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 Posted:   Mar 9, 2021 - 7:58 AM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Yes, this episode was filler. I do think we will see the return of Leah.

 
 Posted:   Mar 9, 2021 - 9:56 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Leah? Which one is that? Got a pic? Im shocking at WD names. I cant even remember how they finally got Alpha.

Hey joan i didnt realise that the one with a sling shot was a girl !!!! until daryl said "Shes lost her sister"
About 3 seasons i thought it was her brother.!!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 9, 2021 - 11:47 AM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Hey joan i didnt realise that the one with a sling shot was a girl !!!! until daryl said "Shes lost her sister"

Yep, me too.

Leah was the woman Darryl stayed with. When he returned to her cabin, she was gone. I think she will show up later.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 9:46 AM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

For me the last 2 episodes have been really lame. I hope this season gets better.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 10:07 AM   
 By:   chriscoyle   (Member)

For me the last 2 episodes have been really lame. I hope this season gets better.

This one ended on a good cliffhanger so maybe we will see something interesting. How many times have they been locked up in railway cars and to spend a whole episode in one?

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 10:12 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I'm not a big fan of the whole "everything you just saw was false, it was just a figment of the person's imagination" gimmick, which they did a lot in the latest episode, but otherwise I like the uncertainty in the build towards the "stormtrooper people" that keep them in captivity.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 11:21 AM   
 By:   chriscoyle   (Member)

So funny, I just ran into another teacher and we talked about the WD. In one of her classes a student felt that COVID was influencing the filming with so few characters involved! Maybe something to that.

 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 1:33 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

If that annoying girl in pink fluffy jacket says Yumiko one more time, im gonna to chuck a stormtrooper mask at her!! Lol.

What a seriously crap episode.

Yeah whole episides with just 1 or 2 actors in? Yeah, clearly either covid related so none of their assets get sick or an accountant somewhere said Hey we're paying this guy and this guy x amount, so need to get more out of them, hence whole episodes of filler!!!

 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 2:16 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

For me the last 3 episodes have been really lame. I hope this season gets better.

Corrected that for you Joanie lol.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2021 - 4:12 PM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Gee thanks Bill.

 
 Posted:   Mar 31, 2021 - 10:58 PM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Truly so far the worst season ever.
4 filler episodes, all poor.
First episode ok, but you couldve missed last four episodes and not missed a single bit of story advancement.
The latest one, daryl hunts for a motorcycle fuel pipe and Carole tries to catch a rat.

Im sure someone would say coz of covid we're lucky to have any, but really? So far its been a waste of 5 hours.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2021 - 12:15 AM   
 By:   chriscoyle   (Member)

Yes, Ouch!! And this week is the season finale.

 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2021 - 12:53 AM   
 By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member)

Finale? Carol catches the rat?

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2021 - 1:01 AM   
 By:   chriscoyle   (Member)

Finale? Carol catches the rat?

First time I ever fast forwarded through a WD episode.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2021 - 3:05 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I thought it was more about her trying to cook a soup?

In either case, the last few episodes have all been covid-infused filler episodes, for sure.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 1, 2021 - 6:06 AM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Glad to hear members in agreement with me. The Carole-Darryl episode seemed like a complete waste of my time. No moving forward narrative yet. I'm frustrated!

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 5, 2021 - 5:30 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

So, the season finale....

Do not read on if you haven't seen it yet.

Not that there are any spoilers, really. The whole thing is a Negan "fleshback" story, in multiple stages of his past, and is no doubt intended to flesh out the character so that the journey from villain to hero is further underlined. Now, the episode in and of itself was fine, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan gets to show off his impressive acting chops -- but I'm still struggling with the idea to humanize Negan to begin with.

In general, I find morally ambigious characters interesting. Even 'experiments' where we're introduced to a protagonist with promblematic personality traits, who over the course of the film moves into something more sympathetic. That guy from the DISTRICT 9 movie comes to mind, for example. Or De Niro in TAXI DRIVER. There are plenty of examples.

But if you present a character that is soooo archetypically bad, there needs to be some sort of redemption or release for the audience who has invested so much in the story. A good example is that evil kid king prick in GAME OF THRONES. We stuck with him for many episodes because we knew he would get his due. It was a nececssary release valve for us.

However, that has not happened with Negan. We have not forgotten the traumatic killing of Glenn. He's being let off easy in the show, even if they introduce more elements to flesh out a humanity that may be buried deep down (as he cares for his cancer-sick wife). But hey -- it's not over yet. There might be a final confrontation in store for us - especially with the tense relationship between Megan and him towards the end there.

The 11th - and last - season will premiere in August. Hopefully, it can be produced in a covid-free environment that gets the proper amount of people back in the cast, so that it's not only sluggish chamber ensemble episodes for the duration.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 5, 2021 - 8:06 AM   
 By:   chriscoyle   (Member)

I enjoyed the episode. That was Morgan’s real wife playing the role. She was good too. This episode would have played better years ago. I agree, why go so long with Neegan as an archetype and try to humanize him now. The series may be ending but they have so many spin-offs planned they are really just jettisoning peripheral characters. Carol, Daryl and Rick all have some future show in the works.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 5, 2021 - 2:00 PM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

The 11th - and last - season will premiere in August. Hopefully, it can be produced in a covid-free environment that gets the proper amount of people back in the cast, so that it's not only sluggish chamber ensemble episodes for the duration.

I too hope for this. We still have the "Star Wars Trooper Guys" holding several members.

I guess we are suppose to forgive Negan after viewing this ep. The problem is the show didn't make him just a bad guy. The show made him a reprehensible, beyond disgusting villain, so forgiving him his past is almost too difficult especially for Megan.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 5, 2021 - 11:45 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I guess we are suppose to forgive Negan after viewing this ep. The problem is the show didn't make him just a bad guy. The show made him a reprehensible, beyond disgusting villain, so forgiving him his past is almost too difficult especially for Megan.

That. And he also killed off one of the show's most likeable characters in extremely gruesome fashion. I can't believe the showrunners think we'll "forget" this at any point.

 
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