Watching Dead

209 – “Triggerfinger”

In this peach of an episode, A.Ron and Jim discuss some insights from Glen Mazzara’s recent interview with Vulture, the politics of Rachero del Herschel, the relative upper body strength of Mrs. Grimes, the unluckiest jumper in the world, the newly found artfulness of The Walking Dead, the effectiveness of Andrea as Shane’s ambassador, and…

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208 – “Nebraska”

Watching Dead is back!  Jim and A.Ron have tons to discuss with the return of our favorite zombie themed drama, The Walking Dead, from it’s mid-season hiatus.  Find out what we think about small-farm politics, Philly fans, zombie bonfires, who’s jockeying for position of “Most Useless” survivor, and lots more. IMPORTANT: We dish some MASSIVE…

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106 – “TS-19”

Last recap episode of the short The Walking Dead season one.  We’re all caught up, just in time for season 2.5 starts in two weeks.  Jim and I really enjoyed this episode, and over all really love season one.  Hope you enjoy it! As always, if you like what we do, give us a shout out!  You…

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105 – “Wildfire”

It’s time for another catch up recap, this time for The Walking Dead season 1 episode 5, “Wildfire”.  Spoiler alert:  Jim dies.  No, not that Jim.  The other one. Anyway, join us as we discuss dubious grieving strategies, zombie premonitions, corpse mis-identification, the importance of watching the boat, and another installment of Dale’s weekly segment…

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104 – “Vatos”

Jim and A.Ron are back with more Walking Dead catch up, this time episode four of season one, “Vatos”.  We discuss what is quite possibly the single worst scene in The Walking Dead history, troll dad parenting, Jim’s escape plan to China, the relative difficulty of killing Merle, Daryl’s effectiveness as Bad Cop, hilarious gang…

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103 – “Tell It To The Frogs”

Jim and A.Ron with more Walking Dead catch up, this time episode three of season one, “Tell It To The Frogs”.  Find out about the importance of good vibrations, keeping your fires low, eating Miss Piggy, fair and equitable divisions of labor, and more.  And if you don’t like it, tell it to the frogs!…

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102 – “Guts”

Jim and A.Ron with more Walking Dead catch up, this time episode two of season one, “Guts”.  We review tank escapes, the effectiveness of zombie climbers, how foley artists get to have all the fun, gore as comedy, why it’s a bad idea to parade your juicy, living, ass in front of a horde of…

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101 – “Days Gone Bye”

Jim and A.Ron are back to cover season 1 of The Walking Dead starting with, of course, the series premiere – “Days Gone Bye”. We hit all the highs including the most vulnerable of garments, dehydration and british biking lessons. As always, if you like what we do, give us a shout out!  You can…

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Mid-Season Wrap Up

Jim and A.Ron ponder a few questions looking backward to this past half season and looking forward to the next.  Where do the survivors go next? Which was better so far, season one or season two?  Can they make the zombies scarier?  Then we process some listener feedback and talk comic spoilers in the spoiler…

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207 – “Pretty Much Dead Already”

Turns out that the midseason finale went out with a bang.  Several dozen, actually!  Before we get into the recap, we consider an article from The Atlantic on five ways The Walking Dead can be improved.  It’s pretty good, even if you think The Walking Dead is just fine as is. Then we break down…

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