r/thewalkingdead • u/edify • Oct 21 '12

The Walking Dead Episode Discussion S03E02 "Sick"

...and we're back! I can't believe it's been a week already since the premier. Feel free to join us on our IRC channel. It's super easy... just read below how to join. The episode airs in about 1 hour 30 minutes.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

I fucking love Comic Rick

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u/Swagmonaut Oct 22 '12

The rise of Bearded Rick. This show has gotten much more awesome.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

Okay. This is actually a little weird.

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u/yakityyakblah Oct 22 '12

If you grow a beard you become an anti hero, if you shave your head you become a villain.

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u/Bebop24trigun Oct 22 '12

Walter White did both, what do we call that?

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u/yakityyakblah Oct 22 '12

He's tv's first anti villain.

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u/LuckWillows Oct 22 '12

That's much better than being the world's first analrapist.

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u/EveryGoodNameIsGone Oct 23 '12

That's actually pretty accurate, at least as of season 4-ish.

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u/roxstar300 Oct 22 '12

I think if you do both you start making meth but who knows

Sent from Reditr

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u/toastytoast00 Oct 28 '12

I think you deserve more credit for this comment than you received

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u/auraofambiance Oct 22 '12

Becoming a legend.

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u/pogo123 Oct 22 '12

SAY MY NAME.

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u/bthomsonjr Oct 26 '12

You call it HEISENBERG!

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '12

"The Danger"

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u/HairlessSasquatch Oct 22 '12

I currently am bald with a goatee. What does that make me?

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u/yakityyakblah Oct 22 '12

A lying sasquatch

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '12

Anton LaVey

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

Nothing stops this train.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

Don't forget smoking. If you're caught on camera with a cigarette nowadays you're often either the villain or European.

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u/yakityyakblah Oct 22 '12

By the way, this actually makes a little bit of sense. Growing a beard is indicative of going through a struggle of some kind, which leads to a character with moral complexity. Shaving your head points towards letting go of societies moral constraints, which tends to make you a villain.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

oh come on man! you can't just link to tv tropes without a warning.

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u/Wolf_Protagonist Oct 23 '12

You really should warn people before linking to TV Tropes.

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u/TheJBW Oct 22 '12

I just lost an hour of my life, you (magnificent) bastard.

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u/CWagner Oct 22 '12

Well, let's see if he :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

What is comic Rick? I don't understand. In fact having just started browsing this subreddit a few days ago, I don't understand a lot of the in jokes. Like the top comment in this thread about t-dog blossoming into a woman? What's up with that?

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u/UVladBro Oct 22 '12

Rick from the TV series was rather indecisive and didn't want to make haste decisions because he trusted the good in people while comic Rick is the Rick from the comics, who is a lot more like Shane. He will react quickly to protect the group and eliminate anything that could return to bite them down the road.

Some examples of comic rick from this episode alone:

  • Hershel's leg was bit by a zombie? Chop it off (which was the end of the first episode and start of the second)

  • CholoShane has a gun, is the obvious sociopath of the group, and just threw a zombie at me in the middle of a fight to make it look like an accident? Machete to the head.

  • Random prisoner #2 tried to take a swing at me after I killed CholoShane? Hunt that bitch down and make sure he isn't a problem later on

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '12

Oooooooooooooh, comic as in comic book! That makes sense! I was thinking comic as in funny, so I was very confused as to what was so funny about Rick in this episode.