Walking dead tv show with spoilers. Please mark comic spoilers.

I really thought Sasha was pleasuring herself at first.

I was pretty happy with the finale. I got really tired of all the helplessness with everything that's going on in a lot of the previous episodes. I was gonna freak out if it ended with more horrible sad things happening. Thank goodness Carl started shooting.

So, would anyone be willing to make a short summary of the season for someone who has given up on the show but still has a morbid interest in knowing how things turn out...

jbavon wrote:

So, would anyone be willing to make a short summary of the season for someone who has given up on the show but still has a morbid interest in knowing how things turn out...

I second this.

ZOMBIES
The crew finds themselves in a difficult situation.
ZOMBIES
The crew feels sad and worried and doubt themselves and their purpose.
ZOMBIES
The crew finds a potential good thing that can help them find their way through the challenge they face.
ZOMBIES
The crew splits up to work on the plan.
ZOMBIES
Someone does something stupid.
ZOMBIES
The crew comes back together with a larger plan and reinforcements
ZOMBIES
The crew is excited about the potential of winning and success
ZOMBIES
The crew faces a crisis of confidence through betrayal or failure and a character or characters cry.
ZOMBIES
Someone dies, crew is upset and cries.
ZOMBIES
The crew unites in solidarity to triumph over whatever challenge faced them.
ZOMBIES

Replace 'zombies' with 'commercial break' and I'll agree.

Reaper81 wrote:

Replace 'zombies' with 'commercial break' and I'll agree.

There is some truth to that. The finale only had one walker in it.

My wife and I finally got caught up last night. It's interesting to see that many of you liked the finale. We are both thinking we are out now. The scavengers are annoying, especially with the way they speak and the two of us just felt like it was predictable. I want to like it but can't bring myself to care. The best thing is the performance of Negan.

obirano wrote:

My wife and I finally got caught up last night. It's interesting to see that many of you liked the finale. We are both thinking we are out now. The scavengers are annoying, especially with the way they speak and the two of us just felt like it was predictable. I want to like it but can't bring myself to care. The best thing is the performance of Negan.

Not only was the finale last year so bad that I quit TWD, it also convinced me to cut the cable.

I would've cut cable many many years ago if it wasn't for my wife. She likes shows that just are not easily available in other forms. Lots of HGTV and Food Network.

obirano wrote:

I would've cut cable many many years ago if it wasn't for my wife. She likes shows that just are not easily available in other forms. Lots of HGTV and Food Network.

Sling Orange ($20 a month with no contract) has both HGTV and Food Network in that basic package. I use Sling Blue ($25) since I want to be able to stream on 3 devices and has SyFy and Comedy Central.

obirano wrote:

My wife and I finally got caught up last night. It's interesting to see that many of you liked the finale. We are both thinking we are out now. The scavengers are annoying, especially with the way they speak and the two of us just felt like it was predictable. I want to like it but can't bring myself to care. The best thing is the performance of Negan.

The finale was a good denouement after a season where it felt like a boot was grinding on my neck every week. If Negan, as owner of said boot, wasn't so fun to hate I agree there wouldn't be any reason to continue.

They could have made this a series finale by adding a 30-minute montage of the allies cleaning up the Saviors and Scavengers, ala Kurt Russell in Tombstone, before an exciting final showdown with Negan (Daryl will be your Huckleberry). I have no desire to watch another entire season to see that happen.

The zombies are almost after thoughts now, mere terrain features to be avoided, or pawns to use against other camps. Creative makeup (is that Zombie Jack Sparrow coming out of the water?), collapsing ferris wheels, or other monster closet scares, are not enough to grab our attention.

And, did anyone else make it past season one of Fear the Walking Dead? Definitely no interest in season three.

JeffreyLSmith wrote:

And, did anyone else make it past season one of Fear the Walking Dead? Definitely no interest in season three.

S2 was better than 1, but the ending still annoyed me so debating on S3.

I never started the show. I really like the TWD, but there are too many other shows to watch too dive into what is essentially the same tale.

If you haven't started yet, I'd say it's not worth it. Too much good shows out there to waste time with this one.

JeffreyLSmith wrote:

The zombies are almost after thoughts now, mere terrain features to be avoided, or pawns to use against other camps.

This is my thoughts, but I couldn't decide how to phrase it. Well done.

I miss the zombies, they are my favorite part of a zombie show. The last season was more drama than zombie. I can relate to the zombies. I get up each morning and stumble around till someone puts me out of my misery.

I can't relate to the other characters. I would be the dude that gets bitten on day one to save all the trouble. I would do it in a real creative way though. I would put on a duck inner-tube, and a snorkel, and a batman shirt, maybe a clown wig... hands down survivors would look at me and be like, "WTF?". Go team zombie.

Maybe play Dead Rising instead?

TWD has been about human drama from the beginning. That drama is slowly becoming about rebuilding civilization. Zombies are still a factor, but the communities that made it this long have figured out how to limit their damage. As these communities begin to work together, which is the obvious endgame of the current storyline, zombies will be relegated to pests to be dealt with more and more.

I've enjoyed the transition and it's pace. While many claim the show is the same week after week, that really is the most shallow view of what has happened in this show.

The walking dead has always been the survivors.

cartoonin wrote:
obirano wrote:

I would've cut cable many many years ago if it wasn't for my wife. She likes shows that just are not easily available in other forms. Lots of HGTV and Food Network.

Sling Orange ($20 a month with no contract) has both HGTV and Food Network in that basic package. I use Sling Blue ($25) since I want to be able to stream on 3 devices and has SyFy and Comedy Central.

Dang it! The Blue package would be perfect for me and my partner, but she's SUPER into RuPaul's Drag Race and that just moved from Bravo to VH1. And of course they have Bravo but no VH1.

It may be in an add on package.

I was fully planning to switch but when I called to cancel, they matched what I estimated the cost of sling plus Internet was going to be so I didn't bother.

Anyone else catch episode 100 and the talking dead as well? They're free to stream on AMC with no login required.

I found it entertaining that Kirkman said this is just the beginning and they want to do 100 more episodes. Also he found the story about hope and people as a deep changing experience.

I still like the show, but it feels like the same formula for awhile. Glad to see they are going with action in this season.

I was a bit surprised to see Rick

Spoiler:

completely miss negan with a rifle and the opening strike. Shouldn't a trained officer have more accuracy than that? My brother in law can hammer nails with a rifle with basic military training. I know it wouldn't be much for negan to get killed right away, but for noone to be injured was a bit of a 'huh?' moment

Ya that bothered me. They had a clear shot at all the guys on the steps and NOBODY took the shot?

Agreed. I know it's a soap opera about characters in an apocalyptic setting, but they make such an effort with special effects and zombie art, you'd think they'd make the combat tactics a tad more realistic. They rarely take cover, waste precious ammo with automatic fire, and aim worse than storm troopers.

I'll watch through the Negan denouement since my family is all in, but it feels like the characters we care about have completed their story arcs.

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

JC wrote:

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

They think Negan is a vampire? I got nothin'.

groan wrote:

Ya that bothered me. They had a clear shot at all the guys on the steps and NOBODY took the shot?

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JC wrote:

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

I tried to figure this out also. While you couldn't see any people shooting back at them, the cars were taking bullet fire from the special effects. This leads me to believe there were people inside the building shooting out that they just didn't show. It left way too much up to confusion to not show muzzle flash from the windows.

JC wrote:

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

My own opinion on that is they were trying to make as much noise as possible to attract the walker herd.

Glycerine wrote:
JC wrote:

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

My own opinion on that is they were trying to make as much noise as possible to attract the walker herd.

I think that's probably right but it wasn't super clear along with where the returning fire was coming from.

groan wrote:

Ya that bothered me. They had a clear shot at all the guys on the steps and NOBODY took the shot?

Or switch to your pistol, Rick! That thing has an aimbot built into it and probably a wall hack.

I wanted to see a catapult launch a a propane tank IED through the windows. Such a massive waste of bullets.

Glycerine wrote:
JC wrote:

Can someone explain to me why they wasted all those bullets shooting out the windows?

My own opinion on that is they were trying to make as much noise as possible to attract the walker herd.

I thought more about it yesterday and I remembered that I could see their breath when they spoke. It was probably pretty cold and gearing to winter. Maybe shooting out the windows was just the dick thing to do.

I am a bit surprised though there was no concern of people stuck with negan out of force. Prisoners and whatnot. Let's just spray and pray the whole complex.

Either way we can safely say it wasn't a well planned out scene.

"Let's just have them tear a bunch of stuff up with CGI"
"Why sir?"
"Because they're all out of bubblegum"