The "Walking Dead" Thread

[Gory Glenn]

Sure sounded like a fully automatic one.

Sounded like an Uzi which would be small enough to hide like that.

Once again they are writing Daryl like he is some clueless lunkhead; it was convenient to do so to kill off Denise and now to get himself and Rosita captured.  I guess he was supposed to be underestimating the Saviors tactical abilities? They also yet again used two fairly level headed characters as idiots having Glenn and Michonne discuss crap in the middle of the woods knowing that the Saviors are out there.

Anyone else see a similarity between Carol and Norman on Bates Motel?  I kept telling the wife she was gonna have another "Norman" moment and she did in a big way.  At this point she's like Bill Bixby, pleading for people not to make her angry.

I like the Bill Bixby reference. 

[geezer butler]

  Agreed. It's the weakest this season. I'm getting tired of the "good guys held captive" episodes. I'm also tired of characters leaving (or being forced to leave) and coming back with drama.

I agree. I rarely criticize the show, but I was screaming at the tv screen last episode. Rick says "he doesn't take chances anymore." Really? That's why you and Morgan leave the sanctuary and waste precious fuel, looking for someone who said 'leave her alone?' And three people have to go after Daryl? Come on. Seems like the writers are trying to manufacture extra drama when they don't need to. There's enough drama every time they go on a supply run. There's enough drama considering they're surrounded by hostile bandit groups and hordes of walkers. IMO you don't need to recycle the same story-line where someone has a meltdown, they go rogue and take other members down with them.

Still my fav show, but this was first big disagreement I had with the writers.

[bromstaker]

I don't read TWD comic, but I have a general familiarity with the plot. The comic basically stalls out at this point and becomes a battle of the warlords scenario that doesn't really go anywhere, and the show has now reached that point. With the walkers now practically falling apart and a small group of people able to overcome a horde in hand to hand combat they're no longer the threat they once were. Now it's down to a good survivors vs. bad survivors scenario and that's a limited concept. Two more seasons tops and this show is done. There's simply nowhere for it to go once the warlord scenario plays out. 

[Anton Phibes]

I stopped watching it once "Jesus" was introduced. There's a limit to my tolerance for some things. Particularly the creator's tantrum/and/or  therapy. . Its apparent Robert Kirkman has had a bad experience with church or church attendees somewhere in life. His granny probably forced him to go or something equally "traumatizing" to him. So, he takes a jab. Yawn. His familiarity with hymns by having a "mansion on a hilltop" (sorry Elvis, RIP) be the new group's base isn't lost on me either. Plus calling the opposite group "Saviors"?  It isn't exactly a subtle narrative,lol. 

Its just more of the same tired old rhetoric of "lets be controversial and lash out.... at the one group who will just shrug it off."  Unless you are Westboro Baptist Church.

Its a good thing Hershel's already dead. This would've given him a heart attack,lol.

While I am not Boris Karloff in "The Lost Patrol", I do believe there are good people who attend church, so he crossed a personal poor taste line with me.

But I digress. Thats only one reason I quit. I got tired of the characters I liked getting killed off in the most horrifying ways. Hershel was one of my faves. Now Carol is.  I also like Glenn. I know what happens in the comics to Glenn. I aint hanging around for that. Or for Carol's inevitable termination either. So--I am out. I will read the spoilers here each week and save time.

If this breaches the protocols regarding religious discussions in some way....just delete the post.

[Mike Scott]

Alright! Who got killed last night? In the comics it was Glenn, but do you think the producers will make it that obvious?

If not:

You know it wasn't Glenn, or Maggie, because neither would have been able to comply with the "no screaming" order.

I think it's pretty obvious it wouldn't be Rick, or Carl.

You know it won't be Daryl. The female fans would turn zombie on the producers!

Michonne seems much too popular to get the baby seal treatment.

So who's left? Sasha? Abraham? Eugene? Aaron? 

When Negan starts beating the person, he says "taking it like a champ" (just like in the comic), which suggests Abraham (of the remaining 4).

What think ye?

[Jethro]

My bet is on Maggie getting her head smashed in.  Why?  Because in the "Talking Dead",  Kirkman said something like clues were mentioned as to who was going to get it while Negan was addressing them.
I believe he told Rick he only wanted people that were "fit".  Maggie ain't fit right now and Negan made that quite clear.
To me, that was a pretty crummy episode for a finale.  A cheap cliffhanger by making us wait to find out who bought it.

[Mike Scott]

I believe he told Rick he only wanted people that were "fit".  Maggie ain't fit

I sure hope you're wrong. I would pick Aaron, because I'm not as attached to him as I am the others. Of course, the prods. are not going to make it that easy on me.

[Mord]

 Logic would lead me to think it's either Maggie (too fragile) or Glenn (to follow the comic plotline), but I don't think it is. My gut tells me it's gonna be Eugene. The whole episode was used to build up his status as a courageous fighter. Abraham told him that he was wrong about his original assessment (that he truly is a "survivor"). He was even trusted to drive the RV. This is the type of glory that is usually bestowed upon an exiting character. I really hope I'm wrong, though. I really like Eugene.

[Mike Scott]

My gut tells me it's gonna be Eugene.

Your reasoning is sound and you may be right! I had a feeling Eugene was gonna die when he went off on his own. It didn't happen the way I thought it would, but he still may have got it in the end.

[zombiehorror]

Eugene, for the same reasoning(s).

[Zackuth]

I'm thinking Eugene.  Before he took off in the RV, he gave Rick the plans for making bullets so he is no longer necessary. 

[marsattacks666]

I feel it's Abraham. Only because what he said to Sasha in the R.V.

[bromstaker]

The person killed won't be any of the four untouchables (Rick; Carl; Daryl; Michonne). If the show isn't going to follow the comic then I think it's Abraham who Negan kills. If memory serves, Negan said something about killing the strongest. And as Negan was walking the line and got to Abraham  Abe straightened up and looked Negan in the face defiantly. But I agree that leaving us hanging until next season was a cheap cliffhanger.   

[jimm]

What's with the dopey look on Rick's face as Negan's dressing them down... Some leader...

[Mike Scott]

What's with the dopey look on Rick's face as Negan's dressing them down...

He thinks he has just doomed them all.