The Walking Dead

[Chef99]

Yeah, I don't really see the necessity for a "cliffhanger" here... I think a, "Holy hell, (insert character name here) just got clobbered over the left field fence and Rick has been reduced to a crying, terrified, suddenly sackless leader... So now what? They scamper on home with their tails between their legs and tell the rest of Alexandria that they are Negan's bitches now?" ...

I mean that DOES actually work as a "cliffhanger", ya know? The wondering what the hell they are going to do now thing...

Exactly.

 

[Payton]

Wonder if Rick was thinking too, "Shit, if I were him I'd kill every single one of us for what we did...".

In a way should be thankful that he's only killing one of them.

 

[Chef99]

I don't know. I think his demeanor went from angry/confident to broken pretty evenly through the episode. From the first time the RV was stopped, the roadblocks grew increasingly impressive/frightening, and as they did, Rick realized with each stop how much more fucked they were than he thought. That whole "everything's good, we'll get you there" speech he gave to Maggie seemed horribly acted, and I think that was on purpose. He knew they were fucked.

By the last stop, I think it was pretty clear to him that the survivors, with their numbers and resources, could likely steamroll an attack-ready Alexandria, let alone the small group he was with.

Haha, Rick was being so stupidly arrogant, I was kinda enjoying that part.

 

[Chef99]

Another great decision by Rick: let's bring a pregnant Maggie on all of our adventures this season.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[PatsFan2003]

You knew they wouldn't let you know who it was until next season.

 

[Payton]

Another great decision by Rick: let's bring a pregnant Maggie on all of our adventures this season.

What could possibly go wrong?

Well, except this time the "adventure" was to get Maggie some medical attention, so it was kinda necessary to bring her along..

 

[PatsFan2003]

Another great decision by Rick: let's bring a pregnant Maggie on all of our adventures this season.

What could possibly go wrong?

Almost as smart as bringing his son. "Take his other eye out!" Talk about holding the entire group hostage.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Seems the person who's about to meet Lucille....is the person who's.....

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..wearing a hat....and that could only mean...

*You know who.

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if you can see the shadow silhouette on negan
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfK_DZPW4AQLzMZ.jpg

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Seems the person who's about to meet Lucille....is the person who's.....

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undefined

I don't agree with the conclusion that the recipient has to be

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wearing a hat.

 

[jeffro151]

Seems the person who's about to meet Lucille....is the person who's.....

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..wearing a hat....and that could only mean...

*You know who.

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if you can see the shadow silhouette on negan
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfK_DZPW4AQLzMZ.jpg

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I disagree that it's Carl. Negan wouldn't have said if anybody moves, cut the kids other eye out and feed it to his dad, if he was going to bash Carl's head open.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

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I disagree that it's Carl. Negan wouldn't have said if anybody moves, cut the kids other eye out and feed it to his dad, if he was going to bash Carl's head open.

Good point. I also think the silhouette is reaching.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

What a fucking performance by Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan, WOW!
I knew they would end like that, on a cliffhanger.

 

[jeffro151]

I think it was Abraham. Who else would take a bat to the head "like a champ".

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Last commercial break ended with about 10 minutes left and I thought, alright, here we go! As Negan's speech hit the 5 minute mark, I started growing concerned and was shifting glances at the clock. He started the enei-meini shit with a minute or so to go and I just thought, "you goddamn mother fuckers."

For a few seasons now I've caught myself wanting to change the channel during some episodes and generally wondering why I watch this show. I liked this season for the most part, but all this reliance on trickery and anticipation and cliffhangers and what not -- particularly this ending -- just piss me off.

Fuck those guys.

all of THIS !!! lol

I watched it on dvr and paused it late and saw there was 2 minutes left on my recording and in mere seconds my thoughts went "caman ... hurry up" ... then "did the show go long and Im gonna miss the moment" ... then finally resignation with "they are gonna do this shitty cliffhanger stuff arent they "

I then pressed play again to resume and kinda wish i didnt lol

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Good point. I also think the silhouette is reaching.

It's about as reaching as thinking it's Eugene just because he gave Rick the bullet making recipe....lol...or Abraham because he's wanting to chill and become a father....or even Aaron, mainly due to him being a fringe cast member, or someone else that isn't as "beloved" as some of the others. and LOL @ "taking it like a champ" nonsense....YAWN.

Has anyone entertained the theory that it could also be Dwight??

What would be more unpredictable & convincingly meaningful for Negan to do in front of everyone, than to off one of his own troops that's fucked shit up for him and the person mainly responsible for getting many of his people killed by Rick's group.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

It's about as reaching as thinking it's Eugene just because he gave Rick the bullet making recipe....lol...or Abraham because he's wanting to chill and become a father....or even Aaron, mainly due to him being a fringe cast member, or someone else that isn't as "beloved" as some of the others. Yawn.

I agree with you, that's all reaching and speculation, but the silhouette is probably more likely the cause of folds in Negan's jacket than a shadow being cast from a light that would have to be located on the ground behind the recipient.

But really, that's all immaterial as Negan's directive to his men to cut Coral's eye out and feed it to Rick if anyone interrupts the beating. As Jeffro pointed out, that pretty much removes Coral and Rick as possible recipients.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Has anyone entertained the theory that it could also be Dwight??

What would be more unpredictable & convincingly meaningful for Negan to do in front of everyone, than to off one of his own troops that's fucked shit up for him and the person responsible for getting many of his people killed by Rick's group.

Interesting thought, but I think it's too foo-foo. Someone from Rick's camp has to die.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I'd like to revisit my take on Denise's death a few weeks ago:

She was an annoying bitch, but there's no fucking way I'd have let her out of the compound without a better reason than some "face your fears" bullshit. She was the town's only doctor and shouldn't have been put in any type of harm's way unless absolutely necessary.

These zombie apocalypse survivors are fucking stupid.

Had Denise not gone out looking for one soda, the group's trip to take Maggie to Hilltop would have been unnecessary.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I agree with you, that's all reaching and speculation, but the silhouette is probably more likely the cause of folds in Negan's jacket than a shadow being cast from a light that would have to be located on the ground behind the recipient.

But really, that's all immaterial as Negan's directive to his men to cut Coral's eye out and feed it to Rick if anyone interrupts the beating. As Jeffro pointed out, that pretty much removes Coral and Rick as possible recipients.

Everything up to this point has been helter skelter-esque driven by misdirection, due to the writers silly ineptitude.
So I guess the 6 month wait is really gonna be tough for some of y'all.....

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Also, Rick's decision to just take on the Survivors despite having extremely limited knowledge of them was fucking stupid.

Given that, and the fuck up with letting their only doctor go looking for soda, I think Rick is no longer fit to lead.