Why did Shane see those visions when he died?
In season 2 episode 12 of The Walking Dead, when Shane gets killed by Rick, Shane sees a vision of a bunch of walkers... Does this have any meaning? I've watched this show about 3 times now, but still don't understand this part...
I initially thought it was some sort of "brain washing" thing the viruses used, when I watched the show the first time around, the second time, I felt it was more just a random scene thrown in there and now, the third watch, I believe there may be a deeper meaning to it?
If there is, can someone please explain to me why Shane saw what he saw when he died? Does everyone see that when they die? Does just the viewer see that, and Shane didn't see a thing? What could it be?
Best Answer
It's not entirely clear, but I believe those brief flashes were meant to foreshadow Shane's rising again as a zombie. To let us, the viewers, know that Shane was infected.
Remember, this scene came before the reveal (later in the episode - thank you BCdotWEB) that:
Everyone is infected and everyone will rise again.
This particular detail wasn't taken for granted at the time of Shane's death scene.
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Why did Shane turn into a zombie?
Shane, just like everyone else, has the virus in him. When he gets stabbed by Rick, he rises as a zombie because no trauma was dealt to his head. Once shot in the head he is a corpse. Randall also had the disease and he was killed by breakage his neck and when was left there "dead" rose as a zombie soon after.Why is Rick hallucinating in The Walking Dead?
After being badly wounded by a rebar while trying to lead a herd away from the communities, Rick begins to dream hallucinate about Shane, Hershel, and Sasha, each representing a part of Rick himself, asking for forgiveness from each of them as a way to forgive himself.Did Shane turn into a walker?
He died when Rick stabbed him. His head wasn't shot or stabbed and then he turned into a walker.How did Shane come back to life?
Carl happens upon the scene and shoots Shane through the neck, mortally wounding him. Rick later returns to the grave site and finds out that Shane has reanimated; he shoots him in the head to finally put him to rest, but does not rebury him.What if Shane was still alive The Walking Dead?
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Early on in the series, when the zombie contagion was still a relatively new concept to the audience, there were a couple of attempts to depict that a person near death could actually feel him/herself turning into a walker. The most prominent depiction was with Jim, the mechanic who was bitten in late Season 1. Jim became ill fairly quickly and the group placed him in the back of Dale’s RV on the bed. Jim made several statements that he knew he was dying and/or that he could feel the zombification process occurring in his body. While alone, and clearly worsening by the minute, Jim had visions of what looked like an up close encounter with a very aggressive walker. He would flinch when each vision occurred. It was subtly but very well depicted that Jim was turning and could feel the process beginning as he approached death.
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