[virgil283]

""[The producers] gave me the episode and they talked to me about the kind of impact that my character was going to have and the significance it was going to have to the entire group of survivors," he explains. "Once I heard that I was really excited and I thought that it was a really, really cool way for me to be a part of the show was introducing this whole new terrible threat for this entire group of people."

It wasn't until after Martella agreed to join "The Walking Dead" that he found out Patrick would die in the first episode of Season 4. But he has no hard feelings -- "I would do one line on 'The Walking Dead' if I could. I love the show," he explains -- and is also excited about the new direction this illness heralds for the series.

"I think it reminds all of the survivors and the audience watching that there are a lot of other dangers to living in this type of environment, this post-apocalyptic world that they live in," Martella says of the introduction of the sickness. "There are a lot of other dangers besides the walkers, and I think sometimes everyone forgets about that. Something as simple as sickness, without the proper supplies and in the wrong living conditions, can actually be just as deadly, if not more so, than a group of walking dead outside the gates of your prisons."

He adds, "I think it's definitely a gamechanger, and I think audiences are going to love how this group has to deal with this problem, because everyone's going to have to deal with it in their own way....."

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[virgil283]

CJ has a discussion thread for the show...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3081284/posts

[SMGFan]

“Hi Phineas. Whatcha doin’?” :)

[tennmountainman]

Love the Walking Dead, but will love the Broncos vs Colts gave tonight.
But I will record it!

[SMGFan]

I guess we are expected to believe Walker Clara will return but not along with Eddie in tow?

[ConjunctionJunction]

Walking Dead ping! This article is about the actor who played "Patrick" in last week's Walking Dead episode. Vincent Maretella is best known for his role as "Phineas" on the popular animated kid's TV show "Phineas and Ferb".

Please let me know if you would like on or off The Walking Dead ping list.

[Rashputin]

[Reddy]

I only read the first compendium so I wasn’t aware of this game changer, but somebody’s going to die tonight.

I am thinking Beth, or maybe even Hershel. It will be interesting to see who the producers kill off.

[RedMonqey]

there are a lot of other dangers to living in this type of environment, this post-apocalyptic world that they live in," Martella says of the introduction of the sickness.

I'm glad they finally introduced disease(other than zombie-itis) as an factor.

It adds another dimension of reality in this series.

In the real world,the collapse of the sanitation system and lack of potable water and having just (regular) dead bodies lying about would have diseases like Typhoid fever, yellow fever, etc, etc. spread like wildfire.

The walkers are pus filled walking incubators and coming into contact with them, like exploding their brains with an axe, would send billions of bacteria into the air...

Love this show...