Huh. That's actually pretty smart.

It's such a cliche because that's exactly the kind of job you'd expect a guy like Negan to have, because there's a tendency to depict gym teachers as guys who lash out at other people over their own failed sports careers, or their overall shitty lot in life, as Negan is shown to do towards the neighborhood kids. Also,…

I just mean for the show. It could be that they're taking the character in a different direction. That said, even if they are sticking with the comics (which it seems they might), the show doesn't exactly have a spotless track record of casting actors who match the appearance of their comic book counterparts.

Were there more commercials than usual tonight? It felt like it, but then, it could just be that the act breaks were oddly placed.

Maybe they'll dig into his backstory from the Here's Negan! comic series. But I kind of hope they make up their own backstory for Negan, because that comic kind of sucks.

I mean, in this scenario, they'd eventually turn him face again, which would have the net effect of making him an even bigger hero and fan favorite. Then maybe he could go back to being the Daryl who gets shit done, rather than this strange, mopey dude who somehow lets everyone outsmart and get the drop on him.

In retrospect, Terminus felt like it could have been a stronger arc than a lot of what ended up coming after it. There didn't appear to be anyone in that group who had objections or quandaries about what they were doing. There wasn't even really a proper leader either. It was all people who deeply believed in the…

I find Daryl's apparent invulnerability just as tiresome. From the way they've established Negan, it doesn't make much sense that he wouldn't have just brained Daryl right then and there, in that last scene, rather than just return him to the cell.

True. You can kind of tell he had his mind made up the minute Daryl threw that punch, re: who it would be.

Oh, I agree that they need to get their shit pushed in at some point. But the only reason he killed Abraham is because Rick killed a shitload of his people. And he only killed Glenn because Daryl lashed out. Sure, Negan's a dick, but he mostly has reasons for the things he does. I'm not sure about the comics, but at…

I actually think JDM's physique adds to the portrayal, in a way. It sort of illustrates that Negan's muscle isn't in his actual physical presence, but in the cult of personality he's formed around himself.

In some respects, he's pretty fair. I mean, only killing Abraham was letting Rick's group off pretty easy, considering how many of his people they killed. And the Glenn death was because Daryl didn't heed the warning, and a second killing was necessary to make an example.

I think it's a combination of 1 and 3. Some people like feeling powerful and having the ability to make others feel small. But there are also those who, over time, and possibly without even realizing it, have simply become indoctrinated into Negan's way of thinking. It's hard to get a rebellion going if you're worried…

This is part of my issue with the split narrative every season, in that there's rarely enough plot per episode to actually justify dedicating an entire episode to just one set of characters.

I'm honestly struggling to remember a time where splitting the vote as a contingency for the idol actually worked, and didn't end up fucking over the alliance that came up with the idea.

To be fair, no one forces you to read/comment on a review either.

I don't necessarily disagree with your points, but Lost is a bad example if you're trying to make the point that people are missing some deeper meaning. That was a philosophically minded show that, much like TWD, was popular/shit-on in equal measure.

What's funny is that when it was initially pitched for NBC, the network wanted The Walking Dead to be more like iZombie, in that they wanted a zombie procedural.

Been watching wrestling since I was 9-years-old.

Announcing an end point would require them to have an end in mind, and force them to break from the formula of finding a new place, warring with a rival faction, having their new home destroyed, and then wandering in split factions for half a season until they find a new home and start the process all over again.