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The Walking Dead Season 7, Part 1 Sundays on AMC
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Escape Goat
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Yes. Tara seems to posses the best of herself from the old world and this new nightmarish world.
Ziltoidia 9
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My issue isn't about the plot line, I just don't like some of the dialogue choices they pick. The over the top "loaded" conversations really annoy me and they constantly happen and are done by a stern face. They try to hard to be meta. Give me rawness. Meta works best when it is subtle, not stuffed down your throat. Mostly, I'm talking about the scene with Heath and her in the beginning. It just needed a tone down.
I don't mind the episode being focused on her only, completely fine with it and understand it. I also like her as a character and like how she isn't as predictable like Maggie or Sasha.
I don't mind the episode being focused on her only, completely fine with it and understand it. I also like her as a character and like how she isn't as predictable like Maggie or Sasha.
old manatee
Banned
That one felt like a lost episode of Lost to me.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Well first off they include in before the episode here's what happened and it clearly explained that Heath & Tara were on a mission and then beginning of the episode also reaffirms that they have been on a mission for supplies. The show has actually had very few storylines going on for one that has so many characters in it and honestly they have done quite well with introducing new characters and settings by focusing an entire episode on it. Going forward the show is going to be show these different locations a lot more, which is why they had to introduce them.
Content Roundup Episode 706: Swear
AMC Inside The Walking Dead:
Talking Dead's Inside The Dead
AMC Inside The Walking Dead:
- The Making of Episode 706, Swear - AMC
- Inside Episode 706: Swear - AMC
- Preview of Episode 707, Sing Me a Song - AMC | International
- Sneak Peek of Episode 707, Sing Me a Song - AMC | International
- Entertainment Weekly - Alanna Masterson Goes Inside Tara's Big Episode
- AMC - The Walking Dead Q&A Alanna Masterson (Tara)
Talking Dead's Inside The Dead
- Scott M. Gimple found the bridge in this episode while filming an episode last season. It's along the same river where Eastman trained Morgan in Aikido.
- The sand walker sequence required the bridge to be closed off for an entire week. Filming took only 3 days; the rest of the week was spent bringing in and cleaning up the 20 tons of sand.
- Amy Lynn Tuttle was a sand walker in this episode and compared the work to a day at the spa. "You sweat. You sweat a lot, but I think sweating's cleansing."
Exploratory
Banned
I groaned when this episode started. But I ended up really liking it. Before this I kinda nothinged Tara but now she's way up the list.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Holy cow is this episode boring the shit out of me. I'm only halfway through but yikes. I usually don't complain about filler cause who even knows that means in this show, but fucking hell.
This is the first time this season I wish they'd cut to another storyline to break things up.
This is the first time this season I wish they'd cut to another storyline to break things up.
Gunslinger
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They are now dragging this show for the sake of dragging it. They probably had 7-8 episodes worth of material for this season. But dragging it to 16 or however many episodes there is per season.
HighResTomato
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Episode was nothing but trash.
Theanine3D
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I really can't stand when they do episodes that are half-flashback and half-present interleaved with each other, with a constant back-and-forth over and over. It's a horrendously jarring way to tell a story. And the writers love doing it... ugh
Other than that I liked the episode. It made me actually like Tara. There's an innocence to her character that's a breath of fresh.air.
Other than that I liked the episode. It made me actually like Tara. There's an innocence to her character that's a breath of fresh.air.
Don Draper's Hat
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Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
That was rough one to get through. I will admit that I enjoyed the last 10ish or so minutes. The Cindie character needs to come back, she was actually level headed and normal. The episode was extremely hard to get through until they revealed Oceanside's true backstory and its relationship with The Saviors. That was actually well done and added something.
This was a good episode for Tara as a character. Messing around in the gift shop, walking back to Alexandria with the bright sunglasses...those were nice moments. But dodging hails of bullets from the Oceanside fighters on multiple occasions? Come on.
I'm actually shocked my boy Heath didn't get killed off. With the actor being busy with the 24 revival, I just assumed they'd kill him off first chance they got. Especially since they haven't used him for anything in a loooooooooooong time. Him and Tara have been non-factors in the show for half a season worth of episodes.
Minor Comic Spoilers
This was a good episode for Tara as a character. Messing around in the gift shop, walking back to Alexandria with the bright sunglasses...those were nice moments. But dodging hails of bullets from the Oceanside fighters on multiple occasions? Come on.
I'm actually shocked my boy Heath didn't get killed off. With the actor being busy with the 24 revival, I just assumed they'd kill him off first chance they got. Especially since they haven't used him for anything in a loooooooooooong time. Him and Tara have been non-factors in the show for half a season worth of episodes.
Minor Comic Spoilers
I guess since Oceanside is essentially an unknown in the comics, they're just going to do whatever they want with it here. This one being an all female community already takes it in a different direction.
That episode was okay.
It still pisses me off to no end though, when they're in a rather confined space, have a clear shot at taking out invidiual walkers (like when she was standing on that car roof on the bridge) and just don't ...
Tara's dope, one of the last characters to smile from time to time... It's as close to "comic relief" as it gets with TWD, and i'm totally okay with it.
It still pisses me off to no end though, when they're in a rather confined space, have a clear shot at taking out invidiual walkers (like when she was standing on that car roof on the bridge) and just don't ...
Tara's dope, one of the last characters to smile from time to time... It's as close to "comic relief" as it gets with TWD, and i'm totally okay with it.
The Scrivener
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If this was Monty Python...
Rick: You were in great peril.
Tara: I don't think I was.
Rick: Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril.
Tara: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
Rick: No, it's too perilous.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I quite liked that episode. I had forgotten what unique energy Tara brings to the show - she's so unlike any of the other characters. That shot of her walking down the road in sunglasses was such a great moment.
I also enjoy when the show takes a detour to show us a new corner of the zombie apocalypse, so I thought it was pretty cool to see an entirely new and unique community (and one that isn't, really, in the comics). Hopefully we'll see more of them before too long. Especially Cindy - she was a total bro.
Also, I was surprised that Heath didn't die and that we didn't see him back at Alexandria. I guess they just opted leave the door open for Corey Hawkins to come back instead of killing him off. (assuming this was his final episode of the season, which it very well might not have been)
I also enjoy when the show takes a detour to show us a new corner of the zombie apocalypse, so I thought it was pretty cool to see an entirely new and unique community (and one that isn't, really, in the comics). Hopefully we'll see more of them before too long. Especially Cindy - she was a total bro.
Also, I was surprised that Heath didn't die and that we didn't see him back at Alexandria. I guess they just opted leave the door open for Corey Hawkins to come back instead of killing him off. (assuming this was his final episode of the season, which it very well might not have been)
Fried Food
Banned
Ugh side character episodes are the worst. Doesn't help that I just watched all of seasons 4.5-6 on netflix. They were more tolerable then.
It's clear all the side communities will come together to fight the saviors.
It's clear all the side communities will come together to fight the saviors.
If the ratings are going down I hope they realize it could be because the show is boring and too broken up between different storylines
You can't get invested in anything when each week it's a different person and story .. st least GOT checks in with a lot of different chars per episode
You can't get invested in anything when each week it's a different person and story .. st least GOT checks in with a lot of different chars per episode
-Pyromaniac-
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I like her too, she's one of the few, if not the only self aware characters on the show.
Booker.DeWitt
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I hated the episode, they tried to make Tara "funny" with all those "funny lines", but they were actually horrible, too forced. I almost did not finish watching it.
Escape Goat
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Imagine her being like Spider Man. She spouts bad humor to cover up her fear.
But GoT may do an A and a B plot thread per episode and not pick them up for another 2 weeks. That's just one more moving part to keep track of, allowing for less time to become invested in any one character arc.
But GoT may do an A and a B plot thread per episode and not pick them up for another 2 weeks. That's just one more moving part to keep track of, allowing for less time to become invested in any one character arc.
Escape Goat
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It was cement wasn't it?
AudioEppa
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The episode overall was shitty, with only a few moments of anything decent.
But I'm not gonna get bipolar pissed off at the show, like em or not I'm used to episodes like this by now. I can't wait for next weekend, hopefully they let the boy do some gangsta shit on the saviors, or continue to downplay him for whatever stupid reason.
But I'm not gonna get bipolar pissed off at the show, like em or not I'm used to episodes like this by now. I can't wait for next weekend, hopefully they let the boy do some gangsta shit on the saviors, or continue to downplay him for whatever stupid reason.
Escape Goat
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They kill everyone who walks into camp and ask questions later. It was clear after their dinner she had been given an ultimatum. Tara knew if she chose to leave they were going to kill her.
Keyser Soze
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I seem to me that the Sand Zombies are all the village men that Negan killed. Negan shot them, probbaly left then still half alive, buried them in sand, and suffocated them.
SynthFetish
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Actually didn't like this episode as much. Was hoping for
The Whisperers
ArkkAngel007
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I recall that Beatrice stated that the Saviors killed all the Oceanside men execution style. All headshots.
HeartlessNobody213
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With the way this show drags things out. I don't seem them appearing until the 2nd half of season 9 or season 10.
SynthFetish
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Probably not until season 13.
Plus when that creepy girl got right behind her and pulled out a knife, I think it set off some warning bells. lol
Exploratory
Banned
Have you ever seen Lost?
This is what annoys me most about this show. Soon as I seen it was a Tara focused episode I groaned. It wouldn't have been so bad if they had cut to Rick and crew for a scene or two then to Daryl or Carol. Being stuck watching a character you may not give a shit about for an hour is not fun TV.
mercenar1e
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probably budget issues and a shitty sense of direction to make it all flow.. these guys made an entire episode of Daryl in a janitors closet.
My wife and I enjoyed the episode. Its TWD so we've gotten used to just accepting that the show isn't perfect and sometimes it can be downright bad, but this episode wasn't one of those times.
The only gripe I had was the duuuuuuumb scene where all that sand collapsed. Was it hollow in there or what? That was such an "oh come on" moment but otherwise the rest of it was fine. I commented on how all those women must be terrible shots, but that kind of thing is par for the course in this show. Next episode they'll be popping walker headshots left and right but whatever.
The only gripe I had was the duuuuuuumb scene where all that sand collapsed. Was it hollow in there or what? That was such an "oh come on" moment but otherwise the rest of it was fine. I commented on how all those women must be terrible shots, but that kind of thing is par for the course in this show. Next episode they'll be popping walker headshots left and right but whatever.
I'm willing to tolerate this shows sometimes downright awful writing when they're able to show some sense of humanity. Tara reminds us that characters can sometimes be like us and exhibit some relatable qualities.
The last two episodes have done a decent job at reminding us that we're watching people survive, not emotionally devoid robots (even amid some horrendous acting and writing).
The positivity has been a nice change and I hope there's more of it to come. Show's been far too grim for some time.
The last two episodes have done a decent job at reminding us that we're watching people survive, not emotionally devoid robots (even amid some horrendous acting and writing).
The positivity has been a nice change and I hope there's more of it to come. Show's been far too grim for some time.
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