To answer some of the above questions: Comics spoilers: Andrea shot Amy in the head right after she died so she wouldn't come back. The survivors did pack up and leave soon after the attack that killed Amy.
You guys are probably right about the spoiler boxes - someone is bound to check out that info and then get upset. One final spoiler regarding a post above: I hated seeing Tyrese go out that way too. As a matter of fact I think his death bothered me more than Lori's! The governor...
True, but that was a low budget horror adaptation of a Stephen King story. Robert Kirkman isn't a household name and this is a tv series. Probably a lot more money men involved in TWD. Still, it might happen. I would be surprised if they film the scene where the two little girls are...
I was thinking the same thing, though I imagine casual viewers may be turned off after seeing Rick's wife and her baby get gunned down. One of the saddest and most shocking moments in the comics. I hope they go back to Duane and Morgan too, as they did eventually do in the comics. Poor...
To answer Joe's question, Rick may not have been completely out of gas when he went to the gas station. Patrick: there really isn't much of what you describe in the books. Rick finds his family in the first few issues (or, as it looks like, the next episode of the show) and the triangle...