I've been rather ambivalent-to-sick with the Heapsters in general - so I was glad to see Simon massacre them all, muahahahaaaaa ... although I did feel sorry for them as a group in a way simply because both Rick and Negan were considering them as merely a commodity and a tool for power, not as people. Then again, act like an arsehole, get treated like an arsehole. 
As for Jadis - yes, Pollyanna McIntosh is a good performer - my main issue was the interminable way the heapters talked. I was so glad to hear her talking normally in this episode as she sat there on top of the heap, stripped of all her artifice, the ruins of her hubris milling about beneath her. Speaking of which - walker meat grinder was awesome. Good to see the gore getting cranked back up recently! Awesome bit of stuff there and good to see Nicotero and Co are still finding stunning ways to off walkers. 
Well, I guess we can figure that the helicopter we saw a few episodes ago was from the Heapster's hangout, then? Simon mentioned solar panels and the helipad, but also seemed to suggest that there was something else to the place ... hmmm.
I'm half-wondering something about Jadis...
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Cracking episode, I think - the walkie talkie chat between Rick and Negan was interesting. Negan was genuinely gutted that Carl was dead (linking back to Negan's past in some form of working with children), and there was some genuine remorse that he shared with Rick, but obviously things turned sour. I'd have to rewatch it, but I wonder if it was Rick's anger that reignited Negan's fighting spirit - which resulted in the tongue-lashing he dished out to Rick. Interesting that Rick read Carl's letter to Negan, but he hasn't yet read the letter that Carl wrote to Rick.
JDP - I don't think it matters if Simon left Jadis alive or not. The very fact that he killed more than one single Heapster alone is enough for bad news to get back to Negan. Leaving Jadis alone with all her people dead is all about Simon punishing Jadis in his very own particular style - it would seem that Simon was in charge before Negan showed up, perhaps, or at the very least that Simon was trouble for Negan at one point until Negan got Simon under control (remember the reference to Simon "backsliding" in the last half season?)
So it really doesn't matter. Simon doesn't care about consequences. You can see Negan's grasp on power slipping. He knows it. Simons knows it. And Negan knows Simon knows it. Hell, it seemed clear to me that Negan knew straight away that Simon hadn't done what he was told, and it appeared to me that Simon wasn't all that concerned with hiding that fact. He may have been telling Negan what he wanted to hear, but his performance was too cheery - totally out-of-synch with their earlier conversation, and his earlier demeanour regarding the issue - and Negan saw exactly what Simon was really telling him (that the Heapsters had been massacred). It was a subtle finger in the eye from Simon, he wanted Negan to know, Negan knows it, and I reckon Simon knows that Negan knows that Simon didn't do what he was told.
I came over all a bit 'Burbs-like with that ... They know, that we know, that they know, that we know!
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Originally Posted by Neil
Why do they make them talk like the Indians in a BAD B movie Western?
And I really didn't buy into the dump people handing over their weapons.
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