The Walking Dead 5.14 "Spend" (spoiler alert)

[NewJeffCT]

While trying to secure a new home, Rick and his group face challenges, and question the utopia they find themselves in.

[NewJeffCT]

1. This article claims the episode titles are an Easter Egg

but, I'm not so sure - it might be a coincidence, but they did pay homage to Dale a few episodes back.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1897485/walking-dead-spoilers-episode-titles-used-for-best-easter-egg-ever/?fb_action_ids=1079666728725769&fb_action_types=og.comments

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Titles for Season Five

No Sanctuary
Strangers
Four Walls and a Roof
Slab-town
Self-help
Consumed
Crossed
Coda
"What Happened and What's Going On"
Them
The Distance
Forget
Remember
Spend
Try
Conquer

[NewJeffCT]

4. I think it's a bit of a reach

but, you never know.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Possible Major Spoilers for tonight

I heard we might be getting (swipe to the right to reveal): [font color=white] two deaths tonight - Aiden (the jerky son of Deanna) and Noah, with Tara getting injured [/font] Not sure if these are good spoilers or not, though, or BS

[NewJeffCT]

5. Some photo previews

http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/photo-galleries/the-walking-dead-season-5-episode-photos/#/141

[bettyellen]

6. Jeff- I missed something, what is the thing with the letters?

The W on the forehead?
Also, has there been anything in particular to make them mistrust the new town, or do they just figure that every group eventually gets screwy and falls apart?

[NewJeffCT]

7. Remember when they were leaving Noah's home?

Back in Richmond? They ran into a truck or something that had a bunch of corpses that were all cut up in it? The corpses fell out onto their car. All those corpses had the letter W carved into them as well. There was also the "WOLVES ARE COMING" carved into the wall outside the homes there - or, painted on the wall. So, I think the W means Wolves... (certainly not W Bush...)

Couple that with the girl Enid reading a comic book called "Wolf Fight" and I think we'll be seeing some human wolves tonight or next episode.

[bettyellen]

8. Oh darn I missed that. I remember I missed about 10 minutes of one when

I was catching up on a few. Wow, a truck of corpses? Gotta go back and find that.
Are you the guy I talked to about Rex cats?
I can't remember, just remember it was someone cool from CT. Just saw my Patsy's grandma on Animal Planet. Lol.

[NewJeffCT]

9. Nope

I have a cat, but have not discussed cats with anybody lately...

[bettyellen]

10. It was in the lounge about 6 months ago- my cats are Cornish Rex which are

Super friendly, active and smart- and I got one from a breeder near the Mohegan Sun.
It was just a funny coincidence that someone from CT asked me about them. Cannot remember the dudes name.

Thanks for doing the Dead threads! It's a great Sunday tradition!

[NewJeffCT]

11. thanks

I live about 15 minutes from Mohegan Sun, but am not a cat breeder

[bettyellen]

12. It would be funny if you actually were from the Cattery

(Kallirex) but I know it's just a sweet old lady and about 20-30 incredible cats in her house. Fun place!

[sharp_stick]

117. That was me

I still haven't contacted her but we were just talking about cats again at home.

[bettyellen]

119. Lol- sorry I forgot your name, Stick!

If you do FB you can friend my cats, Sweetpea and Patsy B. Going to post a St Pats portrait of Pats later.

[NewJeffCT]

13. open with Father Gabriel

who has been pretty silent so far in Alexandria.

[NewJeffCT]

14. and now he starts

tearing up the Bible.

[Baitball Blogger]

56. Was that a flashback?

I think he's back to wearing the collar.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

15. knew it, another noisy street bike.

[NewJeffCT]

17. but

it looks cool

[NewJeffCT]

16. Daryl going out on the motorcycle

and now Noah asking Reg to teach him about architecture.

[Baitball Blogger]

58. Didn't even get to baptize his journal.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Noah, Glenn, Aiden

going out. Blasting music on the way.

[charlie and algernon]

20. Noah and Tara are apparently a thing now too.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I thought she is a lesbian

and, she asked him about Holly? So, she was teasing him about a girl?

[charlie and algernon]

28. oh that's right

I interpreted that as her being playfully jealous that he was talking to another girl. But it definitely could be that she has feelings for Holly and jealous that Holly was talking to Noah.

[Baitball Blogger]

60. Noah was getting too much attention in this episode.

I knew the spoiler that he was going to go out in this show was accurate when he got so much profile.

[NewJeffCT]

115. it's too bad as Well

He seemed to have learned from being decked by Glenn. The other guy no.

[NewJeffCT]

19. at least Aiden isn't a total putz

nice to his parents, and agreeing with Glenn on the perimeter check

[NewJeffCT]

21. Somebody messed up Jessie's owls

and Rick flirts with her a bit more...

[Joe Shlabotnik]

23. had to have been Rick's evil twin: Shane II

[NewJeffCT]

24. yep

does seem to be some parellels

[NewJeffCT]

25. damn - that's a lot of walkers

all behind the fence at least. Aiden becoming more impressed with Glenn.

[Brigid]

26. Eugene is honest -- gotta give him that!

[NewJeffCT]

27. and, the armored walker goes "boom"

not good...as they cut to commercial

[NewJeffCT]

29. tara is hurt

and Aiden is dead.

[charlie and algernon]

30. Or not

This is classic walking dead stuff here: a group fighting to survive in an enclosed warehouse.

[NewJeffCT]

31. Abraham out on construction detail

putting together a wall expansion. Notices birds flying away - thinks something is up

[NewJeffCT]

33. spider sense is tingling

surrounded by walkers and he saves the girl. Go Abraham. That scene was right out of the comics.

[charlie and algernon]

34. I think it's refreshingly realistic that we have people who aren't expert marksmen.

[NewJeffCT]

37. I know

I remember a guy that was a really good shot telling me that nobody in Hollywood understands how difficult it is to hit a moving target - this was before Walking Dead, but the zombies are moving, and you have to get a head shot, which makes it even tougher.

[Baitball Blogger]

65. He does make a good leader, despite everything.

[NewJeffCT]

105. well, he was in the military

so does have that background

[Baitball Blogger]

110. Not everyone who makes it in the military turns out to be a good

leader.

[NewJeffCT]

123. that's certainly true

and, Abraham might be good in leading a construction crew and keeping groups of walkers at bay, but I'm not so sure he'd be all that great when it comes to people skills and political stuff (not Democrat vs Republican, but if two neighbors have a dispute...)

[krispos42]

104. Good catch on the birds.

I think it's a classic infantry skill. I should have thought of it!

[Brigid]

32. Carol and that kid are killing me here!

[NewJeffCT]

35. and you're going to steal some chocolate for me

poor Sam

[Joe Shlabotnik]

38. +1 fun dynamic

possible trouble down the road> Hope Carol keeps her word about being tied to a tree..... ....

[Baitball Blogger]

67. Carol has a way with kids.

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Look at the cookies.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

36. Mother Dick!

[NewJeffCT]

40. that's a new expression

to me

[NewJeffCT]

39. Abraham showing he's a bad ass

finally.

[NewJeffCT]

41. Rick and Pete

that conversation was a bit awkward.

[charlie and algernon]

42. Eugene is kneecapping walkers

I hope they don't kill him off now that he's finally showing a backbone.

[NewJeffCT]

68. well, he made it through this week's episode

at least

[Baitball Blogger]

70. I like this new Eugene.

[NewJeffCT]

43. big spike in Aiden's shoulder

not coming out

[charlie and algernon]

44. Shit, what did Aiden admit was them?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

46. I missed it too.

[NewJeffCT]

47. two episodes ago

when he was out on the run with Glenn and Tara, he said the 4 people that died had panicked and died because of it. Aiden then admitted that it was him and his buddy that really panicked, not the other 4, right before he died

[Baitball Blogger]

72. Well, it's possible that Rick's group will leave the Alexandria group stronger

by showing them a kink in their protocol.

[NewJeffCT]

75. they may get stronger

but, I don't see a lot of adults around Alexandria - a lot of kids and a few old people, but not many mature adults. I guess they could train some of the kids

[NewJeffCT]

45. Aiden confesses

that he and his buddy panicked, not the others that got killed. I guess he dies with a clean conscience.

[Baitball Blogger]

73. That information may save the group in the end.

His mother is going to freak out. This will really test her as a leader.

[NewJeffCT]

48. OK - even the CW has a zombie show??

premiering this coming week? The Country Western channel?

[NewJeffCT]

49. Francine decks Tobin

and Abe takes command

[charlie and algernon]

50. Glenn and Noah need a cell phone, lol

[NewJeffCT]

51. holy crap

Glenn, Noah and the other guy are stuck in a revolving door surrounded by walkers

[NewJeffCT]

52. Scary Carol

gets her chocolate

[Baitball Blogger]

77. She is a terrible role model.

LOL! But, so far, there's nothing she's done that is too over the top, except telling Rick that he has to kill Jessie's husband.

[NewJeffCT]

53. Sam acting out

and broke the owl

[NewJeffCT]

54. eugene to the rescue

using the music to lure the walkers

[NewJeffCT]

55. oh god

what a horrible death for Noah

[Joe Shlabotnik]

59. Noah wins the prize for the most graphic castmember death I think.

[Baitball Blogger]

89. I second that.

[Brigid]

57. NOAH!!

[Beaverhausen]

113. I know!!!

[blogslut]

118. I actually cried a little.

I think this is the first character whose death hit me in feels. So well acted, his final line.

Gabriel is a guilt-projecting poopyhead.

Eugene is turning into something awesome.

If Carol is so pumped to end whatisname, she should do it herself. She's got the skills.

[NewJeffCT]

61. Carol knows something is up

with Sam, Jessie and Pete

[Baitball Blogger]

62. Oh I so knew it! Carol knew right away that the boy's mother was in an abusive situation.

[NewJeffCT]

63. good call

looks like the group is doing a lot of good tonight

[Baitball Blogger]

69. Oh, no. Carol is going there. Telling Rick that he has to kill Jessie's husband.

No inbetween in their world.

[NewJeffCT]

71. well, Carol seems to have become

kind of black and white in her views

[krispos42]

108. What is the alternative?

There is no police force and justice system to investigate, prosecute, and imprison him.

The group has to deal with this in the same time-worn way tribes have been dealing with people.

* Execution
* Exile
* Corporal punishment
* Forced labor/slavery

They don't have the resources to imprison him for years at a time. That's a useless mouth to feed and several more people to act as guards.

[Brigid]

81. Yep, Carol would know.

[Liberal Veteran]

106. Carol should invite Pete to pick some flowers for his wife.

Just look at the flowers, Pete....look at the flowers.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

111. Pete, just look at all the beer we got for you!

blam!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

64. The community has their very own Rasputin now.

[Brigid]

74. Two, actually.

Carol and Father Gabriel.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

78. Good point

[Baitball Blogger]

80. Anyone who claims to know people would know not to take Gabriel's word for anything.

First of all, he's a coward, and second of all, he's a priest who still hasn't adjusted to the new world.

How has he managed to make it this far?

[NewJeffCT]

83. and now Gabriel

is the only black man in the cast... two down the past few episodes with Tyreese and Noah.

I think Deanna is pretty sharp, so she was just being political/diplomatic by saying what she said. She's still too much the politician to say, "Sorry dude, you're full of shit."

[Joe Shlabotnik]

85. Yet still it was deemed necessary to have Maggie overhear the conversation.

So presumably at some point she's either going to alert Rick, or confront Deanna. Or both.

[NewJeffCT]

86. Hopefully both

she already confronted Gabriel before

[GreenPartyVoter]

128. Deanna is going to have a hard time over Aiden, and what Gabriel said is going to

haunt her and leave her wondering now. That's what I think. Hopefully Maggie can set the record straight on what Gabriel did to his parishioners and maybe put some holes in his credibility.

[NewJeffCT]

129. I hope she does that

The guy locked himself in his church and let his congregation get eaten alive.

[GreenPartyVoter]

130. I hope so too. Pretty sure it will happen.

[NewJeffCT]

131. just when will it happen?

My guess a lot will happen in the extended season finale.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

103. Everything you say is true, and add to that, that

if someone had a low tolerance for religious crazy speak after the zombie apocalypse, then yeah, his credibility is shit.

[NewJeffCT]

66. Father Gabriel

telling Deanna that Rick's group has done unspeakable things

[Liberal Veteran]

109. Pftt...zombie apocalypse and still got religious nuts showing up on the doorstep.

[charlie and algernon]

76. I saw multiple graves in next week's preview

Does that mean Tara will die next week?

[NewJeffCT]

79. we have Noah, Aiden

and maybe Tara? I thought it was four graves, but I could be wrong?

Maybe it was the four who died because of Aiden?

[NewJeffCT]

82. A lot of the group is already in leadership roles

Maggie an adviser to Deanna, Rick and Michonne are the police, Abraham leading the construction crew, Daryl as the welcome wagon... Glenn will be in charge of supplies/runs now.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

88. Sasha as the watchtower sniper would be handy too.

[NewJeffCT]

84. Everybody ate Chris

good line from that twitter person/tweeter

[Brigid]

90. Yeah, that was funny.

But I still have a sad about Noah.

[NewJeffCT]

92. and, now Beth's sacrifice

was for nothing

[Joe Shlabotnik]

94. Yup

[Brigid]

98. Beth!

So many deaths this season.

[NewJeffCT]

101. None of the originals have died

since Andrea in Season 3. (Hershel and Beth came aboard in Season 2)

Still have Rick, Carl, Daryl, Glenn and Carol.

Jacqui, Ed and Jim in season 1

Shane, Dale and Sophia all died in season 2

T-Dog, Merle, Lori and Andrea in season 3

[Joe Shlabotnik]

102. Add Morgan to season 1 survivors.

Who knows maybe Morales is still kicking around (but that would be stretch)

[NewJeffCT]

107. agreed

there was some speculation he'll end up on the spinoff, but I kind of doubt it.

[Baitball Blogger]

99. Did Noah save anyone from the Beth episode

to the time he was killed?

[NewJeffCT]

112. I don't think so

He tried to save Tyreese.

[Baitball Blogger]

114. Bummer.

The only use for his death in this storyline is that it may convince Deanna's husband that their son's death was a real tragedy, and not caused by Glen's negligence. That's the only reason I see for Glen not mercy killing Noah or Adrian. He can say that there was no time to react-also, it shows that he made every effort.

[NewJeffCT]

122. I could be mistaken

but, I'd need to think about it a bit more.

[NewJeffCT]

87. so, we can see people getting torn apart

blood and guts galore - Eugene saying that the crew was even grossed out by it - but, we can't see boobs or nude butts?

[Baitball Blogger]

91. Do you think they should have mercy killed Aidan?

Glenn should have shot him in the head once he realized he was going to quit.

[NewJeffCT]

93. Yes

you're right

[Joe Shlabotnik]

95. Twice Glen could or should have shot someone tonight,

once for mercy and once for cowardice, but that's not how Glen rolls. Rick on the other hand is going to have his hands full playing judge jury and executioner back in town.

[Brigid]

96. Big juicy strawberries on "Talking Dead."

[Baitball Blogger]

97. That was a funny piccie of Noah and the stand in eating strawberries.

[Brigid]

100. Remember when . . .

T-Dog died and they brought the model onto the "Talking Dead" set?

[Baitball Blogger]

116. I just thought of a plot twist that no one may see coming.

The natural assumption is that Jessie's husband is abusing his wife and kid. What if it's the other way around?

What if Jessie is the one who is doing the abusing? If Carol and Rick proceed with their grand plan, they will make a mistake that is worthy of booting them out.

It makes sense because the boy destroyed his mother's art work. Why would he inflict more pain on her, unless it was the only way to get even? Afterall, Carol is teaching him how to empower himself, in a very twisted way.

[bettyellen]

120. Kids will sometimes mimic the parents abuse- loads get angry at Mom for not

protecting them. The two people I knew best who were in an abusive household were both angrier at the mom than they were at Dad who was abusing the whole lot of them.

[NewJeffCT]

124. Thanks for that input

I'm sorry they had to go through that.

Now - how about this thought. Is Jesse flirting with Rick trying to get him into a confrontation with Pete?

[bettyellen]

125. Interesting! But is she actually flirting or just a nice woman who also

happens to be attractive? Sometimes when a woman's attractive people see signals that aren't actually being transmitted...

[NewJeffCT]

126. that's true

Just had a laugh at some memories that provoked - this one guy I knew would take just about any action a woman took as to her flirting with him, "Oh, she turned her back on me - she's just playing hard to get." "Oh, she's talking to that other guy - she just wants to make me jealous..."

but, she didn't have to give him a haircut. She didn't offer a haircut to Daryl or Glenn, or even Carl

[bettyellen]

127. He needed that haircut, and a shave! Glenn looks good, Darryl needs to shower first...

shampoo a few hundred times.
It's her job there- haircuts? Yeah, you can't really say she's flirting by offering haircuts, but maybe they wanted to slant it that way, make us wonder.

I used to be very friendly with coworkers of both sexes, had to learn to stop touching (or punching) them on the arms or smiling and laughing too much. Funny it was always people looking on who were concerned, and none of these people hit on me. It was guys I ignored or were cold to that hit on me.

[NewJeffCT]

121. interesting thought

so far, they've followed Alexandria fairly close to the comics - the scene with Abraham saving the woman and Tobin saying that Abe should be the construction leader was right out of the comics. The meet & greet party as well. If Jessie were the abuser, then it would be a twist.