Rick has had some experience hacking an arm of a still-living person he claimed to love (Jessie) with that hatchet. If he had proceeded in this episode, I'd have been done with the show, but I do respect that it was a bit of a callback to a precedent.

"I will find you" likely is a harbinger that Ghost Glenn will make even more appearances than Ghost Lori did.

Madison wasn't particularly concerned with checking whether or not the Bros were dead before she stuck a knife in their heads. I was fairly certain that the second guy was groaning because he had inhaled blood, rather than because he turned. She put them down just as they had put Chris down.

I was expecting it after Madison sees Travis in such despair that he rejects her touch, and her next thought is, "Oh, hey, this reminds me that my former husband committed suicide and I never did share that fact with my daughter. BRB." She goes out on the pier to share that news with Alicia, and when she finally…

"Clear the way — a gringo has arrived!" And then, later, everyone is inside anyway — which had to be a pivotal decision made by someone, but we don't see it.
This came to mind. At least we got to see the decision made.
https://youtu.be/ZD0BcQTIr4c

Was anyone else thinking that Travis was waiting for Madison to leave the room so he could throw himself over the balcony? ("I love you all but enough is enough.")

I don't fault the actors. Most of them are quite good. But it's like an exercise in seeing how far you can tolerate good actors performing implausible and irritatingly jarring plot lines. So much wasted potential … I really did want to see this show as it was originally described, but it's been a bait-and-switch. …

It worked for me. I saw it as a strategy to put the pregnant girl off her guard. Yes, it was a bit "asking for it" but I think Madison would be okay with that if sacrificing herself saved the others. Alecia isn't the only one responsible for the pirates being on board.

The yacht is a pretty big vessel with a corresponding draft. It must have some depth to maneuver. It's not a matter of pulling up to a beach.

I see 'The Walking Dead' as a show about finding and placing trust in companions travelling the same path. It didn't always work out that way but that was the goal. FWTD isn't working for me because it rarely hits that theme; it's about mistrust.

That caught my attention, too. Maggots know better. Carrion birds know better. Flies .. yeah, they're cool with it, but their progeny are not. But if the walking dead attracted serious attention from scavengers, they wouldn't be a problem at all, so the mutual crab consumption seemed to be an odd element.

My apologies if anyone else already noted this. In the great 1955 movie "The Night of the Hunter," Willa Harper (Shelley Winters) married murderous preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum). I don't think that "Willa and Harry" came out of thin air.

Kirkman took a cheap shot with the name "Lucille." As anyone who cares about music knows, Lucille is the iconic name of B.B. King's guitar.
https://youtu.be/-Y8QxOjuYHg

I found myself missing this series today.
That is all.

Obviously not to keep the doctor away, as she was just buried. So maybe it's a sin metaphor (Garden of Eden). Or it could be a dental hygiene reference, given how Rick and Michonne eventually connected.

Thanks for the correction.

In/out flowchart:

I thought that the Dwight's earlier failure to kill Daryl was partly why he was punished when he returned. He thought it would be "Great, a bike and a crossbow" but instead he was "taught a lesson." Daryl's compassion had rubbed off on Dwight for a brief moment and he paid the price.

As TWD deaths go, Denise and Axel got off easy. No one terrorized or tortured them, no walkers were involved; they never knew what hit them. That fits with your premise of their deaths working mainly as harbingers.

Can you remember any particularly wise or sage advice Herschel proffered? I can't. But he came off as wise and sage because of Scott Wilson's brilliant performance.