When watching a flawed series, at some point a realization occurs. It starts with supplying your own explanations for disjointed or unexplained circumstances. "I guess those post-apocalyptic gunsights degrade quickly…", "Maybe straight-pipe motorcycle exhausts resonate below undead hearing thresholds…" . You do this…

If I can't analyze too deeply at the AV Club, surely over-analysis itself is deader than a zombie.

'How many minutes into this episode will Maggie's accent disappear' still has the edge over 'how skinny will Maggie be this week' for drinking game potential.

Maybe folks who recognize the show's capricious slide into ham-handed delivery and sophomoric execution from the subtler previous seasons they came to love might be on to something?

Might I also add: the entire stupid plan was also predicated on the unknowable decision from Negan to stand the coffin upright for the 'big reveal'. Situated like every other coffin is, body face-up, all that would likely occur would be Negan lifting the lid, yelping "Oh shit", and slamming it shut again before the…

Since a group called 'The Trashmen' is already part of the show, credits should have rolled over Neegan flipping the digit on his way out… scored to 'Surfin' Bird'. The bird was meant for the viewers, clearly. Just in case miraculously trained tigers, pointless story arcs and predictable 'twists' weren't enough to…

Hey, 'Surfin' Bird' is catchy as fuck. I'd have trusted that group as well.

If Ezekiel felt the need to treat 'lowly Rick & crew' to the throne/ tiger shtick upon meeting them, surely Neegan or his reps would have been given the same greeting. Hell, the Saviors even leveraged a servitude deal.

Some questions: How do you train a tiger to discern the difference between Saviors and Alexandrians? How do 30 people not notice a tiger approach the group? How is the assumption made that Michonne fell from the rooftop? How does Rick's gunshot wound to the hip disappear in time to comfort Michonne? How do…