Original Work The Walking Dead Preparedness Reviews

Good point. But since they have the car, they need to take care of it. That's a hard asset

My reviews of the last two episodes of The Walking Dead are up:

Episode 611: Knots Untie

Episode 612: Not Tomorrow Yet

In these reviews, I address the morality of the situation as well as the importance of being able to barter in a survival situation, as well as provide links to a list of potential barter items to store.

 

From 612- very good lessons:

Nice @kdalton

 

My reviews of the last four episodes are up. Thanks for the patience. I have been busy doing "stuff and thangs" in real life, but I am now up to date. Links to all four reviews are posted below to prevent having to scroll through the blog:


Episode 613: The Same Boat - The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Review of The Walking Dead Episode 613: The Same Boat

Episode 614: Twice As Far - The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Review of The Walking Dead Episode 614: Twice As Far

Episode 615: East - The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Review of The Walking Dead Episode 615: East

Episode 616: Last Day On Earth - The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Review of The Walking Dead Episode 616: Last Day On Earth

Hope you enjoy them!

My quick summary - The Same Boat is a tour de force, but plot contrivances, namely the death of Denise, mar the last three episodes. Negan is playing the long game, while Rick is thinking more tactically.

 

Negan has basically set up a feudal system. He is the lord, and the Saviors are his vassals. The peasants, or other colonies of survivors, work the land and feed the vassals and the lord. His New World Order is really the Old World Order. It's what Europe defaulted to after the fall of Roman civilization.

Like I said in my review, Rick is probably the biggest threat Negan has faced. Team Rick is well-armed, combat-proven, and utterly ruthless when confronted. The Saviors were totally unaware of Alexandria, and were taken by surprise when Rick attacked and wiped out an outpost of 30-40 people, plus hunted and killed the survivors, plus the recon team sent to retrieve the survivors. Add to that their motorcycle recon team was turned into a bloody smear on the pavement, and that even when they killed Denise they lost 4-5 guys and yet another road recon team to Carol, and you can see why Negan is concerned.

So he put his own recon teams out, and I am sure they have seen Alexandrian vehicles driving to Hilltop, so he knows they are working together. They have also done a close recon on Alexandria's perimeter (the Saviors int he truck identified Carol as being from there because the car and knew exactly where it was located). Negan put together this major effort to get Alexandria under his thumb because they are a threat. Right now Negan has numbers and organization, but if Rick can find other settlements being coerced by Negan and get them to work together ... then the game is up for Negan. His own people have to be whispering about the boogeymen from Alexandria. That speech he gave in the final episode was as much for the Saviors as it was for Team Rick.

It's not just about getting Alexandria's stuff. It's about stopping an insurgency before it begins.

 

I have to disagree with Team Rick. I am a fan and I have thought about the last two episodes. Rick has become out of touch IMO, he is not listening to his people. He has had so many successes as a leader that he seems to think he is all bada$$. How many times has he profess, we can take it, no problem, as a team we can take this place. Problem is when one of his key fighters is saying I can't do this anymore, he is not taking them to heart. This is a huge issue. I think this could be an issue that has happened many times in battle. I think the leaders are consumed with leading that they lose the ability to truly assess the mental state of their key people. I don't not know how to define it. Carole has gone off. Her letter was well written, she explained her mental state and I do not believe anyone really thought about what she was saying. It is huge the Carole story-line because it is showing the mental toll, it is showing that even the strongest and most fierce can have a tipping point.

 

Hello folks!
It's that time of year, and my Walking Dead reviews are back in full swing:

The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Reveiw of The Walking Dead Episode 701: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be

The high points:

• Work on improving your personal intelligence picture.
• Learn to critically evaluate people and steer clear of potential hostiles by knowing some simple warning traits for sociopaths.

 

Those are the key points but also, I think it is a result of what I wrote a few months ago.

I think one person my think they can take it and be prepared for whatever is thrown at them but there always seems to be someone out there that has no boundaries. There is always someone out there who values power more then life and will stop at nothing to assume power. Negan got top dog but he is top dog because he is brutal and I wonder if it is respect or fright that gives him his following? Never underestimate your enemy, if you do not know how large your opponent is then step back and assess. Rick's group kept going forward, they walked into that mess.

 

Never underestimate the power of "Hes kept me alive so far". How does the old saying go, "better the devil you know"?

 

My review of Episode 702 is posted:

Preparedness Lessons for Episode 702:

• Is body armor right for you? Does it fit your preparedness plan?
• Consider how well protected you would be from gunfire in your home. If you need to reinforce an area consider sandbags on the outer walls or fortifying a couple of key rooms to protect your family.
• Try some gardening, even if it's just one plant in a container.

The Couch Potato Prepper: Preparedness Review of The Walking Dead Episode 702: The Well

 

Never underestimate your enemy, if you do not know how large your opponent is then step back and assess. Rick's group kept going forward, they walked into that mess.Agreed. Rick committed the sin of assumption. He assumed the initial compound he assaulted was the only one.

 

I notice that they had lovely gardens and a plant in each tire. I also noticed that they used file cabinets as planters. They had the cabinet up-right with plants in the drawer, which looked cool but is unsafe. That would get tippy having two drawers pulled out with dirt in them. Also growing pomegranates in VA/DC area? Seems like a stretch but maybe they had a green house they didn't show.

IMO last nights episode shows that even during a zombie invasion, people will not change. Those people were happy, blissfully happy with no clue how ugly it was out there. I am not saying that people need to be on guard 24/7 but those people showed no worries. IMO that is a sign of trouble to come.

 

Had the same though about the filing cabinets, but could have been counter weighted in the non open drawers. Put some dirt in those and use them for the spring season. Automatic field rotation!

 

Never. She gets no joy out of killing. She is not gleeful about it, she shows sadness about it. But she will do anything to protect those she cares about. She does not make a theater production out of killing.

^^^ This. There is a great lesson and much to think about in this statement. How does one come to terms when you step outside of your principles?

 

Never should have let Rick into the group...everything was fine til Rick got there.