Hilarious poll, @Dnae.

 

I think I might have preferred the previous episode, but this was still devilishly good. 10/11.

 

There is no -10. Explained elsewhere.

 

9/10

Only problems with this episode to me are:

- Alpha still doing Alpha things and killing one of her own in front of the group. No way, zero nada, that anybody follows that ****. I feel insulted every time we go back to that group.

- Brandon ... I LOVE (and hate) that he killed the lady and kid, but that's the only thing he did that wasn't predictable, just too convenient, too obvious. It kind of works in order to redeem Negan, but it felt overly written.

Otherwise, amazing episode, my favorite too (of a very good season, with only one weak episode up til now)

 

Solid episode, although I'm not sure I like it QUITE as well as 1004. A couple interesting twists like the Zeke cancer arc. I like that we still don't know how Negan got out.

I'll go with 9.1

 

This episode is my favorite so far this season. I really didn't expect them to kill the mother and son off like that, so I was surprised. They lulled me into believing that they'd make it to Alexandria and possibly be a story for Negan at another point in time. It was also an interesting reflection on what Negan's life had once been, to where he is now. Brandon looked so ridiculous when he said "I'm Negan."

Ezekiel's situation is interesting because we really haven't had anyone get sick, outside of the flu/virus thing they had in Season 4.

They're really making Magna unlikable.

I still can't believe that I'm actually liking Negan now. He was what I disliked the most during Seasons 7 and 8.

 

93% so far on rotten tomatoes....

 

My biggest problem with Negan was how Gimple delivered the story. It felt cheesy at times. Negan is such a strong personality that you don't need to go overdo it with dialogue or over the top plot devices. And this showed in the recent episode. All JDM had to do was flash Brandon a grin, or give a menacing look, and it conveyed everything to the audience.

I'm fine if Negan goes bad again though, because I like what Kang has done with Alpha and I'm confident she'll be able to make it believable and entertaining.

 

I was thinking about that last night on my third watch. I said it on his first season......although it happened a lot less. It happened a lot MORE this episode and actually throughout the season..................when he isn't being theatrical and trying to touch the ground with his back? He's downright scary looking. Those menacing looks he pulls of like a charm. A scary charm.

 

I'll give it a solid 9. Great episode.
Magna's annoying and Yumiko is turning into the leader that I thought she would.
Lots of great Negan stuff.
I saw last week's episode, but will have to watch it again because all I really remember was the song. The anticipation of waiting for the inevitable bad that's coming and just breathing through each moment. That's how it came off to me. I had just gotten home from a week of watching my Mom in hospice care with Alzheimer's and I related to the song. I came home for two days and she died when I was on my way back. We buried her this past weekend and last night in the ER we found out that my husband has a mass on his lung so I'm a bit fuzzy on the show details at this point.
Going back and watching both of them again should provide a little distraction from real life horror for a little while.
Kang is definitely hitting it out of the ballpark every week for me.

 

So sorry for all that.

 

Wow that hit close to home for me. I too lost my mom to Alzeimer's Sept 15th and that song really touches me about her. So sorry for your loss and what you are going through with hubby too. I will keep you in my thoughts. I wondered where you had been. <3

 

I'm so sorry about your Mom. Alzheimer's is relentlessly horrible.

 

My condolences. Alzheimer’s sucks.


The truth is out there

 

I'm sorry, @KiernansFaerie and @PepperAnn you had to go through watching your mums slowly disappear in this horrendous disease. Cherish your happy memories.

 

@Tony Davis can we separate the sticky threads from the normal threads?