stray thots on the walking dead [season 6]

highly visceral if lacking in depth the characters all know their roles, rick the asshole survivor, carol the closeted bad-ass, deanna the leader who doesn't know shit, daryl the good man and loyal warrior et al.

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still yet there is a magic to the madness for the action is at the first intensity and the actors who play our beloved characters are very good at what they do.

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the narrative arc is leading to -- i think -- the fateful meeting between negan and his saviours.  negan is the worst of the best bad-guy villians in this universe, even worse than the governor.

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the scripts are still rather weak to character motivations and development but the writers are geniuses at creating dread and fear.

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do i have a favorite character?  no, but i admire carol and -- believe it or not -- maggie.

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beware of spoilers here.

what happened to glenn?  is he dead?  is he alive?  i trawled the 'net today and found speculation to support both.  it was a ballsy move by the producers of this show.  for last week's episode, 'thank you', was a punch in the gut.  i watched the penultimate scene when nicholas blows his brains out and knocks glenn off the garbage dumpster several time now and i do not know if glenn is alive or dead.  brilliant TV making, i say.

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i'm not sure i like the nihilistic design of the walking dead universe.  i am convinced we survive as a species because we are -- by and large -- not assholes.  in this world you have to be an a-hole to live.

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i really admire the actor who plays deanna, tovah feldshuh.  she can express more with her face than nearly every other actor can express using pages of script.

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this might be the best season of the show thus far.