can track a falcon on a cloudy day, etc.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

6. This one looks good

It looks from these trailers that a lot of stuff happens that they used in the midsummer promo.

[Laffy Kat]

7. "Why the hair?"

[NewJeffCT]

8. that's been the question

since he made his first appearance on the show...

[Laffy Kat]

9. Right. The mullet.

There's so little humor in WD I just loved it.

[NewJeffCT]

10. there has not been much humor

that's correct. A few moments of it, but what can you expect in that kind of world?

[NewJeffCT]

11. 35 minutes away

I hope it's a strong episode.

[NewJeffCT]

12. just re-watched the end of last week's episode

Carol was pretty beat up when she was brought into the hospital... superficial? Maybe, maybe not? I'm not Bill Frist, so I can't judge somebody over the TV

[NewJeffCT]

13. Abe driving the bus

to start - Rosita playing with his hair.

[NewJeffCT]

14. Tara on the bus as well

pretty big group Maggie, Glenn, Tara, Eugene, Rosita and Abraham

[NewJeffCT]

15. Holy crap

that came out of nowhere... bus flips on its side, about to be swarmed by walkers

[Joe Shlabotnik]

17. Dammit, who the fuck let Lori drive!

[NewJeffCT]

18. Did the tire blow out there?

That's what it seemed like to me

[Brigid]

16. Oh boy.

The bus crashed. And here come the walkers.

[NewJeffCT]

19. flashback now?

not sure?

[Brigid]

21. Yep. Looks like it.

This must have reminded Abraham of an incident in grocery store soon after the apocalypse struck.

[NewJeffCT]

20. boy Eugene is a coward

tara wading into the action

[NewJeffCT]

22. or maybe not

tough battle there - Abraham without much in the way of hand to hand weapons

[NewJeffCT]

23. my computer is acting funky

but, they're only 15 miles out from the church? and now they're walking to DC? Crazy

[NewJeffCT]

24. so, Eugene got his first kill

and seems disgusted by it

[Brigid]

26. He better get used to it.

This is the way things are now.

[NewJeffCT]

27. He's been pretty sheltered

by Abraham and Rosita

[Brigid]

30. Yes.

But no more.

[NewJeffCT]

25. eww

scooping up toilet water to drink

[Brigid]

28. Very dangerous unless they boil it.

Any gastrointestinal illness could easily kill.

[NewJeffCT]

29. They're boiling the water at least

but, still...

[NewJeffCT]

31. Abe & Rosita going at it

while Eugene watches. Wow, this guy is really a loser

[NewJeffCT]

32. Tara interrupts Eugene's voyeurism

and thanks him for saving her life

[NewJeffCT]

33. dayum

Eugene sabotaged the bus and caused it to blow out because he wanted to stay back with the gang at the church

[charlie and algernon]

34. I'm calling it now

Rosalita either dies or requires Abraham to save her. after a flashback showing Abraham's wife and kids dying.

[NewJeffCT]

36. I hope not

they usually give people more lines before they kill them off. Rosita hasn't said much yet.

[NewJeffCT]

35. looks like it's the sex episode this week

Abraham and Rosita and now Glenn & Maggie?

[Brigid]

37. Does Eugene have Aspergers?

Something about the way he talks.

[NewJeffCT]

38. He has a lot of faults

cowardly, can't shoot, mullet hairdo, voyeur,saboteur.

[NewJeffCT]

39. fire engine for transport?

and, it starts up after sitting idle for what, 18 months?

[NewJeffCT]

40. oops, it was blocking a horde of walkers

into some building

[NewJeffCT]

42. Eugene to the rescue

with the fire hose

[Brigid]

41. A fire truck. Perfect, but they gotta get it running.

What did that message say?

[NewJeffCT]

43. Sick Inside - Let them die

I guess they missed the sign

[Liberal Veteran]

70. My thoughts were. A fire truck can't possibly get good gas mileage and...

...surely they could have found a 2015 Hyundai Tuscon?

[NewJeffCT]

44. Abe walks up

and his family is gone (flashback)

[NewJeffCT]

45. wow, already 46 minutes into the show

almost over.

[NewJeffCT]

46. Maggie giving Eugene a pep talk now

interrupted by a smell?

[NewJeffCT]

47. The smell is a farm of walkers

thousands of them

[Brigid]

50. This show has often made me glad . . .

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You can't smell on TV.

[NewJeffCT]

48. Eugene admits it

he's not a scientist and doesn't know how to stop it.

[amerikat]

52. Not a scientist. Has the Republican talking point down pat.

[charlie and algernon]

49. or we just get the Big Reveal.

[NewJeffCT]

51. Yep

that was big. Do they turn around & go back to the church now?

[NewJeffCT]

53. oh shit

Is Abraham going to kill himself?

[charlie and algernon]

54. well shit

can't say though that Eugene didn't deserve to get punched in the face.

[NewJeffCT]

60. I was expecting that reveal

to come later. I think in the comics, he's a high school science teacher, so he was able to sound somewhat competent about scientific things.

Of course, Walter White was a high school science teacher, too.

[Brigid]

64. But wasn't Walter White a really expert chemist . . .

Working far below his abilities in teaching high school chemistry?

[NewJeffCT]

65. yes, he was

he was a star scientist at a university until his affair with that other woman caused a rift between him and that other guy

[Brigid]

55. Abraham had pinned al his hopes on getting Eugene to DC.

Now all that is gone.

[NewJeffCT]

57. Hopefully, it won't be the end of Abraham

Eugene looks a lot different without the mullet.

[amerikat]

66. Abraham was a soldier.

Who needed a mission. Not a good place for a soldier to be. Without a mission to carry out I mean

[Liberal Veteran]

71. Obviously these people aren't very bright.

Rick was a cop. Michonne was a lawyer. Between the two of them, they should have been pretty good at knowing when someone was full of shit. A few pointed questions would have been more than warranted before agreeing to take an extremely dangerous journey from Georgia to DC through some of the more densely populated areas of the country. Of course, the safest bet for any of them would be to head to the coast, find a boat, and ride the coastline get closest to DC without much walker trouble and only have to stop now and again for supplies and fuel.

[NewJeffCT]

81. they're like that group of young kids

in the horror movie commercial - "let's hide in the barn with a bunch of chainsaws hanging around..."

[NewJeffCT]

56. damn

another cliffhanger ending

[charlie and algernon]

59. How is Eugene NOT dead?

I think the only cliffhanger is if Abraham kills himself.

[Brigid]

61. I think Eugene is dead.

But we can't be sure yet.

[NewJeffCT]

68. the actor on Talking Dead

seemed to let it slip that he's still alive and that nobody likes him

[NewJeffCT]

62. I'm not sure

He could end up with a broken nose...

[Joe Shlabotnik]

63. meh, couldn't care less about Eugene,

when the last scene of next weeks preview, is Daryl carrying a shrouded body.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

58. great episode

Not as action-packed as I thought it would be, but Abraham, and the back story was compelling.

[NewJeffCT]

67. seems like next week is a flashback episode

what happens with Daryl & Carol before she gets wheeled into the hospital

[NewJeffCT]

69. the Talking Dead sneak peek

of next week's episode was haunting - they're making fans think it's Beth they're burning

[Baitball Blogger]

72. It could also be that girl who turned zombie. They're the same size.

Though, why Daryl would get sentimental about burning her is beyond me.

[NewJeffCT]

74. I was thinking that as well

I don't think he would get upset over her.. unless it was somebody new that comes along?

[Baitball Blogger]

77. There is only a day in time diference between zombie girl

and Carol. It could be that she helped them in some way, and Daryl will have to put her down when he finds her in the hospital. That means backstory.

[LostInAnomie]

73. So, is that actually a cut on Abe's hand or is he bitten?

[NewJeffCT]

75. I think that's another cliffhanger

that we'll need to wait to find out about.

[Baitball Blogger]

78. If it was a bite, they would have cut his hand off.

Which reminds me, the operation on the zombie girl evidentally didn't work. I can't remember if she got bitten again after the operation.

[Liberal Veteran]

82. Well, it worked, but she deliberately offed herself in Dawn's office.

She went zombie after bleeding out (she was laying in a pool of blood) and dying rather than walker bite fever.

[Baitball Blogger]

83. Oh that's right!

[Shankapotomus]

76. Without having read the comic

I'm going to go out on a limb and say the person with Daryl is Lizzie or Mika.

[Baitball Blogger]

79. Um. Both were killed and buried outside of a house that was

near Terminus.

[Shankapotomus]

80. I know

But that's how you entertain people sometimes. You shock them.