The Walking Dead -- Season Three "One Nation under Rick !"

[the goddamn batman]

even though, very realistically, it might not even be his kid?

[Jabare]

They won't kill the baby, but I'd be shocked if the baby survived. They won't be able to properly feed the baby, not to mention the noise its bound to make at inopportune times giving the environment its in.

I think it would be a big twist if the baby was actually Dale's or T-Dogs or somebody that is already dead. Than what would rick do

[Vidocq]

even though, very realistically, it might not even be his kid?

Well a) He already acepted her as his. She is his daughter, biology be damn.

b) Still a fking kid. He would have to be Batman villain level to think: ''Maybe is not my kid.'' is a valid reason to even consider killing a baby is acceptable.

[Libaax]

I wouldnt kill Hitlers baby, i doubt Rick will kill a baby that was born out of his dead wife. He will probably treasure her extra because she is the last connection to his dead wife that made him lose his mind with grief.

[the goddamn batman]

I'm not suggesting Rick would kill the child, I'm just saying when it's the possible remnant of an affair your wife had with your best friend, it might not be exactly the same as it being 100% his child.

Still, I'll be pretty surprised if that baby lasts into season 4. Just keeping an infant alive with their situation is kinda next to impossible, as I see it.

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Also, Kirkman addressed why the baby didn't live in the comics, and it was pretty sound reasoning. I don't see that changing here.

[kalorama]

Well a) He already acepted her as his. She is his daughter, biology be damn.

The massive cold front that had clearly moved in between him and Lori at the beginning of the season suggests that it was no longer that cut and dried anymore. Some shit went down between them during the last few months that we haven't seen yet.

Not a Psychopath*

You are seeing it with all the cold logic of being a guy watching the show at home and knowing this are all fictional characters. A Human being, any father worth a damn, would choose his kid's life than his own or someone else's. He does something as fked up as that and he stops being human. He is The Governor.

You're seeing it with all the sweet talcum powder-scented emotion of a guy who's sitting in the comfort of his cozy heated/air-conditioned home and/or office and is in no in danger of being devoured by a horde of merciless zombies every minute of every day, and who has not been tasked with responsibility of keeping a whole bunch of people alive beside just that baby.

Again, not saying he'd actually kill the kid. But there will come a point where protecting the kid puts them in a situation where several/all of their lives are in serious danger of being lost in an attempt to ensure the baby's survival. At that point he will have to weigh the life of one individual against the lives of the whole group, the same way he has many times before. More than once he's come down on the side of the many over the one. Given that (A) he's not even sure it's his kid (B) that he is almost certainly experiencing some serious levels of shock and emotional trauma over the consequences surrounding the kid's entry into the world (it's not uncommon, when a mother dies in childbirth, for the father to harbor some subconscious anger and resentment towards the kid) and (C) one of the other people whose life he's responsible for is his grade-school age son who's fresh off capping his own mother in the forehead seconds after she gave birth, assuming that normal rules of emotional bonding apply here would be highly presumptuous.

[kalorama]

I wouldnt kill Hitlers baby, i doubt Rick will kill a baby that was born out of his dead wife. He will probably treasure her extra because she is the last connection to his dead wife that made him lose his mind with grief.

Or, he'll be so consumed by grief and loss and anger that he'll blame the kid for her death and be unable to bond emotionally with it. (The previews for next episode seem to swing closer to the later option.)

[Dreadstar]

They won't kill the baby, but I'd be shocked if the baby survived. They won't be able to properly feed the baby, . . .

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I'm almost positive that the preview addresses that in both discussion and when Daryl rides off on his chopper.

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[Alex]

even though, very realistically, it might not even be his kid?

It's a goddamn baby, it doesn't matter if it's his or not, i'm not going to kill any baby.

[Alex]

BTW, i find it hard to beleive Hershel knew nothing about formula, you need a protein source and some condensed milk, i bet the prison has both.

[the goddamn batman]

It's a goddamn baby, it doesn't matter if it's his or not, i'm not going to kill any baby.

You're not in the show.


Again, Jesus shit Christ, I'm not suggesting anyone is killing babies, just that the potential bond might be kind of fucked up since there's a very good chance it's not even his kid.

[Omega Alpha]

Is it bad that when Tdog got bite i assumed they were going to let the other black dude in the group?

Trust me, it wasn't just you.

[Alex]

You're not in the show.


Again, Jesus shit Christ, I'm not suggesting anyone is killing babies, just that the potential bond might be kind of fucked up since there's a very good chance it's not even his kid.

Yeah, i guess that could happen.
I onyl have the one kid and never questioned if he was mine or not so i don't know.
I'm pretty sure people sort of naturaly want to take care of a baby though.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

i don't think the baby will last that long anyway, they're probably saving it's death for the mid season finale or the season finale.

I'm pretty sure one of the most popular shows on television won't feature a scene where the main character contemplates murdering his infant child.

Yeah I agree. The show has balls and shows some gruesome stuff, but that is one line it won't cross.

I don't even think its Rick that possibly hurts his daughter. It maybe the battle with the Governor and what happens there. She may die in that and Rick will blame himself for it.

not everyone watches the show on AMC.

It has its moments. The fact that the cast and crew learn when someone is dying , they all have a final supper as tradition made me laugh.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I assumed T-Dog was gonna buy it the moment he uttered more than 3 words.