The Walking Dead returns this week to catch us up on a number of non-Carl related storylines, including Eugene’s precarious position in Sanctuary and of course Father Gabriel’s sickly escape out into the wild. Add in Daryl trying to lead a bunch of red shirts through a swamp and you have yourself a pretty packed episode.
Mercy and wrath has been a constant theme through this season of the show, or at least wrath is. Even Carl’s Ghandi-like words before his passing weren’t enough to convince his dad to spare Negan, and now we’ve got Tara out for revenge on Dwight, who killed her girlfriend Denise back in season six. Dwight managed to squeak out of that vindictive situation by the skin on his badly burned brow, and Twitter seemed split down the middle as they cheered Tara on or cursed her for letting a personal vendetta almost doom the group.
https://twitter.com/TaraFknChambler/status/973005689839915009
Tara “You don’t switch sides and then make it okay.”
Well that’s what you did in S4… #TheWalkingDead— Justin (@JustinThomas97) March 12, 2018
'You don't get to change sides like nothing's happened' -Tara #TheWalkingDead #REALLYREALLY pic.twitter.com/3yMBvuQCnY
— Harold & Maudecast (@haroldmaudecast) March 12, 2018
Really Tara, it's not like Dwight was Negan's right hand man at one point where he knows everything about the saviors. #TheWalkingDead #TWD
— Steve Girman (@Stev2859) March 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/HershelGreene1/status/973007174589911040
Swamp giving me war flashbacks to our biggest loss #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/tqrYKvPtZg
— Stasii Schulze💧 (@StasiiSchulze) March 12, 2018
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As for Father Gabriel and Dr. Carson, they got punched in the face with a series of both extremely good and terribly bad luck.
Eugene whenever he talks to Negan #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/rS7t1RnAJo
— Walking Dead Hub (@weallaretwd) March 12, 2018
Dr. Carson and Father Gabriel. A man of science and a man of God. Your new apocalypse buddy team! #TWD #DemDeadz
— We So Nerdy (@WeSoNerdy) March 12, 2018
Of ALL THE FUCKING CARS, yall choose a Jaguar to escape in?? Them damn things NEVER work #TheWalkingDead #WalkingDead #deywalking #demdeadz
— A Tinkers Dam (@Laughin_Man) March 12, 2018
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Meanwhile back at the Hilltop, Carol and Morgan continued to remind us why they need to head off for their own spin-off show and never look back. I could watch them try to raise psycho apocalypse children for several seasons.
Maggie looks pretty good for being 2 years pregnant. #TWD #TheWalkingDead
— Brie Berman (@brielee) March 12, 2018
Did Maggie's baby bump grow this time? 👀 #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/ADz6lnvgAd
— Esmeralda Godinez (@EsmeChristina) March 12, 2018
Morgan is just like: The kid's fine. I'm fine. Everything is good. #TWD #DemDeadz pic.twitter.com/va46uhMA25
— We So Nerdy (@WeSoNerdy) March 12, 2018
How is this long haired, smart mouthed savior STILL alive!? #TDCPod #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/auq9tiRTY6
— RJ’s babysitter 👦🏽 (@Brad_Lee13) March 12, 2018
Siddiq should really start very sentence with "I'm a doctor" like "I'm a doctor; where's the bathroom?" "I'm a doctor; pass the ketchup." #TheWalkingDead #DemDeadz
— Black Nerd Problems (@BlkNrdProblems) March 12, 2018
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https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/973015243864625153
Carl’s death continues to be an emotional sucker punch in the stomach that the show can unleash at any time. This time it was Enid learning that her favorite hollowed out tree companion died that put us over the edge, and yep … seeing everyone cry still gets us right in the feels. As for Dr. Carson? At best we’re only concerned about his death due to the growing scarcity of decent healthcare in the area. It’s going to take a bigger loss than that to get us off the Carl mourning train.
