re: Official The Walking Dead Season 5 Finale S05E16 "Conquer" NO COMICS

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(something about needed tissue for how sad the finale would be)

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Norman said that, not the creator.

Caught up last night... it was hard to avoid spoilers all day, but I was successful.

First off... Morgan has become a ninja badass. Good to see him again.

I thought Glenn was going to be a goner... and he should have killed that dude this time.

Sasha... I think she's going to be the next to go early next season. She's lost it, and I don't think a suicidal god-disparaging father is going to help.

I do like where they are taking Father Gabriel though... forsaking religion, wanting to end it all but not being able to go through with it, then ultimately being forgiven by Maggie. That story interests me, at least.

I think Deanna knows that Alexandria needs Rick & Co. more than Rick & Co. need Alexandria. She knows that they are weak and won't last forever without stronger people in the midst.

I'm surprised that we had an hour and a half finale and no 'main' characters died... just two bit pieces.

I guess next season is shaping up to be Alexandria vs. Wolves. They were rummaging through Aaron's backpack so they know there is a place out there with walls and electricity, I assume somewhere in there is a clue as to where this place is.

If germans, sorry. But in the letter from one of the show's producers that was read on TTD, it would seem that there will be more story lines around zombies again, less so about out siders. Though, obviously, the wolves issue has to be addressed in some form or another.

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Solid episode last night. I'd have liked if a main character had died, but other than that I thought it was pretty great.

Glenn should 100% be dead IMO. Though I haven't written off that he's been bitten and is hiding it, the way he shrugged off getting shot in the shoulder/neck and how he kept popping up out of nowhere and attacking Nicholas was pretty stupid. And then in the end, he couldn't kill him? That's fricking weak.

frick the preacher. Dude needs to be exiled or allowed to kill himself or some shite.

I think what I liked most about this episode was that they kept jumping back and forth with just about every main character. Seems like there wasn't really anybody that was left out. I guess you can do that when you have an extra 30 minutes, and I hope all the finales are this long in the future.

Morgan all of a sudden having badass bowstaff skills was pretty hilarious, but I rolled with it. I did think it was a little weird that they knew the Wolves were coming, but still stayed at the warehouse chatting it up.

Also was a little disappointed that Darryl didn't notice that trap.

Rick seemed to struggle with those three walkers a good bit, but that kill when he shoved the gun through the walkers head was pretty awesome.

Rick's face at the end of the episode when his eyes are black right after he shoots Pete was cold-blooded fricking awesome. I took a pic of my TV with my phone:

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Agree with pretty much every point.

The Sasha shite is getting old - get over it or just die, hot black chick.

Rick has gotten very annoying too. He's like he was in the prison after Lori died, making stupid/rash decisions and everyone mostly just follows along.

Glen is an idiot. How many times does the guy have to try to kill you or cause other peoples death or injury before you off him? Wtf.

Have they told the townsfolk about Terminus? Don't recall it being mentioned but if not, wouldn't that in itself explain a lot about the dangers of the outside, also Woodbury.

Morgan is really cool. His presence adds a lot to the mix.

Overall, I don't like how everything came to a head at Alexandria - seemed too forced and illogical. I thought an invasion by zombies or people or some traumatic event would have been the catalyst for the breakdown, instead it was basically Rick wanting to bang the chick and getting pissed because her husband was abusive. Rick is really annoying.

So have the questions regarding the W marks pretty much been answered?

ETA: the focus keeps being how tough the group is and how weak the townspeople are but so far they've held their own in fistfights: Pete v Rick, Nicholas v Glenn. Seems like there were some others.

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just watched it. glen shoudlve died when he had that bullet wound

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It looked like it was high up in his left shoulder... hardly anything fatal.

Still pretty ridiculous that he got away from multiple walkers despite being pinned underneath one and having a useless left arm. Like some said, maybe he was bitten and we just don't know yet, a la Bob-B-Q.

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BlackHelicopterPilot

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I'm sure you are relieved! You were going to be upset if they killed off more black people. Now they added one!

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Not gonna lie. I was a bit "peeved".

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I tried to find your exact words. They were great.

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I think the writers left use with as little information as possible about The Wolves. I assume that all the walkers that were in the grocery planet are people that The Wolves have killed.

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Alexandria has been safe from walkers and herds and other outside forces causing them any real harm. I wonder if The Wolves have been killing and controlling so many people that it's safeguarded Alexandria from what the rest of the world is experiencing.

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ETA: the focus keeps being how tough the group is and how weak the townspeople are but so far they've held their own in fistfights: Pete v Rick, Nicholas v Glenn. Seems like there were some others.

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Nicholas had a gun, shot Glenn, and yet at the end, Glenn is still dragging him back to Alexandria, not sure you can say he held his own.

Plus, it's not really about who can win a fistfight, it's really more strategic, knowing what do to and how to live in the current situation.