Totally enjoying watching Devin’s game. Impressively smart, deliciously clever, refreshingly confident and delightfully fun.

So happy for them! I sure loved those two but geesh run from the dinner party, go get some couples counseling, wash, rinse, repeat until the yacht is smooth sailing whether that takes 2 months or 20 years! :D haha then, have a dinner party but just Heidi and Mike and Jules and Cam w/ kid and kids lol

“…Multi-layered level of story telling and character development.” Melissa McBride about season 9 under the helm of Angela Kang. I agree!!

Haha those walker names in the memoriam.

Yes, agree, so much happened and was skillfully written in season 9, Yay! to show runner Angela and the entire team - family. Applause from me,

Season 10, yeah I can’t wait to see how the working with Negan to fight the Whisperers unfolds. He should have a lot of insight into this idea of “common goal. Common enemy” or “Facing evil, brings good people together.” and “It’s just that no one ever thinks that they are the evil one.” His insights could be not just about how the “enemy” sees it, rather than just through the perspective and could be therefore limited reaction of the “good people” seeing the enemy as evil. That’s something I look forward to being explored in season 10, if they do. I hope so.

I mean seriously can you imagine back 1, 2, 3 seasons finale’s ago (albeit six years ago there time), imagining Negan would save Judith? I got the heart-feels when Negan lifted up Judith and put her over his shoulder, held the dog, limped along, thinking about if Rick could only see this now - (which begs that whole thematic question can people change? redeemable?) wow, neato. And that moment when he tries to make Judith laugh with that “dog better poop golden nuggets” but she’s more worried about his leg to laugh. Then, omg, he leans forward and puts his head against hers but for a brief moment…dudes, to me, that’s amazing movement in a story from bashing heads to that and it’s believable. <3 wowza

SOOOO much more I could say LOLOL, but I’d sure like to hear from others, so I’ll stop here for now. :D Gonna go watch Talking Dead :D

I absolutely Loved how Negan made Gabriel chuckle when Gabriel was being so mature and dignified. (“Not the Father”) Haha, they are miserable and Negan says it feels like Christmas. Ah the Negan scenes were great.

I love the scenes between Carol and Lydia. They are so deep. The connections between the many choices Carol has made in the past with regards to whether to kill or not kill, particularly a child but even as far back as the two at the prison (like season 2 was it?), if they are a danger to the group. This is a powerful emotional challenging dilemma to face once again for Carol and in her broken grieving state. And, I like too how what she sees and says to Lydia is reminiscent but completely the opposite to what Lydia’s mother has said and done. I like to how Lydia suicidally offers the same arm that she has marks of being punished for her weakness to the walker. And then, in the last scene we see how Alpha has them too, why and how. wild. Good writing.

Did you all notice Beta’s t-shirt? He did not put on a smiley face t-shirt?! LOL And, I think it’s the smiley face t-shirt that says “Have a nice day.” glory! LOL

When Alden talks smack to Lydia, I like how Darryl shuts him down and then tells Lydia when she says that she just doesn’t want to be a problem, that “It’s not your problem. It’s theirs.” I feel he applies that same wisdom to Ezekiel’s request for him to leave him and Carol, that it would be easier. And, I like how it’s left a bit unclear if whether Ezekiel’s talking about whether it’s because of Lydia or just Darryl himself, leaving it up to us and Darryl to discern what’s going on here. Lydia’s the scapegoat. It’s truly the bond that Carol has with Darryl that Ezekiel feels threatens his and Carol’s bond. I honestly think Ezekiel knows better, but he’s at a low. He’s broken down. Carol’s broken down. The plumbing is broken down. Hilltop’s broken down. They have to admit the magic they’ve created “there” is now broken, rotted. But, in this same way Darryl is clear it’s not his problem. He didn’t and isn’t the reason for them breaking down.

Dang, I thought maybe Alpha was wearing that woman from Hilltop that we see in the opening scene’s hair, but re-watched and Confirmed but not only her hair her whole outfit, dress and hat.

Moreover, I like this new movement in the story telling, of not coming together to fight a common enemy like they did with the Savior, but for the common good, for hope, for bonds, for movies! Neat how Siddiq says this is the story he wants to tell and this is the story of this time in the Walking Dead story. Will they or won’t they? Will it be the spirit of Rick and Carl’s hope or will it be one of revenge and payback for the wound that this act creates? Ah, the Walking Dead themes are so relevant for our collective and personal stories. Eeeh, looking forward to watching Talking Dead as soon as I see it’s posted.

How did they do this? They infiltrate quietly (Whisperers) among the living and the dead. I don’t believe it was only Alpha who came into The Kingdom undetected. They look for opportunity and take actions that they think will express their alpha-dominance. I don’t believe who they took was at all random. They look for what they think is weakness, and it looks to me like caring and emotion and human connection is weakness in their world view. So, I think Alpha observed and gave order who to take based on what she observed while there. Remember how we saw in flashbacks how she quietly observed her husband, saw his insistance to stay as weakness and without any significant communication with him about it, decided, exerted her dominance, waited for her moment and took him out. And, present time, she took people from each community. I don’t think that was by happenstance either, part of her alpha dominance strategy to hit them all from every community and type of bond and connection. Now, I’m assuming like how they knocked out Siddiq is how they likely took them w/o making a ruckus and being noticed, which seems to be their MOA. Whisper quiet un-noticed infiltrate (heck she’s been hiding an entire horde) and then make a grand display of alpha dominance: Heads on a stakes from each community and those who help them, bonding together, as the very marking of her territory, which is very animalistic to her in her way of thinking. She doesn’t personally know that attacking those bonds is the very strength, or can be, of these communities, rallying together - apparently she hasn’t had that life experience, which makes me ever more curious of her own backstory (childhood) before the walking dead event started.

very exciting challenge designing clothes for body modifications, and in a group challenge, a collection, what a challenge, so glad they have 2 days. Those mods rocked! I did love the top two groups collection, and definitely the winner and runner-up. It was a missed opportunity for the most part for the rest of the designers. But, I understand that time and budget constraints and having to collaborate is indeed challenging. And, they get such a short time to draw and shop. I think putting a dark shaded fabric under the top tips of those feather modifications would have made them just pop to the forefront and accentuate them beautifully. I personally don’t feel drawn to body modification, but I still think it’s cool for those who are. I’m delighted to know there’s this option of non-permanent body modifications, too.

Love that line from Darryl to Michonne when she berated herself for why she didn’t see what her “friend” really was and why it wasn’t on her. Go Darryl, he’s certainly grown wise. …And boy, can I relate.

Great thematically speaking, love how what Joss thinks she must do to teach the kids how to be strong, ties to Alpha and her daughter Lydia and the Whispers, and heck Carole and the children at the Prison (like season 2 or 3) and well, so many other examples of such. It’s exploring and finding the balance of when what choices one makes to keep oneself and others safe does not change one into the same one is protecting one’s self and others from, aka “the walking dead” even if that is in the form of too focused on being safe and keep safe as to not truly live and love. Beautiful theme, never gets old.