Good points. I think Morgan did it like that out of hard-wired reflex. We saw Morgan kill the same way in Here's Not Here.

If you are invested in Morgan at all, then yes, this is a shocking episode. Maybe youre not. If you were to go back a few months in my comment history, you would show that I have actually been extremely critical of the show at times. I use The Grove as a reference point because the scene when we see that Lizzie…

Carol is on that merry go round as well. I totally disagree that his pacifism isn't/wasn't important just because he killed someone though. Morgan's conversation with Ben when they first met addresses this question. "Sometimes we change our minds—you have to find your own ways." He's looking for the boundaries.

I didn't consider that possibility on the first view, but in retrospect almost everything that comes out of Richard's mouth is an invitation to kill him. I'm not sure to what extent they had an intentional arrangement. Morgan's sudden, unilateral decision to kill Richard is also better understood in retrospect. …

Well, that makes one of us.

I was among the minority that sort of embraced the pacifist arc as an acceptable development, but I've always been a big Morgan fan—so this was a really juicy episode for me with a lot to consider. My most knee-jerk reaction is that at least no one is ever to complain about him being a weenie ever again after how…

I, personally, didn't. I thought he was going to die as a consequence of Ezekiel deciding to go to war. Not saying it's a total shocker. I was personally expecting them to save his death for later in the All Out War arc.

To be honest, this was the most shocking viewing experience for me since The Grove. Didn't see Benjamin's death coming. Jaw completely dropped when Morgan took out Richard. I'm still processing this.

Eugene owned up to making the bullet—if that's not moral fiber nothing is. It almost feels like the Eugene's mullet disguise works on the audience as well as the other characters in the universe. No one gives him enough credit. Eugene is intelligent enough to know that if he tries to resist Negan in this situation…

Actually, everyone knows you are a white guy because you categorically use the word "they" in your posts all the time—and "I" (you) can never be a member of "they" linguistically speaking.

I think Melissa McBride's statement is credible because if you look at what happened to her character, she was knifed, shot no less than 3 times, essentially tortured. A couple of additional words Andrew Lincoln used were "frustrated and angry". Sick stomach may have been not knowing which castmate he is losing. …

Haha! I agree with you that the decision is 100% about ratings. And I have little doubt that it will work, statistically, because in October people will forget how angry they were and tune in. The show get away with it. I just hate how they clearly exploited fans by marketing an ending that wasn't there. The…

I don't think the gore is the issue though, the big dissapintment is not knowing who it was. Also, we can't settle this one till October, but I'd wager the reveal will be fairly gorey.

I thought the buildup was suspenseful and good, and it was also interesting to see Rick looking so stressed and lost. I'd defend the bulk of the episode, but the HUGE PROBLEM is that they spent the entire episode building tension and suspense, and it NEVER PAID OFF. String me along all you like, but you can't use…

SEASON 7 SPOILERS: In the S7 premiere we learn Negan chose Glenn and is poised to really beat his brains in, but then Nicholas falls out of a tree onto Glenn, shielding him from serious harm. They'll say fans won't see it coming, but we're ready for it.

This was an extremely entertaining episode, but your point about the zombie fighting/people dying/So what. is well taken. We've seen all of this before, yes? The problem for the show going forward is, this is what the show is. They will never be able to transcend the fighting zombies thing. Maybe Negan will give…

I think the non-linear structure really worked for this episode, not a gimmick in my view. To this point in the series, the most common complaints following mediocre episodes take the form of either "it was so boring because nothing happened!" or, "well, it was exciting but the characters are so 2 dimensional." …

I know. I saw this spelling in another post. By the time I realized the mistake I figured there was no point in spending lots of time running around correcting such a trivial mistake.

I VEHEMENTLY disagree that Straind's character is in any way moving into fantasy land. He is eccentric, true. He is cold, calculating, and has a dry sense of humor. He probably has some form of OCD.

There is a lot of mystery to Straind's character. We need to know why he was quarantined. His erratic physical fidgetings are suggestive of some kind ocd-like disorder. Notice Nick was able to pick Straind's pocket without him noticing? An addict becomes a master of such skills because the need to get high is so…