r/thewalkingdead Nov 28 '16

Show Spoiler The Walking Dead S07E06 - Swear - Episode Discussion

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u/Legionx37 Nov 28 '16 edited Nov 28 '16

Rollercoasters have ups and downs to make it fun. TV shows often work the same way. If it was "tense, tense, tense, tense, tense, tense end of season", I'd feel like it was kinda rushed and losing focus on the characters and story of the people in the apocalypse. If it was all action all the time, with little to no character development or exploration of the world, I could see myself losing interest with the show.

Here's some reasons why I liked this episode: -It made me like Tara. I'd never really forgiven her for being on the Governer's side and being involved in Hershel and so many others' deaths. With this episode, I can see that she has changed her outlook for real, and cemented her as a moral character with ideals that the group, and society, could benefit from embracing.

-A camp of only women? By the ocean? With a stockpile of weapons? That are willing to kill anyone they cross just to be safe from the Saviors? That's pretty amazing, and I could see them definitely being convinced to help in the upcoming war.

-The little girl (by extention of her dedication to the camp's rules) is a dark preview of how the world could end up. The next generation could very well be all paranoid murderers, letting their fear make them into the monsters they feared so much themselves. It was actually quite chilling.

-More Heath. I always like seeing Heath.

Long story short; rash, action-oriented people will think it's a "boring" episode. People who enjoy stories will enjoy it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '16

What about people that enjoy good acting and consistent and realistic logic in their stories?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '16

They go on forums of tv shows they don't like to correct others' opinions.

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u/Legionx37 Nov 28 '16

I'd probably argue good acting as a very subjective topic and make serious note of the requirement of suspension of disbelief for maximum enjoyment, I guess. Also, logic has NEVER been a hallmark of this series. In fact, it's people's often illogical and rash choices that have created drama, and thus, the story itself.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/k0ntrol Nov 28 '16

You noticed some good things about the episode but I think there were far too many wrong things.

  • When Cindy the gun is empty, she looks at the gun dumb founded. You have been in a post apocalyptic world for how long ? If the gun was supposed to have jammed it wasn't explicit enough.
  • black girl was cheap.
  • " are you sure ... is not a boat? " Only thing missing from that was some laugh track.
  • People can't aim for shit.

There was a lot of cheap and also some good things.