This clause contains coddler – and freebooter - ish theories – about the most recent sequence ofThe Walking Dead , " Last solar day on Earth . "
Few words induct a groan as reliably as “ to be continued . ” But that ’s howThe walk Deadconcluded Season 6 – a hair - clutching , armpit - fanning , remote - throwing cliffhanger .
Negan , the much - talk about and much - fear loss leader of the Saviors , made his long - await debut , good manners of actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan . He brought our heroes to their articulatio genus . He introduced Lucille , his wire - enfold baseball at-bat . And after the humanity ’s most harrowing game of eeny , meeny , miny , moe , he remove a two - handed golf stroke into the tender head of … someone . We do n’t lie with . We wo n’t know until the Season 7 premiere .
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Readers of the comedian get it on that the infamous Negan was en route to this serial and that he would arrive in a spectacularly deadly fashion . But who would be his victim ? We ’ve guessed and theorise . We’veweighedtheodds . And this season , we were refuse the response . month of anticipation culminate in a pig - out . We could reckon that it ’s Glenn . We have reason to believe it might be Daryl . It could even be Rick – unlikely as that seems justly now . The fact of the issue is we have no musical theme who Negan just murdered . And despite the grounds – internet sleuths are already scrutinizing Negan ’s every look and glance for hint – this is n’t a lingering motion we ’ll lick soon .
One thing we can say with sure thing : this cliffhanger was infuriating . The Walking Deadhas never been peculiarly generous with its audience , lawful . ( Most of us are just beginning to forgive the show for its mismanagement of Glenn ’s simulated - destruction late last year – a pretty quintessential case of dramatic dishonesty . ) But even by the standard of the series , this strikes me as colossally unjust . For eight calendar week now , the writer have been making Negan out to be the boogeyman to end all boogeymen , terrifically scarey and indomitable but also apparently too busy or secretive to be see . That they ’ve spent so much time building up the menace of a prospective Big Bad is reasonable , even if it did stand for some polar plotting andGabbo - like promotion . But after eight weeks , surely we merit a reward . We ’ve been patient . It ’s prison term to show us what we ’ve been look for .
Of naturally , the disappointment was only momentary , the last beat of a 90 - minute stopping point . Until that peak , we ’d been enjoy an exciting season finale . " Last twenty-four hour period on ground " did an excellent occupation of expanding the scope of the Saviors . A threat Rick and the others long assumed would be easily deal – some macho threat they could stamp out on a whim – has deform out to be much , much more intimidating , a fact it would have help our torpedo to know before begin an badly - advised warfare .
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How many Saviors have the Alexandrians kill over the last several weeks ? lots . “ They ’ve get numbers , ” somebody pointed out last night . No kidding : they ’ve draw numbers enough to block multiple routes to the Hilltop , total enough to pull off elaborated plans , number enough to withstand ( and hardly bear in mind ) any find losses . And the Saviors are smart . They ’re organized . They ’re able to strategize and set up bunker , as they did with the baseball bat fire and red - rover personal line of credit of baby-walker . Not only can they outwit Rick , they fluff him and make him a fool , like a qat and its prey . In a room , it does n’t matter who Negan killed in the close . The bigger point has already been made : the Saviors are major player . And the Alexandrians are out of their league .
Negan himself is a new kind of baddie for this series . find out out that leather jacket . That sonorous interpreter . That smile . “ This is Lucille and she is awing , ” Negan brags , in terrifyingly high-pitched spirits . He ’s like a pro grappler turn heel . You get the sentiency that all of this – the mystique , the gaudy entrance , the endanger larger - than - life spell – is for the welfare of intimidation . Negan is a microscope stage - deal swayer . He understand that if you require instill awe and wield authority , you have to demand it of the people beneath you . And the need are a whole lot more effective if the style is theatrical .
You could say that none of this would have happen if our zep had n’t blundered . In a mother wit that ’s true : a siege by the Saviors on Alexandria would n’t have been quite so successful , you have to imagine , even with the astounding numbers , so maybe the ring should have stayed at house .
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But keep in thinker Rick ’s perspective on the situation . He ’s vanquished a lot of pretty nasty enemies in his time – some of them so regretful that he probably does n’t consider it can get much speculative . And up until the finale , his run - ins with the Saviors have terminate in prosperous victory . He has no reason to consider they ’re deserving fear . But if " Last sidereal day on Earth " had a content , it ’s just that : our survivor need to fear the Saviors . It ’s clear that Rick has n’t been guide Negan gravely . He ’s compute it ’s under control . It ’s not , we now love . And perish forward , it calculate like Rick will know it , too .
The Walking Dead , how you torture us .
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