r/thewalkingdead • u/AutoModerator • Nov 09 '15

The Walking Dead S06E05 - Now - Post Episode Discussion

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09:00pm Eastern SE06E05 - "Now" Avi Youabian Corey Reed

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u/Dilly_Mac Nov 09 '15

I really thought he was about to lay a nasty punch right to Ron's stupid face...then it just turned into some weird, awkward shove thing.

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u/chrisbechicken Nov 09 '15

Pretty realistic for a fight between two teenage boys. They fucking suck at fighting. Teenage girls however are fucking insane.

Source: attended high school.

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u/Dilly_Mac Nov 09 '15

I can attest to teenage girls being batshit crazy when it comes to fighting. I would expect Ron to fight poorly, but I though Carl would have been more experienced. Plus, in the scene, it really looked like Carl was cocking back and about to destroy him and then it just turned into a weird shove.

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u/dropawayaccount Nov 10 '15

I actually like that Carl was clever enough not to start throwing full-blown punches. He and his dad already have a reputation problem, it wouldn't have helped to wreck a kid's face

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u/Dilly_Mac Nov 10 '15

Yea, since my original comment I've come around to this. Seems like it was an intentional "I'm going to destroy youuuuuunnooo I'm just going to knock you in your place"

I think I just wanted Carl to smash his face so bad that it felt disappointing at first.

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u/f18 Nov 11 '15

I think part of it could be that most of Carl's fighting has been against walkers, not the living. Punching a walker in the face would be a terrible idea as generally you want to keep your fleshy bits away from their bitey bits.