Did anyone else notice when Rick took the letter Carl wrote him from the drawer - the letter beneath his had “Negan” written on it?
Carl - There can only be one leader.
Tara got the “clean” arrow from Dwight instead of Rick, too.
They play fast and loose with it all.
In war, and in the apocalypse, anything goes. Morals and ethics can get you and your loved ones killed.
Your humanity is second to the priorities of survival.
Besides, Rich learned plenty of lessons along the way, where deals meant nothing to those that only cared about saving their own skin.
Did I miss something? How did Rick & Morgan get captured to begin with???
Negan truly sees himself as a savior of mankind to justify his brutal actions against the “tribute” communities, all of this prior to the actual war.
Rick on the other hand knows what he has become and takes action against others that he think will do harm towards his people, regardless of if its true or not. I’m sure Rick regrets Carl not killing the new doctor guy and sees that as a failure of his fatherhood.
They are setting Rick up for a “redemption arc”.
One of the more interesting things about this show is that the producers have said just because the show follows Rick and his group does not mean they are always the most moral.
Seriously, these women 'leaders' aren't fierce looking, ferocious warriors. They're small, weak females.
I know Maggie has been around from almost the beginning, but, sheesh, she's too feminine looking to be regarded as a fierce leader.
PC run amok. /rant off
” jabronis “... snicker..
People seemed to have missed the payoff. When Rick asked Morgan why he didn’t kill him. Morgan said because his son was there.
I kinda hope Dwight survives but I would say there is a 100% chance that Simon gets Luciled soon. Probably Dwight too :(
Non fan. I have never watched a single moment.
I’ll start watching again once I hear they’ve killed off the worst character ever, which is the main character Rick. Most of the problems seem to be related to his horrible decision making skills.
For some reason Zombie stories are simultaneously silly yet compelling.
Lots of situational ethics. It interests audiences to explore “what if” moral conundrums.
To me, that’s not always good story telling. I prefer a well-grounded sense of morality coming from the authors, even though characters are more interesting (and realistic) when they are flawed.
Our sense of morality requires that justice be meted out to evildoers within stories. When a character like Negan bashes heads in of living people who have committed no crimes, but on an arbitrary whim to exert control over a group, the story feels incomplete until he has gotten his just due.
Aristotle identified this in his Poetics as an important part of the structure of story telling. He called it catharsis, which is the purging of pity. It makes the audience want justice to happen to the evil doer.
Not a good sign.
"LOST" writers did the same thing and it became confusing beyond understanding. They later admitted they were trying to find ways to keep the series going.
When everything flips on a whim, good becomes bad, bad becomes good, and back and forth, the story lines loses integrity. If you can't rely on characters to be who they are, whom do you side with? Who is your hero? Whom do you root for?
Mixing things up or running out of ideas?
Either way, such plot twists don't bode well for continuity and viewer loyalty.
Beginning of the end?
Who did Negan pick up en route to the Sanctuary at the end? It has to be Dwight’s long-lost wife, right?
I thought it was the lady who got away from the Alexandrian’s ambush that knows Iron-Face aka Dwight turned on Negan and the Saviors.....
You just watch. They’ll wind up this story line with some phony kumbaya moment between Rick and Negan. That’s where this whole train wreck is headed.
If Negan doesn’t die horribly this season, it’s the end of the line ror me. The series is walking dead.
In a coming episode Negan marries the trash lady.