Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 16-"The Storm"

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Hey, every one! It is season finale time!!! Who will live? Who will die? Who will freeze to death in the storm? Opens with Eugene's radio. Ezekiel's voice stating that the Kingdom is finally broken. With winter, the fires raged, rot spread, and the Kingdom has fallen. They need help and shelter. Daryl brings food to Lydia. They plan to move everyone to Hilltop. He talks about never forgetting the magic and love that the Hilltop brought. Carol is sadly going through some of Henry's things. Ezekiel rolls up the charter to take with them. He talks of the ones who died bravely defending them, like Tara. Aaron and Michonne have arrived with members of the Hilltop to try to get the people of the Kingdom to safety. Carol and Ezekeil are the last to leave the Kingdom. He talks of how the ones who died were valiant, and now they must be valiant, too. Farewell to the Kingdom...

The Hilltop is in a bit of disarray with Tara's death. They have tried to contact Maggie, but no word from her. Alden starts in on Lydia about the Whisperers who seem to be following them. Daryl tells him to lay off Lydia. Carol is eyeing Lydia suspiciously. Daryl tells her that Henry wanted her here, and she is a good kid. He asks Carol what does she see when she looks at him. She says he sees him. As she touches his arm, Ezekiel looks back a little jealously. Jerry tells him that the barometer is dropping, and a storm is approaching. All the power is out in Alexandria, and Eugene recommends that everyone using firewood. Aww, Ezekiel is jealous. He wants to start over with Carol without Daryl being a third wheel. He says the last few months without Henry have been difficult, and he just wants a piece of what he has lost. Daryl doesn't really answer him. Lydia wanders off by herself and spots a frozen walker. She seems hypnotizes by it. She is attempting to let it bite her, but Carol comes through the woods, and she stops. They decide to stop for the night, and they end up at the Sanctuary.

Back to Alexandria, where Negan is basically being well Negan teasing everyone especially the paternal threesome. Judith is worry about Dog, because she promised Daryl that she would take care of him. Negan smells something off before the fireplace explodes. They all decide to move to Aaron's house, but it is almost white out conditions in Alexandria. Back at Sanctuary, Carol and Daryl talk about Ezekiel. She says he blames Daryl because he can't blame her. She says that she feels like she is falling apart again. Daryl tells her he can take her away, and he would take care of her. She asks if he wants to leave. Lydia is listening in on their convo. Meanwhile, Michonne and Ezekiel are discussing the next step in getting to the next wait station. They only have enough food for a few days. They aren't going to be able to travel with the wagons, and the best way through is through Alpha's territory. Carol tells him that those borders were hers not theirs. Ezekiel says that he doesn't want to start a war, especially with an enemy they don't really know how to fight.

Michonne and Ezekiel are discussing the plan. He blames himself for their situation. Michonne tells him they are stronger together. She thought they were better alone. She said that is how Alpha was able to get to them because they didn't know each other anymore. So they set out in the night hoping to cross Alpha's border without initiating a fight. They come to the pikes, and Ezekiel stops briefly before they continue into Alpha's territory. Meanwhile in Alexandria, they are trying to make it to Aaron's house when Judith hear's Dog and runs after him. Negan lets go of the rope to follow her. Well, we see three walkers frozen solid as the group makes its way toward the river. Daryl and Michonne check to see if the river is solid. Lydia sneaks off. Carol goes to find Lydia, and some walkers come out of the snow bank.

Although they have to fight walkers, everyone makes it across the river. Carol catches up to Lydia. Lydia tells her that she has to die. She tells Carol it could be her, and no one has to know. She says she is the reason Henry is dead. She begs Carol to kill her. This is how she loses no one else. Lydia says she is too weak like her mother said. Carol tells her she is not weak, and they have to go. Back in Alexandria, they are still trying to find Judith, and Negan gets hit in the leg with a piece of wood, but he finds Judith and Dog. He tells her that she wanted spend more time with him. He gives Judith his coat and sets out with her and Dog to find everyone else. 

Finally, they make it to Hilltop. Lydia is looking at paintings of Glenn and Hershel. Daryl tells Lydia to get some rest that they are traveling to Alexandria the next day. Carol tells Ezekiel that she is going back to Alexandria. He tells her that he understands, but he will never stop loving her. She offers him back the ring, but he refuse it. Michonne sees Negan in the infirmary, and she thanks him for saving her. Negan calls Siddiq Dr. BabyDaddy. He talks about how her and the Kingdom were stuck in the weather. He says that Michonne was ballsy for cutting through Alpha's territory. Negan tells her that no one ever thinks they are the evil one. Alpha tells Beta she has made mistakes, but she needs to be strong for what comes next, as he beats her with a switch. Ezekiel is back on the mic, talking to Judith. He tells her just because they lost the house, doesn't mean they've lost their home. After he leaves, the voice of a woman comes across the radio...So, who is the lady on the radio?

Well, that's the season everyone! Is it the CommonWealth contacting them? Is it Maggie? See you, guys in October!!!!

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 15-"The Calm Before"

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Welcome back, everyone!!! It is the next to the last episode of the season, and we are getting an extended season tonight. I know we are going to start losing some of our TWD family tonight, but knowing that still does not prepare me for the evil that Alpha is about to unleash upon them. I know it is a boring concept, but I wish they could have just one semi-peaceful season.

Who is this killing Walkers already? Who are these strangers standing outside of Hilltop? Now, they've been in Hilltop for five years. Miles and Hilda. So, why are we just meeting them? So, she's a carver. So, Miles and Hilda are Alpha's first victims. Well, thanks for introducing and killing them so quickly, TWD. Nice knowing, ya, kids...

Ezekiel giving a speech at the fair about Rick and Carl's vision. He is also talking about how Jesus brought them all together. The Fair of New Beginning begins with the launching of doves. Carol and Mika's group are preparing to leave to find Henry when Michonne, Daryl, and the crew pull up to the gates of Kingdom. Tara sees Lydia and reminds them that Lydia should not have come back. Michonne calls a meeting of the leaders. Alexandria has voted to give Lydia sanctuary. Michonne reminded everyone how Tara was taken by everyone after she was with the Governor. They have decided to form a mutual protection pact. They are going to send a group of fighters to protect Hilltop and each other. They all decide to sign the charter that Michonne created. All the leaders sign. Michonne tells Gabriel to sign for Alexandria as the leader of the council. Rachel Ward, who I vaguely remember, showed up for Oceanside. I had no idea they were still around.

Lydia and Henry take a walk around the fair. Henry and Lydia both say that they wish they could go to Hilltop with them. Ezekiel tells Carol that their son is going on a date to the movies. Luke is trying to convince Alden to sing, as Enid declares Alden her boyfriend. (You know, I'm having a hard time remembering all these names!!!). Meanwhile, Kelly is still mad at Connie for leaving and not saying goodbye. When then find out from Connie, as she implies, that she may have lost a child, which is why she was determined to save the baby and Lydia. Kelly is calmed, but reminds her that they should always say goodbye because they never know which goodbye will be the last. Connie telling Daryl to be safe as he prepares to leave to go to Hilltop.

Michonne and Siddiq are walking and talking about going to Hilltop. Siddiq kinda tells Michonne about his baby after she told him to keep an eye on Judith. Addy apologized to Henry for ratting him out while Gage gives Lydia a complex by telling her that Addy likes Henry and Henry liked Lydia. Ezekiel offers Daryl a home once everything has settled at Hilltop. Carol tells Ezekiel to enjoy the fair, but he says he won't until she comes back. So, Carol, Daryl, Michonne, Yumiko, and crew head off to Hilltop. The Highwaymen show them the wagon that was attacked by the Whisperers. Yumiko decides to go with Carol, Daryl, and Michonne try to find the Hilltoppers who were ambushed.  Magna, Dianne, and Oscar go on to Hilltop. Michonne's group see the Hilltoppers who have been turned to walkers; they try to head back but are surrounded by walkers and possibly Whisperers. After killing a bunch of walkers, they are surrounded by Whisperers. Then, Beta shows up telling them to drop the weapons. He tells them that all they had to do was bring him the girl, and no one else would have had to die, but now that deal is done.

Why do we have this little Ezekiel Flashback. There is Alpha dressed like Hilda behind Jerry and Nabila. Eugene and Rosita having a conversation above the fair. They discuss how they should still be friends regardless of how things have turned out, and she thanks him for all the help with Gabriel. Henry is busy looking for Lydia. Tara talks to Rachel and Gabriel talk about sharing training techniques. Tara is still worried about Hilltop. Everyone is enjoying the fair. Henry finally finds Lydia, who is sulking about Addy. Alpha sees a picture of Ezekiel and Carol and sees Tammy and Earl with the baby. Henry tells Lydia that he doesn't like Addy like that, and that he likes her and they kiss. Meanwhile, he leaves to go check on a pipe. Alpha spots Rosita and Eugene. Alpha pretends to be Debbie from Alexandria, and goes to the clothing booth escorted by Ezekiel. Ezekiel is missing the movie. Henry is late to the movie as well. Alpha sits down next to Lydia and tells her to be quiet.

Alpha has made it back. Daryl tells her that she is not getting Lydia back. Alpha says you think this was about my daughter. She tells them that Lydia was weak, and that they are in no position to talk to her. She makes Daryl come with her. She shows Daryl her herd of Walkers, and how her people steer them. She tells him that his friends are safe, and in the field to the north. She has marked the border to the north, oh no, the pikes. She tells them to stay out of their territory, or she will unleash her horde upon them. He asked did she kill Lydia. Lydia stands up to Alpha threatening to scream if she doesn't leave. She tells Alpha to leave. Alpha tells her that she was never one of them. She left her. She tells him that she doesn't think he can protect her daughter. She hope that she is wrong. They are to leave through the north field. I'm not ready, y'all...

Here we go y'all with the sad violin. This is about to be bad, bad.  Our group is on the way. Beta asks about Lydia, and Alpha tells him she wants to be alone as she cries. She kills one of the Whisperers who happened upon her crying. Siddiq is beaten and tied to a tree. They find the heads on the pikes. Who are the?  The Highwayman, Alex, D.J., Frankie, Tammy, Addy, Rodney, Enid, Tara, and Henry, Siddiq was supposed to die, but Alpha left him alive to tell the story. Siddiq talked about how they all fought for each other until the very end. Siddiq says that their time was cut short but theirs keeps going for all of them. They need to honor them and remember they died as heroes. He says that's the story he wants to remember. Lydia returns to put the necklace that Henry gave her at the pike where he died as the snow begins to fall. Carol is not going to take lightly the death of Henry though, you can believe that. 

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 11-"Bounty"

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Welcome back, everybody!!! We get to see the confrontation with Alpha tonight. Hey, Jerry and Ezekiel, long time no see. Nabila and Jerry are going to have a baby!!! Awwww!! Carol's haris is short, oh a flashback, there is Jesus and Tara. I wish they would tell us what happened between Maggie and Michonne. So, Ezekiel now has the accord that Michonne wrote for all of the groups but refused to sign. Diane, Ezekiel and Carol are going hunting, and dang, Nabila and Jerry have three kids!!! Alpha asks for her daughter and Daryl refuses to give her, so Alpha signals for more of her people.

Earl and Tammy arguing about burns. Enid is now a full-fledged doctor. Tammy and Enid discussing Alden when Marco tells Enid about the Whisperers. Connie is hiding in the corn. Alpha tells them that she will not have conflict, if they will give back her daughter. Daryl decides to have a one on one conversation with Alpha even though the rest of the group are afraid Alpha will kill Alden and Luke if they don't give her Lydia. After the great elk hunt for the fair, Ezekiel wants to take a side mission without Carol which does not go over well with Carol who accompanies him to what appears to be an overrun movie theater full of walkers.

Daryl tells Alpha she can't have her. Alpha brought a woman nursing a baby out her. Daryl threatens to light them up. Alpha offers him Alden and Luke for her daughter. Carol thinks it is to risky to get a projector bulb from the theater to show a movie. I love Jerry lip synching and bopping to the music they are using to lure the walkers out of the theater. Ugh, a Walker almost takes its head off going through a popcorn machine. Alpha also brought a group of the dead with her. Luke sees Connie in the corn. He signals to her that she needs to stay hidden. Meanwhile, Henry has broken Lydia out and escaped with her. This kid...

This baby is crying, and Alpha stares the mother down until she leaves the baby on the ground for the dead. What the what?  Connie grabs the crying baby, runs into the cornfield,  and is being chased by walkers Daryl, Tammy, Earl and Kelly get Connie and the baby. Jerry is trying to get a light bulb and Ezekiel wants to get a frame for the charter. Carol is talking about talking to Jesus about going to Hilltop, and as they are about to leave, Diane and Jerry are attacked by a walker, and Jerry dropped the bulb.

Lydia was surprised that her mother came. Enid is trying to convince Henry that they have to give her back to savy their people. Enid is telling him about Carl in order to convince him to let Lydia go. Lydia tells them that she will go back, and she will miss him. She tells him that she will be okay and he will be, too. Then, she kisses him. Daryl takes Lydia to meet with Alpha. They give them Luke and Alden. Lydia apologizes to her mother who slaps her and tells her to call her Alpha like the rest. Daryl is really not happy about this exchange.

So, they are going to Legolas and Aragorn their way into the theater. Carol wanting to protect Ezekiel so much and his saying that maybe they are done losing for a while does not bode well for Ezekiel, especially since it seems they are passing one of the Whisperers tags. Daryl and Henry discuss Lydia. He says with the scars on his back how could he send her back. Henry says he knows that Daryl helped when the bad things went down at Alexandria. They have the charter in the frame and the projector working. Connie and her group are back. Alden and Enid are hooking up. They gave the baby to Tammy and Earl. Jerry is back home with his family, and  Henry looks like he is about to do something stupid, and he has a not which the girl with glasses gives him a note that Henry says he couldn't live with it. Daryl goes after him, and Connie decides to go with him. That's all, y'all!!!! See ya, next week!!!

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 10-"Omega"

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Welcome back, guys!!! Baltimore back in day. Young Lydia and her mom Pre-Alpha and her husband Frank have been in a basement for 23 days into the Z-pac. Lydia was flashing back as she talks to Henry. Henry thinks how they live is messed up. She thinks Daryl is his dad. She tells him this place is going to fall. Apparently, Lydia's mom or someone killed her dad. She tells Henry that her mom is a lot like Carol. You don't want to mess with her. Meanwhile, Daryl is eavesdropping on their conversation.

Tara is leading the new troopers out to search. They are watching walkers feed, but they are being watched. They take out the many hoard who were feeding on Alden and Luke's horses that Connie tells them the horses were cut and skinned. Tara decides to go back and regroup because they don't know how many people are out there. Back in the clink, Henry is offering food to Lydia who refuses it. Flashback, Frank wants to leave the bunker, but his wife does not want because she doesn't want Lydia to end up an orphan. Of course, Henry now tells her about the Kingdom, and Daryl has heard enough. Daryl tells him that he has family in the Kingdom, and she had who knows how many people out there. Henry thinks she's just messed up and calls Daryl a butthole. Henry...moron...

Daryl questions her about her mother and what she would do if she came across their people. Lydia flashes back to her mother killing a man who went into panic mode in the bunker. Daryl tells her that her mom did what she had to do. He gives her some pills for her ear. He tells her that there are good people here. He offers her water, and she tries to attack him. The new peeps want to go out and find Luke, except Magna and Connie who don't want to tick off Tara and ruin what they have at Hilltop, but Yumiko and Kelly convince them to sneak out to try to find Luke. 

Daryl comes down to talk to Lydia. He say the marks on her arm from her mom's beatings. He asks her if her mom loves her why does she beat her. She says because soft people die. Lydia's flashback leaves out details like why her mom is now bald. Lydia sneaks over to see the corpse of the dead man who then turns into a walker who attacks her father. She says that her father was soft. She says that the people here are soft, but Daryl is not like them. He's hard. She wants him to tell her more, but he walks away. Meanwhile, the newbies are striking out on their mission impossible.

Henry tells Daryl that he could have helped. He asks Daryl was he beaten. He tells him the story of why Carol cut her hair and kept it short. Henry thinks Lydia is just messed up, but that Daryl could get to her. Kelly wants to stay out to look for Luke, because he saved her. Magna and Yumiko go back, but Kelly and Connie stay out, meanwhile, they are being watched. Henry is back talking to Lydia, and the idiot has the Keys and is letting her out. What a moron!!! This kid... The girl is out here eating worms from the ground, and she just offered one she licked to Henry. EWWW...Henry the dummy is telling her everything while she is picking up a hammer while telling him that places like this aren't supposed to exist. She drops the hammer when she hears a baby cry. She has flashbacks to how her mother became what she is. Her mother shaved her head like her father had shaved his beard. She tells Henry to put her back in the cell. Daryl, of course, is monitoring them. She asks Henry to stay the night, and he does.

Lydia tell them that her mother was not coming for her. She tells them that they don't search for people. She tells them that the story that she told them was a lie that her mother told her. The walker did not get her father. Her mother wanted to escape, but her father didn't Her mother was not the nice parent it was her father. Her mother killed her father. Daryl asks her about their people. She says her mother would see no reason to keep them alive. She also tells them the camp they are currently living in, but that they move around. The newbies were being watched by the Hilltop, and the Hilltop was followed by the Whisperers. Connie hides in the cornfield, while Kelly and the Hilltoppers make it back in. Alpha announces her presence, and that the only thing she wants is her daughter. Yikes, she's a mess...Until next week...

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 8-"Evolution"

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Welcome back, everybody!!! Mid-season Finale time! Definitely, not my favorite time of the year. We almost always lose somebody, and I'm thinking it may be Rosita this time. 

We open with Walkers just milling around, and Daryl, Aaron, and Jesus are watching with concern because these walkers aren't acting like normal walkers. So, they are not normal walkers, because one just seemed to be listening. I'm guessing that these guys will be the Whisperers that everyone who has read the comics keep talking about. 

Meanwhile in Alexandria, there are a lot of kids there, and Gabriel is trying to help Negan meditate. Gabriel wants to know why he won't change. Negan tells him how people talk outside of his window as if he isn't there. He tries to goad, Gabriel about Rosita. As Gabriel leaves he notices the messengers from Hilltop and learns from another Alexandrian that Rosita is hurt. As Michonne and her crew approach, everyone disappears as a messenger tells the Hilltop that riders are approaching.  Man, Hilltop is hostile to Michonne. She has to disarm to enter. Tara tells them about Eugene and Rosita. She also tells them about Carol, Daryl, and Aaron. Tara allows the newcomers to stay, but tells them that Jesus has to have the final stay, but if they stay, they will have to earn their keep. Michonne sees Carol and smiles, but Carol turns her back. I am really, really curious as to what happened (besides Rick's "Death") to splinter the group into so many pieces.

Michonne is angry that they have been communicating with Hilltop. Carol and Michonne are talking about their kids. Michonne still refuses to come to the fair, even though Carol tells her they need some people from Alexandria. Aaron and Jesus are discussing how Daryl use to trade with Hilltop; he tells Jesus that he should stop fighting and become the Hilltop leader. Jesus says that he and Aaron were better when they were out scouting for people. While they are talking, Daryl hears the heard coming for them. Dianne asks Carol for a ride back to the Kingdom. She tells Carol that the Kingdom needs her more. I really wish that we could find out what happened between all of the settlements, and why does it appear that the Kingdom fared the worse. 

The herd that they saw earlier seems to have increased in size. Henry has a crush on Enid, but he sees that Alden and Enid are an item. Negan is being his normal disgusting self as Gabriel comes to take this discards. Gabriel tells Negan that Rosita is hurt, but he can't go to her because has to be responsible for Negan. Some of the Hilltop kids are trying to befriend Henry, but they want to sneak out of Hilltop at night to their secret "hideout." Siddiq apologizes to Michonne for not tell her about his communication with Hilltop. He tells her that it's not to late to mend fences, but she tells him that she will not mend the way they want her to (whatever that means). She also said that she had to make a tough decision, that apparently was life or death, and she would rather they hate her and be alive. SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED???? Then, Rosita wakes up and tells Siddiq and Michonne that she knows where Eugene is and that our boys have know clue what they are about to run into. I wish somebody would be direct.

Storm is a rumbling, we see our heroes Daryl, Jesus, and Aaron, finding a barn. Eugene has been hiding in a crawl space under the barn. Eugene tells them that the herd has double back twice looking for him. He tells them that the herd was talking. Daryl can't believe that its the same herd. They try to get Eugene out of the barn and away from the herd. The Hilltop kids have a nice little hangout, and they are trying to get Henry to participate in a a game with a walker they trapped in a hole. Henry jumps in and kills the walker. Eugene and the boys are discussing the herd that Eugene believes is evolving. The group splits up with Aaron and Jesus taking Eugene to the horses while Daryl will try to draw off the walkers. Meanwhile, back at Alexandria, Negan is playing ball by himself when he accidentally loses the ball outside of his cell. The wind is shaking the bars, and when Negan checks it, he finds that the door is open, dang it, Gabriel, and just like that, Negan is free. 

The kids have gotten Henry into trouble. He does not want to get the kids in trouble. So, he doesn't tell on them. He tells Earl the blacksmith that he did not want get in trouble, but he he did not take into consideration what a bid deal it was his coming to Hilltop, and blames it on getting used to Hilltop. Daryl tries to distract the herd with fireworks and his dog, but the herd basically ignores him and continues after Eugene, Aaron, and Jesus, who are chased into a graveyard and surrounded by the walkers they fight off.  Michonne and Magna and her crew show up to help them get Eugene, but Jesus stays to fight, and he awesome, but he is stabbed in the back by one of the Whisperers. Naw, man, not Jesus!!! Daryl kills the one who kills Jesus; Daryl realizes what they were wearing the masks of the dead. They are trapped, and now they hear the Whisperers coming. I'm ticked, man. Why, Jesus, though...

Now, we have to deal with Negan and the Whisperers...and no more episodes until February, Sigh.  Been great hang with you guys!!! Happy holidays, everyone!!!! See, you in February, Walking Dead, fam!!!

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 7-"Stradivarius"

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Welcome back, everybody!!! Last week, introduced us to life without Rick Grimes, and that life apparently included a break between the once close surviving groups. While it was a good episode, I wish we could have seen the immediate aftermath of the "death" of Rick Grimes. I'm ultra-curious as to why Daryl left all the groups (probably guilt), and why Hilltop, Alexandria, and the Kingdom have splintered. I'm also curious about this Fair, I mean, Faire (you know that Ezekiel is fancy and extra). I also want to know exactly what that X is on Michonne's back.

The Whispering Walkers are closing in on Rosita who is running alone with no sigh of Eugene. The voices are getting closer when she collapses. Seeing traps that apparently Daryl has made for his life off the "grid." C. Thomas Howell, did I just see that name pop up on my screen? Daryl also has a dog and has been living like Huck Finn apparently on a raft. Siddiq is questioning Michonne about the group. The New group has a rig some where. Magna still wants her knives. HIlltop is looking fantastic. Tara is hanging out at Hilltop, and Enid is their doctor. Hey, Jesus. Apparently, Jesus is the new Leader at Hilltop. Maggie apparently has gone to live with Georgie and is happy according to a letter she has sent Jesus. Daryl is just walking around with a dead snake around his neck. Carol wants Daryl to go to Hilltop to keep an eye on Henry. Daryl refuses telling her that Henry needs to learn to take care of himself like they did. 

Michonne's group takes the newcomers back to their rig. Magna finds some of Bernard's things. Yumiko suggests taking some with them. Siddiq finds a recorder. Luke is looking for an instrument they lost. everyone. Yumiko and the others want to agree with Michonne who tells them she will not be traveling all the way. Jesus knocks Aaron off his horse, and the two start mixing it up. Jesus and Aaron want to bring the group together. Michonne doesn't know about Maggie, and she has been reluctant to work on a compromise between the groups. Jesus and Aaron want to go to the Fair to help mend fences. Jesus and Aaron see a flair which leads them to Rosita, who says that she has left Eugene in a barn. So, apparently Aaron was looking for her as well. They decide to take her back and look for Eugene in the morning.

Henry has figured out why Carol was looking for Daryl. He is upset that she feels like he needs a chaperon. As Carol cuts his hair, we find out that Daryl is out in the woods because he had been searching for Rick's body, which he has never found, and it just became easier to stay out in the wilderness. Something is spooking Michonne as she is keeping guard on the group. Luke was bending over something. Michonne tells him to drop it he refuses, and she hits it with her sword. It turns out to be what looks like a violin that she has destroyed. (I'm thinking the Stradivarius from the title). Daryl's dog got caught in one of his and the walkers he had captured almost got him. Henry saves him from another. They manage to save the dog and each other, as Carol looks on with her bow at the ready.

Jesus has been training Aaron. They have Rosita at Hilltop. Tara is fussing at Jesus for being away to long and not living up to what was promised to Maggie. She's leaving to look for Eugene in the morning. Daryl has two X's on his back like the one that Michonne has. One in the exact spot that Michonne has hers. Henry wants him to come back with them not just for him but for Carol. Luke reveals that the violin was a Stradivarius. He has been traveling through the apocalypse to help connect. 

Siddiq is trying to convince Michonne to go with them. She is concerned about seeing Maggie and how Maggie will react. Siddiq tells her that Maggie and Hershel are gone. but before he can explain how he knows walkers have surrounded them. DJ is finally allowed to give them their weapons. Kelly and Connie are proficient with the sling shot. They see their friend Bernard as a Walker, and Magna is devastated as he walks towards them. Michonne puts him down.

Daryl has decided to join Carol and Henry. Siddiq apologizes for not telling her about Maggie. A couple of Sentries (one of them was C. Thomas Howell) tells Michonne about Rosita. Connie sees something in the woods; someone is watching them. Daryl, Henry, and Carol have made it to Hilltop; Aaron, Jesus, and Daryl go out to find Eugene. Next week, mid-season Finale!!! I'm a little uneasy going into next week. See y'all, next week!!!

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 4-"The Obliged"

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Welcome back, everybody!!! I'm not really looking forward to the next episodes as much as I normally do. Knowing that there are only two Rick Grimes episodes left is so depressing, almost as bad as the post Glenn episodes.

Episode opens again in bed with Rick and Michonne. They really are trying for that family. No one has noticed that Gabriel is missing. Michonne and Rick looking at plans, breaking up fights, serving the sick, but Michonne is missing her katana. So, she is sneaking out killing Walkers in her spare time. When she isn't working on the charter or taking care of Judith. The Grimes family dynamic is seeming to be not enough for Michonne. Now, she finds a fresh walker hanging from a tree, and she is attacked by another. She ends up find a bat similar to Lucille that she uses to kill the walker with, but she leaves as the rain begins, with still no idea who this recently deceased walker is. 

Back to Hilltop and Maggie is teaching the animals to little Hershel. Everything seams to be running well at Hilltop. Georgie has been sending Maggie letters. She has taken a crowbar with her. Jesus believes that Negan should have died at the end, and that Rick made a mistake leaving him alive, but he is unsettled about Maggie's plan for Negan. The rain has created a deluge, but the rain may take out the bridge. He says there are two major herds running parallel to each other, but they do not seem like they are going to merge. Carol has decided not to go back to Sanctuary. She tells Rick that they need to figure out life for themselves at the Sanctuary. He tell her that she gives him hope. She is instead returning to the Kingdom. Still no one has noticed that Gabriel is missing. Jerry shows up and tells Rick that Jesus has relayed a message that Maggie is headed to Alexandria. Daryl offers Rick a ride on his bike. New character, Nora, who tells her that crows are taking some of their crops, and Negan is not eating. Rick asks Daryl to pull over. Daryl has messed with the relay to allow Maggie to get into Alexandria. The two get into a fight, and they roll into a hole that looks as if it was man made for something not on the up and up. Sooooo, both are stuck at the bottom.

We return to life with Negan, as Michonne tells Negan that he is to end the hunger strike. He wants Michonne to stay and talk to him in return he will eat. She gives him 20 minutes. Daryl and Rick are arguing. He says he can't believe that Rick is allowing Negan to live after what Glenn did for him. Rick believes killing Negan is only making hims a martyr. He tells Rick he believes in all these other people, but not in his own group. He tells Rick to let Carl's dream go. Rick says he never asked anyone to follow him, but Daryl tells him maybe he should have. I honestly see it from both sides, but seriously, I'm more team kill Negan.

Negan is mocking Michonne being in Alexandria while Rick and the rest build the bridge. She tells him they are rebuilding the world. Negan is telling Michonne about his wife. He tells her that his wife had cancer, and they would have loved to have had a kid like Carl. She tells him about her son Andre. He tells her that his wife was weak, but she made him strong. He is messing with her head telling her that she was glad Andre is gone because he would have made her weak. Finally, Anne and Gabriel, even though no one has noticed that both of them are gone. She kisses her unconscious lover. I don't understand how this works. She is going to turn him before delivery? He tells her that he forgives her for what she is about to do. He temporarily stops her from using a walker to turn him into a walker. Then, she knocks him out.

The Saviors have taken guns from Alden, and they want to fight Oceanside for killing their people. Carol over powers them, but now there is shooting. Rick and Daryl hear the gunshots, and they are working together to get out of the hole, before the herds converge. Michonne is looking at her katana again. She confronts Negan as she returns with his food. He tells her that they are the same. She tells him that they are not. She wants to bring people together. She says she gets strength from the dead, but she lives for the living. She says that he is trying to connect with her. He wants to see Lucille, and he thinks Michonne will bring it to him. She tells him the bat is still out on the field. He is desperate to see the bat, and he appears to be beating his hand against the wall.

Now walkers are falling in the pit with Rick and Daryl has made a step stool out of some of the walkers as they both frantically try to climb out. Rick has made it out he is trying to help Daryl out. Brother, Rick says. Take my hand, and they are both out. Rick says he is going to take the Walkers in another direction after Daryl tells him to sacrifice the bridge. He tells him to be safe. Gabriel wakes up in one of the trailers she used to hold prisoners. She left him a note, but she is gone. Michonne is reading to Judith. She sees a bat in the picture of the story she is reading. Maggie sees dead walkers and Rick's hatchet. Rick is surrounded by Walkers. The horse throws him, he lands on exposed rebar, and he is pinned to a piece of concrete as the walkers are converging from two directions towards him. Now, we are down to Rick's last episode, and things don't look like they bode well for Rick Grimes...sigh, see you next week. Bring tissue...

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 3-"Warning Signs"

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Welcome back, everybody!! Well much like last week, my eyes are dancing around because my amazing new quarterback Patrick Mahomes, II is playing on Sunday Night Football. Now begins Episode 3 of the Rick Grimes Farewell Tour. What site is this? Who are the Walker's gnawing on? Is that the Savior from last week? What happened to him? Yep, that's week's Bully Savior with what looks like a bullet to the back as his walker form walks past a sign that states "Final Warning." So who is killing Saviors? I mean, I'm okay with them dying, but I need to know who to thank.

Rick is up early, as Michonne snatches covers. They moved Carl and Judith's handprints from the porch and have placed them on a wall inside the house. He touches Carl's as he goes to check on the garden. He puts a ripe tomato on what appears to be Carl's grave. Michonne has been working on the Charter for the communities. Judith may be sick, so Michonne wants to take her to Siddiq to be sure. She reminds Rick that Maggie and Daryl are still angry and others maybe, as well, but Rick believes that they will come around. Meanwhile, he thanks Michonne for everything that she has done for him and the community. Rick is apparently feeling a little frisky telling Michonne he can think of another way to prepare for the future. Scene changes to Maggie and a member of Hilltop on the road. The Saviors stop Maggie and question her about the missing Savior and the ones who disappeared with the ethanol. They are supposed to be working on the bridge. The Saviors let them pass after one of them, but Maggie spots what appears to be the recently deceased Savior. Back to Alexandria where after a quick doctor's appointment, the Grimes family is having a family funday when Scott runs in to tell Michonne that the Savior who went missing the previous day was found dead.

So dude's name was Justin, the Saviors are tying to start a fight. The Saviors want weapons. They think that Anne or Daryl killed Justin. Alden is trying to keep the peace. The female Saviors want to keep the peace, but the male Saviors want weapons. Alden tries to convince Rick to give some of the Saviors weapons; he says he will consider it, but Maggie shoots it down. As they examine the body, Rick gives Daryl a suspicious look. He questions Gabriel about Anne. Gabriel questions Anne, but she refuses to answer. Rick is now questioning Daryl, who tells him he would have done it in public. Daryl tells him that he doesn't know who kill them, but he knows why they wanted to kill Saviors. Rick tells him he felt the same why they fell that way, but he wants to stop all the killing. Daryl says he doesn't understand why these Saviors get the chance that Glenn, Abraham, and Sasha didn't get. Rick tells Daryl that he would like him to give it the same chance he once game Rick, even after Rick left his brother Meryl to die.

Everyone is in the forest doing a grid search for the people who are missing. Cyndie and Maggie track a group of walkers to an abandoned house. Where a broken piece of tin roof is attracting them. Oh, good, the house is full of walkers who break through the wood when Cyndie falls throught the porch. Maggie manages to get a few, before Daryl and Rick show up. Grid 5 team is missing. Bea from Oceanside was with Arat, whose weapons were left behind, but Arat is missing. Jerry is asking what's going to happen to the killer. The group lies to the Saviors, but they go out to look for Arat. Carol admits that she wanted to kill some of the Saviors during the fight. Rick admits there are some days he wants to go down and kill Negan, but he admits he does it to honor all the ones that they have lost. The dead already rule, and every life is precious. Maggie does admit Rick's way is better, for the future. They find a walker with what looks like an arrow in it. Daryl says that he knows who took Arat. I think it just might just be Dwight taking out the Saviors. 

So, Anne is in the junkyard communicating with someone over a walkie-talkie. She is asked does she have an A or a B. She has to bring someone to them--an A, which I take for a leader. Gabriel has followed her to the junkyard. He learns that she had been trading people for supplies before the end fight with Negan.  She was going to trade Rick and Gabriel when she had captured them earlier. She wants to leave Alexandria because everyone still looks at her with suspicion except Gabriel. Gabriel says that he can't do this. He says he has to tell Rick. He tells her he doesn't want to be a party to this, and that he can't leave with her this way. I don't know what a B is, but Anne thought Gabriel was one initially, but apparently, he is the A that is going to get her out of her situation. Before she knocks him out. Meanwhile, Jed attacks Rick and Carol and takes Carol and hostage. Rick is trying to talk him down. Rick feigns dropping his weapon, while Carol escapes and stabs the distracted Jed. DJ stands down when Rick raises his gun in his direction.

Maggie and Daryl end up where the episode began. It turns out that it was Oceanside has been killing the Saviors. So, I missed that one. Turns out this place used to be where the Oceanside group use to be before the Saviors came, and Simon delivered the final warning which is why they fled. Arat killed Cyndie's mother and brother. Cyndie's brother was only 11. Cyndie tells Daryl and Maggie that she started this revenge after what Maggie did to Gregory. Arat told them she said she killed the boy after Simon demanded her; Cyndie and Maggie demanded she tell the rest. Arat said she told them "no exceptions" before killing the boy. Maggie and Daryl walk away as Cyndie kills Arat. Maggie and Daryl agree that Rick's way isn't exactly working, and they need to talk to Negan. The episode ends with the Saviors leaving the camp. 

The preview for next week reminds us that there are only two more Rick Grimes episodes, and it looks like he and Daryl will have a fight...Until next time...

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 2-"The Bridge"

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Welcome back, everybody! I think that I've recovered from last week. I'm probably going to be a little distracted as my Chiefs are currently playing the Patriots on Sunday Night Football.

This week's episode opens with Rick having what appears to be a one-sided conversation with Negan (I'm assuming, because it looks like Rick is outside of Negan's cell). Apparently, Rick does most of the talking. Rick tells him that it was Day 35, and everybody is camped out while they are reparing the bridge that connects the colonies. We get a glimpse of some of the other couples, and the appearance of some semblance of normality.

Ezekiel tells young Henry about the importance of the building this bridge, then he and Carol have a cute moment as he, Carol, and Henry have created a little family. Apparently, the Saviors have been slipping off. Siddiq has been training Enid to do medicine. The ethanol shipment from the Sanctuary has not arrived, and Maggie refuses to send them more supplies until the Saviors hold up their end. Michonne tries to get Maggie to let Earl, the blacksmith who tried to kill Maggie, out to repair the broken plow from D. C. Michonne reasons that keeping him locked up while the tractor is out of fuel punishes everyone. Maggie refuses to let him out, because of what he did. Michonne says that maybe it's time to lay down some rules. Maggie doesn't disagree and suggests that Michonne stay the night at Hilltop instead of heading back to Alexandria. While working on the bridge, one of the Saviors starts trouble with Henry and ends up on his behind. The Savior then starts a fight with Daryl.

Rick comes back to break up the fight. Daryl is ticked that Rick let the Savior off, but he and Rick tells them that they need the Saviors to help. Clearly though, there is a rift with Daryl and Rick, and Rick trying to bring everything together. Tammy is upset that Maggie will not let her see Earl, and refuses to leave the jail until she sees her husband. Michonne suggests that Jesus talks to Maggie. Jesus talks to Maggie who realizes Michonne's influence, and while Jesus does not always agree with her, he tells her that he trusts Maggie. We also learn that Georgie has been trying to convince Maggie to join her group. The scene ends with Rosita and the Savior who cut her face, Arat, as they are setting off explosions, which draw walkers.

We learned that Earl built the jail cells that he is now in. Maggie asks him to describe the drinking, and we learn his back story. He tells her how the drinking got out of control, and he took baby Kenneth from the baby sitter while he was drunk. We heard that Saviors are missing and have not returned to the Sanctuary. The heard that they were moving does not go as planned because the second post does not report. One of  the saviors panics and a log lands on Aaron breaking his arm so badly that they have to amputate. Rick, Carol, Ezekiel and their crew take down the walkers. It turns out the Savior who started the fight on the bridge was the person at point two who blames a "bad radio" kept him from turning the herd, which causes Daryl to open up a can of whoop all over him.

Maggie agrees to some common laws. She allows Earl to work under supervision, but she does not regret what she did with Gregory. Rick tells the Savior to leave and not come back. Aaron is recovering, and Anne (Jadis) and Gabriel are getting closer. Gabriel just kissed Anne!!! And now they are...okay...I'm done.

Carol and Ezekiel are engaged. Rick commenting how they all commented and came together at the end of the day. Rick believes that it is human nature to come together. Rick tells Negan that he still thinks he's in charge, but he is never leaving that cell. Negan tells Rick that the bridge is a monument to the dead. Negan tells Rick that he is just getting the world ready for him. Anne sees a helicopter while on night watch, and the loose Savior gets snatched into the woods on his walk back to the Sanctuary.

There's so much to digest. Does Anne know the helicopter people? Who snatched the Savior? What does Negan mean? Hopefully we get some answers next week! Until next week!!!

Dead Viewing: Season 9, Episode 1-"A New Beginning"

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Welcome back, everybody!!! Long time, no see!! Honestly, I had many reservations about blogging about The Walking Dead this season. I didn't want to write for two reasons. Reason #1: The weak season finale, and reason #2: Rick and Maggie are leaving. The fact that Rick is leaving the show after eight seasons is devastating to me. He's been there since the beginning, and he is one of my favorite characters, but this just makes Carl's death even more unnecessary. Maggie has become one of my favorite's simply because I love seeing BA female leaders in action on television series. She will be missed, but I hope they don't kill either of them. I'm sure they are going to die, but I would like it to be like Morgan, so they could come back if they choose. We will see. 

Opens with Rick's narration and we are back in Alexandria with Rick, Michone, and Judith has finally grown. WE are meeting up in Washington, DC on horseback. The team is back together. Washington, DC is looking worse for wear. This is quite the interesting intro. I wish I were as quick as other Walking Dead fans who pick up all the Easter eggs.

Looks like they are entering some type of library or museum. It's a museum. Maggie seems positive that this will work, but there is a glass floor with a ton of walkers below it. What are we looking for? This year's walkers are all kinds of gross, man, bugs, and spiders, and Siddiq definitely was feeling that. I like the killing of the walker at the end of the human evolution. I really. We also learned that Maggie won an election, suggested by Gregory, and she is officially the leader of the Hilltop. Heirloom seeds, a canoe, a plow, and trying to get a wagon across a cracking glass floor. I like how all the groups are working together...and Ezekiel falls through the glass. He and Carol are an item. Carol loves her king, I see. 

Ezekiel asks Carol to marry him, and of course, she shoots him down Carol style. Maggie named the baby Hershel. Of course the wagon gets stuck. Just as they move, Walkers show up. No Ken, don't go back for he horse., and he's bit. Ken's dead. Maggie puts him down to keep him from turning. Tammy is railing on Maggie about taking Ken, and Earl walks away when she questions his manhood. She's mad because she believes the Saviors are receiving more than they deserve. I think Maggie may agree with her. 

Alden singing over Ken's funeral. So, everyone is invited to the funeral except Maggie, who is watching from the balcony. Now, they are back at the Saviors warehouse, where apparently some are still "NEGAN." Gregory is allowed to speak at Ken's funeral. Daryl has been leading the Saviors, but he doesn't want to do it any more. Daryl wants to stop dealing with everybody. Daryl wants to fend for their own, and Daryl wants to take care of everyone. Someone has to stay, because Daryl wants to go back to Hilltop with Maggie and the baby. There is definitely a break with Rick and Daryl on philosophy. Meanwhile, snake in the grass Gregory is lurking around with Tammy and Earl.

I love Carol and Daryl's relationship, and the fact that she calls him Pookie. She offers to take over the Sanctuary for Daryl for a while. Man, I hate Gregory. How low do you have to be to manipulate a couple who just lost their child. He really just needs to go away, because he will never get over not being in charge of the Hilltop.

Michonne is questioning whether or not they should not have kept Negan. She is considering what Daryl was talking about with the Saviors. Gregory buttering up to Maggie again. I hate this guy. Someone defaced Glenn's grave and had Earl attack Maggie. Enid and others come to her aid. Now, he is attacking her with a knife. He has got to go.

Carol stays at Sanctuary with Daryl leaving. Leaves Jerry, my fave, to watch over Henry and Ezekiel. Little Hershel is so cute. Rick wants her to visit Alexandria, but she still refuses because of Negan. She says she will help Sanctuary, but they have to sacrifice. They are about to execute Gregory. Execution by hanging...well, bye Gregory...

Before I leave, I would like to take a moment to talk about Scott Wilson. I loved him as Hershel in The Walking Dead, but he has been a part of some of my favorite works including The Great Gatsby and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He will be greatly missed. Thank you for the memories, Mr. Wilson...

Until next week, "You walk outside, you risk your life. You take a drink of water, you risk your life. Nowadays you breath and you risk your life. You don’t have a choice. The only thing you can choose is what you’re risking it for."-Hershel

Dead Viewing: Season 8, Episode 13-"Do Not Send Us Astray"

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Welcome back, everybody! Opening with Morgan, seeing Gavin's dead image telling Morgan that he was supposed to. To do what? Then, Morgan here's horns, and the rest of the crew blow horns to signal the influx. Ezekiel and Carol have to convince young Henry to stay put while the rest go out to defend the Hilltop. This older lady Hilltopper is being condescending to Siddiq questioning his every action. He finally puts her in her place as she tells him that she likes him. They go to commercial as the Saviors are about to reach the gate. 

The Saviors are welcomed with spikes, but they don't notice at first, but now they do.  Maggie Rhee introduces herself to Simon. Simon tells her that Negan received her package. She tells Simon she has 38 men and 38 bullets, and she is willing to use them. He tells them that they are on their own. He basically says screw the Saviors she has. Gregory tells her did she really think it would work. She says it will. Dwight tries to convince Simon that Negan may still be there. Up comes Daryl with guns blazing. The Saviors follow Daryl in and all Hell has broken loose. Guns from the Hilltop Side, and guns and arrows from the Saviors. Siddiq comes out to help Carol save on of the Hilltoppers. Daryl sees Dwight with Simon. Somebody is down, but I can't see who, it may be Tara, and Maggie has given the fall back signal. Lights are out, and everything is quiet. Simon adn his crew are coming out in the open without being able to see anything. They are trying to surround the house. Simon tells Dwight that they will be making a "house call." It was a set up. As soon as the Saviors get close, lights come on, and they are surrounded as the Hilltop starts shooting; the Saviors try to retreat, but Rick and his crew come from the outside. Meanwhile, Gavin is acting like Lori's ghost and harassing Morgan during the fight. Some of the Saviors still manage to escape as Rick and Maggie chase them away from the gate. Maggie said she wanted to kill them all, especially Negan. Rick agrees with her. Rick tells Maggie that Negan wasn't there because he tried to kill him, for which she thanks him.

Tara was scratched by the arrows. Tara believes that Dwight tried to save her life. Daryl, however, does not trust Dwight. Michonne and Rick are finally alone together. He's trying to open up a window for the kids, but I believe it's just to keep busy. He's been cut, too. He's telling Michonne how he tried to take out Negan by himself. Maggie cuts the young Savior loose to bury "his people" who he claims are no longer his people. Dianne tells Maggie she's a good leader. Maggie isn't sure because of the people who died, but not Negan. Carol saved her Tobin's life for now. He asks if Carol is going to stay after the fight. She says she doesn't know. The end of the fight just gives them one day. There are no guarantees. Why does Henry have this gun?

Siddiq offers to treat Rick's wounds. Do not send us astray after them, Siddiq tells him was the end of a prayer for the dead that he was taught. Who is this? Hilltopper telling Maggie she is a better leader than Gregory who was all for himself.  Everybody is sleeping in the mansion. What's happening to Tobin? Dude, Tobin turned hella quick, and just killed the watcher, and the doctor lady. Now, he is on his way to the house with the Walkers he has made. The other sown up dude who was talking to Maggie has turned into a walker, too. How freaking soundly do these people sleep?!! People are about to die. 

Henry has the gun at the pen. Henry didn't believe that Gavin killed his brother. Gregory trying to talk the kid into giving him the gun. Henry doesn't trust him. Tobin and his crew are taking out folks left and right. They are doing amputations on the floor. Oh, Henry has his eye on the real killer, but he has opened the gate and is now inside the pen. He is threatening to kill them all if Ben's killer doesn't step forward, when a zombie attacks one of the Saviors! Henry is so stupid, now the Saviors and Gregory are free with a gun. Henry went all Carl the wrong way. More the Carl getting Dale killed stupid. 

Well, many people died during this fight. Carol realizes it's Tobin, and she puts him down. They realized that Negan wanted to injure them with the walker blood so they would turn. Why is Siddiq fighting by himself? The young Savior tells her what Henry did, and that the others ran away. They can't find Henry. Why is Gavin bothering Morgan? Maggie is thinking of the cost of fighting Negan as they look at their filling cemetery. Sigh, until next week...

Dead Viewing: Season 8, Episode 11: "Dead or Alive Or"

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Opening with Negan's people looking for Gabriel and the Doctor, and Daryl is leading the rest of the Alexandrians on their way to Hilltop and overhears the Saviors. Tara allows a walker to attack Dwight. The Doctor and Gabriel are trying to figure out how to get to Hilltop. Gabriel is so sick that he can barely see, a walker is slowly creeping up on them, and of course, the car won't crank.

Gabe and he Doctor took care of the Walker, but Gabriel is losing his site and getting sicker, and hearing bells. They find a house. These are some messed up looking walkers tonight. Tara is still wants to kill Dwight. Rosita and Daryl are against. Rosita especially after losing Carl. Morgan, Carl, and Henry have made it to Hilltop. Henry is ready to kill the Savior that killed his brother. Jerry has made it to Hilltop as well. Morgan thinks they should tell Henry which Savior killed his brother. Carol does not agree and thinks Morgan has issues, too. How is it that Maggie is still not showing? Oh, Negan is not happy and is interrogating Eugene. Eugene is still feigning ignorance, even though he asked about Alexandria. He is about make Eugene in charge of an outpost. In this case, the factory to make bullets. He will have access to women and wine. Gabriel is trying to read the post left by the final owner who knew how to work a H.A.M. radio and was trying to reach people. The former owner, however, is tied to his bed surrounded by empty pill bottles with a plastic bag on his head.

Dwight tells Daryl and the others, that Negan did not want to go through the swamp because it's to dangerous. Dwight tells them that he is there to help them beat Negan, because if he goes back Negan is going to put his head on a pike. Daryl decides that they are going to try the swamps, even though Tara thinks its a bad idea. They are running out of food at the Hilltop and may not make it to the end of the week. Dr. Carlson tells Gabriel he needs to rest, but Gabriel has found some pills. The pills are antibiotics that Gabriel needs. Dwight tells Daryl that everything he did was for Sherry who helped Daryl to escape before she did. Rosita and Scott (I finally found out Kenric Green's name) volunteer to help Daryl get rid of the Swamp Walkers.

Gregory and Maggie meeting at their "prison." Maggie tells him give her a reason to kill him. One of the Saviors asks for some free time out of the pen. Maggie refuses and tells them they won't be getting food either. Rosita stepped on a walker. This reminds me of the sullen swamp in The Divine Comedy.  Siddiq and Daryl are clearing walkers. Tara volunteers Dwight to kill a few walkers who has entered their safe zone. Gabriel's fever has broken, and he accidentally breaks a piggy bank which contains keys and a map. Dwight apologizes for Denise. Tara wants to kill him, and she shoots at him, which is of course a bad idea. This can only end badly. Of course, they are right by a group of Saviors looking for Gabriel and the Doc. The Doc and Gabriel are looking for the car; Gabe reads the sign that was making the noise, and tries to warn the doc, but it is too late. The Doc has stepped into a bear trap, and a walker is coming upon him. Man, always, one step forward, two steps back...

The Doc tries to fight them off; he kills two, but blind Gabiel has to kill the last one, which he unbelievably does. The Saviors are about to go to the swamp, but Dwight gives himself up to the Saviors. Thanks, Tara. Daryl is pissed at Tara for letting Dwight get away, but they are on their way to Hilltop. Back to the Doc and Gabriel, they make it to the Jeep only to get captured by the Saviors, who for some stupid reason kill the Doctor and take Gabriel back.

Daryl and his crew have made it to Hilltop, and once again has to give Carol and Maggie bad news about a death-this time Carl's. Enid is devastated. Morgan tells Henry that Gavin killed his brother and he got Gavin so. Siddiq thanks Maggie for her hospitality. He volunteers to work in the infirmary. Flash to the bullet factory where Eugene. Negan brings in Gabriel and proclaims that Carlson helped him to escape. Negan wants Gabriel to work at the bullet factory. He wants Eugene to speed up the process, while that can't happen, he has given Negan an idea about attacking the Hilltop with catapults of body parts. Maggie is going to put the Saviors to work. Gregory tell Maggie they should evacuate. There is an announcement that Rick has arrived at Hilltop. Negan is going to using bio-waste from the walkers to fight against the Hilltop. Oh, boy...I'm sick of Negan...

Until next week...

Dead Viewing: Season 8, Episode 8-"How It's Gotta Be"

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MID-SEASON FINALE, Y'ALL!!!!!!

I do not like these jump abouts. They are really annoying. Rick and the Heapsters are at the Sanctuary. The Dead have been stacked up. How in the world did they do this.  The Heapsters have run away, and Carol and Jerry have rescued Rick. Back to Rick and Carl talking after they left Sidiqq at the gas station. Carl says that there has to be more to this life than just killing people. Now, back to teary-eyed Rick. With theses flashes of main characters, I'm beginning to believe one of these guys is going to die tonight, and Negan is on the move. It won't be Rick, but Carl, Carol, Ezekiel, Maggie, and Jerry look to have their heads on the chopping blocks tonight, but I think Gabriel is definitely dead as well. 

This is an awkward conversation between Enid and Aaron who are on their way to Oceanside. Where is she going? Liquor? Judith had gotten way big. Daryl thinks their trapped worked, boy is he in for a surprise. Carl is writing a letter to his father. Now, Carl is alive in the comics, but I'm thinking he is not going to make it through this episode. Tara thinks it worked, too. She is wrong, too. Aaron was injured by Cindy's grandma, and Enid shot and killed her. So, I think she is going to bite it tonight. Carl is trying to go to the sewer. Negan is now at the gate. Michonne can't believe the Saviors got out. Rick is no where close to Alexandria. Rick, Jerry, and Carol are driving toward Alexandria, and Jerry's car was just hit!!!! NOT JERRY!!!

Ezekiel is reading Jerry's letter about leaving, and now the Saviors are at the Kingdom looking for Ezekiel. Who has bounced in a hurry for someone with a bad wheel. Now to Maggie and Jesus talking about the Saviors surrendering. There is a tree in the road. She knows things have gone bad. The Saviors have them trapped. Daryl and Tara have messed it up for everybody. Oh, no the Saviors have Jerry. What is in this box? Freaking Simon. Can he die already? Dang it, Daryl. Carl is saying let them have Alexandria...for tonight. This is so messed up. I hate the Saviors so much. Ezekiel has disappeared. They are taking some of the people to the Sanctuary to clean it, the others will stay to continue producing, and the Saviors are moving into the Kingdom.  

Don't hurt Jerry!!! Surrendering their guns to Simon, or they are going to kill Jerry. I'm so sick of the Saviors always coming out on top. Now, Carl is standing up to Negan, telling him that Rick is not there. Carl is giving himself up. He just said kill me. Carl does not want to die, but he says he'll sacrifice himself for all the others. The Heapsters have escaped with their dump trucks. I don't know what is going on. Dwight and another Savior. Now, Carl is gone, and the Saviors are blowing stuff up!!!! (Side note: Khary Payton is going to be on The Talking Dead, and I'm not happy about that at all.)

Sometimes, I think that I'm not cut out to be a fan of The Walking Dead. I really get tired of all my favorites dying. Carl may have gotten hurt during the bombing. Back at the Kingdom, they are looking for Ezekiel. He is asking them to give up Ezekiel, and he is giving them 5 minutes. Eugene helped them get out, and now they are leading the herd. They killed Neal in the back seat?!!! Maggie is standing down, and she asked for the box. I can't with this mess. 

Back at Sanctuary, Eugene is waking up at midnight, and I would like to feel sorry for him, but I don't. Spineless coward. Where is Carl? Is he still inside Alexandria? What is he doing? He almost got blown up again. Tara, you and Daryl, messed up. Y'all messed up.  Daryl and Tara's group have ambushed the Saviors. The female Savior has figured out it was Dwight. Daryl, Tara, and Michonne has taken out the convoy of trucks. Carl has made it to the sewer. Negan is headed to Rick's house, and he wants them to bring him Carl unhurt.

Where are Carol and Rick? What the freak is Eugene talking about? Eugene drugged the guard to help Gabriel take the Doctor to Hilltop. What is Ezekeil doing? HE has set off a bomb and is leading his people out. Carol arrived just as he was locking the gate. He told Carol to save the people. He has been knocked out though.  Maggie is back at Hilltop, and she just capped a Savior, because of what happened to Neal. Well done, Mags! Shut up, Jesus. I feel really bad saying that. 

Tara and Daryl have guns trained on Dwight. The female Savior got away, but she is going to tell Negan. Dwight can't go back He wants to come with them. Maggie is sending the Saviors a message in a box. Wait, Morgan is at the Kingdom gate. The tool in charge is threatening to kill Ezekiel. Michonne's crew is back at Alexandria. Wait, what is Michonne doing? Rick is back at Alexandria. He is looking for Carl and Michonne, but he finds Negan and Lucille. Rick and Negan fighting, and Rick just got away. Michonne is slicing her way into Alexandria. Michonne is chopping the the living crap out of one of the Saviors. Carl got the majority of the people to the sewer safely. Carol and Ezekiel and Morgan are still alive. So is Eugene. Gabriel is barely alive. Carl is bit. He got bit in the woods when he saved Sidiq. Seriously, The Walking Dead?! All of this was for Carl, now he is going to die. I'm drained. I'm so bitter right now. Seriously, Carl has lost so much, now they are going take Carl, too. I'm just...UGH...Guys, enjoyed it, I'll see you on February 25th. Good grief...