This clause contain freebooter – and spoiler - ish theories – about the most recent episode ofThe take the air Dead , " Twice As Far . "
Please take a minute to let the electric shock subside . Last night’sWalking Deadfeatured what was easily the most surprising final minute in its six - season history , and very mayhap the most surprising scene on TV since Robb Stark ’s Red wedding party dying onGame of Thrones . What does it mean for the future of the show ? Let ’s take a closer look at the lunacy :
Goodbye, Denise
Denise Cloyd is all in . Makes sense , given theWalking Dead ’s tendency to obliterate off the most simply likable grapheme . Denise enjoyed a make out relationship with Tara , a hero sandwich with us since the Governor days , and was one of only a smattering of well - developed singular characters on the series . She ’s survive some hardships – most recently a kidnapping by a stray Wolf in the season premiere – and shown considerable courage and resolve . We ’ve watched her originate as a person , and Sunday dark , before disaster befell her , we experience her take another step toward heroism by conquering her fears . So of track she had to drop dead .
And the gut-wrenching twist…
Denise died in a most striking and unsettling fashion : an arrow through the back of her skull and out the correct eye . More specifically , an arrow that once belong to Daryl . Last time of year , his crossbow , like his motorcycle , was pilfer from a Savior he mistakenly spared . mightily in the midriff of a travel soliloquy , about taking prospect in life and making the most of what you ’ve have , the pointer shot into frame . Denise was arguably the most expendable character in the aspect , though actress Merritt Wever ’s performance , spitting out those last few lyric horribly before crumpling to the ground , had the shock of someone central suffering the same destiny .
Let’s remember: the Saviors are still out there
Some time has clearly glide by since Rick kill the man take for granted to be Negan atthe oddment of last workweek ’s sequence . The group trust the scourge is neutralized . We did n’t hear give-and-take on whether Jesus confirmed the identity of the head honcho after all , but Rick and the others rejoin home without much worry about revenge . Well , here it is . Another ring of the Saviors , arm to the teeth , descended upon our zep – mean there are probably a whole circle more remaining than anybody suspect . And they ’re a portion close to Alexandria than they ’ve ever been , too , which may prove suit for fear . When the few who catch off total back it ’s going to be horrible .
Are Daryl’s days numbered?
There ’s beena destiny of speculationthis season about the reaching of Negan and the name of his first dupe . In the comics it was Glenn who feel the anger of the Big Bad ’s baseball game squash racket . But it ’s increasingly look like it might be Daryl , the fan front-runner , who take it instead . This instalment fortify the case . Daryl spared an innocent - seeming Savior long ago when he obviously should n’t have . That Savior return last Nox and killed Denise , and he ’s been allow free once again – though this time with a rather personal harm . He ’ll want payback . That makes another coup for Daryl in the Savior - Alexandria war : not only did the man make mince of a half - XII Saviors on motorcycle at the kickoff of the season , he double down with an assault rifle last night and guaranteed he ’ll be a target to come .
Abraham just got lucky
A bet man would have put money on Abraham beingThe walk Dead ’s latest victim . He made an early command for for Sasha ’s affections , which is never a good star sign of longevity . He abandoned his friend Eugene in a fourth dimension of need , earning a few karma points . And the orgasm of the sequence , the encounter on the road with the Savior bandits , pass verbatim in the funnies . Only it’sAbrahamwho ends up losing his life . It ’s a clever turn for the showrunners to take such a infamous scene and act out it with different event . The surprise squeeze us to inquire about the more infamous setting to come : if Abraham can be spared the fate write for him on the pageboy , can Glenn outlast the close ?
We’re about to see an all-out war
After this run - in with the Saviors , Rick and the others vowed to never be caught by surprise again . If their enemies are still out there , still revengeful , and if a simple provision run can spell day of reckoning for one of our grinder , something has to be done . The state of war began with Denise ’s expiry . Carol , Rick , Daryl , and probably any other well - trained member of the Alexandria safe zone piled into a wagon train and gain the road , presumably in pursuit of the material Negan and the Savior ground forces ’s rest , inestimable soldiers . reach the faction ’s seemingly unlimited imagination , there ’s no telling how deep they run . I ’m bulge out to mistrust the next battles wo n’t form out quite so favourably as they have so far . permit ’s just hope that Rick does n’t underestimate the challenge ahead .
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