Originally Posted by
Krowz
It was a good episode and overall I'm liking this season. Season 2 really started to drag on about halfway through and it was becoming just so utterly predictable, but it seems like the writing has picked up in my opinion. However I felt Lori's death was just, silly.
She gave her speech about how the baby needs to survive because it will give hope to the group or whatever and that she wants to die for it, but I can't help but think this is just stupid. Who in their right mind during a zombie apocalypse would choose to die giving birth to a baby that may not even be alive, could be/most likely is infected, and in reality will be nothing but a hindrance to the group. The baby will cry uncontrollably potentially attracting zombies, it will require formula (in a time where finding regular food is already near impossible), and will need to be carried and cared for constantly while the group is moving from refuge to refuge. I felt like this was poor writing, I thought they were taking the story down the "gritty path" where everything isn't sugarcoated anymore, its about survival. The proper survival choice would have been to keep Lori alive and have Herschel attempt to deliver the baby but expecting the reality that it may not make it. That was my problem with the scene.
Furthermore, I'm not convinced Carl put her down. We saw no confirmation and we ALWAYS see confirmation (because isn't that one of the reasons people tune in, for the gruesome effects?). I think we'll see Lori reanimated in the future and they'll use it as a "Carl is still just a kid and even through all the death and killing he's endured he still didn't have the heart to pull the trigger".
Those are my thoughts, anyone agree or disagree? /discuss