hdnmickey

Throughout this episode I kept thinking just how much those that hate these characters stories were having to suffer through yet another one. But at the same time I now also kind of understand where at least some of them are coming from. I can't stand Tara so this episode was a chore to get through. Overall I still enjoy these far more than giving each character/story only five minutes each episode.

majorjoe23

I think there should be a meme gif of that zombie with dreads. "You thought I was Heath? Raaaaaaaacciiissst!"

Joe Schmoe

Another cheap ploy on the producers' part to fake out the audience. That's all this show is about now: who will die next, when, where and how.

Coral

BTW, anyone else notice that once again we see a walker getting killed by a stab through the throat? Is this a thing now?

hdnmickey

Yes. But I had I not read the complaint here I'm not sure I would have noticed. Unlike the other example this one was clearly just through the throat.

Coral

Well it's not really a complaint... just an observation on possible new rules in this zombie universe. The other example from a few episodes back was also clearly only through the throat as well.

Bill Needle

Interesting too that most of the walkers seen in the show now seem to be recent conversions...or am I imagining that? Meaning most of the original apocalypse victims aren't doing much walking any more. Seems that has led to a very dramatic reduction in the peskiness originating from actual walkers.

Rarely are the walkers a problem any more, unless they are placed intentionally by the living. But that is probably how it would actually go if this was a real thing. I imagine that this trend will likely continue as the show does. It is hard to imagine a sudden onslaught of walkers entering their universe unless they at minimum move off to another location.

I understand that was always the gist of the show (the real danger is...MAN!), but it has become much more apparent. It is a standard show with occasional zombie punching bag gore SFX breaks that rarely have anything to do with the actual plot. Take any show on TV and have the characters randomly run outside and stick a screwdriver into a couple of corpse's heads and then run back inside to finish the scene and you have the same show.

hdnmickey

I was thinking that many of fresher walkers could be those being done in by Negan's group as they move around the area. Like all them males done in at Oceanside. I was also wondering larger masses of walkers not being collected by Negan's group into a few strategic areas to be used when needed.

The arsenal and food supply at Oceanside is sure to come up later even if most of those women are not personal involved in taking on Negan.

Quake1028

That's where I am wondering if this is all going, without being a comic reader.

uteotw

Exactly. I had completely forgotten about both of these characters, and but for this ep. I would have never thought about them again.

funkyryno

After this episode (which very well might be the worst WD episode ever) I've officially joined the camp that hates these segmented episodes.


Episode summary:

Good: Watching Milk Jugs run through the forest.

Bad: Everything else.

majorjoe23

In this case, I think the stabbing would have severed the spinal cord, which according to Romero/Kirkman rules should prevent the brain from communicating with the body.

devilshalo

But we're seen severed heads that are still active.

starseed1981

I thought this was the best episode of the season so far.

hdnmickey

Exactly. The one in this last episode was a very noticeable neck shot "kill". Got to be one ("kill" takes a shot to the brain) or the other.

Abob Teff

It's the burning zombie argument all over again ...

Deftones

I am confused, so maybe I missed something. Were they going to take Tara out to the woods and kill her? It seemed like they were going to let her go but then she goes off running like they would kill her.

hdnmickey

The story they told at the table was they they were going to let her go. But it seemed clear that Tara picked up on what those two women were really planning to do (kill her and go back saying they let her go).

JZ1276

That's not what happened. As soon as she told them she had a community of her own and did not want to join them is when they decided to kill her but act like they were letting her go. Telling them she thought they took out Negan's crew might have had something to do with the decision also.

hdnmickey

I have no idea what you are disagreeing with.

funkyryno

Hmm. I totally missed how they were going to shoot Tara. Our loss she survived, I guess.

And why still don't know what happened to the red shirt/black guy, right? Maybe he found another group ...

windom

I'm guessing Heath will return if the new 24 isn't a success and ends up being only a single season.

JZ1276

You said they would kill her and go back saying they let her go. I saw it as the old woman in charge decided to have them kill Tara when she told them she didn't want to join them therefore there would be no reason for the two women to lie and say they let her go when they were told to kill her to begin with. Are u still shrugging?

hdnmickey

Nope. You were correct about us totally disagreeing on how it went down.

Luds

Wow. That was a bad episode.