Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:47 pm They are rotting and becoming darker, thinner, more skeletal. They even talk about one of the zombies being weak.
But it is not like the movie 28 DAYS where the zombies die in that length of time, these zombies might take years to die and don't forget that those who merely die also become zombies. THat was the great secret from the Atlanta CDC visit in the first year -- everyone is infected with this virus--living or dead.
And I came back to add…
This episode occurs over two days. That's not a long time for zombies to live. And not a long time to tell the story in the episode…
I haven't thought deeply enough to figure out how long it has been since the outbreak.
I have the impression that from the first show until this episode is two years. I say that because Ranger Rick wife had to get pregnant by Shane when they were separated. So maybe one, two or three months for Rick to find his wife and son, 9 months for pregnancy, and the baby seemed to be 6 or so months old when the prison was attacked. That could be a few as eighteen months for all four seasons.
Perhaps the zombies we are seeing in the new episodes are recently turned zombies also
