Walking dead premiers in 31 minutes.

[HankB]

Michonne is sizing him up and probably is familiar with molon labe - she's an awesome sword fighter.

Maybe she is - but we haven't seen that demonstrated yet. Or did I miss an episode where she did more than chop a couple of slow-shuffling zombies?

Merle has his own agenda - and it begins and ends with getting even with the people who left him on that rooftop. He may have teamed up with The Governor as a matter of convenience, but now that he's met up with Andrea and knows Rick & Company are still around, he's updating his plans accordingly. The only question is will he enlist The Governor's aid somehow, or go it alone? (Will we ever find out why he sawed off his hand rather than the pipes or the cuffs?)

Look for Merle and Daryl's eventual reunion to be awkward. Daryl will be torn between brotherly ties to his older brother and loyalty to Rick's bunch that he's been with for over a year now. I figure one of them will kill the other . . . or get bitten by a zombie and have to be put down by the other.

Of course, if they get a new writer, things can go off the rails entirely . . . 

[K Frame]

I anticipate Daryl killing Merle when Merle goes on a violent bender against the rest of the group.

[gunsmith]

WRT cutting off his hand, it was quicker.
Walkers were just about to get thru the door.

The gov wouldn't say his name, perhaps he was some kind of infamous character before the z apocalypse.

[Cliffh]

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[Cliffh]

During the Gov's conversation with the scientist, there was mention of the scientists' tea.  I'm wondering how many town folks are drinking the tea and what may be in it.  Can't remember if Michonne drank any or not.

One question I don't recall being answered (sure it was though).  Everyone's infected with the virus.  Everyone will "turn" when they die.  OK.  But how can they be caused to "turn" by a bite?  What's in the bite that causes one to "turn"?  Is the bite itself deadly enough to kill?

[Viking]

During the Gov's conversation with the scientist, there was mention of the scientists' tea.  I'm wondering how many town folks are drinking the tea and what may be in it.  Can't remember if Michonne drank any or not.

One question I don't recall being answered (sure it was though).  Everyone's infected with the virus.  Everyone will "turn" when they die.  OK.  But how can they be caused to "turn" by a bite?  What's in the bite that causes one to "turn"?  Is the bite itself deadly enough to kill?

The amount in one's blood isn't enough to kill thanks to the immune system, but it's enough to bring you back when you die. However, the zombies no longer have an immune system, and thus there's deadly amounts of the virus in their blood, saliva etc. My theory, without having ever seen a single episode.

[mtnbkr]

I thought maybe a bite was enough to kill by massive infection of the regular kind (as can happen with a Komodo Dragon), then you turned because of the Zed virus in the bite and already present in your system.

Chris

[lupinus]

I thought maybe a bite was enough to kill by massive infection of the regular kind (as can happen with a Komodo Dragon), then you turned because of the Zed virus in the bite and already present in your system.

Chris

Beat me to it.

Human bites are among the nastiest as it is, let along the whole walking corpse thing.

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[birdman]

Human bites are among the nastiest as it is, let along the whole walking corpse thing.

Except for chuck Norris, his bite cures impotence AND priapism.

[lupinus]

Except for chuck Norris, his bite cures impotence AND priapism.

Regular Chuck Norris or zombie Chuck Norris?

[birdman]

Regular Chuck Norris or zombie Chuck Norris?

No such thing as zombie chuck.  Any zombie that bites him is either cured or killed.

[makattak]

No such thing as zombie chuck.  Any zombie that bites him is either cured or killed.

Probably both. Cured, then killed for biting Chuck Norris.

[SADShooter]

But how would anything penetrate the force field of natural awesome to effect a bite in the first place?

[makattak]

But how would anything penetrate the force field of natural awesome to effect a bite in the first place?

I don't know I can only cite precedent:

A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' foot, and Chuck Norris said, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" At the mention of his name, the blind man received sight. Of course, the first, last, and only thing he ever saw was the roundhouse kick coming at his head.

[SADShooter]

Demonstrating, I suppose, that the answers to some mysteries are simply beyond our comprehension.

[kgbsquirrel]

But how would anything penetrate the force field of natural awesome to effect a bite in the first place?

Probably the same conundrum regarding the healing powers of his tears.

[K Frame]

I thought Chuck would simply lay hands and heal the zombies...

[brimic]

Huh, that could be a direction the show could take....
No matter where you are in America, Chuck could only be a few states away at any time.
Hunker down until Chuck arrives. he will eventually.

[Cliffh]

I thought maybe a bite was enough to kill by massive infection of the regular kind (as can happen with a Komodo Dragon), then you turned because of the Zed virus in the bite and already present in your system.

Chris

Wasn't one of the prisoners killed because he was scratched on the back by the arm bone of a walker (that had pulled the hand off getting out of a set of handcuffs), which would then cause the prisoner would die/turn?

[mtnbkr]

Wasn't one of the prisoners killed because he was scratched on the back by the arm bone of a walker (that had pulled the hand off getting out of a set of handcuffs), which would then cause the prisoner would die/turn?

Who said he would turn?  They killed him before anything happened.  I chalk it up to paranoia.

Chris

[Cliffh]

The debate was still on-going when he met his demise.  Guess we'll have to wait for someone else to get scratched and see what happens.