i think it was merle's hand. too much dramatic flourish went into showing that hand and while it would explain certain gaffes, no blood, i stick with the merle is the guy who gets his hand cut so somebody else doesn't have to theory.

WWZ says that the meat they eat is just eventually pushed through their system and eventually comes out the other end or gets stuck in their underwear to rot if they are wearing clothes.

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i wondered that too, but if so, it's a remarkably lame fake out that has no purpose and would piss me off just about as much.

second problem with this, even with the "helicopter people" theory (although the scene was clearly set for merle to cut off his own hand and that's the most ridiculous rationalisation i've heard yet), there's room on that roof for the helicopter to land? where? the "helicopter people" fought their way up there but put…

hell yes, they are. even the ones you get for 4 dollars at sears!

it's the saw thing all over again. (saw huffs gigantic amounts of goat dong, btw). i think it was done to keep a certain plot point from happening to rick in the future, the governor storyline, to be honest.

i never liked either shane or lori. shane was a prick and lori was annoying and bitchy.