Right, plus they lied and said Maggie died, I guess to keep Negan unaware that there had ever been an alliance between Alexandria and the Hilltop.

There's been some decent material. I just don't think the build-up has been convincing. Rick has gone from "I think I'll make idle threats to the guy that just beat Abraham and Glenn to death" to "we better do everything Negan tells us" to "let's fight back" within the space of what seems to be just a few weeks. And…

I think, for this to be convincing, they should have kept these eight episodes more focused on the remaining Alexandrians and how they're dealing with having to live under Savior rule. Instead we had a Morgan/Carol episode, a Sasha/Maggie/Hilltop episode, a Daryl episode, and an "inside the Saviors' compound" episode.…

Maybe Gilmore Girls and Walking Dead could do a crossover, where Luke becomes the new leader of the survivors and Rick finally lapses into catatonia after sitting through one of Taylor's tirades.

I hadn't really watched the show at all between its original airing (which I sometimes watched with less than 100% attentiveness) and the Netflix revival, so it's hard to say whether my impression of Rory back then would be different from if I watched the original series today. When I first tuned in, I mostly liked…

Seriously, do most seasons of television spend this long covering such a short passage of time? Off the top of my head, Twin Peaks did, but that was arguably even more serialized than TWD and operated on a one-day-per-episode formula that didn't focus so intently on one or two people at a time. Even Breaking Bad got…

I thought the issue there was that Negan was only allowing the group one "outburst" of any sort, which Glenn had already used up. Daryl's was outburst #2.

The singing scene didn't bother me too much - I think Carl was scared at that point that Negan was going to kill him if he didn't think of one quickly enough or sing it correctly and was getting flustered.

I'd agree that a split within the Alexandria group would be one of the more promising directions that the show could take right now. Rick's group has arguably done them more harm than good, and Rick's initial "kill or be killed" approach to the Saviors turned out to be wrong even from a completely amoral point of view…

TRUMP: This just shows you what happens when people follow losers like Deanna instead of strong leaders like Negan. Put me in charge and I'd reinforce that wall with concrete and hire the best scientists to cure the zombie plague. #MakeTheApocalypticWastelandGreatAgain

I'd have liked to see him give "Push Th'Little Daisies" a try.

While the angle with Carl and seeing the inside of the Saviors' society is a little different, this felt too much like just another 90-minute-long "Negan is an asshole" special, with him doing the same schtick we've seen before, i.e. the smirking "isn't in hilarious how unpredictably sadistic I am?" thing. (Answer:…

That might make some sense, but Negan said something like "I just stuck my dick down your throat" to Rick in this episode. Anyway, not a big deal, I just found it kind of odd.

I feel like I've just completely lost track of what's even happening on this show. I'm wondering if I should bother continuing to watch weekly, or just wait until it's over and then watch all of it at once in the hopes of being able to keep track of all the characters and plot threads.

1) I kind of liked Spenser at first, just for voicing the same skepticism of Rick that I've been feeling for quite a while now. Because he's kind of right that Alexandria might have done just as well if Rick's group had never joined them at all, though bringing up Glenn and Abraham the way he did was a low blow.…

I can understand why the Alexandrians don't run for it at this point, given that Daryl is a hostage. I just meant that in general, these sorts of situations seem like they shouldn't develop so easily in the first place. The Hilltop and the Kingdom are apparently under the Saviors' thumb too.

I know I've already harped on this a fair amount, but this episode (which wasn't bad overall) pretty much leaves it sitting front and center - how can it be so difficult for people to hide or escape from groups like the Saviors? I guess the escapee in this episode was on foot, but still, there are forests and…

Yeah, I kind of wish I'd just never started watching it - the cynicism doesn't sit well with me in general, and it feels especially noxious in the present sociopolitical context. But I do want to see what happens to the characters, and I'm curious to see how it handles the cynicism, or if there'll ever be a scenario…

I guess. I suppose this comes back to my problem with this show's universe in general and its disproportionately high percentage of psychopaths, sadists, lunatics, and doofuses. IRL, I have to think that if civilization fell apart and you came across a community ruled by murderers and bandits, you'd at least have a…

What doesn't make sense, and hasn't made sense for a while now, is how Negan manages to keep control of all this "territory." Even if all the interstate highways are jammed with walkers and abandoned cars (as at least one appeared to be in Season 2), the human population seems pretty sparse by now. What's to keep…