The Walking Dead 6.5 "Now" (Spoiler Alert)

[NewJeffCT]

The mood in Alexandria is quite grim after a number of setbacks, which might prove too much for the sheltered citizens inside the gates.

[NewJeffCT]

1. Some articles from the past week

article on the actress that played Sophia:
http://comicbook.com/2015/11/08/the-walking-deads-sophia-has-grown-up-quite-a-bit/

where are they now:
http://comicbook.com/2015/11/08/life-after-the-walking-dead-where-are-they-now-/

10 shocking deaths on the show:
http://whatculture.com/tv/10-shocking-deaths-that-changed-the-walking-dead.php

Glenn's status?
http://www.bustle.com/articles/122145-is-glenn-really-dead-on-the-walking-dead-the-cast-crew-have-teased-his-status

Ross Marquand on Aaron:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/walking-dead-season-6-ross-marquand-shocked-grateful-responses-gay-character-aaron-1527595

[NewJeffCT]

2. a few more articles

giving out fake spoilers
http://comicbook.com/2015/11/08/giving-fake-spoilers-to-the-walking-dead-fans/

another Enid article:
http://www.celebuzz.com/2015-11-08/katelyn-nacon-zombie-apocalype-the-walking-dead-exclusive/

Things that could change The Walking Dead:
http://moviepilot.com/posts/3633367?lt_source=external,manual

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. The clip featuring

Darryl, Sasha and Abe looks good.

[NewJeffCT]

4. yes

I'm not a big fan of them jumping between a character, or groups of characters, and leaving out a majority of the group.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. Completely agree with that.

[bettyellen]

8. I hated most of the season between the prison and Terminus- too splintered except for the bit

with Lizzie looking at the flowers, it bored me.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

68. Weird, you found a trailer for next weeks episode

[NewJeffCT]

69. I guess so

that was weird - I was thinking, "Did I take longer in the bathroom than I thought?" But, I was almost positive I didn't

[NewJeffCT]

6. rewatched the dumpster scene just now

after the intestines were being pulled up in front of Glenn, you can see him shift towards under the dumpster as the camera zoomed out from the scene.

[bettyellen]

9. When I saw the still that Glenn was landing under the other guy, I figured as much! Only 62 minutes!

[bettyellen]

7. OMG guys just watched a great british zombie mini series!!!

It is called Dead Set, and all five 30 minute episodes are on Youtube.
It's about the Zombie Apocalypse in Britain, centering around the cast of Big Brother. Hilarious and disturbing. It's from Charlie Booker, the guy who did Black Mirror. (I finally caught the Christmas special with Jon Hamm, and now need about 36 hours to decompress)

[NewJeffCT]

10. never heard of it

but, I'll look it up. Thanks for the recommendation

[bettyellen]

11. You're welcome! I was so blown away by Black Mirror, I had to see what else this Booker guy has

done. Needless to say I was delighted to see he had done a zombie mini series. Like Black Mirror, it's a critique of our voyeuristic entertainment personality obsessed culture too.

[EL34x4]

12. Alexandra Breckenridge (Jessie Anderson) is tonight's Talking Dead guest

Wonder if this means anything.

[bettyellen]

13. I heard she might lose an arm? because it's that or a kid dies.

[NewJeffCT]

14. when somebody dies lately

they're usually the "surprise" guest on Talking Dead.

[bettyellen]

31. So if it''s announced, it's not her. Yep!

[NewJeffCT]

15. almost time to go

should be good

[bettyellen]

17. Hope so! Thanks for there thread, Jeff!

[NewJeffCT]

16. Deanna looks shell shocked

to start. Can she continue as the leader?

[bettyellen]

18. He brain just melted. Strangely enough, my Mom's cousin in friends with her.

She worked for her lawyer.

[TuxedoKat]

85. Yes

I thought that was interesting too. In the last few episodes she's looked worse and worse and in the promo above she almost looks like a Walker - drab clothes, unhealthy coloring, vacant eyes, mouth open, stiff, stilted movements, etc. I guess she will start to "wake up" and come back now after she's now killed her first Walker. At least I hope so as I like her character.

[NewJeffCT]

87. I hope she sticks around as well

If the internet rumors of that blood on the wall being her last son, she might be in for more shock, though.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Holy crap

the whole herd is right on Rick's heels as he is yelling to open the gate.

[bettyellen]

20. Someone on Reddit said that was going to happen! They also said that blonde woman....

dies or at least gets her arm chopped off. Hmm. Now you have me reading TWD's SubReddit.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I don't read anything on reddit

I read Spoiling Dead on Facebook, but that's about it.

[bettyellen]

24. Now I have to look THAT up. LOL.

[NewJeffCT]

26. spoiling dead fans

they usually have a fairly comprehensive spoiler each thursday or friday

[bettyellen]

21. I am sick of Rick's patented speeches, to be honest.

[NewJeffCT]

23. confession time from Aaron, too

about his backpack and the pictures

[Joe Shlabotnik]

25. He's no Churchill.

[NewJeffCT]

27. No

but,I think he kind of needed to give this speech. I think some of his past speeches were not as needed

[bettyellen]

28. LOL, it;s like oh Dad.... not again. *rolls eyes*

[bettyellen]

29. anyone know Latin?

[NewJeffCT]

30. not me

sorry to say

[bettyellen]

36. "Someday this Pain may be Useful to You" - Ovid

[Iris]

62. thanks!

[bettyellen]

65. ;-D

[NewJeffCT]

32. Spencer going off on him mom

saying that everybody being soft and weak is her fault

[bettyellen]

33. Someone HAS to cut Carl's hair. Poor kid.

[NewJeffCT]

34. yes, maybe he wants to be the young Daryl?

but, I thought he'd do more than push that kid to the ground

[Joe Shlabotnik]

37. Surprised he didn't kick his ass.

He's no average kid.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

35. Darryl's his barber

[NewJeffCT]

38. Denise and Tara

with Denise frustrated as a doctor.

[bettyellen]

39. she played a nurse on Nurse Jackie. I loved her on that.

[NewJeffCT]

40. Walker in the House

and, an easy kill for Jessie - just stuck a knife in its eye

[bettyellen]

42. I read somewhere to watch carefully tonight as there was a big clue....

[Baitball Blogger]

49. Clue for what?

[bettyellen]

52. Hint of something big coming..... says Darryl.

[Baitball Blogger]

56. I'm betting that it has to do with Carl's girlfriend.

Rick is going to want to go after her.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

41. Best Zombies yet!

[NewJeffCT]

43. they were very slippery

and slimy, and I'm sure they stank

[Baitball Blogger]

46. Agreed.

[Baitball Blogger]

44. She's pregnant!

[NewJeffCT]

47. I heard that was coming

but, not sure of how and when it would happen

[Baitball Blogger]

55. But, the pregnancy is the reason she didn't go with Glenn.

She will have to live with that guilt, unless we see Glen return.

[NewJeffCT]

45. Big news from Maggie

she's pregnant

[bettyellen]

48. Sam is going to have nightmares about cookies.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

50. Dont make me send Carol up there!

[Baitball Blogger]

57. LOL!

[MosheFeingold]

113. There aren't any flowers up there

So the kid will be OK.

[Baitball Blogger]

51. Deanna is ready to fight!

[NewJeffCT]

53. Carol would be proud

where is Carol, by the way?

[Baitball Blogger]

59. Having a mini melt-down.

Remember how she was sitting and staring at smoker mom? Who knows how long she was there.

[Liberal Veteran]

75. Probably chowing down on that casserole she made.

I imagine it's cooled down enough to eat now.

[bettyellen]

54. too short to stab him in the face though. she needs heels.

[NewJeffCT]

58. I almost thought it was zombie Pete

the guy that killed Reg he was so tall - but, I think she's just very short

[RandySF]

60. I'm so burned out on this series that I stopped watching this season.

It's the same cycle: Find a place to stay. Cannot get along with other. Hit the woods. And repeat. They also killed off all of the characters that I cared about.

[bettyellen]

61. But..... Carol!

[bettyellen]

63. sexy times for Rick and the widow he made....

[NewJeffCT]

64. First Maggie is pregnant

and now Rick is making out with Jessie

[bettyellen]

67. Spring fever!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

73. Denise and Tara too maybe?

[NewJeffCT]

74. yes

that one, too. As Alexandria Turns, or The Dead of our Lives

[Joe Shlabotnik]

78. LOL

If Glenn's dead though, many will miss the prospect of no more epic Glenn/Maggie sex scenes like in the prison watch tower. Didn't that go on for about 10 minutes?!

[bettyellen]

66. blood dripping through the wall?

[NewJeffCT]

70. walker blood?

did they get somebody against the wall?

[Joe Shlabotnik]

71. maybe a mound (ramp) of walkers is piling up now.

[bettyellen]

72. Do they bleed that profusely? Hmmmm. They should be stabbing their heads with a long poker...

[MosheFeingold]

114. I was thinking

They should stand on the wall and drop a large rock tied to a rope on them, all day and all night.

Figure you kill 1 walker every minute, per "yo-yo."

Make 10 yo-yos. There are, what, 1000 walkers? That's basically a solid days work for 20 people.

Not that hard.

[sammythecat]

76. That's a good theory

I bet your right

[Joe Shlabotnik]

77. I think I suggested this a few seasons back

when the group was in some impossible situation. What they need, and reasonably could find, is 1 or 2 or 3 D9 bulldozers, that they could up-armor (like the Israeli military). They could then easily turn an entire herd into mush within a few hours.

[irisblue]

80. I thought the wall was cracking from pressure n/t

[Iris]

95. something was going on but I couldn't tell.

I was thinking the old chain link fence at the prison was much more practical for defensive purposes.

[Solly Mack]

79. Watching now. In the sewers with Maggie and Aaron. Not reading the comments

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until the finish.



ETA: Don't teach Ron to shoot. No. No. No.

He wants to shoot you, Rick. He really, really does.

That'll do, Jessie. That'll do.

How touching(Maggie/Aaron). (not really...I didn't find that touching or life affirming or any sort of resolution at all)

Besides, everyone already guessed she was pregnant. So that added nothing to the scene.

Good for Deanna!

Yay! Tara and Denise!

No! Don't kiss Jessie. She's not good enough to be Judith's new mommy.

Oh, look. Dripping blood.

Well. OK. Transition show.

You know, I just might be a little hostile toward the show right now. The whole Glenn thing - if he's dead, say so already. I don't need to be reminded that in the ZA people will disappear or die without their loved ones ever knowing what happened to them. That's a given. No need to use a primary character to bring the point home. It's one of the many layers that make up the backdrop of life when the dead come back to feed on the living.

Now, if he's been saved captured by Negan - that's another story. Not a particularly nice one, to be sure. Still doesn't change the contrived maudlin aspect of Maggie's monologue, however.

Yeah, I think it's safe to conclude I'm still a wee bit peeved about the dumpster scene.

[NewJeffCT]

81. This Glenn thing

is starting to feel like the search for Sophia in season 2.

[Solly Mack]

88. Kind of like that, yes. But that led to Hershel, Maggie, and Beth.

And the death of Shane. I was never a Shane fan. I do miss Dale though.

The Glenn thing has taken us from a dumpster to the sewers.

Was that supposed to be metaphorical?

Oh, well.

Until next time... lol

[NewJeffCT]

89. Yes, good things came out of it

but, I think season 2 had a lot of filler material in it. Good opening episode, then you had the great mid-season finale with Barnageddon and the revelation that Sophia was now a zombie. Then, the last 3 episodes were excellent – the death of Dale, the deaths of Shane and then Farmageddon as the season finale. The other good moments were few and far between, however.

[Solly Mack]

100. True. Lot of filler. Let's hope for something better this time.

[MosheFeingold]

115. The problem with Glenn getting eaten

Is the walkers will be hungry again in an hour.*

(Thank you. Thank you. I'll be here all week. Twice on Thursdays.)


*Don't ban me. It was funny. Admit you at least groaned.

[Iris]

96. I liked the part where Aaron says that Aaron is a good name for a boy or a girl. My Glenn theory....

She wants to see his face again and then he'll get hit in the face with a baseball bat.

[Solly Mack]

101. Yeah. Coule be. Negan could already have him. Or not.

Odds are he's already dead. But you never know...

[NewJeffCT]

116. I don't know

I think if the tease us about Glenn being dead for several episodes, and he's found alive, and then he gets brained in the last episode of the season, it would be horrible.

[NewJeffCT]

82. A few thoughts on my end

Some thoughts on my end.

I usually think The Walking Dead does not handle slower episodes all that well, but I thought it worked last night – we had Denise stepping up as a doctor, and maybe into something with Tara, with had Carl and Ron with their shoving match, Rick and Jessie making out, the shouting match between Spencer and his mom, and the news that Maggie is pregnant.

Plus, I think the intense start and the walker incidents gave us some action.

I heard a few people speculating online that the blood on the wall was possibly from Spencer – maybe killed by a Wolf while he took the guard shift on the wall? (Maybe he choked on one of his hoarded chips, tumbled over and died?)

[Baitball Blogger]

83. Did we ever figure out what the big hint was in this show?

Maybe it was Denise removing the fluid that brought her patient's temperature down? Maybe she discovers that is the key to slowing down the process that turns people into zombies once the skin breach occurs?

[NewJeffCT]

84. No idea

While I love the show, The Walking Dead hasn't exactly been very subtle in dropping hints. So, it could have been BS? Or, maybe it's just too obvious to look like a clue?

[bettyellen]

86. I wonder if it had something to do with Deena, she totally confused me.

[redwitch]

90. The blood dripping through the fence is my guess.

Glenn?

[Iris]

97. I posted my Glenn theory/big hint theory above. Here it is again...

Stop reading if you don't like spoilers and/or don't know what happens in the graphic novels.







Maggie says she wants to see Glenn's face again. She does but then said face gets bashed in by a bat.

[redwitch]

98. Oh ick!

Nooooo!!!!

[Iris]

99. I don't want to be right. Believe me!

I am hoping that scene will never happen but I also think Glenn deserves better than the dumpster scene.

[NewJeffCT]

108. it would be horribly cruel

if the showrunners/writers had us waiting for 3-4-5 episodes to get resolution with Glenn, then we find him alive, only to get him killed off in the second half of the season.

I've heard speculation, though, that it might be (spoilers) [font color=white]Morgan or Daryl taking Glenn's place at the end of Lucille[/font]

[Sugarcoated]

109. In your spoiler

Who is L...?

[NewJeffCT]

110. That is

spoiler - [font color=white]the name that Negan gives to his baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire [/font]

[Sugarcoated]

111. Eeek!

Thanks Jeff

[Goblinmonger]

91. Maybe Rick gets an infection in his hand cut

and Denise knows how to make it better. I can't believe that she is a doctor of any sort and is amazed that one can actually drain an abscess. I'm an English teacher and I know that. It had to be something else that she read. And even though they didn't talk about Rick's hand injury in this show, reality is that he has all kinds of walker blood in that cut and that ain't good.

[Baitball Blogger]

92. I do think that little trick will come in handy.

Someone important is going to benefit from it.

[MosheFeingold]

117. I know to drain an abcess

But I don't necessarily know HOW to drain an abscess, especially one near the femoral artery.

[suffragette]

93. Maybe it's the sewer?

Could there be an opening to it under the dumpster?

[Baitball Blogger]

94. Too convenient for a direct connection.

But, there could be a sewer under the dumpster where Glenn is surrounded by zombies! Good idea.

Writers generally have to drop hints to prepare the audience for the twist, or they get called out for cheating. It has to be something that you have to say, "Oh, I missed that one, but the clues were there."

[suffragette]

102. Good point. The sewer could be used in a couple other ways. It's an alternate

Way in or way out.

[Baitball Blogger]

103. We're back to the Ninja Turtle references.

LOL!

[suffragette]

104. Lol

[krispos42]

112. In the opening credits, Stephen Yeun's name was missing from the credits

They had his watch (Hershel's gift to him) hanging from the wall, but his name was not in the credits.

Rick's Colt revolver with "Andrew Lincoln", Daryl's winged leather vest with "Norman Reedus", but just Glenn's pocket watch with no title, no credit, nothing.

[akbacchus_BC]

105. I want Rick to tell Deana that they both can save Alexandria. And I want Glen back!

Most importantly, I hope Daryll, Sasha and the red haired guy survive.

[pinboy3niner]

106. They need both Deanna's leadership in establishing and maintaining civil society...

...and Rick's leadership in defending it.

[NewJeffCT]

107. sort of like new version

of Battlestar Galactica. Roslin for the civilian side, Adama for the military.