Minicap: The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

By Saint Clare of Assisi | Monday, March 19, 2012 | 12:55 pm | 63 Comments

All right. Season Two finale. Let’s go.

If you’re like the majority of the show’s fans and hate Hershel Greene’s farm, you’re in luck because it’s not long for this world. As we left off last week, Rick and Carl are walking back to the farm house and on their heels is an enormous horde of the zombies. They can’t get to the farm house in time, so they take refuge in the barn.

Meanwhile the rest of the group doesn’t know anything since Rick, Shane, Glen, and Daryl went off to look for Randall last week. Glen and Daryl return at this point, but they don’t have time to give an update before they too notice the incoming horde. So, the group quickly comes up with a plan to get in the cars and lure the zombies away from the farm. Inside the barn, Rick and Carl lure a handful of zombies inside and set the barn on fire, but now they’re trapped on the roof.

Since everyone is in the dark about each other, everything is quickly descending into chaos. Lori just now notices that Carl is missing. She didn’t realize he snuck out of the house during the manhunt for Randall, and she doesn’t know he and his dad are just a couple hundred yards away. So, she frantically searchesfor her son while the rest of Team Rick and Team Hershel are trying to figure out what the heck to do. Their plan to lure the zombies away turns out to be a complete flop, so their only option left is to flee.

Carol has to pry Lori away from her search to get her to leave, but soon a group of zombies scatters them. Patricia gets eaten. T-Dog rescues Lori and Beth and they get to safety. Daryl rides up on his motorcycle and saves Carol just as she’s about to be grabbed. And Andrea, sadly, is left behind.

Meanwhile, Jimmy, who’s driving the RV, decides to check out the barn fire to see if Rick might be involved, and luckily, he spots Rick and Carl on the roof. They jump onto the RV to safety, but inside, Jimmy is consumed by the zombies. Rick and Carl haul ass to the farm house on foot. Now it’s deserted except for Hershel, who refuses to abandon his home. They have to yank him into a truck and book it.

The next day, Rick, Carl, and Hershel make it to the spot on the highway where they left supplies for Sophia. This is the closest they had to a designated meeting place in case the farm were to be overrun, so right now they have no idea if they’ll even see anyone else again. So now they have to wait in an exposed position for an increasingly unlikely reunion. Hershel tries to get Rick to take Carl someplace safe, and Carl tries to get Rick to go back to the farm to look for Lori, but luckily, right about now the others show up.

After the tearful reunion, they quickly get back on the road, heading vaguely east, but it’s not long before Rick runs out of gas. Now they have to stop and decide for sure what comes next. Rick refuses to even consider splitting up the group for any reason, so he decides they’ll camp overnight and find more gas in the morning. Then, Glen and Daryl tell the others what they found in the woods: Randall dead of a broken neck, and zombiefied without any bite marks. They reason that Shane must have killed Daryl but can’t figure out how Randall turned zombie, so here Rick drops a bombshell: the secret Jenner told him in the Season One finale. Basically, everyone is already infected with Wildfire, but the disease is activated by your death, so basically everyone is waiting to turn zombie. The rest of the group is really pissed with Rick for not telling them. That, plus their lack of a new overall plan, has them fed up with Rick’s leadership.

It gets worse. Rick takes Lori aside and confesses that he killed Shane—and, more importantly, Rick doesn’t see himself as entirely blameless in the matter. He admits that he figured out pretty quickly that Shane had designs on killing him, and he never stopped it from happening. Lori is horrified, and for once, doesn’t support her husband.

So Rick’s at the end of his rope. When he discovers the group’s mutinous leanings, he tells them too that he killed Shane for the good of the group, and he expresses his frustration with their lack of confidence in him. Things haven’t been GREAT, but he’s kept them alive for a good while now. He deserves another term in office. He challenges anyone who feels differently to leave the group. None do. Rick decides things will be a little less democratic from now on.

As the camera fades out, it reveals something just a few miles away from Team Rick’s campsite: a huge, intact prison. Readers of the graphic novel will know what that means.

As for Andrea…she managed to escape the farm into the woods, but zombies have been chasing her all day and eventually she runs out of ammo. And with a final zombie standing over her licking its chops, she’s saved at the last minute. By a strange hooded figure with a sword. Also, the sword person has two armless zombie slaves in chains. Readers of the graphic novel will know what that means, too.

And that’s your season finale. Check back Tuesday for the full post-mortem.

Brains,

SCOA

 

Saint Clare of Assisi attended Boston University and has written for The Onion.  He took his name from the patron saint of television, who was a virgin and saved a boy from a wolf one time.

63 Comments

  1. 1
    leslilly
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    Thanks for the mini-cap, SOCA! I think I’m going to go nuts before Season 3. The appearance of the strange hooded figure made me flip out! I’m thinking about buying the comics for my husband (but don’t worry, I won’t discuss on this site). Good work!

  2. 2
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    I was pretty pissed off at Lori’s reaction to Rick when he told her about Shane when she pretty much goaded him into doing “something” about Shane…but Glen Mazzara was on The Talking Dead after and he said that Lori’s not really pissed at Rick, but more at herself for getting between the two of them in the first place.

    Still can’t stand her.

  3. 3
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    I was pissed that Lori got pissed at Rick too. She is so awful.

    The hooded figure!!! So many questions!!

    Was anyone else wondering why Jimmy opened the damn RV door?? Obviously, he saw Rick and Carl when he pulled up. Dumb head.

    Can’t wait for the full recap, SCoA!

    Also, thank you for clarifying that it was a prison in the distance. I couldn’t figure out what the hell it was!!!

  4. 4
    BamA
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    I was super annoyed with Lori too, but if she’s more mad at herself than Rick…good. She should be. When I thought on it later I wondered if she was most put off that Carl had to shoot Shane. My vote is for her to be the next major character to die.

    I’m on the fence about the finale. Definitely lots of action, I was just pissed at the rest of the group for giving Rick such a hard time. I don’t think any of them would be better leaders.

    Next season should be interesting…and more characters!

  5. 5
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    Lori is pretty much the worst wife and mother, oh, ever, so yes I agree she needs to GO. I’m tired of listening to her.

  6. 6
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    I don’t think Jimmy opened the door so much as the zombie horde opened it for him. Since he never had a line, though, it will be hard to miss him.

    I don’t understand all the anger at Rick. What good would it have done them all to know they’re all infected? Most of them are barely holding it together as it is.

    The writer is referring to Rick’s new attitude as creating a Ricktatorship LOL

  7. 7
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    Here’s a question. Why is the reanimation happening faster? In season one, it took Amy all night before she reanimated as a zombie. This season Zombie Randall was up and about in just an hour or two, and Zombie Shane sat up after only a few minutes.

  8. 8
    leslilly
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    BamA: I also thought Laurie lost it when Rick said that Carl took Shane out…that said, her character is still annoying. I like the actress who plays her though, Sarah Wayne Callies.

  9. 9
    suedisco
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    I agree that Lori is super annoying (“Has anyone seen Carl?!?”), but I also think she’s always seen kinder and gentler (and smarter) qualities in Rick that allowed her to put him above Shane in her estimation. Now she’s seeing those qualities slip away slowly but surely, and she’s seeing that new “kill or be killed” ethic in Carl too…and it’s unavoidable and sad. The look on her face during the rise of the Ricktatorship made me think that she’s not quite on board with the new Rick.

  10. 10
    leslilly
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 2:35 pm

    Also, understandably the stress of trying to take care of everyone has gotten to Rick…I think the group was freaked out by Rick’s behavior and creepy language (i.e. “I killed Shane for you guys”). I hope the old Rick hasn’t completely vanished.

  11. 11
    annie anniedawg25
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Jimmy wins the award for “Stupidest Move during Zombie Apocolypse”. After Carl and Rick jumped on the Winnebago, instead of taking off and letting them roof surf like “Teen Wolf” while plowing through Walkers, he STOPS, puts it in PARK and gets eaten alive in .5 seconds. Well done, Jimmy. I mean, shit, at least Carol managed to fend them off with a stick out in the open.
    Lori sucks, and so does Carl. He needs a leash.
    Im very interested to see what happens in the prison. It will be a good, safe hiding place for them (barbed wire, etc) but does that also mean there are prisoners ALIVE in there as well, non-zombied? Gonna have to wait for season 3! But it is getting harder and harder to stay away from Comic spoilers. Booo.

  12. 12
    Liz
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    Strangely, I feel happily spoiled about what’s to come in season 3 based on the comics (which is still a guess, but still), but I won’t say anything about it here.

    Omg, so glad I’m not the only one frustrated by Lori’s reaction to Rick.

    Somehow, even though there was alot of action, that episode wasn’t very exciting. I think you just can’t top two major deaths in a row really. Kinda glad the Herschel children are mostly gone though.

  13. 13
    itchy
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    I was extremely disappointed the Carl character wasn’t killed.

    I was wondering about the helicopter– was that a flashback to an earlier episode? And the zombie horde was still stumbling after it weeks later? Hmmm.

  14. 14
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    I thought it was odd, too, as it looked like the zombies were eating Rick’s horse when the helicopter flew over.

    Poor horse.

  15. 15
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    Cattyfan…maybe it has to do with how long Wildfire’s been in their system…? I was wondering the same thing.

  16. 16
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    Catty – Great point about the reanimation!! I never thought about that.

    Itchy – Also good point a out the helicopter. I assumed that it was the same day/night but zombies are slooooow.

  17. 17
    Cappy
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 4:57 pm

    They no longer live in a democracy they live in a Ricktatorship!
    And why does no one ever no where Carl is or what he is doing? And why is he always sneaking off away from the house???

  18. 18
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    I think no one pays attention to Carl because they all hate him as much as we do. lol

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    maryedith
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    So — to spark off a new, dark Rick we have to have all the characters, who ONE episode ago were mad at Rick for not taking charge enough, suddenly be mad at Rick for taking charge. Carol’s sudden anger at him was completely unbelievable — the last we heard from her she was telling Rick that his job was to do the thinking for them (about killing Randall). All the zombie-killing and running away from the farm should have given us viewers a much-needed relief from the soap-opera talking. But no.
    And, oh my God, I guess Shane was giving Carl acting lessons as well as shooting lessons? What happened to turn that little guy into such a ham?

  20. 20
    maryedith
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    The helicopter — I thought we were supposed to get the idea that the herd had been moving toward the farm the whole time since the gang left the ATL. The whole time they thought they were safe, the herd was slowly moving in on them.

  21. 21
    Liz
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    @maryedith – I can totally see what you’re saying about Carol and everyone flipping so quickly, but I kinda thought that was part of that point. Like, everyone wants to complain and say how things should be but Rick’s the only one (left anyways) willing to actually take charge and live with the consequences. Or it’s shitty writing. Or maybe a little of both.

  22. 22
    Liz
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 6:59 pm

    I don’t think I explained that quite as much as I wanted. I mean – they want him to take charge and be responsible but then want to complain about what he does like he didn’t do it the way they would have wanted even though they didn’t want to have to make the decision. Possibly that makes less sense than what I said before but oh well.

  23. 23
    Lurker
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 7:58 pm

    I actually loved the season finale … so much to look forward to in October. The problem I have is being patient that long.

  24. 24
    maryedith
    Posted March 19, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    I get what you’re saying, @Liz. And you’re probably right. If this whole season was just building up to him to him becoming the dictator of that prison in the background, though, I’ll be pissed off. Why not have just let Shane kill him if that’s going to be the case?

    Did anyone notice how polite those zombies were with each other when they broke through the fence at the beginning? Would that rock concert fans were so patient! Not one zombie got trampled!

  25. 25
    itchy
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 1:46 am

    The other issue I have is how it is possible that every single one of these people — including a ten-year-old boy — ALWAYS pull off perfect right-between-the-eyes headshots, EVEN when they’re being bumped around in a moving vehicle?

    I mean, sure, I get that it’s just special effects and all. But I think the danger element would be amped up several dozen notches if these people shot the way people really would shoot if they’ve never had any real shooting practice, are scared shitless and are bouncing and running and rolling (and jiggling, let’s be fair) about.

    But shy. At least we can be grateful the Shane character was killed off.

    And the hooded guy with the armless zombie slaves? Excellent! Make me want to check out the comic books after all…

  26. 26
    lindaw205
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Yeh, I’ve been thinking about those armless zombie slaves. I wonder if he keeps them around for the stench factor, so that he can walk amongst the walkers without being bothered. Neat.

  27. 27
    CattyFan cattyfan
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 10:49 am

    The hooded person is a woman. They revealed the actress on Talking Dead the other night.

  28. 28
    rayplayhockey
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Does anyone remember hearing someone say that it was like the walkers were being drawn in a particular direction? (Or some such.) Maybe I dreamed that.? Also, if the walkers are attracted by sound are there helicopters trying to herd them or Pied Piper them? Man Season Three seems so far away….doh.

  29. 29
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 11:28 am

    The armless zombies/hooded figure were one of the most intriguing things about to finale, IMO.

    I don’t recall anyone mentioning sound of the helicopters drawing the zombies to a particular area. I haven’t read the comics, but i think the helicopter was going to the prison b/c there is a colony of people holed up there and the farm happened to be on that “path.” They were collaterial damage. I am assuming that the group will go to the prison.

  30. 30
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 11:33 am

    @rayplayhockey, I think they did say something like that when the herd first appeared on the highway, near the beginning of Season 2. Either the characters said it, or it was just written on their faces.

  31. 31
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 11:35 am

    I guess Andrea and the Hooded Lady will be up against Ricktator next season?

  32. 32
    Liz
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    My prediction (mostly because it sounds awesome in my own head) is that Rick and the Ricktators end up at the prison where they end up in a very, very bad situation because the prison people are bad people, and somehow Andrea and the Sword Lady end up saving them. But not before some Ricktators die, of course.

  33. 33
    plockeness monster
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    No spoliers. This is just hilarious. I am partial to #6. Why Carl should be killed off.

    http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6743808/10-reasons-why-the-walking-dead-should-just-kill-carl

  34. 34
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    The horse part (from the very first episode of the show) really got to me. I have a theory..not based on anything but my own silly thoughts…it looked to me, with the flashback to the helicopter, etc., that the zombies have been migrating (lol) for a while. It looks as if something, or someone, is calling them. We know though that loud noises attract them, so on the other hand, maybe that’s all it is. Based on the emphasis of the zombie herds migrating during the beginning of the finale though, I tend to think it is something really crucial in the series. I guess we’ll see. I hate having to wait!!

    Btw, does anyone watch The Killing on AMC? I just started watching it, am only 6 episodes in & am hooked! I know from news reports that a lot of people were mad that the killer wasn’t revealed in their season finale, so I’m prepared and okay w/that. The season 2 premiere of The Killing will be April 1.

  35. 35
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Cattyfan, I was wondering the same thing. It’s definitely affecting them more quickly!

  36. 36
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Dear Liz,
    Okay, so you really are happy about possibly knowing what might happen? Just checking because after much deliberation, I ordered the comic compilation #1 from amazon….then, I started worrying that reading it will spoil watching it. That said, I read all of the True Blood books and it didn’t affect my enjoyment of the show.
    Thanks!
    Leslie

  37. 37
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    Itchy & LdyJne114, why does everyone hate Carl? Is it because of his part in Dale’s death? Am just curious…he is just a kid & his parents are a bit…preoccupied, to be polite. I think he learned a huge lesson re: Dale & he certainly saved Rick’s ass. The kid can handle a gun well – I think he may turn out to be helpful in killing zombies.

  38. 38
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    I don’t know…the kid just irks me. Maybe it’s because if my own kid listened as little as Carl does, I’d smack him lol. I can’t smack Carl. He was likable the first season…season two turned him into a creepy little sociopath.

    And yes, his parents are preoccupied but if zombies were running around, you know, killing people, wouldn’t try HARDER to keep an eye on your kid? Lori was all up in Rick’s face about making Carl grow up so fast yet she pays no attention to him whatsoever. Especially considering what happened to Sophia. My kid wouldn’t be out of my sight.

  39. 39
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:17 pm

    Ha ha ha! “Be a good little sheriff…” Thanks, @plockeness!

  40. 40
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:26 pm

    I always thought, during Sophia’s disappearance, that Carol was unfair in blaming Rick. I know it’s kinda old news, but when Sophia ran off, it was Carol’s fault, not Rick’s. Carol was hiding under a car & being restrained by Laurie because Carol was scared….the truth is Carol should have been under the car w/Sophia & holding on to her. Just my two cents. That zombie migration on the highway happened kind of fast & everyone scrambled; however, it was totally unfair for Carol to blame Rick.

  41. 41
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    I agree 100% re: Laurie & Rick needing to watch Carl. They suck at it. It almost seems like they don’t give a shit. Every episode had Laurie asking “where’s Carl?” & I would turn to my husband and ask WTH is wrong w/her? I would have my child shackled to me. Seriously.

    Re: Carl’s personality change, I think it’s understandable. He’s growing up in an insane, violent world & his parents are mentally/emotionally absent. It sucks to be Carl.

  42. 42
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    I agree

  43. 43
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:43 pm

    Maryedith, the zombies’ behavior at the fence was really strange to me. Remember in Atlanta when Rick & Glen covered themselves w/zombie guts and walked to the trucks? Once the zombies caught on, they were climbing the chain link fence & busting through it. I’m confused as to why they didn’t climb that little, short wooden fence. Weird

  44. 44
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Hooded woman, itchy, hooded woman…. :)

    Agreed re: the excellent shots to the head.

  45. 45
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    I can’t see how though…that helicopter would have been long gone by the time all those zombies even noticed it if it was that early…I have to think that they’d have lost interest and found some other random noise to follow long before they showed up at the farm.

  46. 46
    itchy
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    Maybe if we petition the writers, they will kill of Carl? One can only hope!

    Hooded woman, eh? Cool…

    I finally gave in and order the first book….

  47. 47
    LdyJne114
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    Man, that Carl really gets around when his parents aren’t watching…

    http://getoutofherecarl.tumblr.com/

  48. 48
    DejaJohnson
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    @LdyJne114 HAHAHAHA!!!

  49. 49
    Liz
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 6:56 pm

    @leslilly – Yeah, I kind of troll sites about certain shows, and you just can’t help but come across people talking about the comics, so I’ve heard random things here and there. I looked up a few things on the Walking Dead comic wiki too because I was curious. So based on that stuff, yeah, I think it’s kinda fun to know the general direction they’re going, without knowing all the details. Because I don’t know enough to feel spoiled, and because there seem to be some things they have changed alot from the comics, so it isn’t like reading the screenplay beforehand. Does that make sense? Anyway just wanted to clarify I haven’t read the comics themselves, in case that makes a difference to you. If you do read them, let us know (not what is different, because we don’t like to be spoiled on these boards) but if you feel/felt spoiled and if you like them! At least I’d like to know. :)

  50. 50
    Liz
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    @LdyJne114 – Ooh, random noise is a good point. It did seem like they were trying to say they were migrating or being herded or something. But maybe since most everyone is dead there aren’t many noises as loud as a helicopter? Mostly I just didn’t think zombies had that kind of attention span, which I guess agrees with your random noise comment. I’d just think they’d stop or something at some point.

  51. 51
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    It was weird…the herd was going in one direction (right past Herschel’s farm) and then the gun shots from Shane & Carl made them turn 90 degrees and head to the farm – they showed this in the first few minutes of the finale. So, yeah I agree, too, with random noises derailing their migratory path :)

    Also, wasn’t it odd how Rick & Carl didn’t hear the 1000 raspy-breathing zombies descending upon them UNTIL they were almost on top of them. I cry foul there! And not just at the smell….which, hey! They should have been able to smell the herd.

    Does anyone wonder why the zombies’ rotting flesh doesn’t attract flies or vultures or other scavengers? Yeah, I think about this show wayyyy too much.

  52. 52
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Thanks for writing back, Liz! :) Yeah, I will let you know if I enjoy it or regret it. The book I ordered isn’t set to arrive for about 2 weeks. No worries, peeps – I won’t post any info re: the comics.

  53. 53
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:44 pm

    @leslilly, what was weirder was that at the end of the penultimate episode the zombies were BETWEEN Rick, Carl and the farm. I don’t know how they walked through them without noticing them.

  54. 54
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    Et tu @itchy? I feel so abandoned! If you start saying patronizing shit about “If you just read the graphic novel, you would understand…” I just don’t know what I’ll do!

  55. 55
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:47 pm

    Heehee! Funny stuff :)

  56. 56
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    WTH? I can willing suspend my disbelief – most of the time, that is. ;)

  57. 57
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    I wondered that too, lindaw205. Then I read something online that made me think otherwise. It is probably too spoiler-ish to post here though.

  58. 58
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    I’ve just realized you can reply directly to comments now. I feel like such a tool!

  59. 59
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    Well Itchy, you and I both bought the books, so we’ll have to compare notes & decide whether we’re happy w/our decision or regret it. I think it will wind up fine. The writers change things so frequently that we won’t know what to expect.

  60. 60
    leslilly
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    Nah, you’re not a tool. I think everyone’s noticing it lately. I believe it’s pretty recent.

  61. 61
    maryedith
    Posted March 20, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    Put down the book! Walk away slowly!

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    April
    Posted April 21, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    that was my guess too. To mask the smell.

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    April
    Posted May 10, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    I gave in and bought Walking Dead Compendium 1. I flew through it and so did hubby. I feel like they are so removed from each other that it is not really spoilering much at all. Some things I like better in the novel. Some I like better in the show.

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