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It's reassuring to think about this: As loud as zombie hordes are with all their groaning, the chance of them picking up the low sound of you tripping over something nearby or coughing is pretty low. You'd have to make a pretty loud sound for the horde to identify it.
Also, as bad as they smell and as loud as they are, there is no way a horde could ever ambush you. If there was one nearby, you'd know it before they knew about you.
Truthfully the most underrated dynamic on this show is the one between Bonham and August.
It's most obviously thrown in our face during season 3 but I think Bonham is to August what Liam is to Stella- the pseudo father figure that takes over when Cordell is unavailable. We see throughout the show, but especially recently, that August holds Bonham's opinion (of him especially) in high regard. I think this is most clearly demonstrated in August telling him about joining the military before he told Cordell and in him looking to Bonham for guidance on how to make up for his mistakes after the Thanksgiving Incident.
Even before that, we're shown in small moments that they do have a bond, one that was likely formed even before the year Cordell was away. The earliest example of this is the leatherworking tutorial Bonham gives August at the beginning of 1x02. I also consider the deleted scene from 1x12, where August first goes to Bonham over concerns about Cordell and then lets himself get roped into branding a calf.
I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this except to say that Bonham and August have a very clear bond with each other and that this is just another bit of proof that August is meant to the true successor to the ranch.
I realized after watching “Just Desserts” last night and thinking about it today that Cordell spends alot of time trying to please the people around him and keep the peace. I’m wondering if its something that he developed after maybe being a handful as a teenager or if he’s always been that way. From the get go we see him worrying about being a good father after Emily dies, we see him trying to keep his mother and brother happy, we see him hearing from everyone around him how he really isn’t good enough don’t we? The kids really get a pass because they’re kids and aren’t mature enough to see it. Stella is very much about Stella and August has been exactly like Cordell, trying to keep the peace until it became too much and he started acting out. But Abby and Liam and Larry, his oldest family and friends seem to hold him to some invisible standard that he can’t quite keep up with. Only Bohnam seems to see the truth of most things and steps in when he needs to.
I hope they are realizing it with this storyline they have going this season and address the fact that he tries hard for everyone but himself.
Who do you think Abby's baby's father is? I think it would be best if she was already pregnant, but that boat has sailed. If it's Calian, the og Walker cast can be criticized for not being Native Americans. If it's Tom (after some redemption), we have some incest problems with Cordell, Abeline, Geri, Denise... If it's Hoyt, it would be weird to explain how we have a Hoyt that wasn't related to the Walkers. It could be a new character but I don't think it would be a good idea.
Good question! I'm going to go with Tom, but I should point out there are no incest issues with that. They've talked about Cordell being a fifth generation Walker. That means he's five generations removed from Abby, and therefore Tom. The closest way for the Davidsons and Walkers to be related is if Tom becomes a Walker, but has a brother that the current Davidson line comes from. Therefore, the current Davidsons and Walkers would have a shared sixth generation ancestor, making them fifth cousins. And since the US allows 2nd cousins to get married legally, there's no reason Geri and Cordell (or any other Davidson/Walker combination) couldn't work.
Posted this to reddit yesterday here 😊 Spoilers for Walker up to ep 2.
So there are questions I have about the status quo as of S1E2 that could be solved with a big corruption-within-the-force story.
Emily dies (read: may have died) and they quickly find the killer, and yeah maybe he's the guy who pulled the trigger but how did that guy find her when Walker had told her the safe routes? This is still a mystery! Episode 2 did not wrap it up, unlike the other 2 mysteries of the Poker Chip and the Closed Eyes.
Next, it's highly suspect that Walker's thrown straight into an undercover operation that takes him 10 months to see through. Like, who got him that gig? Why do they hate him and his family? "I'm gonna take this career cop away from a stable life while he grieves his recently-deceased wife, rip him from his kids (they prolly don't need him anyway right?), and make him risk his life undercover."
And ok so maybe I've only been informed by The Departed and Johnny Brasco when it comes to undercover officers, but it stands to reason too that undercover cops are supposed to be young or at least with very few ppl waiting up for them, and expected to burn out/retire once their cover's up. So, I have a whole buncha questions to ask about who would've greenlit Walker for that. Extra questions about how he's back on the force afterwards? Are we not afraid of retribution from those he put behind bars (or their family)? He's kind of identifiable; he has a striking appearance and he's like 6'4. He could very easily get made if he's as visible as a Texas Ranger.
So idk, I can only conclude it's kinda bad writing that a corrupt-higher-up stupidly thought an undercover gig would take Walker's mind off the things that don't make sense about Emily's death, would cool him down, chill him out.
...and it would be super funny if the villain gets taken down by a flawed understanding of grief psychology. Bc they sent Walker undercover for him to get him away from the case, to chill out but really they just got him to press 'pause' on his entire friggin life. As time passed, they felt its passage, and think water is streaming under that bridge. They lull themselves into complacency Walker's gonna come back having come to terms with his wife's death.
Meanwhile Walker's like nowhere even close to that. He's busy pretending to be someone else, actively not processing anything bc he's compartmentalizing. And when Walker returns to Austin, psychologically presses 'play' on Emily, it's literally as though she'd just died a month or two prior for him.
nobodylikedthat.jpg, but especially the ppl who'd sent him undercover to stop him from doing that very dang thing 😂
To bring it back to the brilliant irony of a villain getting taken down by a flawed understanding of grief psychology. Immediately after Emily's death, all parties involved may have been stressed, cagey, wouldn't talk or maybe even had a script memorized down pat. But 10 months later? Another questioning about that murder case which was solved? Probably not.
So it's like if the villain had just let Walker freak out and investigate Emily's death at the same time everybody else was, his issues might've been put to bed. But now it's 10 months later, and Walker's got the same passion as he would've had 1-2ish months after her death, and he's in a fantastic position, time-wise, to shake some trees and discover some mysterious discrepancies about Emily's death bc nobody's expecting him to ask anymore ("It's been so looong Walker, what are you doingggg")
I would love this.
Kind of a sidebar: as for suspects, there was that older gentleman in the pilot who attended Walker's homecoming while Walker was drinking at the DWG (Dead Wife Gazebo). I think he must've been Walker's police contact while undercover? There was something about how he really praised Walker for everything he did undercover. So that fuckin guy. I don't trust that guy. 😂
Sub-sidebar note: I wrote this like I think Emily's dead but I'm really hoping Emily's not dead. Most of this is about Cordell's grief though, and for sure in this series so far he definitely thinks she's dead as a doornail .
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A short piece I wrote to help WFB get through the hiatus dscussing why I think it makes the most sense for August to be the one inherit the ranch when Bonham passes on. Let me know what you think!
I was just thinking about the fact that Cordell was freaking kidnapped not long ago. Kidnapped. He still clearly isn’t okay after that, and yet his family has no issues with dumping on him. They can cut Stella all the slack in the world, but can no one make any allowances for Cordi? Never, it seems. Also, I get Stella being hurt by his not listening to her and (rightfully as it’s how he feels) telling her he can’t trust her after her past behavior. I really get it. But, I wouldn’t be able to treat my dad the way she treats Cordi at thanksgiving if I had almost lost my dad recently.
I get that they have to get used to it to a certain extent with him being a ranger, but the family seems a little too complacent about him being in an unusually dangerous situation, and always just expect him to be fine the minute he gets back from a harrowing experience.
I’d love to see Jared play a character who doesn’t get the harshest consequences and treatment out of pretty much every character on a show. First Sam. Now Cordell. (Also, justice for GG Dean…until he cheats on his wife).
Yeah the family is really dismissive of his trauma :/ I can kind of understand why they downplay his problems because HE always downplays them but that doesn't make it okay.
I think the issue comes down to that Sam and Cordell are 1) men and 2) in positions that put them in traumatic situations on a regular basis
On the whole, people tend to downplay men's emotions, especially in regards to grief and trauma. I remember a while back I saw a reddit story where a woman recounted how, when their son died, people went out of their way to check on her and how she was feeling but never bothered to check on her husband and just assumed he would be fine. We can compare this to Cordell and how he was supposed to just be Fine after Emily died.
Cordell not only has a history in the Marines but he pretty much jumped straight into law enforcement when he left the service. he experiences trauma on a regular basis and his usual method of handling it is "Ignore it and hope it goes away". Personally, I headcanon that Emily had ways of getting him to actually cope with his trauma so he was better at managing it before but that's a different topic. The point is, the family expects him to be fine because he's perfected the art of Acting Fine. Only now the cracks are starting to show because realistically, there's only so long you can keep that up.
I honestly hope/think this is all going to lead to Cordell having a full-on breakdown and forcing everyone to realize the reality of his mental state.
But we'll just have to wait and see on that.
Did Walker's Season 2 Make Sense?
My take on what Stella Walker's coming of age arc should have looked like is up and running!
What do y’all think? Is this a plausible arc for Stella? Am I giving her too much credit or not enough? What do you think of her current canon plotline? Are there any improvements you would make? Let me know what y’all think in the comments. I can’t wait to see your thoughts!
WFB link for those interested: https://thewinchesterfamilybusiness.com/articles/article-archives/lets-discuss/22745-let-s-discuss-rewriting-stella-walker
