fumanstan

Eh, the reaction is overwhelmingly positive compared to some other episodes.

dom56

I thought on the preview that leader of Negan's bike gang was Timothy Huttton but it was a another actor. He does look liked him.

Coral

Your attempt at sarcasm is idiotic as is the comparison you're trying to make.

nodeerforamonth

Zombie's aren't known for their intelligence.

Deftones

my biggest gripe was, why waste a rocket launcher into the lake to catch it fire? They didn't have anything else they could've used to start a fire quickly?

bluetoast

It created a huge explosion to get the walkers' attention-other methods would start a fire but not necessarily erupt like that (at least according to TV logic)

Bill Needle

Haha yeah that got a few groans from our audience even before he was saved...which is of course the exact reason why it was such a horrible idea last fall.

dfmaverick2

OMG They killed Glenny!

It already seems it's becoming a running joke.

DthRdrX

Pretty obvious what they are setting up with him.

It is interesting how the character of Daryl has already changed comic events regarding the Saviors. He's been involved with them twice now.

rocket1312

So as someone who has about a 15 episode backlog on his dvr, is it worth my time plowing through and catching back up? This show has mostly frustrated me since the beginning. I think there's a great show buried in there somewhere and a few times a year it really showcases its potential. However, no matter how many good episodes there are, it's just an endless cycle of misery begetting more misery. At a certain point I just decided I didn't wish to visit this world anymore. I assume nothing has really changed?

jjcool

I noticed the missing dialogue as well. I had just sat down to watch the show when the scene started, so I wasn't sure if it was a recap or the new episode. I actually really liked the original scene where he is talking about the emergency napkins, and spare change, etc. Made that character alot more creepy and crazy, like you didnt know what he was capable of. I am actually a little upset that he died, as I thought he was a really good character.

They included the "recap" because the original scene wasn't actually a part of any previous episode, as you said.

redrum

Sounded like glenn said "I don't know but i got bit" when he got in the truck, guess thats not what he said

MikahC

From your description of your reaction to what you've seen, no, don't bother to watch the rest. Nothing has changed (or will change) in that regard. The show is what it is.

johnnysd

No, I gave up on it and do not miss it. Seems people love the incredible repetitive and circular plot structure and watch for zombie gore as much as anything. It is a show that you could pick and episode from the last 4 seasons or so and it will almost be exactly the same as every other episode. Carboard cutout villains, shiny new cars and empty streets, truly annoying and dislikeable main characters and lots of stupid repetitive zombie gore.

Bill Needle

Has anyone mentioned that the "Mom? Mom?" cliff-hanger in the last seconds of the previous episode was dropped as well? Essentially the same thing happened later in their escape, so it's not like the plot was significantly altered, but it was odd when watching the previous episode moments before the new one and that moment disappeared like it never happened even though that was the lingering image during the hiatus.

PhantomStranger

You aren't missing a single thing, the show has continued afoot with its same formula. This episode did have some cool action moments but parts of the drama continue to be inane.

The Walking Dead is basically comfort food at this point for fans of the zombie apocalypse.

DJariya

You're almost 1 season and 11 1/2 hours of content behind. Unless you can really convince yourself to dedicate a day or 2 to marathon and catch up, you're never going to catch up. From the sound of your post, you don't sound very motivated and are trying to justify not continuing.

rocket1312

11.5 hours is not really that much to get worried about. I don't follow a lot of current tv. Certainly no more than 1 or 2 shows at a time. I've been rewatching both X-Files and The Wire in recent weeks and could easily bang out 11.5 hours of Walking Dead in a week or two by taking a break from those other two. Especially in this post-football, pre-NBA/NHL playoff time of year. And I don't really need to justify not continuing. I'm already doing that. What I'm looking for is a reason to start back up. I know how good this show can be, and I figured I'd just check in and see if maybe it was currently going through an "up" period. Sounds like it's the same as it ever was, so I'll probably end up deleting the episodes and moving on to something else.

hdnmickey

I thought I read that the extra footage after the mid-season finale was a post credits thing on the west coast. I did think it was kind of lame how they did basically a re-cap at the beginning of this, but in doing so left stuff out. But the pay off of the tanker incident was awesome. That guy doing all the talking for the bikers did a real good job in the very short time he got. I really hated him every second he was alive. Also made no sense that Sam's "mom, mom" stuff from the end of the finale was totally ignored until the were much further out into the hoard.

Overall the episode was one of their best. Knew the Carl moment was coming having seen too much about the comic over time. The rest of the season is also, at least in part, just a Negan waiting game.

VinVega

If you're lukewarm on the show, don't watch it. It's probably not worth it for you.

I'm not looking for emmies from this show. It's a fun way to kill an hour on Sunday night. I still enjoy it. Loved the Daryl RPG blow up of the bikers. I was not expecting that. This was definitely a great episode for me.

VHS?

Defiant1

Too bad they didn't kill off his character too. Terrible actor, and the bar isn't that high on this show.

bluetoast

It seems the consensus is that the best actor on the show is the dude on the bike from the beginning.

JTH182

Bad ass picture!

OldBoy

loved this ep. so much action, so many deaths and 1-eyed Carl is great! loved it!!