[Episode 76] Season 10, Episode 5 of The Walking Dead, "What it Always Is"

SQUAWKING DEAD

*Tons of story, standard time allotment *First Impressions: Growth? * #Negan & #TheWhisperers: #Comicbook canon? *...Bandon releases Negan in the comics, not show. *...Was it #CarolPeletier? Hers & Negan’s pragmatism *...Carol is emotionally reckless *...All the call-backs *Ideally, prison = reform: Negan = reformed(?) *Comics vs TV Brandon *...Call-back to Lizzie *... #AlexandriaSafeZone: in comfort, we turn on each other *...Brandon trusted to guard Negan? *...Branon isn’t real *...Negan needs to be “Negan” for his community *...Brandon romanticizes #TheSaviors, incorrectly: Negan’s Legacy *...Saviors’ sketchy recruitment *... #Lucille 2.0 *... #SaddamHussein now agrees with #RickGrimes’ version of community *...Alexandrian “immune system” unprepared for the #ZombieApocalypse *...Amelia calls #Walkers “Hissers”. #AndreaHarrison + Rick & Negan in the RV vibes *...Negan saves, Brandon doesn’t react *...Milo = missed-opportunity #CarlGrimes. #JudithGrimes #CaileyFleming #JeffreyDeanMorgan *...Brandon represents “Savior Negan”, now dead *...Dave, rooting for Negan to “blow your house all the way in” *Carol: a bazooka in a knife fight, blinded by vengeance, and f*cking crazy * #DarylDixon speaks! …in TWO languages! *...Compiling the #ConnieTWD & Daryl moments *... #CARYL: baggage & poisoned wells *I’m just #AaronTWD from Vermont *...Eerie moment between #GammaTWD & #AlphaTWD * #KingEzekiel’s unexpected diagnosis *...No time for haters or even abrasive opinions *Aaron’s & #AliciaClark: prepared to wield #TWDJesus’ sword *...Call-back to Aaron’s recruitment, now with fighting skills! *Walkers are still dangerous! Doubly so with Kelly’s hearing loss *Annoying whistler, Brandon, “Enemy of my Enemy” *...Negan talks about Lucille * #ForbiddenKnowledge: #Siddiq saw Henry die *...How does Zeke feel about this? *...Rachael’s needs the details, no matter what * #Magna & Yumiko’s (possibly unnecessary) backstory *...Magna guilty of murder, but righteous motive? *...Negan & Magna: prisoners *...Magna’s group’s secret stashes *... #TheHilltop formula: Gregory & Jesus, #MaggieRhee & Jesus, Jesus & #TaraChambler, to Zeke/Magna & Yumiko *... #SelfFulfillingProphecy: Magna thinks Yumiko looks down on her *... #TalkingDead’s “surprise guest” one of them? *...Reconciling with a long buried lie *Magna listening to Pre- #BetaTWD, singing over #EmilyKinney’s “The Turtle and the Monkey” *...“Oh, It’s sad but true” exact *...“Call you up to apologize” exact *...“And oh, oh, it’s a cold hard fact” exact *...“We’ve served some colorful vocabulary, baby, that we can’t take back” similar *...“And oh, oh we used to hold each other tight under sparkling trees” exact *Siddiq asks #DanteTWD about #RositaEspinosa, not Coco. #FatherGabriel *Alpha confirms the tree fall at Hilltop: grand plan = submission *...Gamma infected? #PTSD *...Alpha, The #Skinwalker *Negan, Aaron, Alpha, Gamma, Zeke, and Siddiq donning masks *Zeke doesn’t want Carol’s (possibly manufactured) pity/indifference *...Will she risk not saying goodbye to Zeke to kill Alpha? *...How will #TWDJERRY react? Might already know *...What it always is & I/You know what it is *Gabe not at Alexandria? looking for Negan? * #ReleaseTheNegan: Carol both spray-painted #SilenceTheWhispers and let him out?! *SNEAK PEAKS: *...Beta’s double knives at Negan’s throat; Negan/Alpha relationship; Negan’s Lydia knowledge *...Carol seeks to destroy the horde *...You’ve got a friend in “Classic Beta,” Office Linebacker. Testing Negan *...Daryl FINALLY calls out Carol for making things worse *... #EugenePorter / “TaterBug” on the radio; Who is on the other end? #FTWDCharlie #TheCommonwealth #TWD3 *Clearing up TWD3 details; #TWDprincess, soon? *...Eugene positioned for Commonwealth love interest? *...Definition of CRM? 3 Communities *Debbie/Deborah: one of Alpha’s masks * #EasterEggs to other series, but no more #crossovers *An unlikely romance between Eugene & Alicia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/squawkingdead/message