That’s true that they threatened every group they encountered with killing one person as an example, but it wasn’t a set in stone certainty to always happen.

At the time, Rick believed his group was stronger than the Savior’s, so Morgan’s suggestion made more sense in trying to force the Saviors to accept a new set of terms rather than vice versa. They had no idea about about the Kingdom at that point nor the actual scope of Negan’s reach, so those points can’t be…

That provocation was dealt with by taking out that group. There was No “war” declared between the two groups- it was a single road dispute that was “resolved”. That certainly didn’t justify Rick & Co killing everyone at the Satellite Post. They acted far worse than the Saviors since not only did they take everything…

They attacked Hill Top- that was Hill Top’s fight, not Rick’s/Alexandria’s fight. They inserted themselves into a fight that wasn’t theirs and choose the bloodiest way to deal with it, rather than trying to come to an agreement, as Morgan suggested.

Now that we finally get to the Father Gabriel and Negan/Saviors perspective of events, the following question still remains unresolved-

“However, when he said he never killed anyone who “didn’t need killing”, I sooo wanted Gabriel to start telling him some things about Glenn”

TWD teaches us valuable lessons in battle strategy:

I believe the crux of the problem isn’t the lack of writing talent that would have the common sense to know how to create real vs absurd scenarios to move the plot forward, it’s that they don’t care about that level of quality because of the amount of money they are making. They are a ratings juggernaut, so unless it…

AVClub Management should have a rule: The job of writing episode reviews shouldn’t be given to a hate watcher. It’s clear Zack just dislikes the serial concept of this show and the recurring themes that go with it.

This episode should put to rest any arguments that Rick and his group are the “good guys” to the Savior’s “bad guys”. Rick’s group continues to be the undisputed leader by far when it comes to body counts and merciless killing.

It’s important to look past the theatrics of Negan’s hyper violence in order to make a fair comparison of the bigger picture of what’s going on.

“Exactly. I’d much rather be in Rick’s group. You’d be just as happy in Negan’s.”

I never stated an affinity for either one - I’m looking at it objectively, unlike you.

They wanted hostages to save the remaining survivors of Rick’s murder raid. If you recall, they wanted hostages to make a swap for their guys.

Why didn’t Negan just keel the entire group when he was the one with the upper hand last season? You have to allow for some plot armor in a continuing series, although I agree it is bad writing to have all of them step out in the line of fire with no protection. They could have at least had some guards perched on the…

The bottom line is Maggie brokered a deal to take out Negan’s outpost thinking it was the entire group in return for food from Hilltop. Rick and Company decided to ruthlessly murder a group that did not specifically target them like paid mercenaries. To add icing on the cake, when leftover folks from that outpost…

I don’t know where the “B+” comes from - this was one of my favorite episodes of the season and the only one that had me actually laughing out loud at times. If any episode deserved less than an “A”, this wasn’t it.

We’re talking about Rick here. He likely figured that was a nice sandbox to teach Beth about science and nature with that realism thrown in. He even threw in some predator animals to show the circle of life.

When I go search for a movie rating, I don’t want to read the review because too many poor reviewers just do a recap spilling all the beans instead of discussing the merits of the film. Instead, I just look for a letter grade as a barometer of what I can expect. I do the same for TV shows.

Twitter is on the ropes business-wise, so anyone thinking they will ban one of their biggest rainmakers like Trump, whose controversial tweets spawn a ton of traffic, is not living in the world of reality.