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 Alpharius wrote:
Glenn's 'fakeout death' was...not well received.

So, maybe they're trying to have it both ways?

Ya probably. Wanted to have the fakeout death, remembered "The Glenn Incident", chickened out and added "He'll be fine" to the ending.
Failing to recognize it wasn't really the fakeout about Glenn that irritated everyone but rather his preposterous survival.

Is anyone else having trouble with the anticipation to Sunday night?
I heard one actor was doing certain property hand-changing...spoilered who it is. Click if you really feel the need. Don't say I didn't warn you. This WAS on the radio though, and it's April Fools Day. So salt.

Don't recall if I've mentioned it yet ITT but I recently learned that my 80+ year old grandmother watches The Walking Dead. That was an unexpected conversation.

Jeremy Kyle, Judge Judy... And Walking Dead.

Who does she think Negan is going to

She doesn't know that's coming and I'm not spoiling. Might ask her next time I visit.

Im a bit disappointed they're going down another uber bad guy route with negan (ala the govenor again).
Would have preferred more of a move in the story like a government cure angle or even a new style/breed of zombie to deal with.
Are they locked into sticking diligently to the comic book arcs or?

Well, most of us have heard enough about the comics to recognize that Negan is the ultimate blight on our crew in this universe. Taking him away would cheapen the show. Most of us realize what's coming, just not who it'll come to. And the after effects of S7 will have potential to be a rough fallout. With how much reporting on how badly this episode bothered, hurt and disturbed the cast, who are CLEARLY invested in their characters, you know it's going to end VERY badly tonight.

We're only on Season 6, but yes, your point is a good one - I think more bad things will be happening in the finale than we're possibly anticipating!

As for comic book arcs on TV:

Executive producer David Alpert said in 2014, that the original comics have given them enough ideas for Rick Grimes and company over the next seven years. "I happen to love working from source material, specifically because we have a pretty good idea of what Season 10 is gonna be", Alpert said. "We know where seasons 11 and 12 [will be]... we have benchmarks and milestones for those seasons if we're lucky enough to get there."

What a stupid way to end the season.

Not impressed - at all.

Bah! That was a cruel cliffhanger.

Was happy with how they portrayed Negan though. Still menacing and jovial enough without all the swearing.

 Alpharius wrote:
What a stupid way to end the season.

Not impressed - at all.

Total fething cop out.

This show (or any show, really) typically doesn't anger me but that ending pissed me off.

Lemme guess. They ended the episode the moment Negan was introduced and we don't get to see Lucille in action, leaving it for next seasons premiere?

Please tell me thats not the case.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Lemme guess. They ended the episode the moment Negan was introduced and we don't get to see Lucille in action, leaving it for next seasons premiere?

Please tell me thats not the case.

You're getting warmer...

Feth.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Lemme guess. They ended the episode the moment Negan was introduced and we don't get to see Lucille in action, leaving it for next seasons premiere?

Please tell me thats not the case.

You can obviously tell Lucille is in use, but you don't know on who...until next season!!! Wooo!!!

Double feth.

Idiots. Do they really think they can keep that under wraps for half a year? Thats gonna get leaked for sure.

Negan kills somebody. There is a death. We don't know who. But there is rumor online that somebody slowed down the audio and separated it, and they could hear Lauren Cohen screaming the loudest, and Stephen Yeun trying to gargle out Maggie's name. Rumor. Not fact.

I wish they changed the ending so we knew who it was. But it's ACTUALLY a smart ending; and here's why. If you love the character who died, and you're invested, you might call it quits. But because you don't know, you're coming back next season to find out. It's a business. It's ratings. It upsets us all. But it forces us back. We NEED to know. It's necessary for who we are. Sure, a small handful of people will be pissed enough to leave. But barely anyone will do that. 99.99999% of the viewers are going to be there at zero-hour come season 7. You don't have to like it. Hell, I don't. But I understand it.

I like what they're doing with Gabriel. Its only been in the last few issues of the comics (set over two years after the current season of the show) that he's been stepping up and learning to fight to help defend Alexandria. We barely saw him for like 60 odd issues in the comics.

Show Gabriel is definitely an improvement.


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Looks like they're setting up Eugene as a candidate with that touching moment with Rick and Abraham.

"I didn't think you could handle it. I was wrong. You're a survivor".




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I think its Eugene. They've effectively made him disposable, now that he's given the bullet recipe to Rick.

I think it's actually Abraham. The touching goodbyes, the kid talk with Sasha, he's already supposed to be dead...yeah. I think he's getting the bat (will that replace the term "getting the axe"?).

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I think it's actually Abraham. The touching goodbyes, the kid talk with Sasha, he's already supposed to be dead...yeah. I think he's getting the bat (will that replace the term "getting the axe"?).

It will now.

And yes, it may well could be Abraham too. In fact its probably more likely to be him.

It is one of the following:

Eugene (possibly)
Abraham (possibly)
Sasha (unlikely)
Aaron (unlikely)
Daryl (possibly - if they're absolutely bat-gak crazy)
Rick (very unlikely)
Carl (very unlikely)
Michone (very unlikely)
Maggie (very unlikely)
Glenn (most likely)
Respect for their Viewers (definitely)

I didn't miss anyone, did I?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I think it's actually Abraham. The touching goodbyes, the kid talk with Sasha, he's already supposed to be dead...yeah. I think he's getting the bat (will that replace the term "getting the axe"?).

It will now.

And yes, it may well could be Abraham too. In fact its probably more likely to be him.

By that logic, it's just as likely to be Glenn since he's supposed to be dead now too.

Sticking with my prior prediction that it's Glenn- has just the right amount of emotional impact to break Rick's crew to bring them to heel.

 timetowaste85 wrote:
I think it's actually Abraham. The touching goodbyes, the kid talk with Sasha, he's already supposed to be dead...yeah. I think he's getting the bat (will that replace the term "getting the axe"?).

I tend to agree. Too many "soft" moments lately for the big lug. I think he got it...and took it like a champ! And that sets Sasha up to do something later on. But who knows? The whole "Glenn gurgling Maggie's name" thing is silly...it seems pretty clear that they didn't shoot who died yet. The cast probably doesn't even know.

Regarding the ending...well...it's just a reminder that TWD is in fact a television show, and subject to all the games that television networks play. They're always looking for the next "Who shot J.R.?" It is what it is.

I could nitpick some stuff about the episode, but really the only thing that matters is who was introduced, and I thought Jeffrey Dean Morgan did a good job in the role. I thought the F-bombs were missed, but otherwise I thought he pulled off that charismatic/menacing thing that Negan needs to have. I'm looking forward to seeing him more in the role.

I'm really starting to think they're keeping Abraham around as comic relief. Right now he and Eugene are the only one's who can really pull it off, and there have been more than a few times they needed some levity.

Didn't watch it yet, but I knew they were gonna make it a cliffhanger, just because it's TV and they can. And I bet they won't even start off with it in the next season premiere, they'll probably do a "history of negan" episode just to annoy people and make us wait.

One of the crazier theories out there is that this is a deliberate attempt to gauge audience reactions to ANY of the 10 people lined up there getting whacked and THEN they'll figure out who Negan killed.

Seems crazy to me, but then, who knows?

Me after watching that episode last night:

....

Finale was one long rolling panic attack for me
Whoever got it, what a horrific way to go :(

From what I've read Glenn and Daryl are the forerunners but thats pure intwerwebz chatter.

One of the crazier theories out there is that this is a deliberate attempt to gauge audience reactions to ANY of the 10 people lined up there getting whacked and THEN they'll figure out who Negan killed.

Seems crazy to me, but then, who knows?

Very interesting theory actually.

I havent read the comic book angles and obviously Ricks crew have been in terrible sitations before (VS a tank with the govenor and chained up over the bath tub at the end of Terminus) but how on Earth do they get out of this one?!

That's easy, Ozymandias runs in and throws Negan out the window.

 Alpharius wrote:
One of the crazier theories out there is that this is a deliberate attempt to gauge audience reactions to ANY of the 10 people lined up there getting whacked and THEN they'll figure out who Negan killed.

Seems crazy to me, but then, who knows?

I'm waiting to see who writes down the names of the line up, then tick them off in tune with eenie, meenie, miney, moe. If Negan repeated the same order as he went, we could have a educated guess on who it was. I'm shocked a prediction like this wasn't on my FB page today I'd google it, but that ending just really irritated me. After the start of the season playing 'where's glen' and ending it, with who got the bat, I find myself just not caring.