[DogByte6RER]

I cannot disagree with Allahpundit ... the Dale character was a nosey gun grabber. He did make for some good zombie food though.

[DogByte6RER]

Watch the scene at

http://www.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/videos/talked-about-scene-episode-211-the-walking-dead-dale

[SnakeDoctor]

Dale served a purpose. With the exception of that stupid gun-theft stunt, he pretty much served as Rick’s conscience ... and the conscience of several others (Glenn, Andrea, T-Dog, Lori).

Just there to give another opinion that contrasts to Daryl, Rick and Shane, I guess.

It’ll be interesting to see if some of the group follows Shane into insanity with Dale gone. Or if Rick loses his mind without that little voice on his shoulder nagging him at every turn. Shane is the devil on one of Rick’s shoulders, Dale was the angel on the other.

Daryl seems to be the only one that knows what he’s doing, and can still keep his sanity.

SnakeDoc

[DogByte6RER]

ping

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Oh wow I forgot this show was back on. I watched last season where the farmers relatives all became Democrats all he kept them locked in the barn, and the asian guy wins the lottery and gets to nail the farmers daughter.

[unkus]

I predicted that Dale would get it. I thought Shane would take him out but it wasn’t to be. Dale should have known that a high powered rifle with a scope was the wrong weapon to have for protection on a dark night.

[ZOOKER]

Sci-Fi movies typically include the older father figure/professor/wise sage in the cast, but not two.

With the addition of Herschel they had one too many. I expected one or the other to be written out, but didn't know which.

[faucetman]

Rick should have left Shane on that school bus. Shane, by far the most irritating person on that show. I can only watch the show recorded. That way I can FF past all the “feelings” parts and just watch the zombie parts.

[Vince Ferrer]

Has any of these characters discussed just locking themselves up in a grocery store for a month or two, safely passing the time with plenty to eat, while the zombies decompose away outside?

I like a good zombie movie as much as anyone, but no one in a zombie movie seems to realize that time is totally on their side.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Most annoying character on “The Walking Dead” now dead

They're all annoying. The first season was OK, but this season has done the impossible - it's turned the Zombie Apocalypse into a hideously boring soap opera where all the characters do nothing but talk each other to death. I stopped watching when I started rooting for the zombies.

[Secret Agent Man]

I knew he was dying this episode after his stupid “I don’t want to live in a world like this” speech.

[fr_freak]

The writers of "The Walking Dead" have managed to accomplish two things that I thought were impossible: 1) make a show about a zombie apocalypse boring as hell, and 2) make me root for the zombies. Virtually every character in the show is dumb as a post with the exception of maybe 2. They fight like kindergarteners over everything, even when it doesn't make sense to fight. The Dale character was like the Alan Alda of the zombie apocalypse; every single thing these people do to ensure their survival is unacceptable to Dale because it means "we become just like them!" I actually cheered when Dale was killed, then I slapped myself in the face for being dumb enough to still be watching this horrible show, but I suppose there is a deeply recessed part of my brain that clings to the belief that zombie shows simply can't be boring, even more tightly than I cling to my Bible and my guns, and thus, I tune in (well, I download, eheheheh) every week, fully awash in my delusion.

My only regret about the last episode is that Dale, after having subjected the innocent viewer to nearly 40 minutes of sniveling and every cliche except "no blood for oil", wasn't bludgeoned to death by his groupmates in a slow painful manner befitting such a whining, bedwetting, walking wall of fail. I think that a redemption, of sorts, for all of the other nearly intolerable mental midgets which comprise our hapless survivors, could have been achieved by a mass epiphany wherein they vote Dale off the island by means of a tsunami of Louisville Sluggers to his brain pan, thereby eliminating both the threat of gene pool contamination and reanimation in one fell swoop. However, such a scene would have required a screenwriter or two whose experience with the struggle to survive was more than just his weekly intravenous shot of AZT.

Also, it would be rather wonderful if the casting directors of this epic, set in Georgia, could find at least one or two individuals who can actually approximate a southern accent. Listening to the main characters puke out their Japanese-Saturday-morning-cartoon version of a Georgia drawl is like listening to two rabid cats fighting while scratching their claws on a chalkboard with Cher singing "Do You Believe in Love?" in the background.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

You Dale-haters are nuts. He was the only character with a level head on his shoulders and could talk some sense into these morons.

[douginthearmy]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The zombie apocolypse is just an allegory for the day the welfare checks bounce.

[al_c]

Interesting that the author brought up the scene with the boy but failed to mention that it was the same zombie that gutted Dale. Did he not notice that little detail?

[McGruff]

If Dale could have just talked to that walker maybe he wouldn’t have ripped his guts out. Come on, we’re all human you know. [/sarc]

[RetSignman]

Maybe because I have a slight hearing problem but I could swear I heard ol’ Dale say, as the gun was pointed at head, “Can’’t we just talk this through”?

[JoeProBono]

[mmichaels1970]

Still my favorite show...bar none. This is one show where I have no problem looking past those who wish to pick it apart or complain about it. Daryl is my favorite....may he never be eaten.

It’s fun to watch Carl slowly getting more and more messed up. When he noticed that the Zombie was the one he was taunting, I thought it was awesome (admittedly predictable). It made me say, “Oh he’s going to be messed up now”. I can’t wait to see how he does next week.

Had no problem with Dale either. He helped to show both sides of whether or not you would summarily execute a teenage kid if you were in that position. Could I pull the trigger? Would I retreat to the campsite while the dirty work was done? Would I be convinced by Dale?

Humans can be annoying. Fractures among the group and moral dilemmas are just part of the fun for me.

This is one of those shows where the wife and I can plan on a late-night taco run, and then settle in to see what happens.

A bunch of like-minded people doing nothing but hacking up zombies would run its course much faster, imho. When I want that, I watch Zombieland (great movie).

[Envisioning]

For later.

[al_c]

Another annoying character now dead. Looks like an army of dead approaching the farm for the next episode.

Interesting that now dead folks are turning zombie without being bitten. Hmmmmm .....