Author: TJ Provost

Episode  1,  30 Days Without an Accident

Summary:

Season 4 is here!

30 Days Without an Accident starts with Rick going down to the prison yard where the group has a horse and planted some fields. As he’s hoeing away he finds a pistol.

Back in camp proper Daryl is apparently a bit of a celebrity. He’s been going out and rescuing people and bringing them back, and everyone loves him. (But Carol loved him first.)

Rick is still up to something odd. Hershel comes to him and says “the council” wants to make sure he takes a gun if he goes outside the fence. I guess he’s turned into a zombie pacifist? Is this a reaction to Carl killing the kid?

The first episode brings it strong. Between the creepy woman in the woods and the zombie rain at the super market. And there are hints that Maggie is pregnant. I guess all that time in the tower finally payed off for Glenn and Maggie. (Is it weird if Hershel delivers? Should you be doing that for your own daughter?) But it turns out she’s not. Which of them do you think has the right of it, Maggie or Glenn? Live your life as best you can or try and minimize the suffering.

Episode 1 ends with Carl’s friend dying in the shower and turning, leaving us hanging for next week.

An awesome start to the season.

Things I loved about this episode…

• The way Rick is using headphones to block out the noise of he walkers and the sound effect when he pulls his earbud out for a moment and the noise from the biters gets louder.
• Carl named the pig Violet.
• The hordes coming at the fence when the volunteers are killing them.
• Maggie and Glen are still in love!
• The little kids at the fence naming the zombies. Sick but funny.
• The military camp that Daryl takes his team to looks amazing. It was very well done.
• The kid trying to guess what Daryl was before the end started. “A homicide cop.”
• The woman Rick finds in the woods is amazingly creepy. There is something very dark and “wrong’ about her. She doesn’t give me a good feeling.
• I actually jumped when the crazy woman attacked Rick. The head in the bag was well done.
• I love Carol’s story time. Secrete combat training.

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• The people at the fence killing zombies to keep the weight off the fences aren’t wearing enough protective gear. No glasses and no face shields. At least they were wearing gloves.
• What the hell is up with Rick? I get that he has been hardened by everything that is going on, but still.
• So Daryl knows there were walkers in the army camp a few days ago and someone lured them out with a boombox. I think I would be a lot more cautious going into that camp.
• Everyone has separated in the shopping center. Please, first rule of zombie survival. Don’t separate. Pair up.
• Poor Beth, her boyfriend died. Good guy #1 dead. It sucks for Daryl that he had to tell her.
• Rick and team know that anyone who dies turns. I think you would have to go the buddy system. Or even wall of parts of the groups so if someone dies in their sleep you only lose so much. Harsh, but its the world they live in.

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Less than 4 hours to go.

I miss you Daryl.

You know how to get us out of this mess? Stop giving money to people who don’t need it.

If you give a tax break to millionaires and billionaires they put that money in the bank. You give tax break to the middle class and we go out and buy a new oven, a new motorcycle, or a new car.  That spurs the economy. People spend money.

Stop giving more and more money to people who won’t help drive the economy forward.

We just took our new Remington 597 Heavy Barrel with the scope option to the range for the first time.

First impressions were very positive.

The weapon feels solid and we fired roughly 300 rounds without any major issues. I have some cheap federal .22 ammo so I’m not really surprised that it fails to cycle every once in a while.

I started by sighting the weapon in, which went very well. Even just standing and firing on a blank section of plywood you can see how well it grouped and how dialing it in brought it right to where I wanted it. I’m standing and shooting here, so forgive the fact that its not perfect. It was our first day out with the rifle and my son just wanted to hit some targets.

The only negative I found was that when I did the post buy tear down and cleaning I realized that it is a bit of a pain to get the two bolt guide rails and springs back in place. You have to kind of work the spring on and then slide the bolt forward. It sounds easy, but it hurt my fingers. The good news is that you only have to do that full tear down after every time you go shooting. Most of what I’ve read says every two or three thousand rounds.  Having said that, the type of ammo and how clean it is, as well as the environment your shooting in can change that drastically.  Always make sure your weapon is in good working order before you shoot.

 

Cockneys Vs. Zombies (5 Out of 5 Graves & A Six Pack)

I mentioned Cockneys Vs. Zombies to my brother and he kind of made a disinterested noise. That got me interested. We usually have pretty opposite likes, so if he didn’t like it, I as pretty sure I would.

I wasn’t wrong.

I ended up in the hospital for a kidney stone and after being heavily sedated all day for pain, I was up all night. The perfect time to watch Cockneys Vs. Zombies.

It was funny, it had awesome gore, and actually had some really decent action scenes. If you like zombie movies, I’d drink a few beers and sit down to enjoy Cockneys Vs. Zombies.