A Daryl without his crossbow is a dead Daryl

All this season I've found Mike's little quotes and speeches a curious mystery until this episode when it registered why he does it. It's his only outlet.
This is an intelligent, artistic, (repressed but) emotional guy and he's completely alone. His only company is a mute & when he talks to anyone it's all business.…

The Dodd/Hank/Peggy thing bothers me, not because it's illogical but because it's a cliffhanger in a show that doesn't do cliffhangers, and it's done in such a way that it's almost forgotten about.
I can forgive Hank wandering off, but Dodd's entire militia? Hanzee teleporting to the police station? The assault on the…

I can feel my interest in this growing

This isn't news, it's been known for bloody ages

Thanks for the reply, Adam. To be honest you got pretty lucky with all 3 kids.

Hayley Orrantia really is a very talented actress but she fell into it as a backup. It'd be a shame if she decided to give up and go back to music.

I really wasn't sold on the whole mockumentary thing at first but I've come round to it and now see it as necessary.
This is a 40(?) year old franchise (I hate that word), it's a novelty act and for that reason, the old disposable format doesn't work anymore. It hasn't worked for 20 years. If there's no continuity, no…

A lifetime of his mother appearing subservient to his father/god will do that to a person. Dodd just wants to repeat the past, but with himself as his dad. The idea of Simone being the New Dodd though is insulting to him, as if a girl could take his role.

No I don't think he wants his mum dead at all. When you get to the heart of him, I actually think he's still a little boy trying to be a man. Right at the start of ep4, he attacks the Kansas group with his "son" for no tactical use or good reason other than "That's what my dad did, and now I'm in his position".

He's just adding fuel to the fire and making sure her focus is on Kansas and not distracted by Peggy and Ed. To be honest it works. Instead of a long drawn out war, Floyd goes nuclear.

Well Ed is going to jail but I seriously doubt he'll stay there. I don't see Peggy's sudden and inexplicable altruism and consideration for her husband lasting long, and he won't sacrifice himself any further once he sees how selfish she is.
Everyone is on a collision course and all roads lead to Sioux Falls.

You could write an essay on the little moments of Noreen discussing Camus with Ed and Charlie and how it relates to all 3 in different stages of awareness.

There is is, Chase. The funniest thing you'll ever do and no-one was able to see it.

There's a reason "Moon Hitler" is currently trending on Twitter in the UK.

Yep

I don't think it's about Good Carter Vs Evil Reagan. I'd say it's more about Family & Ethics vs Business & Pragmatism, all the characters & groups this season divide up along those lines (as well as Carter Vs Reagan). History tells that there's only ever one winner in that battle.

Either he kills her or she kills him. She's far more sociopathic and I can see her selling him out to the Gehrhards, now that they're cornered.

I didn't really care for it. I can see that telling this story was necessary but it was done in such a generic, predictable way that was I bored.

If Andrew Lincoln wants out, there's a natural endpoint for him around the end of Season 7 and the Saviours story.