Leave all your kudos, awwwws, love, feel goods in this thread

I have a few to offer but I cant just yet because I was weak and watched already.

 

OH GAWD I am dying to talk about it too LOL

And I am laughing so much - you calling your friend an asshole because you have to pick him up from the airport. DAMN HIM. Make him drive back from the airport so that you can chat with us Sunday night!!

Too bad we cant start a "by invitation only thread"...then we could talk about non stop until Sunday

 

@Chr1s I agree about it being a fresh of breath air after FTWD fiasco

To be honest even if Fear would have been at a 6 out of 10 TWD would still be head and shoulders above Fear. The writing, the direction, the writing (thank you Angela), the characters remaining true to who they are (again, thank you Angela), the acting...its just better. plain and simple. Not to mention no damn filter LOL

 

She's baaaaack.........


Me waiting for her return......

 

I thought it was a solid episode but not without its flaws. Though the flaws are fairly easy to forgive.

That opening scene was so much fun to watch. The Medieval Walking Dead. All the great action shots with focus being given to some of the characters. I do wish we could have seen a Yumiko badass moment though.

Judith. I do love Judith. She flicks her little katana just like her momma

Speaking of Judith. Cailey did such an amazing job upon seeing the skin mask in RJs bucket. She went from being a happy go lucky kid to in the blink of an eye having a moment of shock and fear


While still in the opening minutes I think I should give a few shout outs to Greg Nicotero and his crew. He gave us some stunning visuals in the opening minutes.


And thank god we are back to having a color palette! It is so difficult at this point in time not to compare this series to the fiasco that was S5 FTWD - but I will try!

 

Aaron - I am so on board for badass zero f*cks to give about the bad guys Aaron. But I do hope that much care has been given that we still have our Aaron who loves his apocalypse family and takes great care of that love. I do not want Aaron to lose his heart.

I think that Aaron's questioning of "are we the bad guys" was Aaron coming to terms with his awareness that he is at the end of his rope, and his growing acceptance that he can no longer be JUST a nice guy. And it was clearly stated that he was not just talking in regard to the whisperers but more to their life in this new world. And there is a grain of truth to his thinking because no one is the villain in their own story.

I think that Aaron will prove to be a strong voice this season. Yeah, I am on board for the Aaron 2.0 version - equal parts badass, logical and loving

And did anyone else hear their heart break just a wee bit more when Michonne achingly said "I lost Rick on a bri....."

 

Lydia - My heart was breaking for her. She is struggling in so many ways. Struggling to overcome the stigma of her mother as the enemy, of her once being a whisperer. Struggling to learn how to live in a community that functions in opposition to what she was taught most of her life. Struggling to learn tools (reading scene) that are just considered "normal" for most but for her they seem to be nothing more than useless.

Cassady does such amazing work. I hope that we see a great deal more from her this season.

Siddiq - The scenes of Siddiq struggling with his PTSD were done quite well in my opinion. When we see that lone spider I was immediately transported to season 9 episode 1 when he is being inundated by so many damn spiders and he tells Rick "I hate spiders". And then we see his flashback, the spider web and the spray of blood. It seems strange to call that entire scene beautiful but it was...in a strange macabre way.

And I thought that using his trauma as a way for the audience to see bits of what he experienced in that barn on that fateful night was quite clever.

 

Bits that made me giggle:

Luke's name for Eugene - Eugenius

Michonne's exasperating "OH MY GOD" when Eugene just kept going on and on about wanting the satellite.

Kelly's eyebrow wiggle to Connie - yeah Kelly knows, she sees it. Daryl and Connie crushing on one another

 

OH and Laura/Bar Code Neck Tattoo Savior Chick needs to remember where she came from and the chance she was offered for redemption before she is so quick to write off Lydia as the enemy simply due to association and past sins

 

It is safe to say that you and I have a soft spot for Lydia