TWD 10x12 "Walk With Us" episode discussion... **SPOILERS**

[MinionZombie]

Please keep all talk of episode 10x12 "Walk With Us" specifically inside this thread. If you have a theory for a following episode, please use the "spoiler tags" (visit the HPOTD FAQ to find out how to use them if you don't already know). Similarly, if you're going to discuss plot points from the comic book, please use "spoiler tags" - not everyone is up-to-date on them, and some people don't read them at all. Enjoy! Directed by: Greg Nicotero Written by: Eli Jorné & Nicole Mirante-Matthews

[Moon Knight]

Let’s gooooooo!

[MinionZombie]

So, AMC have been doing this "AMC Premiere" thing for a while now (it can be viewed on that at 9pm on Friday nights - i.e. 48 hours early) ... which means those of a yarrrr persuasion can get the episode on Saturday rather than Monday. Of the four episodes in this back half that we've seen, this is the best (thus far).

[Moon Knight]

So, AMC have been doing this "AMC Premiere" thing for a while now (it can be viewed on that at 9pm on Friday nights - i.e. 48 hours early) ... which means those of a yarrrr persuasion can get the episode on Saturday rather than Monday. Of the four episodes in this back half that we've seen, this is the best (thus far). Ahhhh you caved in! I ain't paying AMC anything extra lol I'll wait and avoid spoilers.

[MinionZombie]

There won't be a Talking Dead this week, apparently. Ruddy Coronavirus precautions. Ahhhh you caved in! I ain't paying AMC anything extra lol I'll wait and avoid spoilers. Who said I caved in?

[Moon Knight]

There won't be a Talking Dead this week, apparently. Ruddy Coronavirus precautions. Who said I caved in? Haha you said it was the best unless you meant by reviews. If so, my bad. Yep and production has halted on both shows. Looks like Season 11 is coming late.

[MinionZombie]

Haha you said it was the best unless you meant by reviews. If so, my bad. Yep and production has halted on both shows. Looks like Season 11 is coming late. Oh, you mean caved-in as in watched the episode early? Well, sure, if I can watch it a couple of days early then yeah, I'm gonna watch it. The download's there, so why wait until Monday? And yeah, it's a good episode. I really enjoyed it. Now I'll twiddle my fingers until you lot have seen it. Hopefully this lock down stuff won't last too long, and hopefully it'll succeed in really cutting the virus off at the knees and stop it spreading like wildfire.

[Moon Knight]

The download is there yes, but I refuse to give AMC a subscription. NOPE. Looking forward to it. Need something to take my mind off the news for a change.

[MinionZombie]

The download is there yes, but I refuse to give AMC a subscription. NOPE. Yeah, but neither have I...

[Moon Knight]

Yeah, but neither have I... Fair enough. Wow what an episode. One of the best yet. I’ll have more to say. For now, though, all I can say is Carol and Negan, man! I knew it was her.

[MinionZombie]

Wow what an episode. One of the best yet. I’ll have more to say. For now, though, all I can say is Carol and Negan, man! I knew it was her. Finally I can talk about this episode! I assume she was taking a two-pronged approach. Carol going after Alpha is obvious, but she went with a back-up co-plan sorta deal for Negan to raptor-swoop in from the side as a second iron in the fire - to be the not at all obvious choice as a means of execution. Now, Carol still had her issues and was making bad decisions - so employed Negan in the first place could be a part of that, but it also displays some canny sense: the two path approach. If Carol got to her first, so be it, but it was Negan - either way Alpha is dead. Now, though, there's the issue of Beta - I loved the "it's you" moment once his mask had been partially ripped off, and then just slaying the dude for that. And, of course, two other deaths - thingymy the blacksmith and Gamma. A fair bit going on in this episode. I was a little bummed the attack on Hilltop was, essentially, just the cold open (five minutes worth) and that was our lot - hopefully we'll get some really major set pieces for the inevitable climactic battle between our folks and the Whisperers. They had a lot of action in those five minutes (and therefore a lot of set-ups in such a compressed period of night shooting), but it kinda felt like it could have been bigger. Like I say, hopefully we'll get grand spectacle in the coming episodes.

[JDP]

Negan gave the expected "coup d'état". But the "Vice President" still remains, and most likely will take over control of the group if he is not dealt with.

[Neil]

...all I can say is Carol and Negan, man! I knew it was her. Did I miss something?

[Moon Knight]

Did I miss something? Carol was the one that let Negan out of his jail cell.

[MinionZombie]

I liked the stuff with Judith in this episode as well - she wasn't just a superhero doing whatever with no problems (the so-called "Mary Sue" problem, IIRC?) - when faced with an unmasked Whisperer pleading for their life she froze and didn't finish them off (killing a fellow human being is a lot different than putting down a walker), and in-turn the imminent death of the blacksmith dude (his name escapes me right now) was also a big shock ... and yet you could see the fortitude that she has, but in order for it to come out she has to be tested first. So it was nice to see some complexity in her capabilities.