Her finger


Why did Maggie cut off her finger, apparently after injuring it on the swingset?

Thanks for any insight.

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Perhaps she feared the infection might spread to her hands? 
Her hand looked zombified...or it's just one of the extreme ways to stop it.




A single day of freedom is worth more than a lifetime in chains ~ Grey Worm

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"Even in our darkest hour, we must always remember - never to despair"

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A single day of freedom is worth more than a lifetime in chains ~ Grey Worm

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"Even in our darkest hour, we must always remember - never to despair"

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It would also be a constant reminder of her infection.

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Yep.

Do you think flattery will keep you alive?

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You know, she talks to the doctor about that....

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Right; think I'll watch that part again.

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I watched her visit to Vern again. When he asks why she did it, she says, "What good is a finger when you're going to lose your arm?" (It was on the arm that had been bitten.) He assures her that she'll keep her arm.

All I can figure is that she was (justifiably) angry at the world, and took it out on herself.

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I think it's because the finger wouldn't heal, it would just decay. So she'd rather cut it off than like...watch it slowly rot away like the bite mark on her arm was doing.

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Fruitcakesintheface, I think yours is the best guess yet.

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Why would she feel the need to cut off the finger, but not her arm?

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It's easier lol.

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no one noticed that her finger magically grew back when she went to visit trent at his house?

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That scene was handled with sensitivity and compassion rather than the bloody gory horror that we normally see in other movies. The director was brilliant. This film was a refreshing new look on zombie films.

...and to the haters who thought this was going to be an action pack thriller, you give credit to Maggie

Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast

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Good for you but you didn't address the question you're responding to.

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"If I wasn't paying attention, that's a plot-hole"
"If I didn't like it, that's a plot-hole"

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The fact that it was mangled and broken but didn't hurt her was an indication her infection was progressing, and she didn't want any kind of visual representation of that. Not so much for anyone else, but for herself.

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She needed to GET TO THE CHOPPER!!!

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