Moving the truck back the way they came would have separated the group even further, and put the truck closer to the zombie swarm. I'm not sure what you mean by "keeping the RV parked outside the mess", since they didn't choose when it stopped, and when there aren't any other alternative paths to drive on (the area off the side of the road descended into forest almost immediately).themightytom wrote:Rick's Truck WAS carrying the most vulnerable, meaning the children and the woman least likely to fight back effectively. When Rick got out, Andrea could have gotten in, and the truck was behind the RV, and had successfully woven in and out of the traffic to that point. Backing it up a few hundred feet to give it a clear path of egress wouldn't have been the end of the world. In fact, they could have had the RV parked outside the mess in the first place, though admittedly the hose may have blown at the first sign of trouble, depending on how bad off it was.
That's assuming that the first couple of cars have the parts they need to fix the RV, as well as the gas they need. If they don't, then they have to spread further out if they want to keep the RV going longer.themightytom wrote:Firing guns is not ideal obviously, and a more mobile, capable group probably wouldn't have had too, simply sprinting back at the first sign of trouble. They could have siphoned gas off from the first couple of cars to ensure they had enough to continue, and really should have. if things worked out scavenging, awesome, if not
You've seen "TS-19", but have you also seen the episode preceding it? Their arrival was rushed and almost panicky, with them trying to get inside before it got dark, and before the zombies waking up around the CDC got to them. I doubt any of them stopped long enough to think clearly and get a radio from one of the corpses lying around.themightytom wrote:Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? How long have they been using THAT nugget? Again I just watched them clamber over a few hundred dead soldiers in front of the CDC, none of them grabbed a working radio? they would have been handy coordinating between the group on the road and the group in the forest.