The Walking Dead - Mercy - Season 8, Episode 1 (season premiere - spoiler alert)

[NewJeffCT]

In the Season 8 premiere, Rick and his group, along with the Kingdom and Hilltop, band together to bring the fight to Negan and the Saviors.

Episode 100 overall of the show - which will be dedicated to two people:
http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-walking-dead-john-bernecker-george-romero/

[doc03]

1. After 7 years of TWD I am just tired of it. They will defeat Nagin and have about two

episodes and another villain will pop up. They lost me when Glen got killed. I am anxious to see the new season of Longmire. Nov. 17th

[jpak]

2. It's become repetitive - it needs a new storyline

yup

[NewJeffCT]

4. That's mainly why I stopped reading the comics

after the All Out War storyline. Too repetitive

[Bayard]

3. Can't wait to see the new one tonight!

[NewJeffCT]

7. same here

hope it will be exciting.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. I'm okay with another season or two.

Definitely would love to see overlap with Fear the Walking Dead. At some point, civilization either makes it, or it collapses completely. I see WD ending with at least a chance of regaining civilization.

[NewJeffCT]

6. My guess

I have no insight on this, is that Rick will sacrifice himself so Carl and maybe a few others make it to some large safe zone type area where maybe they've discovered a vaccine that prevents infection if bitten.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Yup. That would be a satisfying ending.

[steve2470]

9. pre-show(?) from Greek Theater LA

Link to tweet

[NewJeffCT]

11. I have AMC on now

in the background =- need to do a few things before 9pm EST, though

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Did the deleted scene just air?

It was a scene between Carl and Rick, at first. Carl asks Rick if he can cut off his arm, if he had to. Michonne walks in and gives him a pep talk. Then, she looks at Carl and say, let's go get our army.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I don't recall that scene

but, I also may just have a bad memory in my old age

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I think it was, My memory may be shot for many things but I can play "Recognize the movie in the

a random scene." And I don't remember that one.

[Solly Mack]

14. Sasha is about to make her grand finale on the re-run.

[NewJeffCT]

16. she almost got Negan

she caught him off guard for sure

[Solly Mack]

17. Yes. Too bad she didn't though. I would be OK with Negan being dead already.

I'm worried for Shiva with the coming new episode.

Let Shiva live. Kill Eugene instead.

[bettyellen]

15. Here comes Shiva!

[Liberal Veteran]

18. Hoping we get some explanation for why Jadus went Judas.

She's still annoying though.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Rick giving a speech on the back of a pickup

the speech from the preview about Jesus telling them the world is getting bigger

[NewJeffCT]

20. Dwight and Daryl

exchange messages via crossbow. Attack coming tomorrow

[Baitball Blogger]

31. Did you notice who the zombie was tied to the fence?

The guy who had no guts.

[NewJeffCT]

34. I missed that

i'll have to rewatch later

[Solly Mack]

21. I don't like time jumps.

[NewJeffCT]

22. Carl on his own now

in a scene that hearkens back to the opening scene of the very first episode with his father...

[Solly Mack]

23. Sticky by Morgan

[NewJeffCT]

24. I guess his life

wasn't too precious

[Solly Mack]

26. Perhaps more precious by dying?

[Solly Mack]

25. Walkers as cannon fodder?

Judith!

[Baitball Blogger]

33. She was adorable.

[Solly Mack]

27. Michonne might follow Carl but I won't.

"It's your show"

[NewJeffCT]

28. Carl is maturing

but, Michonne is already a proven leader and proven warrior.

[Solly Mack]

29. She is.

[Solly Mack]

30. We're all in this together - but Maggie, you should join us. lololol

More or less what happened.

[bettyellen]

36. Well they're going to be a collective and not fight, right?

[Solly Mack]

40. Yes - but Hilltop still needs Maggie.

[Solly Mack]

32. Everyone is talking like Rick will die...even Rick.

[Solly Mack]

35. so it begins

[bettyellen]

37. Shoot the fucker! Come ON!

[Solly Mack]

39. Yes!

[Solly Mack]

38. Oh, shoot the blowhard already.

Rick could be dreaming and is already dead. Just saying.

[Solly Mack]

41. Shoot Gregory.

[NewJeffCT]

46. he got shoved down the stairs

almost funny

[Solly Mack]

47. Only if he landed on walkers.

[Solly Mack]

42. Car go boom

[bettyellen]

43. !

[NewJeffCT]

44. pretty intense showdown

Team Rick invades the Sanctuary and gives Negan an ultimatum.

[NewJeffCT]

45. Rick starts a countdown

gets to 7 and starts shooting

[herding cats]

48. Gregory, a snake as always.

[Solly Mack]

49. Yep

[herding cats]

52. No surprises there, but damn I wanted to see him eaten by the horde.

[Solly Mack]

53. Me, too!

[NewJeffCT]

50. poor Gabriel

goes to save the guy and gets betrayed. I'd call Gregory a douchebag, but that's an insult to douchebags

[herding cats]

51. Gabriel deserved better.

At one point I was over him, but he redeemed himself. Now this happens. ☹️

[Solly Mack]

54. Well, Carl, I hope you're making the right decision.

[Solly Mack]

55. They keep saying it isn't about Rick..including Rick

but guess what creators of the show - It kind of really is about Rick.

[herding cats]

57. Up until recently it had been.

But his time is limited, they've been setting the stage for his death all last season. I just didn't expect them to allude to it in the season opener.

Still, it beat last years season opener by leaps and bounds. I didn't watch it again until the season was almost over after that horrific disaster of a season premiere.

[Solly Mack]

60. I'll be less inclined to watch if Rick dies.

I might binge watch once it is all over but watch it as it comes on because I'm excited? No. I'll be able to let days, weeks go by before I watch.

Sure, everyone dies eventually, but I can't transfer onto Carl what I think/feel about the Rick character because I really don't care if Carl dies or not. Judith, yes - Carl? Not so much.

I simply enjoy the Rick character. I don't have the same feel for Carl. At all.

[herding cats]

62. I have to agree.

FWIW, I'm still not convinced this all means they're killing off Rick so soon. Even if I expect them to within the next season or two, now still seems too rushed. They haven't even come close to fleshing out Carl's character enough to carry the emotional load of the primary protagonist. Same with Maggie, even though she's likable enough, she's just not as interesting as Rick.

Besides, to kill him off when they've been alluding to his demise the entire season opener would be trite. Right?

[Solly Mack]

64. It would be.

[Baclava]

73. Maggie just said it best, from the start it was about Rick and Glenn, the others just came along

They killed Glenn so Rick will never die


Freeway to the farm to the prison were the best of the best - always up close and personal, always kept U guessing.

Now they live for merchandising


I do want that shirt





and maybe a coffee mug

[Solly Mack]

56. Poor Padre

[herding cats]

58. Trapped in a trailer with Negan surrounded by zombies.

Which is worse, Negan or the zombie horde?

[Solly Mack]

61. The horde.

Negan offers a slim (very) chance of survival. The walkers could easily overwhelm him at this point.

[herding cats]

63. Maybe he can cause his own death somehow and go zombie on Negan in the trailer?

That would be a fun twist so long as he gets to bite Negan. 😄

[Solly Mack]

65. lol! I think Carl will capture Negan. He's currently the unexpected/unknown factor.

Or not.

[herding cats]

66. I agree.

Carl's revenge on Negan is an inevitable subplot. 👍

[NewJeffCT]

59. so, when does each side

start to run out of bullets?

[herding cats]

67. At the same time as the gasoline they're using goes bad?

Filed under: Things that irritate me on The Walking Dead.

[benld74]

68. TWD? Whats that???

[Baclava]

69. Horrible hokey writing - they've finally done it, made me not care about any of them

The New and Improved TWD, now with more cheap CGI and miracle escapes than you can shake a fist at in fairy tale land




Go Negan

Bash in Rick's head and feed his brains to 'Koral' ... with a nice tub of chocolate pudding on the side


I demand entertainment

[NewJeffCT]

70. I had a few problems with the showdown

I had a few problems with the episode. I thought they did a good job building the anticipation of a showdown, but the showdown was kind of unrealistic. All that blasting away by Team Rick and how many people died? One, maybe two? Plus, nobody on Rick’s side died despite having to shoot up at The Sanctuary? They were in a fishbowl. And, nobody on Team Negan thought to toss down a few bricks, a grenade, a Molotov cocktail or something explosive? Last year’s finale showed negan talking to a courtyard full of 100+ guys with guns. Where are all those guys?

[Baclava]

71. I said the same thing, lol - and contrived drama is NO drama

First, Inspirational speeches, then artsy dreamy flashbacks/flash forwards, then more talking with Negan

then really bad 'action scenes'

Why the fuck wouldn’t they open fire as soon as Negan walks out the door??? He's like, 30 yards away, they have scoped rifles, he's standing right in front of them in the open, giving another speech.

Why would he even come out to face armed barricaded attackers anyway when he has hundreds or thousands of soldiers to take them out immediately? Where are they? Rick has MAYBE 30 people with him

Why waste thousands of rounds of ammo shooting out fucking windows??????

And Gabriel is a captive because he tried to be a do gooder in saving Gregory who betrayed them....he let him drive away in his own getaway car? WTF?

Completely contrived drama. Could have easily shot Negan and his main men and been done with the "war" right away. They are really, really are terrible at these big gunfights. NO drama, just more stupid.

[Aristus]

72. Mrs. Aristus and I lasted three episodes before giving up.

The same number of episodes we endured for 'Z-Nation'.

Mrs. Aristus loves zombie stories. I mean, she loves them. So if she gives up on something like a long-running episodic zombie show, it is probably because it added nothing new to the genre. Anyway the 'it's the survivors and not the zombies who are the real monsters' angle goes all the way back to Night Of The Living Dead in 1968.