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3x05 After Party
« on: October 05, 2025, 10:32:35 pm »
Excellent episode.  I usually hate bottle episodes, but this one worked in moving the story forward.  The "Limbo" leper town was an interesting parallel to D&C's situation at the moment (who want to go home but keep getting stuck in places where they don't exactly belong), as well as Roberto and Justina (who want to be together but are being separated by circumstances they don't really understand), as well as Paz and her girlfriend (long since separated by the Alcazar, but still in love and wanting to be together).  And then there is Roberto's father, who has been in Solaz for a long time.  His backstory is murky, but it is clear he and Fede have had some sort of issue forever.  He is falling for Carol, and is clearly thinking of leaving with D & C, but has reservations, still.  I hope it ends well for him, but . . .


Anyhow, I loved how the town was shown, with all its Civil War damage, stillness, and sadness.  I loved that Daryl once again almost immediately bonded with a child -- there is a child-like spirit to Daryl.  In spite of the abuse that he endured, the child in him survived and children see that, trust it, communicate with him on an instinctive level that adults (for the most part) cannot comprehend.


I loved seeing Carol quiet and still back at Solaz, not because she was trying to gather information, but because, for once, I think she feels safe here. 
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2025, 06:51:22 am »
Finally getting caught back up on the show.  Didn't finish last night's episode yet.  It's been very solid so far.  I enjoy this series a lot.
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2025, 10:22:46 am »
I am conflicted about this episode. I realize that all things that I would hand wave in TWD universe are hard for me to do with Daryl and Carol roaming around Europe. Three years in, I still find it preposterous that they are in Europe. Daryl finding his way to Barcelona without help. A leper community surviving all these years without medical treatment. How are all these people infected? The disease is not easily transmitted. Okay, I'm done.


The story itself I liked. I never doubted that Daryl would help the community. Other than Glenn, he has always been the most gentle hearted the original male leads. I was surprised by his plan with the rope, etc. It was very well done. I thought he would take a couple people with him to attack the train, but I guess, he is the hero. It was funny when he and the bad guy mutually decided to take a break before fighting each other. I didn't note if the woman survived. I was glad the iguana did, but it will die in the cold weather. Maybe someone will find it first and it will be a meal. I am always surprised when I see people keep iguanas as pets, I think of them as food.


I was surprised when Roberto said that Justina was forced to go rather than volunteering to leave. It changed my perspective on Fede. He is not a good man doing his best. Daryl or Carol are going to have kill him. I cracked up at Antonio reluctantly acknowledging that the healers were also witches. Too bad the grandmother saw the necklace and pendant. Does she know the truth about Justina being forced to leave? I couldn't tell.  When she arrived, I was worried that Valentina would give it away that Daryl wasn't at the beach.


Carol clearly likes Roberto and he feels the same. She deserves some happiness so she should hit that before the inevitable terrible ending occurs. As of right now, I don't see a way of sailing to America until Valentina goes with them. I vaguely recall that there was a ship that went to France from the east coast in earlier seasons? What happened to that?

Did you see that TWD is auctioning off props from the show? If I had the money, I would buy Michonne's katana: https://deadline.com/gallery/the-walking-dead-universe-memorabilia-auction-props-photos/
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2025, 02:01:47 pm »
As I stated above, I don't think the leprosy is meant to be taken literally.  I think it is metaphor for the limbo so many of the main characters are in.
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2025, 09:16:56 am »
Was I the only one that giggled a bit when Fede told his mother not to worry about his wound, because, "Tis but a scratch?"  I was like, "Did he really just say that?  In this context?  Awesome!"
No!  I laughed.

I find this season to be funnier than any other Walking Dead season we've seen.  Not goofy but wittier or something.
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2025, 11:43:56 pm »
I am conflicted about this episode. I realize that all things that I would hand wave in TWD universe are hard for me to do with Daryl and Carol roaming around Europe. Three years in, I still find it preposterous that they are in Europe. Daryl finding his way to Barcelona without help. A leper community surviving all these years without medical treatment. How are all these people infected? The disease is not easily transmitted. Okay, I'm done.

I think they actually handled Daryl ending up in France really well. I always felt the most logical answer to the constant question of how he would get there was by boat. Having him get kidnapped and put on a boat to France was even better because - unless he found evidence Rick was in France - there was no reason for him to try to get there on his own. They're 12 years into the ZA so I do find it believable that some people are trying to re-establish traveling - we'd already seen that the CR has helicopters. Boats, ships, planes, etc... - it just makes sense to me. But they didn't handle Carol going to France as well. There was just no reason for her to leave the CW and having her say it was because it was "too quiet" was just weird. Daryl was out traveling around the CW districts for a year before leaving to go exploring and that didn't bother her at all. But now he's a week late and it's suddenly "too quiet". Just didn't make sense. Plus the plot convenience of them landing in just the right city and immediately finding Genet's group - too much coincidence.

I also don't have any issue with Daryl going to Barcelona on his own. Antonio gave him a map and I believe Daryl is capable of following a map. Even if the words are Spanish, all he needed was for Antonio to show him where they were - starting point and ending point. He can follow it from there. Plus, the promo for episode 6 shows he won't continue to make that journey alone - perhaps Paz had the same concerns you did. lol

As for the leper community, I don't find that surprising either. Leprosy is not highly contagious, but certain living conditions can make it more easily transmitted - i.e. poverty. People living in a post apocalyptic world - especially in the early years - would be living in similar conditions. Consider the conditions at the prison in S3 - it was dirty, no plumbing, food and medicine were scarce, etc... Poor hygiene, malnutrition, and lack of medicine/vaccines create conditions ripe for diseases we no longer consider serious to crop back up. We really should have seen more outbreaks of other diseases over the course of a decade.

I haven't been posting week to week, but I am really enjoying season 3 so far. The last 2 episodes in particular were really good. I loved the battle against Los Primitivos and Daryl showing the leper community how to fight for themselves was really cool. The fights on the train were great too - I love when they add a little bit of humor. Daryl and that guy taking a minute to catch their breath was so funny. Little Rosa was so adorable - I loved her counting down 4 bullets/4 demons. That was a side quest and doesn't really tie into the overall story, but I think it was needed for Daryl to overcome his emotional shut down and it was something he had to do on his own. It is typical for him to shut down emotionally for a while when he's grieving and he needed that reminder of who he is to move past it.

I can't believe there are only 2 episodes left this season. I'm really excited to see how it all pans out. The King and Fede need to pay for La Ofrenda - especially Fede trading Justina to protect himself. Roberto and Justina are such a cute couple - I'm rooting for them. And I'm really enjoying Carol and Antonio building up a romance as well. I'm super curious what this feud between Fede and Antonio is all about - I'm guessing right now that they were both in love with Maria and her choosing Antonio is a big part of it, but it feels like there's more to it. And I really hope Paz is able to rescue Elena so they can be together.
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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2025, 01:51:47 pm »
Finished 3x05


Didn't take long for Daryl to get the water back did it LOL


Also, should I be asking where all this petrol comes from for all these motor bikes or just go with the flow?!


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Re: 3x05 After Party
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2025, 04:03:39 pm »
Finished 3x05


Didn't take long for Daryl to get the water back did it LOL


Also, should I be asking where all this petrol comes from for all these motor bikes or just go with the flow?!


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I think they distill something like corn? But you'd think homemade shit would ruin the motors after awhile, right? We're supposed to just suspend disbelief and not question the plot holes I guess, LOL.
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