The Walking Dead (spoiler tags for comic talk, no spoilers for tv talk) - CAAAAAAAAAAAAARL's a bitch

[mallister]

fucking trolls.

negan and lucielle were fucking spot-on though.

[Byrd]

God damnit, Walking Dead. I was OK with the slow buildup of the episode, thought they did that well, but I did not like the cliffhanger at all. This whole half-season has been a slow build (a well done slow build, IMHO) to this episode and this scene. I've been looking forward to it since I read episode #100, and was excited and even a little nervous about it, in an excited way. Now I'm just pissed off.

Should have ended it like the comic did, with a collapsed body and Negan walking away, saying "Ta-ta." This just feels like a cheap trick to draw out suspense, similar to Schrodinger's Glenn earlier this year.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan did do a great job. I was expecting something a little more over the top for some reason, but he did a great job and exceeded my expectations.

[Anoat]

Can't believe no one has mentioned we got TREVOR FUCKING PHILLIPS from GTA5 on The Walking Dead now.

JDM was awesome. Last scene was really tense. Cliffhanger ending sucks though.

[Kanriel]

Yeah, I'm in the camp that overall the episode was great, Negan was spot-fucking-on for a TV adaptation of him, but cliffhanger was balls. Should have shown us who and it be the most brutal they could have shown on TV.

[jinkazama]

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he did use the "holy shit he's taking it like a champ" line like he used in the comics on Glenn so I still I have hope..

[Siya]

I thought the ending was alright til I looked up the ending in the comics.... it could have been so much better.

[Odesseiron]

Can't believe no one has mentioned we got TREVOR FUCKING PHILLIPS from GTA5 on The Walking Dead now.

JDM was awesome. Last scene was really tense. Cliffhanger ending sucks though.

Haha! I was like. WHY THE FUCK DO I KNOW THIS GUY? It all makes sense now. Thanks, was driving me nuts.

[shidobu]

but cliffhanger was balls. Should have shown us who and it be the most brutal they could have shown on TV.

2nd this

all that built up teasing and no release

fuck this

[tyven]

Glad to see this show is as terrible as I remember. Can't believe they didn't cut down on Negan's word vomit. Good lord Kirkman needs to hurry up and stroke out

[Dimmauk]

All so the bats can carry Bruce out of the ground like Jesus!

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Imagine all the Lucilles!

[ninjafox]

Started reading the comic just to see if the hype is different. Its so difficult to remember to read from left to right after reading so many manga lol

[Cail]

Have entered been able to watch this half season so far. Have Em all DVRd and watching this afternoon...pretty excite

[Dimmauk]

Slowed down audio from last night with subtitles.

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Need to rewatch again to listen more carefully.

[Tyrath]

Well it's definitely not Carl or Rick.

I feel like Maggie probably wouldn't take the beating "like a champ." Most likely candidates are still Glenn, Daryl or Abrahamn.

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I'm sticking with it being Glenn for accuracy

If there wasn't a comic source for this, I could understand them going with the cliffhanger. But since there is, it's absolutely retarded.

[Katlan]

If there wasn't a comic source for this, I could understand them going with the cliffhanger. But since there is, it's absolutely retarded.

Only reason to do the cliffhanger imo is for it to not be the same as the comic. If its the same then its really retarded

[Siatdiat]

Only reason to do the cliffhanger imo is for it to not be the same as the comic. If its the same then its really retarded

It's retarded either way. It's just a cheap ass shit fest of an ending. It really is an insult to viewers.

[ninjafox]

Probably gonna be Ross Marquand's character since he has pretty much no use on the show

[Tyrath]

I forgot he was even there lol

[Byrd]

Only reason to do the cliffhanger imo is for it to not be the same as the comic. If its the same then its really retarded

That was my thought. Especially if they go with one of the minor characters, such as Aaron, Rosita or Sasha. That would cause an outcry, I think. Maybe not as big as this did, but a major character has to die here. Carl and Rick I think are the only ones who have bulletproof plot armor. I don't think they kill Maggie, because beating a pregnant woman to death (even if she is mid-miscarriage) doesn't seem like something that would go over well. Any of the other 9 are probably fair game, but I'm leaning towards either:

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Glenn since it would be true to the comics, or Abraham, since his character was killed earlier by the Saviors in the comics. Abraham also had scenes which could be closure with both Eugene and Sasha; Glenn had no other scenes in the episode.

I was bummed we didn't hear Negan's dialogue about:

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"Well, I can't kill Glenn because he's a minority. And I can't kill Carl because he's a kid. I can't kill Maggie because I don't want people to think I'm a misogynistic woman beater. I can't kill Rick because he's the one who's going to make you as efficient as possible, etc." Eventually, he eliminates everyone and is forced to pick a non-ideal candidate. But it showed he was calculating and intelligent and didn't make arbitrary decisions about who to kill. Last night's victim did seem a little random, even if it wasn't.

[Kalima]

I pretty much expected them to do the cliffhanger thing after what they did with glenn earlier this season. Why? Because it works. It gets people talking and wondering who died (at least the general public who watches this show) and makes them want to watch it when it comes back that much more. I'm sure that the next season premiere will be one of it's highest viewership.

Do I agree with it and not think its just a cheap way of presenting the story...not at all. But they will succeed.

As for the episode as a whole, it wasn't bad but could have been normal length. And I really did feel for Rick when he realized he really was powerless to do anything and had to submit, but he kind of had it coming. Also Negan was pretty much how I pictured him and did an amazing job.