I don't know. I suppose at that point there might be something in how reluctant each party is to kill the other.

I agree.

Could you expand on what you mean here by 'false dichotomy'?

I loved this episode, in part because:

Reminds me of A Christmassy Ted, where Ted phones a priest chatline:

The kid who plays Korl should be paid loads for having to keep that hairdo through his teens. That's got to suck.

"And then Rick and gang show up and Alexandria people immediately started
dying like flies. How many were there? 70-80? Now they are reduced to
30-40. In a matter of like 3 weeks. This makes no sense."

I wondered that (it wasn't clear to me), but apparently he sliced his own hand when his knife broke when stabbing the walkers. He knifes the first, then machetes the next two, I think.

"The moment where the latest idiot to criticize Rick gets himself killed
is clarifying to the point of absurdity. Is this just going to keep
happening? Is anyone who doubts Rick’s wisdom going to literally lose
face? (Or back, or throat.)"

Same here - I'd sooner see Glenn dead than have this fake-out.

I hate the 'earned and meaningful' deaths thing, particularly on TWD - for me, one of the points is that death lurks ever by, and will take you as soon as it gets the chance, with no sense of narrative or dramatic completion/resolution.

The photos were the ones the recruiter took with him to show people Alexandria was real. He dropped/lost his bag when caught in the Wolves trap with Darryl.

She says 'This place is too big to protect. Too many blind spots. That's how we were able to -', then Carl cuts her off.

Definitely agree here. I think McBride took a redshirt and quietly did her own thing, played it with depth (helped by her interplay/chemistry with Reedus). As I understand, she was supposed to be killed off when T-Dog and Lori were, but asked to stay on.

So if Romero zombies don't exist in this world, which is why the word doesn't for that shambling undead bite-bite-bite useage, does the Cranberries song of that name exist?

I think he tried, but couldn't.

How old is he meant to be? What were his formative familial and social years like, regarding his sexuality? Even if there were no more social struggle - and obviously there is - there would still be the struggle with himself.

RIP Paul 'God Warrior' Woodrugh. Killed so Ani and Ray can get it on (maybe even form a couple) and not feel awkward around you after.

Ani in the evidence locker - seems her place has a better system than Rust's.

Fair point, and obviously much of it is a personal take.