I loved the scene between the two in the midseason finale, but this one fell flat for me. Given the appeal to her livelihood wasn't going to work this time, I would have been much more satisfied to hear him point out how stupid it would be to try to take Negan out when the Alexandrians aren't presently equipped to…

From what I understand, scenes with Negan are shot twice: once for the AMC version, once for the BluRay version.

No. 3 could actually be chalked up to Negan reading people well. I.E. he figures Eugene isn't the type of person who would respond to the kind of treatment given to Daryl, so he changed his approach. Unfortunately, considering what you correctly point out with Nos. 1 and 2, that's not a consistent character trait.

This has been far from the best season of the show, but I'm actually really tempted to purchase the BlueRay version just to see how Negan behaves when he's allowed to say the F word. It made a big difference in the Season 6 finale — not only was he free to curse, but he also raised his voice more. He's supposed to be…

I wonder if his over-the-top goofiness is a direct result of AMC not being allowed to have him say "fuck" on air.

She's good-looking, but I was crushing on Negan's redheaded wife personally.

I thought I would feel this way about this episode as well, but I actually liked what they did here with Eugene and Dwight. Of course, had they not spent almost the entire first half of the season focusing whole episodes on one group, I imagine people would have been a little more forgiving.

Agreed. Eugene is a con-man by nature, so even though I do think he likes feeling important and appreciated, ultimately he's going to double-cross Negan at the most opportune time.

Negan's dialogue suggested he would just take the Doc Carson that's at Hilltop. (I'm assuming they're related?)

Yep. Plus, an honest job is an honest job.

We're still a nation of laws, as someone else pointed out below. No matter how bigoted that guy is, you do not have the right to put your hands on someone or attempt to steal their property.

I live in the South, and if I never saw another Confederate Flag bumper sticker again I'd be thrilled. The fascination with a group of states who committed treason *and lost* has always puzzled me given these are the same folks you rightly point out claim to love this country so much.

They've been doing bottle episodes as early as Season 3, so I don't think 6.04 really did anything to encourage it.

Sure, Darabont brought his own feel. I'll always be grateful to him for giving us that pilot, I just think suggesting the first season was leaps and bounds better than anything since is a huge, huge stretch.

With just a little bit of thought, they could have pulled off the "Rosita shoots Lucille" thing and made it believable:

Darabont's pilot was excellent, but the rest of Season 1 was forgettable. There are other people out there who could make this show consistently good.

Basically, he's taken a personal liking to Carl, so he let him off the hook.

It didn't bother me when they did it with the Morgan-Eastman episode so much because that was an all-time great TWD episode in my mind. In general, they could work around the need to do them by not focusing on one group of characters per episode, which would allow them to cull the necessary scenes instead of just…

Good point in your last paragraph. As far as Richard's motivations, he mentioned having a family that was "lost to the world," and now he considers the Kingdom his family, too. He stated (and was correct) that the Saviors could end the deal any minute if someone so much as looks at them the wrong way. He wants to…

They could have made that work if, just like in the comics, the bat had a hole in it from that point forward. Could have even helped sell the idea of it eventually breaking if the show ever gets Beta, which I'm assuming it will in like Season 9.