[Episode 5] Season 8, Episode 5 of The Walking Dead, "The Big Scary U"

Published: Nov. 18, 2017, midnight

* Yeah, ok, episodes are slowly lessening in intensity, but we still had an explosion AND a helicopter! * We're now on #GooglePlayMusic! ...and improved #FacebookPage * Carol's Roman Catholic spirit is moved by the #Negan/#FatherGabriel scenes * Restarting the Season from #TheSaviors' perspective - things are way clearer * Veins, balls, dicks... and the only character that seems to pull it off/out...? * More humor? PLEASE * the gratuitous opening scene * Father Gabriel: frustrating characters that are necessary disruptions to story progression * Ogg & Berkeley: The Ogg Couple * Simon: suggestively menacing; *break*fast for dinner. * Tying up the roles of The Savior Lieutenants in a bow: The Upper Echelon * Gavin: A middle-management post office worker. Clock in, clock out, works the bare minimum. * Is Almost-Negan "backsliding"/was the original leader of what's now The Saviors? * If people are a resource, and there are so many, how sustainable is The Saviors' model? * What Simon doesn't get: Negan's core philosophy is converting people into resources, whatever the cost. * Is this episode a Negan exposition, just to tear him down in the next Episode? * #EugenePorter is playing 5th dimensional chess in his head: what to do with Dwight, because his time is running out. * The valuable football that is Dr. Carson from Downton-- ...#TheHilltop is now being played by Richard Dean Anderson (#soileralert) * The last play and The #GarbagePeople's/Trash Hipsters' "flyer" * The usefulness/uselessness of Gregory, the politician, butting against Negan's core philosophy. * The way Negan/#DarylDixon justifies their killing * The show reminds us, again, how easy it is for #RickGrimes' crew to descend to The Saviors' level * Even in the face of someone who is trying to kill him, Negan can't resist a "pimping out" a prospective "trick"... and Father Gabriel knows it * ...and Gabriel's ploy works: Negan PROTECTS Gabriel, sifting through The Sanctuary herd. * Dwight's balls... and Sherry's coming back, God dammit! * ...did you just think of #TheGovernor? * Negan's Compulsion: Can't help from turning out people as a resource, even in the face of Rick's opposition (his toughest opponent) * The slow countdown to Simon's demise... * Admit it: you'd join The Saviors just for the Air-Conditioning. * The cult of Negan: The Saviors would fall apart without the "Law-and-Order President" * Father Gabriel can show Gregory a thing or two about threading the needle with Negan: Mutual Dependency/Respect. * Is Father Gabriel faking it (until he makes it)? ** SNEAK PEEKS ** * Rick and the Junkyard Gang: convincing them to join * #MaggieRhee & Jesus: a gauge on her ethics. Jesus can't save em all! ...giving #MorganJones a proper send-off * #Taryl: The kamikaze mission to kill Negan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/squawkingdead/message