That's silly...

Also I found why T-Dog is call T-Dog, quite simply
Theodore Douglas = T-Dog

I prefer the name 'Token Black Guy of the show' myself.

But he has also defied the law of black guys in horror films, so he is more than just that token black guy.

I hope the introduce him soon, otherwise T-Dog will most likely be his counterpart.
Reading and with the intro of [M] I;m hoping for the Govenor still

I liked every part of the finale besides
Other than that it was a good episode. Killed off some unnecessary characters and the show seems to be going in a less stagnant direction.

The only reason I can think of it being foolish that Rick didn't tell them was because it could have put them in danger. Like if that girl had managed to off herself in the farmhouse - they would have had a walker in the house and no one would be anticipating it. But even then, that seemed a big overreaction to me. It would have made more sense if they decided as a group to be more honest and upfront in the interests of clarity and safety - it's not like he kept it from them out of malice after all.

I'm on a slow, old, cranky laptop so foregoing quotes etc...but in response to some of above posts:

---the camper/Jimmy thing definitely was stupid and I made comment of it to my spouse while we were watching.
---agree about the helicopter. Think it was neat how they tied that together, too.
---I think Carol has a crush on Daryl, plus you have to remember she had an abusive husband. So her reactions may have something to do with those things, along with just plain fear of course.
---Lori just needs to die. She's inconsistent in her positions. I feel like she's with RIck out of guilt more than anything else. Remember in the 1st episode they made it out like Rick and Lori's relationship was in trouble (she was unhappy). Guilt can do weird things to people...but that's why I think she's inconsistent.

Hah, I said the same thing with my family.

She grates me because she's even further on the Pre-Chaos field than Dale was. At least Dale could take a moment and try to assess what's right. What Rick did was right, was it brutal? But Shane was brutal. He was ruthless, vindictive, and uncontrolled. Hell, he even freed that guy just to snap his neck, and he was planning it all just to kill Rick, come back the hero after 'killing the bad guy who escaped' and take over as leader, and he'd be a poor leader at that. At this point I'd say Shane's death was karmic retribution.

This may or may not be considered a spoiler branch so I'll tag it just in case:

You're exactly right. Carl's childhood isn't sitting around the house watching Saturday Cartoons, going to the park to play with his pals from school, or going to the school dance. His childhood is 'learn to survive', his gun is his 'education' in this post-chaos world. Between raiders, bandits, and zombies, along with a myriad of other dangers, his survival is dependant on his ability to survive, not being coddled on mum's nipble until she deems him old enough.

Per the secret: it's a question of trust, if he is keeping secrets "for the good of the group" you can no longer trust him. Glenn had it right.

I don't think Rick kept a secret for the good of the group, despite what he says. I think it's more that he was just unsure if it was truth, and there was no way to test it without killing somebody before they were sick/bitten And if it turned out he was wrong, the group would turn on him for scaring them and being wrong. Humans are reactive idiots, after all.

Rick strikes me as the type of character who generally wants proof or at least more information to work with, before jumping to a conclusion or sharing information, which is why he's had such trouble making decisions here and there. I don't think that makes someone untrustworthy per se. I know lots of ppl like that. If you share info too early sometimes it does create more issues or more danger (at least initially) than it solves. It's a common dilemma and has no black and white answer.

Right, plus, that Doctor, forget his name, er, Jennings or something? Didn't seem all that there anymore. Rick was right to approach the thought with wanting proof. If he'd told everyone outright, then it turned out to be false, it would discredit Rick. The way I see it, he made the more pragmatic choice as opposed to going off the bat to say, 'Uh, so yeah, some guy, like, told me if we just fall over and die, we, like, come back as zombies bro', that was better he tried to have confirmation before he told them.

Awesome finale !
Definitely agree that Ricks doing the right thing taking control more,Loved the Democracy line .
I also partly think he should of told the group,but i can understand he would want proof it is true before telling them, so as not to panic them all. But then if Carl,Suicide girl (Beth?), or others had died, not telling them did potentially put them all in a risky situation.

Only thing that ruined the finale for me was the new characther...
Any mention of possible start date for season 3? or is it even being filmed yet

Perhaps sedatives still works on zombie brains.

I'm still curious why a zombie bite would cause a special fever that seems guaranteed to kill you, if you already have the virus or whatever in your system. That doesn't make sense in a viral way, unless the saliva glands have something extra in them, akin to venom say.

My screen was too dark to tell but in the comics

I would think there would be a host of nasty bacteria, they are rotten corpses' and they do feast on pretty much anything thats living and some things that aren't

Bacteria from rotting flesh and other things...good answer. Makes sense.

Also, I believe Season 3 is planned for sometime in October. Other than that, I don't know much beyond the usual oblique producer answers to fan questions, and actor casting.

Edit: supposedly the first half of the season's scripts are already written and filming begins in May.

A. The zombies have no jaws either, and there's a reason she has those zombies, click the link I posted if you care to learn. And according to a friend of mine, it's supposed to start again this October.

Never noticed the jaws.
Read the wiki page, Does seem a bit more "sensible" when you find out who the zombies are and why. Just seemed it had all gotten a bit stupid when that scene comes on, but thats me content again

Ha. I don't follow the comics either, so I said the same 'huh?' before I did a little google-fu.

She removes the jaws in the comic - See the cover of Issue 19s cover art. No arms no jaw.

Well if you are infected, your body is able to control the current level of [infection] thats in your system. But someone who has been overcome by the [infection] will have increased levels of it as their body can't contain it, so it ends up flowing through them like blood and water does in their system, and when they bite someone they introduce more of the [infection] into that persons blood stream. This added [infection] is enough to overcome the living persons natural defences and in time it kills them and reanimates them as zombies...
Make any sense?

I've never read the comic so can anyone here tell me why she has these two guys as pets? I just hope that show doesnt start getting silly. I mean I read some where that she know's these two on a personal level but how in the world can someone move quickly/swiftly anywhere with those dudes dragging behind? ....makes no sense to me.

maybe they serve as a distraction to other zombies?
Like how in some episodes Rick etc have covered themselves in zombie cuts to mask their scent and hid under them aswell, maybe she has those to as a memory but they also block her natural smell from the zombies so they don't think twice and she can go anywhere

Not really. If it were rabies or something, maybe, but it doesn't really make sense. If the bite was a fatal neck/artery wound, maybe due to the vital point bitten and thus bleeding out. But look at someone with HIV/Aids, they don't suddenly 'get more Aids' when bitten by someone else who has it. Same thing would apply here. Whatever's in the survivor's blood, assuming the virus' initial exposure killed on contact, makes the virus seem to be recessive until death. It wouldn't make sense that a simple light scratch on the arm or what have you should suddenly turn into a zombie. Honestly, I just chalk the whole confusion up to being a plothole.

Also, at your latest post, the zombies are more a distraction for herself, they're apparently her coping mechanism for the post-apocalyptic world. IIRC it's said ones her boyfriend, and the other her ex-husband.