Walking Dead Season 7

[Iron Mego]

And what do they have to hold over Daryl? Nothing. He could just pretend to comply and then when they're on a run for supplies or something he'd be like, "Adios motherscratchers!" They got nothing to hold over his head to make him stay once he's been, "broken."

Only thing even remotely interesting about this episode was that it planted a seed, at least in my mind, that Dwight might be the one to take Negan out.

[johnnystorm]

I just can't understand why anyone would go to such trouble over brainwashing Daryl. Only thing I can see is to use him against Rick, have him be the one that collects tribute etc. Another form of showing off your power.
Same with Dwight, Negan has already taken everything from him yet still has to be a d1ck.

[hedrap]

I mean, all Dwight had to do was wait for the guy to turn and get him to follow back to the Sanctuary.

I find myself less interested with each episode. I'm starting to think the writers don't have any interest in figuring out how a group could survive in one place so they make sure Rick destroys every attempt at civilization. It's making me dislike Rick and his group. They're so convinced that nothing will ever work that they make sure it won't. It's certainly become predictable and boring.

OK. That would make some sense. I saw it from Dwight's reaction to seeing dude on the fence, as Dwight "set him free" with the shot and took off before falling walkers would swarm the area due to the sound. At the end when Dwight walks outside, he sees the guy wasn't devoured but walked towards Sanctuary. The implication being that without thought of free will, his instincts directed him back to Sanctuary, just as he did last year. That ties into the conversation Negan has with Daryl about when Dwight escaped and returned, the regret she tells Daryll, and Dwight/Dude argument over the slave-control Negan holds over everyone. In other words, once you're in Negan's web you don't get out.

I didn't even consider the gunshot placement actually, (compared to how the guy knelt for a headshot), because the events inner-timing was way off. Negan's reference to how tough Daryl is, Dwight's repetitive actions, Daryl eating like he's starving, all imply they had been working on breaking Darryl for over a week, but the girl talking to Daryl and the Polaroid drop made it closer to two days. I think the original shoot focused on either Daryll's hell, showing nothing of Sanctuary outside his viewpoint, or Dwight's existence with Daryll's hell in the background, and it didn't work so the recut to build up the subplot into two equal main plots.

[wise guy]

Rick's group could have used snipers, and guerilla tactics , on one of the blocked roads
but the writers probably don't have any military experience. One sniper can cause a lot of problems for a large group . Negan is too small to be intimidating they should have used
a bigger actor that doesn't talk so much

[Mikey]

It's just too unbelievable 100's of grown men have Stockholm syndrome over 1 brutal guy.

[CrimsonGhost]

So the guy Dwight shot becomes a walker on the fence at the end. I've read a few reviews that assumes Dwight brought his body back. How?

Did I miss a shot that showed him only a block from Sanctuary, because it looked like he rode a few miles to catch up with him. And didn't something happened to his bike? Cuz there's no way a guy as beat up as him could drag 200lbs of dead weight in that timeframe, and the walker showed no signs of a drag, either. Also, he would have turned during that time and Dwight would have had to headshot him.

I mean, all Dwight had to do was wait for the guy to turn and get him to follow back to the Sanctuary.

I find myself less interested with each episode. I'm starting to think the writers don't have any interest in figuring out how a group could survive in one place so they make sure Rick destroys every attempt at civilization. It's making me dislike Rick and his group. They're so convinced that nothing will ever work that they make sure it won't. It's certainly become predictable and boring.

[hedrap]

So the guy Dwight shot becomes a walker on the fence at the end. I've read a few reviews that assumes Dwight brought his body back. How?

Did I miss a shot that showed him only a block from Sanctuary, because it looked like he rode a few miles to catch up with him. And didn't something happened to his bike? Cuz there's no way a guy as beat up as him could drag 200lbs of dead weight in that timeframe, and the walker showed no signs of a drag, either. Also, he would have turned during that time and Dwight would have had to headshot him.

[Iron Mego]

I hate the little lean-back JDM is doing every time he emphasizes a word. It's driving me bananas!!

[hedrap]

JDM is horrendous. He's like something out of Con-Air. They tried a meta-explanantion with that discussion between Dwight and Doug(?) where he voiced what the audience was thinking; why would so many people fall in line behind a smartass with a bat, when as a group, they could take him out.

Afterwards, it made me recall the Ezekiel/Carol talk and they're trying to develop a mirror between Ezekiel and Negan, a light/dark contrast of charismatic leaders. One gives delusions of grandeur, the other is a sociopath. Rick is going to be the pragmatist and Xander Berkley will be the spineless politician.

[Iron Mego]

Fort - Negan is a laughable villain --- He's so over-the-top i'm kinda embarrassed for the show when I watch it.

Totally agree, they got the wrong actor. He's simply not intimidating in the least.

[Mikey]

^ I agree

watched at least 3 quarters of the episode on FF

First off - enough with the music videos
Second - I have no idea other than the writers that get off by seeing endless torture.
Turd - Please don't start giving each cast member their own episode --- if so, just let me know when you show Morgan.
Fort - Negan is a laughable villain --- He's so over-the-top i'm kinda embarrassed for the show when I watch it.
Fit - Did I mention ENOUGH with the music videos

[hedrap]

Well, that was terrible.

[samurainoir]

Booyah! such great casting for Ezekiel. Interesting to note that in the TV show, Michonne appears to be taking Andrea's path from the comic, and Carol is taking Michonne's. Kirkman really does seem to be creating much stronger character arcs with the second pass at the characters through the medium of television. In the same way that Maggie became much stronger and more interesting on TV by taking Michonne's place in being victimized by the Governor.

[samurainoir]

Glen was no surprise given the folks who follow the comic book, but I do like that they really set it up well with the fake-out last season and the implication that Glen, who previously had not killed any living person when he survived under the dumpster, now kills due to the fact that Maggie made a deal with Hilltop to take on the Saviours. Thus BOTH of them pay a price for their actions. We are about to see Maggie really come into her own within the next couple of seasons. She's had a much better, and stronger arc than her comic book counterpart, and it would be cool to see that continue. Sad to see the death of my favourite character, but if his death has as much meaning and impact as it has had in the last 50 issues of the comic (and STILL does in the latest issue), then I'm at peace with it in a way that I wasn't when I first read Walking Dead #100 (which is the mot upset I've ever been reading a comic).

Abraham was also living on borrowed time, and again, it seemed like they really gave him a much more satisfying arc than his comic book counterpart prior to his demise. He seemed genuinely at peace with himself and comfortable in his own skin, up to the point of his final moment of defiance against Negan. Hopefully his death will give Sascha as much motivation and meaning as Glen's death will have for Maggie.

[emeraldknight47]

I loves me some Shiva!!! And Ezekiel is pretty cool, too. Wasn't until I watched TALKING DEAD that I realized he is the voice behind many, animated DC characters.