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2011-11-17, 04:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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In fairness, you have the more specific skill "has watched zombie movies", which by Word of God no one in the Walking Dead universe has.
But really, like I said, every so often people feel they need space, or don't want to relieve themselves in front of others, or are simply not thinking. They're mostly civilians who have gotten lucky, and their personal habits and need for privacy haven't changed enough in the relatively small amount of time they've been on the run. Rick and Shane do have some training, which is why they're in charge and the group has stayed alive as long as it has, but being a small town cop does not immediately translate into running a group that has to stay on the move and alert at all times with no support whatsoever from the outside world.
Asking specifically for a pregnancy test is going to give away her secret, however she phrases it. Condoms, less so; but, well, telling her husband they have to go back to using those is likely to rock the boat, which Lori is trying not to do. Not saying it's logical or optimal, but it's perfectly believable.
Also, while she did confide in Glen that she wanted it, asking him to take the watch for her while she checks is gettig pretty personal with this secret that she really wants nobody to know. She had to ask the one time, but she could get away without asking the other.
And really, this particular instance is not that dumb a move. She goes to check in the dark, true, but it's obviously bright enough to see by considering that she can see whether the test is positive or not, she didn't go out of earshot of the camp/house, and she did it essentially in the middle of a field where she could have seen any walkers coming a hundred yards away. It wasn't all that dangerous.
We'll just have to agree to disagree, there; it's been months since the outbreak, and we've seen only a small fraction of those nights. But again, they're civilians, and one or two people on watch can't see everything all the time.
Shane is a selfish SOB in most ways already. I wasn't particularly surprised when he did that, and I like the ambiguity as to whether it was necessary or not. I do think, though, that Shane certainly believed it was clearly necessary.
Yeah, it's pretty annoying in this case. Andrea doesn't really seem competent at all so much as depressed and petulant, yet the most that happens is Rick being a little short with her. Hell, Dale might as well have encouraged her! After she shot a man in the head, disobeying everyone else's orders because she wants to be Annie Oakley all of a sudden. And hell, she could easily have hit any of the others who were only a couple yards away when she took that shot! Ugh, we'd better see her getting dressed down in the next episode.
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Or because gunshots draw zombies and waste their ammo store. or because she's new at using rifles and could easily have missed or hit someone else by accident. Or because she knew Daryl was still missing and shooting people without being able to make sure they're a zombie is a big no-no when you have the time. Or because, you know, everyone who actually knew what they were doing told her not to shoot.
I can understand her shooting. What I can't understand is why the group was not immensely angry with her for doing so and immediately took away her gun. Most of their mistakes make sense, but they were already worried that Andrea shouldn't have guns, she disobeyed a direct order, she nearly killed their best hunter and tracker, and for no better reason than trying to prove she's a hardass. It was still a completely boneheaded move, one which the rest of the group is inordinately calm in responding to.Last edited by Da'Shain; 2011-11-17 at 04:19 PM.
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2011-11-17, 04:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm just trying to figure out how the military failed. Because when they started dropping napalm in the streets, the military was pretty much shooting to kill at that point. And a bunch of my military friends say that their squads talk so much about zombie surviving tactics that enough squads should have known from the beginning to go for head shots and everything.
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2011-11-17, 04:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Zombie movies, or at least the explosion of popular zombie stories, do not exist in the Walking Dead universe. Hence why this particular military definitely did not talk about the situation beforehand.
Really, though, the military probably shouldn't have been overrun completely unless they were all idiots. But maybe they weren't, and Shane's right; heck, the military could possibly still be around even in the comics, and just haven't gotten to that part of Georgia yet.
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2011-11-17, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Daryl looked a lot like a walker there, even walking like one. He also left on a horse. Understandable mistake, and not one to blow out of proportion. Rick's the only one that told her not to shoot, and the only reason for that was because Herschel doesn't like guns, not because he knew something she didn't thanks to experience. She was confident in her abilties and rightfully so it seems, it was a good shot. Hindsight's 20/20 and all that, but she was trying to be useful, so I understand why they're not tar and feathering her or anything.
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2011-11-17, 04:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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He's not really portrayed as much of a bad boy. If that had been one of the rules, he would have picked a different spot. It isn't a flagrant disregard for all rules, he's just the timid guy who wants a relationship.
Taking the horse to look for a lost girl isn't likely to cause Herschel to break off all contact, so Daryl probably doesn't care if it makes a bit of friction since they're not planning to stay long.
How many other reactions toward walkers has she had?
Right, because that wasn't just the opening of their converstation that lead to arguing about whether or not they should be searching at all or anything. They just talked about their high school love life and cut to another scene.
Really? Because I saw them noticing the walkers when they were still far enough away for them to get to hiding. Which would be the goal of keeping watch.
No they weren't just waiting, they were looking for things left over that they could use to survive.
Oh, and when you found the drinking water, your first action should probably not be gleefully pouring it over you. If supplies are that critical, that seems like a poor call.
Note that they didn't learn from losing the girl, either. They've got the boy unattended looting stuff off a dead body immediately afterward. Had that been a zombie, he'd have been done.
Not nearby the camp. And I must say, the camp looked rather similar to the one from the comics.
There are literally thousands of other vehicles they could use. There is absolutely no reason not to have as many vehicles as you need for any purpose.
Atlanta does, but the area they were camping out didn't have anything nearby.
I'll take your word for it then. They still weren't just sitting around for some extended period of time after seeing the first walker thinking they were perfectly safe, Rick leaves pretty much immediately to go get the guns and Merle.
Now, again, I'd be perfectly ok with them trying to secure it and not having enough time. That would be reasonable, but it would still have them behaving in a rational fashion.
And since the amount of camping in show is similar, it's must also be minimal.
The books also cover a larger period of time than the show has, allowing for more character development. I've heard a number of people who have also read all the books theorizing that we're seeing the beginnings of Angela's development to what she is in the comic.
Not really notable, as Herschel and crew as still alive and well and she's still right nearby the house.
*Facepalm* Right, she has no reason to not tell her husband she was sleeping with his best friend and is now pregnant. There's no potential drama there.
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Nor does she need to tell her husband she slept with Shane at all. They slept together. That's plenty of reason for a test right there.
So they should do things like they were doing, keeping watch for any more walkers.Yes, trying to make sure the well doesn't get contaminated in case it isn't already is just doing it for funsies.
You offered no other viable ones.
Living somewhere other than tents.
Walling somewhere off.
Rick saw the first one when it was alone, or with just a couple of others, so even if the herd had only been one or two walkers, they still would have been aware of them.The person on watch saw Daryl, another example of them doing their job.
Meh, the only real reason for her not to shoot him in-character is because herschel doesn't like guns. Not particuarly stupid for her to ignore that. The rest of the group had just barely got to him and hadn't gotten into a real conversation, they had really just established that he was, in fact, Daryl. I can understand her missing that while focusing on lining up a difficult shot.
Maybe, could just be they didn't go to the heavily napalmed parts of the city.
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2011-11-17, 04:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Unless I'm misremembering, at least Rick and Dale told her not to shoot, and I believe Shane did as well. Regardless, though, she was told not to shoot by at the least the acknowledged leader of the group. Also IIRC, Rick does not give a specific reason not to shoot, and I seriously doubt that it's only because of Hershel's aversion to guns. It's a waste of ammo, and it makes a very loud noise that could draw other walkers, AND Andrea is a new shooter trying for a fairly long distance shot. We have no indication that anyone else thinks or knows she's a good shot yet, nor much in the way of evidence that she is. If it had been a walker, she still would've wasted that bullet because that shot would not have killed it. It was a good shot at a human; at a walker, it was useless.
If she was only trying to be useful, she would've been satisfied with spotting the "walker" and letting the others deal with it when they said they would. She was trying to grandstand and prove something, which simply ended up proving that she should not have a gun.
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2011-11-17, 04:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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This show is supposed to take place in a parallel universe right that is otherwise mostly the same as ours. How the heck does the people not know anything about zombies despite them being in lore and legends since forever?
And yes, I think some military platoons survived and set up somewhere. Atleast, if they want to break out of the "Military being completely useless in this type of scenario" sterotype.
I know it's required that military fails. What I hate is that they never explain how they fail. One thing I liked about the zombie game "Left 4 Dead 2" and the movie "I am Legend" is that the virus is implied to be airborne, with the survivors being immune. This meant that containing a zombie outbreak is much harder since bullets don't help much there. Sure, there's gas masks, but it just means there are that many more zombies everywhere, making the zombie overwhelming option that much more believable.
I guess what I'm saying is I just hope they explain where the military failed in this. Because air support vs a non-airborne virus that can be stopped with bullets, I put my money on the air support.
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2011-11-17, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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EDIT: You know what? This is going nowhere and has been all day, I'm just going to bow out now, save us both some time.
Angela asks why and Rick specifically says "Herschel says he wants to take care of walkers", that leaves the issue of why they're going to kill it with melee weapons then, but eh. And given the sun glare in the scope, it was a good shot regardless.
If she was only trying to be useful, she would've been satisfied with spotting the "walker" and letting the others deal with it when they said they would. She was trying to grandstand and prove something, which simply ended up proving that she should not have a gun.
I doubt they will because I doubt there's a good reason why. Maybe they'll come up with some though.Last edited by Reverent-One; 2011-11-17 at 08:50 PM.
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2011-11-17, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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True, and this is why they fail the "common sense" test, as I mentioned. I was just pointing out that "has seen a horror movie" is an unfair comparison to make.
At the moment, the only competent party members are Glenn(though he looses points for agreeing to be inexplicably lowered to a zombie) and Daryl. Honestly, why Daryl hasn't decided he'd be a better leader is a bit beyond me.
Glen gets a lot of points for being willing to repeatably go out on dangerous missions, but he still agrees to some really dumb stuff.
Dale also tries to keep some sort of moral sensibilities going, which gets some points from me as a character, even if I wouldn't want him leading the group.
I think it's interesting that characters are allowed to be flawed. Glen is brave and knows what he's good at, but lacks the backbone to force discussion rather than just agreeing to whatever harebrained plan the others come up with. Daryl is really good at the whole woodsman thing, but can't lead the group because he lacks the interpersonal skills to get people to follow him other than by bullying them. Dale's heart is in the right place, but I have a feeling that his attempts to always do the right thing morally is seriously going to cause them problems later.
Now, if some of these things were more on the forefront rather than the more glaring common-sense problems, that'd make for a better show.
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I'd say that a single-point change in the universe (the lack of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead) would be a big enough change to keep zombies - at least zombies of the kind used in this show - out of people's awareness. Zombies of "lore and legends" have little in common with post-Romero versions as far as I know.Last edited by WalkingTarget; 2011-11-17 at 05:20 PM.
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2011-11-17, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Either they were going to herd it to Hershel somehow or that was simply the excuse Rick hit upon to get Andrea not to fire. Whatever the reason, though (and the ones I brought up are good reasons not to fire even if they're not the specific ones used), she was told not to fire and the situation was well in hand. Yes, it was a good shot, but not good enough if the shot had actually been warranted, which it still wasn't.
She's been told not to fire. She can't actually see the face of the figure who's coming, although it IS clearly dragging something which walkers tend not to do. There is at least one person still missing from camp, and likely to have been missing for longer than was agreed on (all the other searchers seemed to be back). She is new to shooting rifles. The rest of the group is all only a couple yards away when she does finally fire. She fires.
This is not someone who is ready to be carrying a scoped rifle. She might have been trying to prove she was useful, yes -- she failed, because while she's a pretty good shot, she's unreliable and didn't even try to determine whether she should fire or not.
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2011-11-17, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Eh. Good point. But depending on military awareness, I would think the moment one of them found out that headshots = lethal, the entire army would be doing just that once they broadcasted it to everyone.
And if not, I'd still like to point out my airsupport option. Headshotting is the simpler option. Dropping tons of bombs on them is another that gets the same results.Last edited by Silverraptor; 2011-11-17 at 05:29 PM.
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2011-11-17, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Side note: Dragging something? The only thing he was dragging was his leg, like a walker would.
I'm not saying it's the optimal choice for her to make, because it wasn't, but it's an understandable one that doesn't require her to be incredibly stupid and why there's no big blow up made over it.Thanks to Elrond for the Vash avatar.
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2011-11-17, 05:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-11-17, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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*re-watches scene*
Ah, he did have his crossbow dragging. Which is a bit tough to make out and could easily be something caught on the walker. Also, Rick didn't even want Shane and T-dog going out with the melee weapons because Herschel wanted to handle the walkers, and only went out himself after they ignored him. So everyone who's name was not Dale wasn't listening to Rick at that moment. At that point, Rick took a pistol and was ready to shoot Daryl himself.Thanks to Elrond for the Vash avatar.
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2011-11-17, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-11-18, 12:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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I get the military failing conceit...but like all conceits, you should draw attention away from them, rather than to them, and try to make them sound plausible whenever you need to cover them. So, most start wars with FTL make at least a slight attempt to explain it away via wormholes or hyperspace or whatever. And most people not being physicists, that's good enough to get on with things.
When you see them air striking Atlanta, you're forced to go "hmm, that's quite practical. It should cut down on the zombies quite a lot." It explicitly points out that the military still is operating with notable power after the cities fell, and makes you wonder why that stopped being a thing.
L4D did approach this fairly well. If survivors are selected by random immunity to the zombie virus, well...military/ex military people are .8% of the population. Fairly few survivors will be military. Good, solid explanation.
Walking Dead can't use this one, though. Survivors are apparently survivors due to skill and/or luck and/or available weapons/etc. In such a scenario, the military is composed of people who are very plausible survivors, especially compared to our cast. The question of their absence is one I'd love to see addressed.
And honestly, that last one is the single biggest determinant of if she should be holding a gun. It's the biggest single reason why Rick is nervous about giving untrained people weapons(it's a summary of all the subreasons given so far about possible worries they've expressed). Such a dramatic demonstration that she's not ready to have a gun should lead to taking it from her.
Disobeying orders and endangering others over a need to prove something is a wildly huge warning sign. The ability to hit your target is meaningless if you're engaging the wrong targets.
I mean, if I were in a bad scenario, and someone is exhibiting this wildly erratic behavior with a weapon, I'd be...concerned. I certainly wouldn't be arming her.
Yes, as a leader, Rick is not doing great atm.
Regardless, there's no compelling reason why she needs to fire, and a number of fairly good ones why she shouldn't. Anyone exhibiting that kind of notably poor decision making should not be handed a gun.
If anything, I would imagine Daryl would be rather unhappy about being shot. I would hope her continuing to carry a firearm becomes an issue in the next episode.
I also hope they finally wrap up the missing kid thing. Unfortunately, I rather suspect it'll be a lot of arguing over the zombies in the barn, and probably a side order of failing to hide the pregnancy. Probably lots of talking, and very little interaction with actual zombies.
It's a shame. I love zombie stuff, and I really want this to be good(hence the continuing to watch), but I've only got the three chars I empathize with at all(the same three already listed by another poster, unsurprisingly enough), and it just keeps dragging and being so ridiculously dumb...
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2011-11-18, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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No. Also, she was told not to by multiple people. That's a good reason, if the party is indeed accepting Rick in the leader role. Herschel's opinion is not the only one that matters.
Also, there's the aforementioned noise issue. The chars themselves have repeatedly remarked that gunshots attract zombies. She HAS to know this.
Also, we have target identification problems. She didn't know what she was shooting at, exactly. Sun glare, etc. This is an obvious problem. Yeah, he kinda did look like a walker, but when you have people out scouting, you kind of want to make sure before pulling the trigger, if you have the chance.
Lastly, we have the obvious safety issue of her, a novice shooter, firing directly through her own people.
She had a serious list of reasons not to shoot, and the only reason to shoot(prove herself/ego) is a notably bad one. It was a terrible call.
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2011-11-20, 03:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Rick told her not to only because Herschel wants to handle walkers. With Shane, T-dog, and eventually Rick going out to handle it anyway, either way they're not following Herschel's request.
Also, there's the aforementioned noise issue. The chars themselves have repeatedly remarked that gunshots attract zombies. She HAS to know this.
Also, we have target identification problems. She didn't know what she was shooting at, exactly. Sun glare, etc. This is an obvious problem. Yeah, he kinda did look like a walker, but when you have people out scouting, you kind of want to make sure before pulling the trigger, if you have the chance.
Lastly, we have the obvious safety issue of her, a novice shooter, firing directly through her own people.
She had a serious list of reasons not to shoot, and the only reason to shoot(prove herself/ego) is a notably bad one. It was a terrible call.Last edited by Reverent-One; 2011-11-20 at 03:10 PM.
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2011-11-20, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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They could easily have gone out to herd it towards where Herschel has asked them to, or just away from their camp. The reason behind it is irrelevant, though, to why we fault her for taking the shot: she was TOLD not to shoot, by the group's acknowledged leader. When you are both a beginning shooter and not entirely trusted with weapons by the rest of the group, disobeying a direct order is most definitely grounds for the others to take away her gun.
He's prepared to shoot Daryl should it become necessary. However, the people with him are both armed with quieter melee weapons. Rick was most likely just covering them in case of a screwup.
... really? You're telling me if someone looks like a zombie from 100 yards away but you cannot see their face, you don't think it's necessary to make sure before shooting them in the head? You shouldn't be given a gun either, I see ...
She's a beginning shooter with obvious depressive tendencies who is trying to prove that she should be allowed a gun. Her judgment is suspect at best. And we do have evidence that there is a risk of her hitting her own people. She missed. She could quite easily have missed by more.
Also, even trained marksmen do not shoot through a group of their allies unless it is an obvious matter of life and death. Because anyone can screw up. Which is why, if she were fit to carry a rifle, she wouldn't have shot in that situation.
As was said, it's a bad call in any sight.
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Rick told her not to because of Herschel, which became a pointless reason not to when Shane and t-dog went out anyway, Dale told her not to just because Rick said so, which was equally pointless, and Shane told her not to because he wanted to kill it. None of them had any good reason for her not doing it. You're reading the fact that we knew it was Daryl into their responses, which mistakenly makes them look like they knew what they were doing anymore than she did.
No, Rick told Shane and T-dog to come back, they ignored him, and then he swore and went to get a gun, they weren't going to herd it back. Shane and T-dog also ignored Rick, and no one's making a big deal out of that.
He's prepared to shoot Daryl should it become necessary. However, the people with him are both armed with quieter melee weapons. Rick was most likely just covering them in case of a screwup.
... really? You're telling me if someone looks like a zombie from 100 yards away but you cannot see their face, you don't think it's necessary to make sure before shooting them in the head? You shouldn't be given a gun either, I see ...
She's a beginning shooter with obvious depressive tendencies who is trying to prove that she should be allowed a gun. Her judgment is suspect at best. And we do have evidence that there is a risk of her hitting her own people. She missed. She could quite easily have missed by more.
Also, even trained marksmen do not shoot through a group of their allies unless it is an obvious matter of life and death. Because anyone can screw up. Which is why, if she were fit to carry a rifle, she wouldn't have shot in that situation.
As was said, it's a bad call in any sight.Last edited by Reverent-One; 2011-11-20 at 08:26 PM.
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It was a bad judgement call. (Jumping in because I just saw the replay on tv)
She was told several times not to shoot and she should have noticed something was wrong before she took the shot because Daryl stopped walking when they guys got to him. He was standing there for a good 15 seconds before she took the shot, a walker wouldn't do that.
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Bad call, as has been pointed out (...several times). She's irresponsible and reckless, with no skill or experience to justify it. (Rick and Shane are cops, and Dale knows how to handle guns.) The only thing that can be said about her behavior is that at least it's consistent for her character: Self-centered and unbalanced. Her selfish desire to prove herself competent and useful despite everybody else's justified reservations about her ability to handle a weapon ended up nearly killing Daryl.
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Having a gun out is mere prudent caution. I am not criticizing her for having her gun out.
However, his prudence is pretty clear indication that he CAN take care of the situation himself if need be. It's one dude. Rick is a pretty great shot with that pistol. He's entirely fine.
I might have given her a gun...with training, of course, given the desperation of the situation. However, after such demonstrated inability to use it safely, it would certainly have been taken away again.
Not at all. Nobody's life was in danger. The people out there were armed and prepared, and it was 3 vs 1 walker. They had it pretty solidly under control. There was no indication of attack.
And that's not even including the fact that he stopped to chat with them. I'll excuse that based on range, but it was still just a terrible call.
Basic trigonometry indicates that if your range greatly exceeds your height, you are in fact shooting through friendlies. She was what, a whopping ten feet up, shooting from prone? That's firing through.
Haven't seen yesterdays episode yet(will hit it tonight), but if Daryl doesn't demand she stop having a weapon, I'll be pissed.
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The infection rules seem to be getting pretty lenient.
1. A lot of people are screaming, while hacking apart a walker with copious blood spray in very close proximity. I suppose it's good luck that none of the drops went into someone's eyes, nose, mouth, etc. There were a lot more precautions ("Guts") in season 1.
2. We've seen that they're reusing arrows, and are never seen cleaning them, so the tip that has been through several walkers has now been through Daryl. Nobody seems concerned by him essentially sharing dirty needles with the diseased.
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He did reuse bolts for a while...then inexplicably stopped doing so(probably because the writers realized that a crossbow that doesn't run out of bolts is an answer to a LOT of problems). He hasn't been reusing them for a couple of episodes, and it's clearly intentional. See his "waste of a bolt" comment for when he shoots the hanging zombie.
And yes, it definitely was a waste.