The Hospital

[BillyRay]

I think a lot of this has to do with specific licensing of the characters. If there's a production company - hired by WB but not OF WB - creating a Batman cartoon series, there's little chance of seeing Batman in another cartoon series (at least something that isn't done "In-house') I think that's why certain characters don't make it to certain cartoons (Black Manta in JLU), or why you haven't seen Bruce Wayne on Smallville. I'm no expert, but I think there's layers of Lawyer-ese involved.

[MoonSylver]

I'm no expert, but I think there's layers of Lawyer-ese involved. Yup a force so mighty not even the worlds mightiest super hero can overcome them.

[Trin]

You know, regarding the gurney, I was watching the first episode again and I think that the gurney was accidentally left in front of his door during the mayhem and that kept them from noticing him while evacuating the others, as well as kept the zombies from finding him. I know Wyld posted a while back that the gurney was pushed in front of the door to protect the rest of the hospital from him in case he turned. I watched it again and I couldn't quite picture that. It appeared to be there rather haphazardly. But given how it was blocking the door I can see everyone, humans and zombies alike, overlooking that room.

[AcesandEights]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. I think it's a maybe either way, but placing the gurney in front on the way out is plausible if they had to evac the hospital quickly.

[BillyRay]

B-b-but they didn't cover the gurney with zombie guts... THEY WOULD HAVE SMELLED HIM!!!

[Mitchified]

B-b-but they didn't cover the gurney with zombie guts... THEY WOULD HAVE SMELLED HIM!!! He was unconscious for quite some time. I'm sure that there were zombie guts all over it at first, but after the undead were contained a thunderstorm formed in the hospital hallway to wash it away. After all, if we learned anything from the second episode it's that rain washes away every trace of zombie guts. These are the laws of the Kirkman universe!

[Trin]

B-b-but they didn't cover the gurney with zombie guts... THEY WOULD HAVE SMELLED HIM!!! Maybe they sense mental activity. He was pretty much a zombie in that bed. "No human being would ever place a gurney like that." Bravo Aces!! Well done!!

[sandrock74]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. HA! Good reference!

[bassman]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. I fucking love you.

[darth los]

You know, regarding the gurney, I was watching the first episode again and I think that the gurney was accidentally left in front of his door during the mayhem and that kept them from noticing him while evacuating the others, as well as kept the zombies from finding him. I know Wyld posted a while back that the gurney was pushed in front of the door to protect the rest of the hospital from him in case he turned. I watched it again and I couldn't quite picture that. It appeared to be there rather haphazardly. But given how it was blocking the door I can see everyone, humans and zombies alike, overlooking that room. Alright, alright. Enough trin bashing. (That was a good line though aces). Sure a person might have left it there, or, it could have been just blind luck like the bottom hatch of the tank. I agree with trin. I think it was just randomly there. Now that's no to say that's not what kept the zombies out, but a person wanting to keep him safe would almost certainly place something more substantial in front of the door, no? And if it was a flight scenario where there was no time why even bother to waste precious seconds on a token gesture that wouldn't keep the walkers out anyway? That doesn't make sense. Now, we do have a similar scenario in the very next episode. When the are all going down to meet the truck and the black guy drops the key to the racist's handcuff's he did something similar for him that someone possibly did for rick. But did he put a flimsy garbage bag in front of the door? No, he actually LOCKED it. Now there's an idea huh? @ trin. That doesn't make sense either (protecting everyone from him in case he turned) Because he wasn't bit and the people caring for him had to know that. Now, I have been segregated from the comic as well as upcoming episodes so it might be known to you all but unless we're dealing with Romero rules here where everyone who dies comes back, Where bites just don't kill you, they bring you back faster, then that line of logic doesn't make much sense. This is unless of course it's so early in the plauge that it's not known for sure either way so better safe than sorry.

[Gryphon]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. I knew the Ghostbusters were lurking here.....

[Ghoulman]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. I think it's a maybe either way, but placing the gurney in front on the way out is plausible if they had to evac the hospital quickly. I don't know man... Rick probably smelled pretty ripe after a few weeks! Seriously, to me, the gurney in front of the door felt kinda like T-Dog locking the roof door... Kind of a half-assed "There's nothing I can do to help this poor sap in the coma but I'll push this gurney in front of the door before I run for my life." attempt at doing...SOMETHING.

[Trin]

Alright, alright. Enough trin bashing. (That was a good line though aces). That wasn't trin-bashing. That was pure awesomeness. Or if it was trin-bashing then I gladly submit. I still think he was an oversight in the room. And the zombies coulda easily moved the gurney aside if they'd wanted to. It wasn't stopping anybody. But there is a good point in all this. How did the zombies not smell him? I think the answer is that the zombies just really don't smell people that well. Yes, they said so in the department store. But I don't think the department store assertion that the zombies smell people means that they smell them from any great distance, or within buildings, etc. All the evidence suggests the opposite. Rick was standing at the door of Morgan's place looking out through the peephole and Morgan's dead wife didn't seem to recognize his presence inside. I think that walking amongst them they sense fear or they note anxious movements, etc. and that may combine with the smell, but it's not like the zombies have shown any heat-seeking capability.

[MoonSylver]

You're right, Trin. No...human being...would ever place a gurney like that. I think it's a maybe either way, but placing the gurney in front on the way out is plausible if they had to evac the hospital quickly. I fucking love you. I knew the Ghostbusters were lurking here..... At Homepage of the BaconGhostBusters? Why would you think that?

[babomb]

I really don't think they reduced it all to such a science when building the sets. They probly went on the idea that a hospital would end up filled with walkers by the time the staff decided to flee, authorities would be trying to hold it all together. There'd probly be hot water heaters and gas tanks exploding within the hospital for many reasons, fires breaking out from various events. But I really don't think they recreated sets based on such specifics as what the damage from a 40mm grenade launcher would really look like. This show would never make it out of production if they tried to do it so accurately. So although it is interesting to speculate on things, there are really no answers to such specifics. But there is a good point in all this. How did the zombies not smell him? I think the answer is that the zombies just really don't smell people that well. I wouldn't imagine that turning into a zombie endows you with sensory abilities that humans don't otherwise possess. I'd think it would be the opposite actually. Within that hospital scenario there would be such overwhelming stimuli coming from everywhere else that zombies would probly not ever even know that Rick was in that room. He was also in a coma, so his body temp was lower, he wasn't really moving at all and not making any noise. That's not to say that I see that as a plausible scenario though really. Even when I first read the comic I didn't think Rick being in that room in a coma would've afforded him such luck. But I can suspend disbelief for such an excellent storyline on one of my favorite subjects.