#walker pilot

[jaredwalkersam]

fave walker scenes 2/20 | pilot | walker goes to the school

[let-me-be-your-home]

Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker | Walker

[koraesrambles]

Finally got a chance to watch Walker tonight and I’m really excited because I really liked it. Like, really, really liked it! 

I wasn’t expecting to. I’m not a big country person, I never saw the original show, I don’t really care about cowboys or whatever. I wanted to watch it because I love Jared and wanted to support him in his new project. But wow! I am so surprised by how much I liked it!

I liked all of the characters. There wasn’t a single character that they introduced where I thought, “Uh, skip. I don’t care about this.” I liked everyone in Walker’s family, INCLUDING Stella. And writing a well-written angry teenage girl is HARD. It’s so easy to make her overdramatic and annoying but I felt her every emotion. I didn’t think she was over the top and her interactions with Walker were absolutely perfect. I’m way more invested in her than I thought I’d be. 

And then August, the son. My heart just breaks for him. I wanna wrap him up in blankets and tell him it’s going to be okay. I want to grab his daddy by the shoulders and shake him because he needs to be there for his kids. But I felt Walker’s struggle as well. And a big part of why I forgive him for not being there for his kids is probably because he’s Jared, but I think that the way he’s written and Jared’s acting have a huge hand in it as well. I really feel the struggle that he’s going through and all the confusion swirling in his mind. I mean, he’s gotta get over himself and be there for his family. Missing the welcoming party was an absolute ASSHOLE move. But I still feel for him, you know? 

I LOVE Micki and her boyfriend. Love that they are an interracial couple that doesn’t involve a white person (it feels like all the interracial couples I see on tv have at least one white person. That’s not a problem I guess I’d just like some variety, dude.) I am so so so excited that it doesn’t seem like they’re going to cram in some super awkward sexual tension between Micki and Walker. That was the thing I was dreading in this show. I just didn’t want them to have the two partners be love interests. Please for all that is good and sacred can we please avoid that. 

Which brings us to the barkeep. A boy girl friendship that isn’t powered by sexual tension? SO CUTE. We didn’t get very long with them but I thought they were super adorable together. 

Walker’s family had great chemistry together and I loved all of their interactions. I can already tell I’m going to love the little brother. I love that they casually dropped that he’s gay. I love that he’s been there for Walker’s kids while Walker’s been gone. I love the generational gap between Walker’s dad with the “mexican girl” and Liam responding, “Mexican-American, dad, come on.” I love that they’re going to be tackling these issues. I didn’t feel force fed or preached to ever. I just enjoyed the whole thing. 

But the most amazing thing to me, the thing that stood out more than anything else: There is not an ounce of Sam Winchester in Cordell Walker. 

This should not be a surprise. We know that Jared is a phenomenal actor. He played several different characters throughout supernatural’s run, and every single one was distinct and separate from our man Sam. But they all occupied Sam’s space. They all existed within Sam because they were entities possessing him. Sam makes me want to wrap a blanket around his shoulders, stand up to the people abusing him, and yell at them to back off and leave him alone. Sam makes me feel safe and I have so much love for him I could burst with it. Cordell Walker is entirely different. He’s confident in a way Sam never was. He moves differently. He’s hot headed in a way that (no matter how much early season spn tried to convince us) Sam never, ever was. Walker takes full advantage of his huge height while Sam always crouched down. There wasn’t an ounce of puppy-dog eyes in this man’s face. He’s entirely, and completely new. 

And there’s a sadness to that, but also a liberation. This is a new story, with new characters. I’m not going to spend the entire series waiting for Dean to show up. I’m not going to be waiting for demons to start to appear and make Sam’s life hell. Because this isn’t Sam, and he’s occupying an entirely different world. And I’m so excited to explore it with them. I don’t love him like I love Sam. I probably never will (Can there be more than one soulmate fictional character?) but I’m prepared to learn to love him. I’m already invested in every single one of his relationships and eager to watch them grow. I will absolutely be tuning in every single week. 

Thanks for surprising me Walker. I can feel Jared’s love for this project in every single scene. I’m ready to learn to love it too.

[fandom-hoarder]

Finally watching the Walker pilot on the app. Still not sure if it'll hook me good, we'll have to see how the plot plays out, but...first thoughts:

* I was worried about how trippy it would be seeing Jared in this new role since I've literally never watched him in anything else, but I totally do not see Sam. It's all Cordell.

* hmmmmm family drama? I am HERE FOR IT

* a little obsessed with how many scenes include Cordell EATING/SNACKING. Like, Sam spent so much time refusing food it feels pointed/planned to get Jared to eat a bunch on camera. Once again, I'm here for it.

* I like Micki. I hope there are good storylines for her.

* I gotta admit I'm glad the kid attacked Cordell first and that Micki called him out on his behavior. As hot as Jared's fighting takedowns are, I'm really not here for police brutality kthx.

* 'mama and daddy' trip me tf OUT. Is that being played up for the texas thing? I can handle callin your mom mama, but are there really people that call their dad daddy after age 12 outside of wedding receptions and funerals?

* 'cordi' is, however, cute af. So is 'mawline'

* that confrontation between Cordell and Stella made me tear up

* oh, so we're just gonna do the thing where we stole something that turned out to be evidence and then go tell the suspects about it instead of getting a warrant or something? (Also whyyyy would they have the ones with heroin out on the sales floorrrr???) Is that how Texas Rangers roll? Istg every cop show adgvdssfghjgdschjh

* oh, ooh, are we doing the like father like daughter thing???

* the trying-to-be-a-good-dad vibesssssssss

* no shipping feels yet, but something in my gut tells me there's gonna be something between Cordell and Geri, and she's gonna be involved in Emily's death

Ok well I'm at least hooked enough for the next one. Let's gooooooo.

[eilf]

I've been off Tumblr a long time but I wanted to see what the Walker chat was. So I didnt log in and used the # and it was pretty ugly.

So I logged in and did the same # thinking I would go through and block all those people...

And you know what? I'm finding mostly love. I've only blocked a few accounts so far, and I'm going to be ruthless because why should people deliberately mistagging spoil my fun? (Hopefully I understand this process)

Anyway what I'm actually doing is sending love to all the people being positive (or at least have concrit) you all rock and I'm sorry if me liking hundreds of posts comes off as weird. (I'm really out of practice with Tumblr etiquette)

🥰

[hannah-maries-blog]

my thoughts on the Walker pilot

so I just watched Walker because I wanted to form my own opinions on it, here’s some of my thoughts : the show itself is fine. I don’t really have a problem with the show itself but I don’t love where Jared got his inspiration for it from. When it comes to what’s going on at the border there isn’t a gray area. I feel sorry for the people being put in cages and being separated from their families, not the people putting people in cages. I don’t care if it is their duty. What they’re doing is wrong and if they really had such a big problem with it and it went against their moral code so much, they should quit. They should actively fight against what’s happening. I’m not going to continue watching the show because it’s not really my taste but I’m also not going to send hate or death threats to any of the actors or actresses working on the show. 

edit : I am now realizing how this reads. I make it seem like I believe Jared isn’t sorry for the people in cages but instead only sorry the cops. I intended it to be read as “I don’t really have a problem with the show itself but I don’t love where Jared got his inspiration for it from. When it comes to what’s going on at the border there isn’t a gray area.” end paragraph. and then I continue onto my thoughts about the border situation. sorry for the miscommunication but my opinion still stands. 

[pendragontravler]

Finally got to see the Walker pilot. I'm intrigued 🙂. Story looks interesting, I want to get to know these characters and see where it all goes. All the actors were great too of course. A lot of new faces I'm looking forward to getting to know.

[ksitetv]

The CW's Walker: Poster & Pilot Photos Released

Preview images and poster art for The CW Walker television series starring Jared Padalecki