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3x05 After Party
By: ysolde Date: October 5, 2025, 10:32 pm
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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
By: hoogie Date: October 6, 2025, 6:51 am
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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
By: Tensel Date: October 6, 2025, 10:22 am
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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:
HTML https://deadline.com/gallery/the-walking-dead-universe-memorabilia-auction-props-photos/
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Re: 3x05 After Party
By: ysolde Date: October 6, 2025, 2:01 pm
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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
By: Hez Date: October 7, 2025, 9:16 am
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[quote author=ysolde link=topic=7342.msg629706#msg629706
date=1759120406]
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!"
[/quote]
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
By: Willow217 Date: October 8, 2025, 11:43 pm
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[quote author=Tensel link=topic=7342.msg630622#msg630622
date=1759764166]
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.[/quote]
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
By: The_Abbott Date: November 12, 2025, 1:51 pm
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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?!
7/10
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Re: 3x05 After Party
By: StCroixBeth Date: November 12, 2025, 4:03 pm
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[quote author=The_Abbott link=topic=7342.msg632737#msg632737
date=1762977107]
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?!
7/10
[/quote]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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