The car has been the talk of the auction world this week as some experts predicted the ride would go for a few million dollars. When the gavel finally landed, the car sold for an astounding $4.2 million.The car was brought out and followed by what can only be described as a mob trying to get close to the famous auto. Bidding hit a million as soon as it started, with the action going on for several minutes. George Barris was on hand to help entice bidders as well. Before the final bid was placed Barris took the Batman jacket off of his back and offered it to the winning bidder as an added incentive. The man who won the auction was Rick Champagne from Arizona. He said he would put the Batmobile in his living room and display it proudly.

The winner, his lady friend, and George Barris posed with the car shortly after the auction ended (via Barrett On Speed’s Twitter page). The Speed channel also posted a video chat with Barris about the famous car earlier today. Check out pictures from the auction and the video below. I was watching on TV and the whole thing was a pretty amazing sight. What do you think? Is the Batmobile worth $4.2 million to you?

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Holy Car Auction Batman! Original Batmobile Fetches High Price

Will Dr. Luke Taylor’s descent into the government’s most secretive project shed light on his origins? Or is he just the next in line to fall victim to his evil “brother?” In this country, not all clones are created equal…

Clone continues this month with issue #3. The story is written by David Schulner with art by Juan Jose Ryp. Felix Serrano provides colors with Rus Wooton covering letters. Clone is one of Images’ new series that may have flown under some people’s radar. With 3 issues out now, did we make a mistake not paying attention to this book?

The story starts with Patrick leading Luke to a holding cell. The two men talk about the clones using the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob. Patrick says that he, Luke, and all the other Clones are brothers fighting for their birthright as the Bible story teaches. Luke is placed in a cell while Luke’s wife Amelia is forced to give birth. This story is interlaid with two other story sections. A team is trying to get in and rescue Luke and the Vice President’s storyline thickens as the embryonic stem cell bill comes to a vote. The VP is the deciding vote, but will he vote party wise or try to do what will benefit his sick daughter best?

Schulner crafts a brilliant narrative with superb character moments. There is action in this issue, but the selling point is the character interactions and dialogue. The scene between Patrick and Luke are terrific and could have even been a little longer. I would have liked another few panels after Luke is shown the shocking scene of a pit full of dead clones (it’s on the cover, it’s not that big a spoiler). The Vice President’s story is complex and helps broaden him from just a straightforward bad guy to a more shady character. The art is great save for two odd choices. There’s a scene in the Vice President’s home with an odd “camera” angle that made me do a double take. Other than a few small quibbles, the art is fantastic and helps improve an already great script.

Bottom Line: Clones is quickly becoming one of Images’ best series. I’ll admit this one flew under my radar, but I’ve quickly rectified this mishap. What could have easily been another take on an old and clichéd sci-fi theme has become a great and compelling story. Don’t make the same mistake I did, go give Clone a chance 4.5/5

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Review: Clone #3

With his group in tatters, his sanity in question, and his own son questioning his every move, Rick must somehow pull everyone together to face their greatest challenge — the Governor. In order to survive, he must risk everything, including the group’s very humanity.

The Walking Dead returns Feb. 10 at 9/8c. Are you ready for what’s coming?

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, New Poster For The February 10 Return Of The Walking Dead

                       Charlie Adlard’s wraparound cover for “The Walking Dead” #106, his hundredth issue on the series.

 I don’t know whats going on, but I don’t see Carl in the pic… does this mean he dies in a previous issue?

Charlie Adlard has said that there is something horrible and sick happening in issue 103…. I guess we will have to wait and find out!

Agent Burgos, SPOILERS! The Walking Dead #106 Wrap Around Cover Revealed!

SPOILERS AHEAD

Episode 301 – “SEED”

Written by: Glen Mazzara
Directed by: Ernest Dickerson

With the world growing increasingly more dangerous and Lori’s pregnancy advancing, Rick discovers a potentially safe haven. But first he must secure the premises, pushing his group to its limit.

Heres a look at the making of episode 301

Agent Burgos, REVIEW: The Walking Dead Episode 301 – “SEED” And Sneak Peek At Episode 302 ” SICK”

Season three of the “The Walking Dead” will be here in a few months. We’ve seen set photos and videos of the cast in character and looking amazing as ever. There is one set photo that has been released that is sure to spoil many. Are you ready? You sure you want to see what the picture is of? Once again, I call spoilers.

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The mystery character in question is none other than Merle Dixon, brother of Daryl. He was last seen hadcuffed to the roof by Rick, only for the group to return to see him missing with a sawed of hand left behind. He manages to survive after killing a few zombies and seemingly stealing the van Rick, Glen and T-Dog had and drove off. Season 2 showed Merle once again in Daryl’s hallucination by taunting and “encouraging” him.

It makes sense in all cases for Merle to return and with the Govenor also appearing this season, the surviving group led by Rick is sure to have a lot on their plate. The Walking Dead returns this fall.

Muy Mareado!, SPOILER!: The Walking Dead Character Set Photo

Creator Robert Kirkman spoke with USA Today about the milestone issue and revealed the special wraparound cover. The cover can be seen below, Kirkman said “You can’t see it, but Rick is actually holding a birthday cake in his hand. Or, I guess, his only hand.”

Kirkman wanted the 100th to be something special, so series artist Charlie Adlard made it a massive picture of corpses. Those aren’t just your run of the mill corpses either, those are the bodies of every prominent chracter who’s died in the series. The Governor is there, so is Lori. Don’t be mad if you think that was a spoiler. Kirkman said that he knew fans of only the show might not like it, but the comic and show exist separately and that one “doesn’t spoil the other.”

USA Today also hinted a little at the story for said issue:

Issue 100 falls right in the “dead center” of what he calls the “craziest” story arc so far in the comic series, a bloody affair that finds Rick and his group of survivors thriving in a (seemingly) safe community, much like they did at the prison — a place of refuge that was hinted at during the second season finale of the Walking Dead TV series.

Cody "The Thorverine" Ferrell, Special Wraparound Cover And Info For The Walking Dead #100

Q: What can we expect from Michonne in Season 3?

Denai Guerrera to play Michonne (Photo by Zap2It)

Mazzara: Michonne is one of the lead characters in the graphic novel, so we’re excited to finally introduce her. She is a loner. She’s a kick ass character. She’s very dynamic and we really see her as a very, very important addition to the cast. She’s a significant character and she’ll be carrying a lot of story, so we’re excited about her.

We’re also excited about (Denai Guerrera) who is the young actress who is going to play this role, so we’re lucky to have her and look forward to seeing what she does with it.

Q: Are there plans to get T-Dog having some momentum in the story for Season 3?

Mazzara: You know what? The T-Dog question, I’m glad you’re asking that. I’ve been surprised at this because I’ve worked on shows before that have had characters in the background and have been on a slow burn.

With T-Dog, I’ll admit, T-Dog has been off to the side and has been forgotten. And part of my goal as show runner was to really address developing Rick’s character and some other stuff…I think (Irony Singleton) has done a fantastic job of establishing a character and making people interested in him with just very, very little to say…. So that’s a fair question and, you know, we haven’t done our work yet with T-Dog but we’re going to roll up our sleeves and get to it.

Q: Do you see the prison (arc) as something being wrapped up within the entirety of the 16 episode Season 3 or could that go on beyond?

Mazzara: That’s a great question. Right now I do see that prison as a significant storyline for Seasons 3 and Season 4. I do think that’s a major story line. You know, and I know we were on the farm for longer than perhaps people wanted. There were reasons for that.

So I do think that prison is a significant storyline. But we’re interested also in opening up the world. You know, the governor has a world of (Woodbury). There are other factors out there in the world, other groups. So I think that Rick’s group is really stumbling into a much larger world.

Q: I was wondering if in the back of your mind you had any additional comments, characters or storylines you’d like to tackle at some point?

Mazzara: Oh, well, certainly. I mean, there’s a lot of great material from the comic book and we see, you know, this show would have to go on 20 years to get to all of it. I think the (Tyreese) character is someone that we’re interested in introducing at some point.

You know, we still have Morgan and Duane out there from the pilot. We’re interested in them. So there’s — and there’s new characters that will be original to the series not coming straight form the comic book. So we are really, you know, I think I said yesterday to someone that I think Season 1 and 2 have been prologue and now it feels like we’re hitting the ground running.

Q: Is it safe to say that in Season 3 fans can expect to see the zombies take a back seat to a potential human threat as the episodes progress?

Mazzara: No, that would not be fair. Zombies will never take a back seat, okay. We will always have the human drama and we would like to introduce a significant human threat.

But we love writing the zombie material and I think those zombies are now fully integrated into the world. We’re not waiting for the zombies anymore to reach us. They are there. They are within, you know, in our eyesight, you know, all the time. They are, you know, part of the landscape.

Q: I wanted to know if the introduction of Michonne is going to signal potentially a little bit more of kind of the fantastical, sort of comic graphic novel feels of the actual graphic novel particularly with her being so kind of dramatically cloaked.

Mazzara: You know what? That’s a great question. That’s a great question and, you know, let’s be honest. The reason that the character’s cloaked at the end was because we had not cast the actress, okay. So that is a cheat there.

So I do think that that’s an interesting character. She comes from the comic book. She feels like she stepped off those pages into the show. I think that’s exciting. That’s a challenge for us but, you know, knowing me as a writer, I think I’m going to, you know, keep it real, keep it grounded because if it doesn’t feel real I think the audience will not be able to put themselves in the immediate circumstances of the story.

Muy Mareado!: In a sense for story lines and characters as far as the comics go, would you want to continue on for what he (Kirkman) has already established or was there anything that you wanted to do differently?

Mazzara: I love (Robert)’s material and I think that if anything, by introducing the possibility of the prison, by introducing Michonne and by, you know, obviously everyone knows we’ve cast the governor.

So I think we’re interested that we have to do it our way so that it really still feels, you know, realistic and gritty and grounded, as I just answered in the previous question. But I’m interested in getting a little closer to some of the stuff (Robert) has because I just think it’s worthwhile. It’s just great source material.

Q: Did you have any moments that you really enjoyed writing for Season 2, favorite episodes or scenes?

Mazzara: That is a great question. You know, I don’t know. It’s not a holy shit moment but you know what I think is really a wonderful scene that just kind of came out is where — in (Better Angels), Rick hands (Carl) the gun and he’s talking about — he says I wish I had something more profound to say.

You know, Rick’s opening up about his past there and that his son is not going to have the kind of life that he had. So that was kind of an intricate scene that was really beautifully photographed by (Ron Schmidt) and (Guy Ferland) and well-acted by (Chandler) and (Andy).

Q: How do you guys deal with sort of protecting the story lines and dealing with leaks?

 Mazzara: We want to really improve that. Leaks have been a problem and that is something that we take very seriously and also just the huge amount of attention that the show has — gets has been new territory for me.

So we actually internally have a security task force led by (Gale Anne Herd) and (Robert)’s on that and (Scott Kimple), who’s very computer savvy. AMC takes this stuff very seriously.

Q: Any desire yourself to sit in the makeup chair and become zombified and stumble around in the background?

 Mazzara: Yes, I would love to do that. Unfortunately, I would probably be horrible at it and get fired Day 1 because I am a terrible actor. But I do want to do that. I think — how could I not? I’d be crazy not to. That’ll be fun. So I certainly do it.

I was also thinking of doing it for maybe TCA but I thought that would be hard to explain. So we’ll see what happens.

Merle Dixon, portrayed by Michael Rooker

Q: Is there any chance we’re going to be seeing Merle again soon?

Mazzara: Merle is still out there and, yes, I’m excited to — figuring out what to do with him. So I would say he’s on the horizon.

Q: I’m actually going to go to a completely different subject here and ask about the infection. I think that that is just a horrifying detail for everyone to have to take in. Is that going to be explored at all in the next season, the effect of this?

Mazzara:   Well, certainly. I mean, that’s something that, you know, will continue to play. I mean, let’s be honest, you know, (Andrea) does not have that information, which is interesting. And it’s something that I think is now a new element to play with.

You know, we’re not really interested in going back and explaining how the infections started or having a lot of science fiction elements talking about finding a cure or that sort of stuff. You know, that’s not part of (Robert)’s work. That’s not something that’s part of the working demographic novel.

So that is material we’ll probably stay away from. It’s a question of how do our characters deal with this knowledge? What does that mean? You know, I’m sure Lori is wrestling with question about, you know, what happens if she dies in childbirth?

It was such a great conference call and it was funny hearing the questions about the dislike of Lori and the lack of T-Dog. My friends and I even made up a drinking game for whenever we saw and heard T-Dog speak. The end result: no one was drunk.

Stay tuned for more news on Season 3 of The Walking Dead.

Muy Mareado!, Glen Mazzara Talks Season 2 and Future of The Walking Dead

After a season with ups and downs, which included shocking events, The Walking Dead season two has reached an end, with a surprising appearance and great conflicts. SPOILERS Ahead!

The episode already starts explaining where those walkers we saw heading to Hershel farm came from, and to tell you the truth, it’s kind of a disappointing thing. They were still eating Rick’s horse from the first episode, and because of that helicopter, they headed to the exact same spot the group was heading to(At least, now we know where that horde of walkers that appeared on the highway at the first episode came from).

Ok moving on, the episode sets up a good scenario with the walkers attacking the Hershel farm and everyone trying to escape, after all, we had a slow pacing season, which had the group mostly going after Sophia, and sitting around the farm just talking. Some characters died, like Patricia and Jimmy, but well, it was necessary killing somebody, so the best to do was killing off two characters who were not bringing up too much for the story, specially Patricia, who after the death of Otis was just there helping the other women with domestic duties.

It is definitely the best episode of the season, as it gives the chance to each character to have their moment of glory, specially Carol, who after losing her child and suffering a lot, still verbally attacked Rick after everything he has done to save Sophia, saying every bad thing she could, and acting thankless, but well, she had her moment, which was needed after a long time without any chances.

We also saw how important Hershel became to the group, being like the second voice of reason there (Dale was and always will be the first guys) after losing his faith with god post barn incident with the Walkers, he mostly said the exactly good and smart words for Rick at the end of the episode.

With all this going on, there was still time to see a beloved character from the comics making her debut on the show, that’s right my friends, the badass Michonne made her appearance in the last ten minutes of the episode, saving Andrea from a walker in the woods.

It was not only totally unexpected, despite the rumors that were around the internet months ago suggesting her debut, but also was better writen and thought then in the comics, where she comes from nowhere during the middle of the Prison Arc (by the way, nice touch introducing the Prison in the last seconds AMC, really got me pumped).

Taking all that, and now giving final considerations, “Beside the Dying Fire” is the best episode of the second season of AMC The Walking Dead, it gives time to all the characters to shine, have great conflicts between them, and introduces one of the best characters from the mythology into the series, now we have to wait until the fall of this year to see what happens next.

Lucas Silva M., REVIEW: THE WALKING DEAD S2E13: Beside the Dying Fire [SPOILERS]

So we all know what happened last episode, if you follow the comic books is not a really a shocker, but for those who are not familiar with the comics it is.

Well the cat is out of the bag, Shane Walsh finally died. I really liked Jon Bernthal‘s portrayal of Shane, he is a great actor and he will be missed in the show. I know a lot of you guys hated him, but come on he was a survivor.

Ok, lets get some spoilers.

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Shot opens in Atlanta: a group of walkers are feasting on what looks like Rick‘s horse, or what’s left of it, when they’re startled by the sound of a helicopter flying overhead. The horde migrates over several days, weeks, a great distance, and eventually comes to a fence. The fence bows and breaks under the relentless forward motion of the walkers. The herd presses on. Wandering aimlessly in the forest, the walkers turn as a gunshot goes off like a beacon, leading them to dinner. Soon they are closing in on Rick and Carl, as they leave the scene of Shane’s murder.

Daryl and Glenn arrive back at the farmhouse. They explain that they heard a gunshot, and share their confounding findings about Randall.

As they walk back to the house, Carl asks Rick about what happened to Shane. Soon after, they notice the walkers bearing down on them, and it’s not long before they are overtaken and have to make a run for the barn. Back at the house, the rest of the survivors are just figuring out that Carl is missing and walkers are approaching. Lori is panicking. Hershel passes out the guns.

The horde is making quick work of the barn. Rick dumps gasoline everywhere, busts open the door to lure the zombies inside, and climbs up to the loft with Carl. Carl drops a lighter into the gasoline-soaked hay, igniting everything in sight. Meanwhile, the men and Andrea shoot from their cars in a futile attempt to corral the herd and buy time.

Finally, Daryl figures out that Rick and Carl must be in the barn, and instructs Jimmy to drive the RV to the barn to rescue them. Rick and Carl manage to barely escape, while Jimmy is devoured inside the RV. Blood is everywhere, coating the windshield.

The survivors are starting to run out of ammo. The horde is too large.The women hold hands and make a run for it as Hershel makes a last stand for the farmhouse. They are just about clear when Patricia is attacked from the side and is devoured while Beth is still holding onto her.

Carol is headed off by a few walkers and backed into a corner with nothing but a plank of wood to defend herself. Andrea saves her but is attacked from behind and gets pinned under a walker. T-dog pulls his car around, but quickly has to leave the scene with Beth and Lori before the car is overtaken.

Glenn tells Maggie that the farm is lost; they have to get off the farm, now. Hershel comes to the same realization, almost too late, as a walker sneaks up from behind. Rick saves Herschel and they along with Carl head out in their own direction. Glenn and Maggie take off as well. Daryl finds Carol about to collapse from running, and they speed off together on Daryl’s motorcycle. Andrea is abandoned. The barn collapses into the flames. And we’re not even halfway done.

The group is now scattered. Glenn and Maggie switch places in the car as Maggie breaks down and can’t continue driving. Glenn says they need to make their way to the highway, but Maggie protests that the herd came from that direction. Glenn finally tells Maggie that he loves her.

Rick, Carl, and Hershel arrive at the highway, where they left the care package for Sophia, hoping that the others will think to rendezvous here. Hershel is ready to part ways, but Rick wants to stick together.

Lori and T-Dog argue over where to drive. T-Dog wants to head to the coast, but Lori threatens to jump out of the car if he doesn’t turn around and go back to the highway.

A walker appears on the highway. Rick is about to give up on waiting any longer, but… in the nick of time, the other survivors arrive. Time for a head count:

Shane – dead
Andrea – missing
Patricia – taken by the walkers
Jimmy – splattered all over the RV

Meanwhile, Andrea is running for her life in the woods, but the walkers pursue her tirelessly. She can’t keep this up for long. Walkers are emerging from the trees in random directions as Andrea shoots to clear a path.

The survivors leave the highway, pushing onward, but soon run out of gas. Several people start to panic and are on the verge of giving up. Rick tries to pull everyone together. The conversation turns to Randall and Shane. Rick has to come clean. He reveals that the secret Jenner whispered to him at the CDC was that everyone is a carrier of the infection. The group is not happy that Rick has kept this from them.

Lori and Rick talk privately. Rick tells her what went down with Shane, and confesses that it wasn’t just self-defense… he wanted Shane dead, he was tired of Shane dogging him and acting like Rick stole Lori and Carl from him. Lori freaks out when she finds out Carl’s role in Shane’s death and withdraws from Rick, refusing to let him touch her.

Andrea is exhausted. This is the end of the line. She can’t carry her gun-bag any longer, her pistol is out of ammo — she bashes in a walker’s head with it — now she’s down to knives, another walker practically on top of her… enter Michonne to save Andrea at the last minute, towing two armless walkers in chains, samurai sword in hand.

The rest of the survivors set up camp in the middle of nowhere. They may have found each other again amid the chaos, but the group is still broken. Many are ready to run off into the dark and leave Rick behind, fend for themselves. They are on the verge of splitting up again, when Rick takes back control… he says they’re not going anywhere; he killed his best friend for them. This isn’t a democracy anymore.

The camera pans up… in the distance looms a prison facility.

End of Season 2.

Agent Burgos, The Walking Dead Season Finale SPOILERS!!

CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK

You still here?………

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Hershel finally allows everybody to move into the house. Rick decides to let Randall loose instead of killing him, just like they had originally planned. Shane gets all mad at the idea, but Rick says it’s his decision and Shane needs to shut up. Later, Carl reveals to Shane that he messed and stole Daryl’s gun as well as released that walker from the swamp, but asks him not to tell anyone. While Shane is building a lookout platform, Lori comes to talk to him. She thanks him for everything he had done (saving them from Atlanta, etc.) and says she’s truly sorry for all the crap that happened between them.

Shane asks Rick that he and Daryl be allowed to go dump Randall, but Rick refuses. Shane then tells Rick about what Carl did and gives him Daryl’s gun. Rick has a talk with his son and basically tells him to grow up. Meanwhile, Shane sneaks into the shed and releases Randall. They secretly leave the farm and take off into the woods together. Shane tells the kid that he wants to join their group and asks Randall where it is. He tells Shane that they have a camp on a highway five miles away. Shane then proceeds to snap his neck.

The group discovers that Randall is gone and gets all panicked. Suddenly, a bloody Shane appears. He says that Randall knocked him out and escaped ( He faked the injury! He actually smashed his head into a tree after killing Randall) and that he tried to run after him. Two pairs head out to look for Randall: Glenn & Daryl and Rick & Shane. Daryl uses his epic tracking skills to deduce that Randall and Shane actually walked together and had a scuffle near the tree with Shane’s blood on it. Then, a zombie-Randall appears. Daryl misses with his crossbow, there’s a fight, Glenn takes out Randall. Daryl deduces that Randall was killed by a broken neck and zombified in spite of having no bite marks.

Shane and Rick meanwhile arrive on a field. Rick tells Shane that he knows Shane plans to kill him there. Shane plans to pin the murder on Randall and says he’s better for Lori and that Rick has no idea how to fix the situation. Shane wants Rick to raise his gun so he wouldn’t have to kill an unarmed man. Rick talks him out of the murder, telling him that there’s still a way out of it. As Shane is lowering his gun, Rick stabs him in the chest, killing him. Carl appears, having left the farm looking for them, and sees Shane rising from the dead while Rick’s back is turned. He shoots Shane in the head, attracting a nearby group of walkers. Rick and Carl stand over Shane’s corpse, oblivious to the huge horde of walkers approaching the farm from the woods.

Agent Burgos, SPOILERS:The Walking Dead S2E12 "Better Angels"

This Article contains some HUGE BIG GIGANTIC SPOILERS!

Please DO NOT continue reading if you do not want to find out what happens in the next episodes of AMC’s The Walking Dead.  We have found  via Avalanche731 at CBM some serious spoilers, and even with some pictures.

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Lori starts a dramatic war in Better Angels where she tries to convince Rick to kill Shane. Rick thinks about it but shrugs it off. After Lori sees that Rick is still not acting, she has a talk with Shane and puts into his head that if Rick wasn’t around they would still be together. This makes Shane change AGAIN, (he had finally made peace and Lori [frick]s him up again). Lori warns Rick that Shane will probably attempt to kill him, Rick denies it and says they’ve made peace. Anyway Shane decides to kill Rick and lures him into the forest chasing after Randall. Of course Rick isn’t stupid he realizes nothing is adding up and tries to give Shane a chance to abandon his plans. Believe it or not Rick loves Shane like a brother, anyway he finally calls Shane on it and says he knows what he’s trying to do.

So it starts with Rick standing off with Shane, they’re kinda on plain land I guess outside the barn (I mean far from it, like just outside a forest, and it’s moonlight). Rick says something like “so this is where you planned to do it”.

Shane says something I can’t quite make out, I think he was acting oblivious and playing stupid because Rick says something like “at least have the balls to call this what it is….murder” so I can assume that Shane was playing dumb.

Rick circles Shane talking about how you think if you go back to the farm alone they’ll believe whatever [frick]ing story you cooked up (not exact quote, cept the [frick]ing part) and Shane tells him to hush up and the group will believe him.

Rick doesn’t buy a word that Shane says.

Shane finally admits “it ain’t goin to be easy, but Lori and Carl will get over you” and you can tell by the look on Rick’s face that he’s starting to lose his patience. Shane adds “they done it before, they just gone have to” and pulls out his gun to aim at Rick’s face. Rick asks why? Why now? He then says “I thought we tried to work this out”. Shane laughs and says “we tried to kill each other!” (referring to the fight in 18 Miles Out) with his gun still on Rick.

Shane continues to mock by saying “ya think we’re just gonna forget about it and run into the sunset together?” Rick asks him “are you gonna kill me in cold blood? Screw my wife? Have my children… my children! Call you daddy? Is that what you want?”

Shane talks about how Rick has no idea what he had to, and still has to live with. Shane dares Rick to raise his gun, but Rick refuses. Shane taunts him by saying “what happened Rick, I thought you said you weren’t the good guy anymore?” He continues to mock, saying that he’s a better father than Rick and that he’s better for Lori than Rick because he’s a better man than Rick and he’ll actually fight for Lori (the stuff that Rick basically told him in ’18 Miles Out’ Shane is twisting his words against him, and this pisses off Rick.)

Shane says that Rick came back and destroyed everything. Pause. He continues by saying Rick has a broken wife and a weak boy. He also adds that Rick doesn’t even know how to fix it, he then pushes his gun closer to Rick and tells him to raise his gun.

Rick asks are you gonna shoot an unarmed man? Rick slowly goes for his gun and then pulls it out as if to drop it. Shane keeps his gun trained on Rick. Rick tries to negotiate saying “there’s a way back from this, nothing happened here, we gonna lay down our guns and walk back to the farm.”

Shane looks conflicted, not knowing that Rick has drawn his knife (the one you see him use in ’18 Miles Out’), finally when Shane doesn’t expect it, Rick lunges his knife into Shane’s chest.

Shane comes back as a zombie – Carl shoots him.

In the episode Better Angels Shane’s death answers a few question and raises a few more. The popular theory that Dr. Jenner whispered to Rick that all are infected and death is another catalyst to being a Walker. Bites are not the only reason. That theory can be easily shot down as Better Angels is brought to a close

If Rick knew death was a catalyst he would have not only stabbed Shane, he would have shot him in the head.

18 Miles out teased the audience with the idea that scratches are not reason that brings out Walkers.

THOUGHTS????

Agent Burgos, The Walking Dead: Better Angels MASSIVE SPOILERS

In the following previews, Dale confronts Shane for the upteenth time and Daryl is dealing with the prisoner, or beating the life out if him however you want to take it. Team Daryl for the win.

“Let’s talk about this like men.” Dale confronts Shane about Randall’s fate in this sneak peek. See the full episode Sunday, March 4 at 9/10c.

“How many are in your group?” Daryl interrogates Randall with force in this sneak peek shown during Comic Book Men. See the full episode Sunday, March 4 at 9/10c.

Muy Mareado!, Judge, Jury, Executioner: Sneak Peek of The Walking Dead 2.11

Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead comic series, and executive producer on the show has dropped some subtle hints about Rick and Shane’s “epic” standoff while talking to MTV:

“In the very next episode, we’re going to see some explosive interactions between those two men, we’ve been building to quite a bit of stuff this entire season, and it’s all coming to a head. The fact that Lori’s pregnant and nobody knows who the father is, these two are constantly butting heads over leadership and what’s best for the group… it’s really putting Rick and Shane at an impasse.”

“In our episode on Sunday, I’m not trying to say they’re going to come to blows… but they’re going to come to blows, It’s going to be a pretty epic episode. I’m really excited for people to see it.”

Johnathan Smith, Robert Kirkman Teases Rick And Shane Face-Off In Upcoming Episodes Of THE WALKING DEAD

Thanks to ohmygodjohntravolta for the scoop!

So read at your own risk since these can be considered MAJOR SPOILERS:

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Episode 9: “Triggerfinger”

Episode starts as a walker is trying to reach an unconscious Lori in the crashed car. Lori regains consciousness, screams, cue theme music.

Back at the bar, a car suddenly appears as Rick and the others prepare to leave. Three guys arrive looking for their two lost friends who Rick gunned down in the previous episode. Rick, Glenn and Hershel are pinned down at the bar, so they try to shout to the newcomers that the two assholes shot first. They don’t believe that shit and a shootout ensues.

Meanwhile, Lori, who is completely uninjured, manages to kill a pair of walkers who attempt to break into the wrecked car. In the farm, everybody just now realizes that Lori is missing and Shane goes out looking for her. He finds her wandering on the road and tells her that Rick & Co. are already back in order to get her to return to the farm.

Glenn eventually makes a run for the car and Hershel covers him, shooting one of their attackers. Walkers appear and proceed to devour the wounded shooter. The remaining two decide to get the hell out of there, but one of them accidentally impales his leg on a fence when jumping off a roof. The other guy leaves him there and drives off. Rick, Glenn and Hershel manage to pry the jumper loose while fighting off walkers. Everybody gets in the car and they drive away.

Arriving at the farm, Lori discovers that Shane lied and the others aren’t really back yet. They have a private talk and Lori tells Shane to get over her. Shane obviously doesn’t. Rick returns with their captive (Randall) and everybody has a discussion about what to do with the guy. They decide to drive him a short distance away, blindfolded, and just dump him there (plot of next episode).

Also, Glenn acts all depressed back at the farm because he froze during the shootout and now believes he’s a coward. In the final scene, Lori tells Rick that Shane likely killed Otis, that he’s dangerous, and that he won’t stop unless Rick does something about it.

End episode.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ohmygodjohntravolta for the info

Agent Burgos, SPOILERS The Walking Dead Episode 9: Triggerfinger