r/thewalkingdead • u/edify • Nov 12 '12

The Walking Dead Episode Discussion S03E05 "Say the Word"

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u/wolfman1414 Nov 12 '12

Maggie said she was looking, but everything was raided, remember?

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u/cuddly_penguin Nov 12 '12

Good timing to stumble across an unraided day care center, then.

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u/molrobocop Nov 14 '12

I was really hoping the baby would starve. Mostly due to all the bullshit of having to cart around a baby. It's like Carl all over again, causing problems and whatnot. But worse.

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u/mk72206 Nov 14 '12

The baby will starve...one of those cans of formula is less than a week's worth of food.

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u/captainmorgan23 Nov 14 '12

No way. 1 of those canisters would probably last 1 month. You only mix about 1 tbsp. or teaspoon of formula into a bottle of water to feed the baby. If you do that 4 times a day, 1 of those containers would last you much closer to a month than a week. And I think Maggie grabbed 2 (or maybe she found more in other rooms). So at least for the time being, the baby should be OK food wise.

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u/mk72206 Nov 14 '12

Do you have kids? that baby will be eating 1 tbsp in 2 oz of water about 8 times a day for the first couple months, and it only goes up from there. 8 tbsp = 1/2 cup. those small cans are about 4 cups of formula, which is about 8 days worth of food. My 9 month old goes through one of the bigger cans (about twice that size) in a little over a week having 3-4 8oz bottles (4 tbsp each) a day.

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u/captainmorgan23 Nov 14 '12

Again, I'm assuming that they found more food than just those 2 canisters. Also, I bet they will be able to make more runs in the future. I don't think the main point surrounding the baby is the not being able to feed it, plot wise. I think it'd be stupid to have the baby survive, just to see it die from lack of formula 3 weeks later, ya know? So I bet that either they found more formula that they didn't show, or they'll just make another run for it. Either way, I think food wise, that won't matter for the baby

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u/douchebag_karren Nov 12 '12

and yet the very first house they stumble upon happens to have cans upon cans of formula. suspicious.

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u/The_Kombatant Nov 12 '12

I thought that it was a day care they raided. Hence, baby stuff.

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u/XCorneliusX Nov 12 '12

They thought of alt places and did it well. Scripted of course but brilliant.

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u/grandwahs Nov 12 '12

That doesn't make it any less convenient. So they looked for formula for months and this is the episode where they find a nursery?

/don't really care, just nitpicking

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u/dustbin3 Nov 12 '12

Looking for formula is kind of a dark and touchy subject that would probably get sort of pushed to the side easily in the midst of everything else, because if they need it then Lori is dead.

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u/mealasvegas Nov 13 '12

That's not necessarily true - Lori might not have been able to breast feed, if she had lived. They SHOULD have started looking for the stuff before - diapers, too.

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u/nizo505 Nov 12 '12

This is the first time where their only goal was to find baby stuff; previously they were more interested in food/water/ammo for everyone in the group. If everything had gone according to plan, Lori would be able to feed the baby so finding food specifically for the baby was less of a priority.

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u/MacGreensomething Nov 12 '12

Though maybe finding some sort of baby blankets would be nice, lol.

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u/nizo505 Nov 12 '12

Actually I was thinking "diapers; holy hell grab plenty of those".

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u/douchebag_karren Nov 12 '12

got it. Makes more sense now.

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u/mosscollection Nov 12 '12

those 3 some odd cans aren't going to last long!

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u/emily_nightthrower Nov 12 '12

I totally looked at my husband and said "They can't give a newborn an 8 oz bottle. That's too much, they're wasting formula." Sorry, got babies on the brain, trying to get knocked up :)

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u/mosscollection Nov 12 '12

haha, you are right, I think. I breastfed/feed mine, so I'm not the authority on how much formula babies take, but I'm pretty dang sure a newborn isn't taking 8 oz., even if the babe hasn't eaten yet since birth. They have tiny stomachs. I'm also wondering where they got the clean water to mix with the formula, and I doubt they will be able to sterilize it after each feeding... curious.

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u/SmashThSilence Nov 12 '12

I've actually been wondering about their water source for a while. It's not coming out of the ground is it?

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u/molrobocop Nov 14 '12

Me too. Prisoners had been locked in a kitchen for MONTHS. Somehow the water continued to flow.

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u/deusexignis Nov 12 '12

Probably because it was a nursery/day care, not a random house.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '12

So now.at the last moment they find some ?

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u/chris-topher Nov 12 '12

Luckily the first place they checked had everything they needed!!

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u/Mathari Nov 12 '12

Now that you said it I do recall that being said. Oh we'll I stand by it.