re: Official Walking Dead S07E06 "Swear" Thread

The only redeeming factor was Tara's TaTas flopping all around uncontrollably. Didn't realize they were so big.

negans management style is so inconsistent that it lessens his impact as a boogieman...

1) oceanside, kill all the men then put the women to work

2) hilltop & alexandria, kill one or two, then wage psychological war while doing home invasions

3) kingdom, negotiate a pact wherein the community provides without knowing it, and is left unscathed at home

either really poor writing or negan is a true renaissance man

In terms of time - this season is going to advance the story about 2 weeks, right?

I wasn't able to watch last night, so I'll be watching tonight then reading this entire thread tomorrow and flooding it with responses to random posts.

I feel like the writers are overreaching their skill set a lot of times with this show. Like for example, someone nailed it in the first episode when they drug out who Negan was gonna kill...we had lost the emotional attachment to the characters due to the show being on hiatus for like 8 months. Had Abe gotten the beatdown in the finale, we would've cared more. But because it had been so long, it was detached a bit because we hadn't seen these people in months and months.

Same thing last night with Tara and her doctor girlfriend. I forgot the doc even died until last night when they showed Tara show back up at Alexandria and see Eugene all busted up and in tears and she had the little doc bobblehead. So that wasn't the "Awwww, so sad.." moment they wanted it to be with me. It didn't resonate because it's been a while since the doc died and I forgot all about her and Tara's budding relationship.

I feel like the writers rely greatly on two things: buildups and cliffhangers. And unfortunately you can't really have both consistently, or you fail at connecting with your audience. Perfect example is the "who did Negan kill" thing. All that buildup, but then instead of showing us Abe in the finale and then shocking everybody with Glenn this season, they showed us nobody and then we lost the connection to the characters. So Abe was like "damn," and Glenn wasn't as resonating as it could have been.

I don't know if I am explaining that the way it sounds in my head or if I did a shitty job.

Anyone else think the dead people covered by dirt on the bridge were Negan victims, possibly some of the Oceanside group that got lined up and shot?

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Anyone else think the dead people covered by dirt on the bridge were Negan victims, possibly some of the Oceanside group that got lined up and shot?

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No. That one girl told Tara that they were lined up and shot in the head.

Yea definitely not my fave episode, but my next door neighbor was in a majority of it. She was "kathy", one of the two ladies by the side of their leader. I thought she did really well, but the episode was kind of weak.

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Seeing that shed stocked full with assault rifles wasn't a coincidence. They'll have an episode where Tara is conflicted about telling everyone about the place, even though she knows they need the guns.

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Didn't think about it at the time, but that's pretty spot on.

I noticed her great rack the first time she was on the show.