Number one: Was it Daryl’s blood that splashed onto the screen at the end of “East,” and if so, how badly was Mr. Dixon injured… i.e., should plans for mass rioting begin?


But there are plenty of other TWD mysteries lingering from throughout Season 6, and with the finale — “Last Day on Earth” — kicked up to 90 minutes, here’s hoping the majority of them will be answered before the Alexandrians and their new friends and foes ride off into the primetime sunset until next fall. 

Who will be the first victim of Negan and Lucille?

What will Carl do with Negan’s gun?

What happened to Nicholas’s son?


Did Negan witness Daryl killing that group of motorcycle-riding Saviors in the midseason premiere?

What is Enid’s secret?

Will Carol and Morgan reunite with their friends?

Will Maggie and her baby survive?

Are all the Wolves dead?

What happened to Honey, the woman who was with Dwight when they met and ripped off Daryl?


Who is Wade, the guy who came looking for Dwight, Honey and Tina in the woods?

Will the lone surviving truck Savior from “East” catch up with Carol?

Was the armored man in “East” a member of The Saviors, as Rick suspected, or a member of The Kingdom?

Consider Daryl Dixon Schrodinger’s Alexandrian — until we see next week’s Season 6 finale of The Walking Dead, he can be alive or dead. Dwight pulled the trigger on his gun, and Daryl’s head was definitely in the line of fire, but does that mean everyone’s beloved motorcycle-ridin’, crossbow-shootin’, apocalypse survivor is really, truly gone, and that, as fans have promised all along would happen if such a tragedy occurred, rioting should immediately commence? Read on before making up your mind, and share your take on DD’s status in the comments.


Why He’s Definitely Dead: 

1. Dwight pulled the trigger on his gun. It was aimed at Daryl’s head. Blood splattered everywhere, including the camera. 

2. Both Andy Lincoln and Lauren Cohan have made comments that led us to believe one of the most beloved cast members was going to be killed off, and in a gruesome manner, in the season finale. Sure, technically, this happened in the penultimate episode of the season, but we’re not going to get confirmation about Daryl until the finale, so maybe this is what Lincoln was referring to when he said the season finale script made him physically ill? 


3. Daryl’s not in the comics, so there’s no storyline continuity or overlap to worry about in killing him off.

Under ordinary circumstances, if you spotted a beach littered with luggage from a plane crash, you’d probably call it a tragedy. But if you happen to be in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, you might instead call it a yard sale.

At least that was what Nick — as much a wit as he is a survivor — did in this week’s Fear the Walking Dead. Of course, there was more waiting for the Abigail’s passengers on shore than just travel-size cream rinse and dog-eared copies of SkyMall.

Who? What? Read on, and we’ll unpack “Ouroboros” together.

‘I AM NOT THE HELP!’ | As the episode began, we joined Alex, Jake and a few other Flight 462 survivors aboard a lifeboat. It appeared unlikely that the youngster would pull through, he was so badly burned. Yet Alex protected him with a ferocity that would have done his mother proud.


Later, when the Abigail came to a sudden and unexpected stop, Travis dove into the ocean to investigate — and discovered that what was blocking the water intake was the reanimated corpse of one of Alex and Jake’s lifeboatmates. The following day, though Travis warned Strand that fixing yachts wasn’t his forte — and though el capitan treated him like the Skipper did Gilligan — the handyman still went to town in the engine room like he was Edgar Hansen from Deadliest Catch.

Meanwhile, in spite of the fact that Ofelia was out of antibiotics, Daniel wouldn’t allow her to ask Madison for more. They had to handle their predicament themselves, he insisted. “What do you suggest we do, go to Walgreens?” she replied. “I’m pretty sure they’re closed.”

The season finale is approaching. One episode left and the question on everyone’s lips is who exactly will meet Lucille. Let’s take a look at the possible victims.


Glenn

It was Glenn who died at the hands of Negan in the comics and despite his death fake-out earlier in the season, could it all be a red herring to actually kill him off for real. He’s the family man of the show after all.


Abraham

He should have died already and he’s been getting more and more character development, even a love story with Sasha. Though his death wouldn’t be as resonant as any of the original characters, it would still be a great loss.

Daryl

Rumors of his departure could mean that it’s fan favorite Daryl Dixon who gets the chop. Yes, even though the fans may riot, his death could be the biggest shock on any show this year. He’s already wounded after all. Say it ain’t so.

Carol

She’s been getting heaps of story recently, evolving into an interesting mix between herself and Morgan, but she’s the best character in the show, so losing her would make it very much poorer.

Rosita

She’s one of the four to get captured and she’s the least liked and developed of them. Just her dying would be a bit of a let down for the finale but she could still very well get out alive. Let’s hope she makes it.

Michonne

A burgeoning relationship with Rick, a pointed line from Abraham about being scared to love again. Could it finally be time to say goodbye to this katana wielding goofball.

Maggie

It’s unlikely she’ll interact with Negan in the finale as she’s currently in agony back at Alexandria. She may die from a miscarriage in a shocking twist, but it’s unlikely she’ll meet Lucille.

Rick

The biggest shock TV twist of all time if Rick were to die. But wouldn’t it be brilliantly twisted. We’d be talking about it for weeks. His arrogant confidence may finally kill him.

Carl

Well, half the cast did say that the finale made them feel sick. Losing the actor that you’ve watched grow up may just do that, especially if it’s in a horrific way. His only moment in the last episode was a curious look at an engraved gun. Foreshadowing?

Of course, it could be someone else, maybe Morgan, but these are the key characters and losing any of the original members would be truly shocking. In some ways, I don’t want anyone to die but then again, it would be kind of disappointing if no one did. It looks to me that this final episode is going to be very controversial. I can’t wait.

Not since Terminus leader Gareth has The Walking Dead let us spend significant time with a villain we actually hoped would stick around for a while. Sadly, Savior subgroup leader Paula — played by Justified and Friday Night Lights alum Alicia Witt — won’t live to torture Rick’s group another day. But her time with kidnapped Maggie and Carol left such a mark on those two Alexandrians that their ability to forge ahead in the war vs. the Saviors is definitely in doubt.

Yahoo TV talked to actress — and talented singer/songwriter — Witt about her juicy role on one of her favorite shows, how Twitter had a big hand in her journey into the zombie apocalypse, why Paula and Carol bonded, and how she helped Melissa McBride imitate her for that great moment at the end of the episode.

You are fantastic in this episode. This is no small thing to say about a Walking Dead villain: I wish Paula were hanging around a bit longer. She’s a great character.
She is a fantastic character. I couldn’t have been more thrilled when I first got the script and I got to see… to get to guest star on this show any way is such an honor, and then to be trusted with a role like this was just beyond. I had one of the, hands down, best experiences of my life getting to be Paula, for sure.


You were already a big fan of the show, right?
I was, and there are not that many shows that I watch, but it’s something that I’ve become hooked on over the years. I’ve loved seeing how it’s grown, and how the characters have changed, how they have managed to keep their humanity for the most part even though they’re dealing with this horrific nightmare of a situation. I think if I could have named a show that I would most want to be on before it finished its run, it would be The Walking Dead. It’s really a dream. It’s just sinking in, actually, that it really happened.

Rick’s group managed to take out a few more Saviors in this week’s adventure, but their victory may have come at a very big price: kidnapped Carol and Maggie are both so traumatized by recent events and the things they’ve been tasked to do in their daily battle to survive that both women seem to have reached a point where they need a timeout on all the killing.

But with the impending arrival of ultimate TWD villain Negan, Carol and Maggie’s crisis couldn’t come at a worse time for their friends.


Kidnapped
A voice on the walkie-talkie had informed Rick that Carol and Maggie were in the custody of Saviors at the end of last week’s episode, and we meet the voice right away: she’s Paula (guest star Alicia Witt), who quickly establishes herself as the leader of a Saviors offshoot group that also includes Molly, Shell, and Donnie. The group snuck up on Carol and Maggie as they were on lookout duty outside the Saviors’ main hideout — the one Rick and the others successfully attacked — and though Carol manages to shoot Donnie in the arm, Paula and the others take Carol and Maggie hostage.

Getting to Know You
Paula kills a walker — knife from the back of the head straight through the face — just as it’s inches from Maggie’s face, and then tells the gagged and bound Maggie and Carol to sit on the floor, on opposite sides of a small room in the plant. “You’re wondering if there’s a way out of this,” she tells Carol. “There isn’t. Not unless I say so.” As the Savior women drag the body of the walker Paula killed out of the room, its rosary beads catch on Carol’s leg. Carol picks them up and stashes them in her pocket before they notice.

Carol: “You sure about that?”

Paula: “I’m alive.”


Carol: “With those people. Those killers.”

Paula: “Your people are killers, Carol. Makes you a killer.”

Carol: “You. You’re the one… you’re the one who’s afraid to die. And you’re going to. You will die. That’s what’s gonna happen if you don’t work this out.”

Paula: “Are you going to kill me?”

Carol: “I hope not.”

“I Was Afraid of This”

The Walking Dead is still so gruesomely popular that a permanent attraction will arrive at Universal Studios Hollywood this summer. A zombie apocalypse will finally arrive on Earth – at least in a confined space where no zombies can escape – as the theme park announced on the Talking Dead chat show on Sunday (13 March) that its seasonal horror maze is here to stay.

Fans of The Walking Dead as well as Universal's Halloween Horror Nights will be dying of excitement to hear that construction on the new fixture is under way at the Hollywood theme park – and it has been completely based on the hit AMC series to ensure a top-notch and realistic experience is created. We're scared already.

Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick says that The Walking Dead director Greg Nicotero is involved with the making of the new attraction, which will see actors interact with the audience and "immerse guests within the world of The Walking Dead". If that means having a zombie yank at your ear and scream in your face then we're in.

The concept is a no-brainer for Universal Studios Hollywood as its Walking Dead-themed maze at the park's annual Halloween Horror Nights is one of the busiest features of the park during the autumn. They might be dead, but zombies can still cash in the big bucks...

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is set to direct the film “Haunted” for DreamWorks, TheWrap has learned.

The Oscar-nominated director of “28 Weeks Later” will helm the film based on Henry James’ 1898 ghost story “The Turn of the Screw,” using a script by Chad and Carey Hayes.


John Middleton, Scott Bernstein and Roy Lee will serve as producers.

Fresnadillo recently directed the pilot for USA’s “Falling Water” from writers Blake Masters and Henry Bromell and executive producer Gale Anne Hurd (“The Walking Dead”). He will also direct and executive produce the Syfy pilot “Prototype” from Tony Basgallop.

He is repped by UTA and Anonymous Content.

Look, Walking Dead fans, there’s just no way around it: Someone — maybe more than one someone — is gonna die before the Season 6 finale ends, and all hints point to it, or they, being a major member of Rick Grimes’s group.  


Rick himself, star Andrew Lincoln, has even said he was made physically ill by the events of the Season 6 ender, so we know some serious, even tragic events go down upon the much ballyhooed arrival of TWD baddie Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the leader of the Saviors who will make his debut in the final episode of the season (and possibly even before).


DENISE and TARA - 75%

Tara and Denise have settled into a happy relationship after that traumatic battle with the pit walkers in the midseason premiere… which automatically puts them on the potential tragic ending hitlist. Add to that the fact that Tara told Denise she loves her, that Denise didn’t say it back, and that Tara just survived the first battle with the Saviors and is now off on a two-week supply run, and it’s just not looking good for both fierce women to see Season 7, sadly.   


ABRAHAM - 60%

This one would hurt bad, not only because Abraham Ford is essentially the smooth-tongued poet of the apocalypse, but also because he’s finally decided “to make some plays, before the great cosmic Pete comes to cut my throat unceremoniously and I gurgle my last breath.” He, harshly, dumped Rosita so he could be free to make a serious play for Sasha, and you know what happens when a survivor in the apocalypse makes plans… the storytelling gods laugh. And, as TWD comics readers know, the arrival of the Saviors spells tragedy for Mr. Ford in the books.  


GLENN - 50%

It’s almost too much to bear to even think it’s still a possibility that Glenn would die at this point, what with Dumpstergate earlier in the season, and that other near death when he was pinned up against the wall while trying to save Maggie during the battle with the walker herd in the midseason premiere. He’s about to become a father, and his friendship with Enid has showcased there’s really no one in the group who’ll make a better dad than Glenn, but there’s no denying issue 100 of the comics — a classic storyline so well known we’re not spoiling anything at this point — when Glenn’s sweet noggin meets Lucille, the brutal, barbed wire-covered bat of ultimate TWD baddie Negan.   

MORGAN - 35%

“Here’s Not Here,” the Season 6 episode that unfolded the backstory of Morgan’s friendship with Eastman and his new, anti-killing philosophy, remains one of the best episodes of the series, and Morgan Jones is one of the great supporting characters of TWD. But while lots of characters have shared Morgan’s idealistic view of how to survive in the post-apocalyptic world without killing other humans, none have clung to it so stubbornly as Morgan, who has nearly cost several of his friends their lives because of his attitude. The thing Morgan has yet to acknowledge: Eastman’s way of life was possible because he lived off in the woods, away from the constant threat of attacks by walkers or other humans. Can Morgan realize compromise is necessary — like Glenn and Heath had to in last week’s “Not Tomorrow Yet” — before it’s too late for him… or another beloved Alexandrian?   

MAGGIE - 25%

Maggie’s storyline in Seasons 5 and 6 has been a slow build into her evolution as a true leader who’s savvy, confident, and brave enough to stand up to, and get the best of, a blustery bully like Hilltop’s Gregory. She and Glenn have also committed themselves to not only surviving, but thriving and trying to build a new life (literally and figuratively) in the new world. So, again, that thing about making plans and storytelling gods laughing? Yeah.   

DARYL - 25%

Has the great Daryl Dixon run out of storyline? Does Jesus possess a lot of the same skills as Daryl, making Mr. Dixon expendable? Does beloved TWD star Norman Reedus have a new series, a reality show in which he’ll travel across the country on his motorcycle, premiering on AMC later this year? Those are among the bits of evidence cited in discussions about a possible Daryl death — not to mention that comment from Reedus’s BFF Andy Lincoln about how crushing the season finale is. All we know for sure is this: Yes, Reedus does have a new series coming, and Daryl Dixon is definitely not replaceable as a member of Rick’s group. Oh, and that, as has always been promised, there will be some rioting should Daryl meet his own cosmic Pete.   

CAROL - 10%

Ms. Peletier remains one tough chica, ready and able to do what needs to be done to protect her loved ones. But it’s starting to get to her, all the death, as we saw with her Moleskine list of all the people she’s killed as a member of Rick’s group. A woman can only bake so many batches of beet acorn cookies before she just loses her s–t, and Carol appears to be on the edge. Now that she and Maggie are in the clutches of the Saviors who survived Rick’s group’s first attack, and Morgan’s pacifist philosophies are taking up real estate in her head, Carol’s in more danger than she’s ever been in before.  

MICHONNE - 5%

Is there a significant chance Michonne will fall victim to Negan (and Lucille) or some other Savior? Probably not. But two things to consider, if only to prepare yourself that there’s any possibility of such an unspeakable loss: 1) The other two females who’ve attracted the attention and love of Mr. Rick Grimes are now sleeping with the walkers, and 2) The fantastically multi-talented Michonne portrayer Danai Gurira has not only a thriving TV career, but is a successful playwright with current productions on Broadway and off-Broadway (including one starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o), and a major movie role as Afeni Shakur in the upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me. Just sayin’.

Another great, if less so than last weeks, episode that has some interesting developments for the plot as well as the characters.

After last week, Maggie and Carol have been taken by four of the Saviours, where they hole up in an abandoned building, as you do. The episode takes place pretty much entirely in here and in the process the two women come out of the other side different people.


Carol’s gone from abused housewife to killing machine in 6 seasons, give or take, yet here she’s having second thoughts about her situation. We established last week that she didn’t want to kill and this is aptly demonstrated when she fails to outright kill the male member of this group which is the thing that gets them captured.

Her reluctance to kill yet having to make the hard decision anyway is what makes her so interesting because at least now we know that she’s not completely cold but genuinely hates this side of her. By the end of the episode she is shaken and after killing her lead captor in a particularly gruesome way, she appears to be set down a different path.


Maggie, however, is a stone cold killer in this episode, letting a man bleed to death (though he was already dead) and beating a woman to death with the butt of a gun are all done to save the duo (well, trio) but they demonstrate that Maggie has not just become the diplomat this season, though we do get shades of that, but rather that she isn’t the one that just needs saving.

Where’s Carol Peletier been since The Walking Dead midseason premiere? Perfecting her beet acorn cookies, apparently. She’s baking up a big batch of the pink veggie nut treats when we finally catch back up with her in “Not Tomorrow Yet,” delivering them with big smiles to all the townsfolk of Alexandria. She’s also sharing a little romance with neighbor Tobin, suddenly smoking, and keeping track of the people she’s killed in a little black journal. In other words, there’s a lot of different feels floating around in Ms. Peletier’s head these days.


Yahoo TV talked to Carol portrayer Melissa McBride to get her take on that great opening montage that felt like a Carol sitcom, the very non-sitcom-y guilt Carol is feeling about all the things she’s had to do to protect herself and her friends in the apocalypse, her new — romance? — with Tobin, why Carol started smoking, and the very harsh state of affairs that has Carol freaking out about Maggie going after the Saviors.

For the last few weeks, viewers have been saying, “Where’s Carol?”
I know! Where is Carol?


She’s back in a big way in “Not Tomorrow Yet,” starting with that opening montage that sort of felt like we were watching a Carol sitcom.
Yeah, that was a strange, fun opening. It was funny, when I was watching the [episode], I thought, “Wait a minute. Is this The Walking Dead?” I had forgotten how that started out. Then I thought, “Is there a commercial on before? Wait a minute, what am I…? Oh, yeah…” And then I started to recognize it, but it was a strange sensation.

Did it feel like that when you were filming it? Did you have that sense that this was a lighter Carol?
No. No, and I think just because… I think it’s her really reaching for the lightness, because the darkness is so profound. There’s peace in the valley, for now. Waking up, thinking that you can bring a smile to peoples’ faces, and just have some bit of normalcy in doing what you love, and also, for Carol, cooking and baking helps her not to have to think about the pain. To me, she is a woman who has a lot of grief and a lot of guilt for the things that she’s done and the people that she’s lost.

The pressure was on for The Walking Dead's survivors as they sought to seek and destroy their brand new threat, Negan. Rick, Daryl, Abraham and Carol were among the members of the group to embark on the mission – but it had potentially disastrous consequences for two beloved characters.

The Walking Dead season 6 episode 12 8 stars


Carol has been noticeably absent from the last two episodes, but Not Tomorrow Yet opens with the mother hen ambling through mundane activities including browsing through her wardrobe and baking cookies for the rest of the community. Little does she know her world is about to be rocked by the group's huge mission to take down the Saviours.

Rick hosts a meeting in Alexandria's chapel to vote on whether the community feel it is a wise choice to attack Negan's group. Nobody objects to the plan except Morgan, who is still persistent on using a peaceful approach to resolve conflict as opposed to violence. However, he is outvoted and the group set off on their risky new venture.


Although his positive outlook is admirable, it is quite amazing that Morgan has learned nothing from secretly holding the Wolves member hostage a few weeks back resulting in the kidnap of Denise. Hopefully the upcoming events will give Morgan a more realistic view of The Next World.

God, I hope they keep this up. This was the best episode in an excellent run of episodes and it’s proof that The Walking Dead is one of the most surprising shows out there. Not in terms of story, because it’s always full of surprises but in terms of quality. Back in the dregs of the prison, I never thought the show could get to be great again. Heck, even the mid-season finale was a sharp downturn.

Since Scott M. Gimple arrived as showrunner, the show has seen a massive upswing in quality, with some missteps, and it’s just wonderful to see an episode like this that still leaves you gasping.


Where do I start? The superb cold open of Carol baking cookies, taking out a zombie whilst foraging for acorns, all whilst Weeds or Wildflowers plays in the background. It was exactly the sort of thing that leaves me smiling and as Rick arrives back in Alexandria, telling Carol that they’re gonna have to fight, it’s a superb moment as we understand that Carol just wants to bake cookies, or rather, she doesn’t WANT to kill, she just has to.

Her arc of the episode is small but significant. She leaves the last cookie on the grave of Sam, who’s fear, possibly influenced by Carol, got him killed. That’s just an excellent moment before the credits even rolled. Carol joins the fighting team heading to the saviour compound but when she finds out Maggie insists on coming she chooses to stay outside with her.

Another new, and surprising, romance sparks; a long-running romance ends, harshly; and Rick’s group finds out they may have grossly underestimated the Saviors. Negan’s introduction, as a result, seems likely to happen even sooner than the Season 6 finale.

The Carol Show

She’s been MIA since the midseason premiere, but Carol’s back in action in an opening montage that also keeps the series’ recent forays into comedy going. Backed by Parsonfield’s infectious “Weeds or Wildflowers,” Carol goes shopping at the Alexandria pantry — taking the canned beets and water chestnuts no one else wants — gathers acorns in the woods, kills a walker (getting her nice, white shirt all messy), selects a flowery, clean outfit after showering away the zombie innards, and bakes batches of beet and acorn cookies that she puts in plastic containers and distributes to her fellow townsfolk, dishing up a smile with every package of beet-sweetened goodies. It feels like an episode of a show-within-the-show, a zombie sitcom that might be called It’s Carol! or That Carol or The Carol Peletier Show.


There’s even potential romance ahead, as Carol knocks on Tobin’s door to delivery some sweets. Tobin protests taking food that should go to the children, then says he isn’t a fan of beets. Carol tells him to try them, and he agrees they’re the best beet and acorn cookies he’s ever eaten.

“Are you screwing with me?” Carol asks, and Tobin, continuing their mutual flirtation, assures her that her weird, pink, veggie and nut cookies are “amazing.”

Yes, Maggie! When Jesus led the Alexandria group to The Hilltop, his survivor community, to discuss how the two towns might trade goods, Hilltop leader Gregory quickly revealed himself to be a condescending, sexist fool who underestimated negotiator Maggie at his own peril. As Jesus points out to her at the end of the episode, even the storied Negan didn’t threaten Gregory into as good a deal as Maggie artfully negotiated for her community. Yahoo TV talked to Lauren Cohan, whose Walking Dead heroine secured much needed food and supplies for her group, about Maggie becoming the leader Deanna predicted she could be, about Maggie’s commitment to building a new world worth living in, and about what baby-to-be Rhee means not just to her and Glenn, but to all their friends and family.

There’s no other way to say it: Maggie kicks butt in this episode.
It was really fun, and I like that it builds to this place where she finds that strength. At first she’s like, “Do I have to? I don’t want to talk to this guy.” Yeah, it’s really been a ride for me [in the second half of Season 6]. I couldn’t even get my head around the midseason premiere. I think I was more gutted than I have ever been on an episode of the show. It just took it to such crazy peaks and valleys. Then comic relief with our buddy comedy. Now it’s time to kick ass and take names.


As you just touched on, Maggie is a bit hesitant when Rick says, “You should be the one to talk to Gregory.” Is it because he’s such a jerk when they meet him or is it because she’s hesitant to put herself forth as a leader of the group?

I think it’s a combination of the two. I think that she wants to do a good job. She wants to get the group what they need. They came there because they need food. And it’s that he’s just… she’s confronted some characters like this before. Initially, I don’t think that he seems like The Governor, but everybody always goes in with their reservations when you go into these new, seemingly perfect communities. It’s just so uncomfortable for her. I think that there’s an interesting dynamic, because [her group] lives in a world where she’s really seen on her merit, and to be then in a situation with someone like [Gregory], who she suspects, and who ultimately does try and be a bit sleazy with her, it just, as it would with anybody, it just makes her really angry.

This is The Walking Dead at its best. Everyone’s reasonably happy, despite a food shortage, and nobodies behaving like an idiot. Trouble is, this is the calm before the storm and judging by the forecast, this is not gonna end well.

We pick up where we left off last time, Jesus befriends Rick and Co. convinces them into accompanying him to his Hilltop community where they live with crops, cows and a big old house. They want to make a deal, supplies for supplies, yet their leader is a bit of an ass and plus the community is already under the heel of Negan and the Saviours.

Negan is doing a Hopper from A Bugs Life and taking their food but only choosing to not kill them in return. So the Alexandrians decide to make the deal, saying that they will deal with Negan and the Saviours in return for half their supplies. It’s a potentially foolhardy idea as they are over confident and don’t know what they’re going to be facing.


Judging by what I’ve heard about Negan, things will not end well for our heroes. I expect we’ll have a major failure for the team and a big death by the end of the season.

So after last weeks joyful road trip, this episode features barely any zombie carnage, a bit of fighting when the Hilltop scouts came back with a bloody message from Negan and a good amount of politics.


Maggie gets to do more than ever before and is the one who brokers the deal, fighting against sexism and wrapping things up peacefully, unlike Rick. The developments in this episode are smart and interesting, the character motivations are sensible and restrained and it feels like the steps being made are original and interesting.

I like the western style, the music that accompanied the Hilltop community and how Rick and Co. came in like cowboys to take down the bad guy with the black hat. It’s an interesting dynamic and the big museum house adds to this old world tale and for the second week in a row, we’ve had a thoroughly exciting and interesting episode dynamic that has very few zombies in it.

Jesus: Friend or foe? The answer becomes a lot clearer in “Knots Untie,” as Jesus offers the Alexandrians a solution to their worsening food woes (after he accidentally spills the tea about Richonne). It requires another big road trip, and maneuvering the insufferably pompous leader of another survivor camp, and from it all emerges the sharp, competent leader Deanna always knew Maggie would be… and an impending showdown with the man who’s almost certainly going to be responsible for the death of (at least) one of our most beloved group members.

The Richonne Secret Is Out
It’s dawn, and Maggie and Glenn are talking while she’s planting some veggies. They see Denise and Abraham running, and follow to see what’s wrong. Meanwhile, at Rick’s house, Jesus is sitting on the steps, looking at a painting, when Carl comes up behind him, gun aimed at Jesus. “What the hell are you doing in our house?” asks Carl. Jesus says he’s waiting for “your mom and dad to get dressed.”

Carl’s surprised, and out walks Rick, without a shirt, Michonne right behind him. And making their way up the steps, with their guns drawn: Daryl, Abraham, and Glenn, who also witness the accidental unveiling of Richonne as they come looking to head off any trouble happening at Casa Grimes.


Rick to Jesus: “You said we should talk, so let’s talk.”

A Whole New World
Downstairs at Rick’s, everyone gathers around the table, and Jesus says he escaped because one guard can’t cover two exits. “Knots untie, locks get picked,” he adds, and says he had the chance to scope out the town. He sees they have a lot of weapons, but way too little food for all their people. He says he knows he, Rick, and Daryl got off to a bad start, but he knows they’re good people. He’s from a place a lot like Alexandria, he says, and his job is to look for other communities his can trade with. His community has livestock and crops, and he says he can take a group of them there to check it out.

This post will contain spoilers for The Walking Dead up to the latest episode

Ok, so this is quite a hot button issue, so I’m not going to let the fact that I’m a big fan of the show get in the way, but I just want to quickly cover why I think it may or may not be one of TV’s most diverse shows.

Firstly, let’s establish that as much as anyone likes this show, it has its problems, some small, some massive. It fell down during its third season and has been slowly recovering, and now, on the 6th season, I think it’s as good as it’s ever been.


I think part of that is to do with the diversity on display, in race, sexuality and gender, and at the moment, The Walking Dead seems to be in a comfortable groove, both with its crowd-pleasing action and character drama.


The show has famously had a problem in killing off its black characters, as does it’s sister show ‘Fear the Walking Dead’, and whilst there is a strong sense that it isn’t a resolved problem, there is a stronger racial diversity than the show has yet had. This is in part to the growth of the cast with the introduction of Alexandria, and the reintroduction of fan favourite Morgan back into the cast.

The show has always had a problem with killing of its character gratuitously, such as Beth last season, as well as the fairly unnecessary deaths of both Tyreese and Noah, two black characters, who got decent send off’s, but didn’t have much of a strong legacy behind them. This is a problem that has stuck around since Season 3 and does drag the show back when it’s getting back out in front.

AMC has released a series of teasers for Fear the Walking Dead season 2 and it appears there is no safe sanctuary for Madison, Travis and their extended families. The teaser reveals that herds of flesh-hungry zombies are trying to attack the survivors of the mysterious flu that has now become a pandemic and engulfed entire Los Angeles.

The latest and longest trailer of the Walking Dead companion series hints that Madison will emerge as a strong woman. "To kill the monster, you become the monster... stare to the abyss and the abyss stares back. It is alive, it is hungry and it devours," she tells in the background voiceover. Meantime, fans can see herds of undead walkers attacking Strand's gated estate.

The lead cast then leaves to board Abigail, Strand's yacht which is moored offshore. But the big questing remains: Is the water safe and can the zombies swim?

From the trailer, it appears the zombies will stay afloat and live in the water as there is a scene where Travis (who has probably abandoned his naive self) is seen recklessly beating a walker who is trying to get over their raft.

The small teaser has surely increased the interest of FTWD fans, who had lots of complains from the first season for being slow and the hero Travis being a weak man. It appears the cast will be in full action mode when they take down the zombies in order to stay safe during the apocalypse.

The official synopsis reads: Season one left off with Madison (Kim Dickens), Travis (Cliff Curtis) and their extended family taking temporary shelter in Strand's (Colman Domingo) gated estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean. As civil unrest continues to grow and the dead take over Los Angeles, Strand prepares to escape to "Abigail," his large yacht moored offshore.

He recently sent her flowers for her 90th birthday in a sign their near-decade long rift was over.

Now Sir Elton John has proclaimed he isn’t interested in rebuilding his relationship with his estranged mother, and insists he doesn’t miss her.

The Rocket Man – who has sons Zachary, four, and Elijah, two, with husband David Furnish – has been estranged from Sheila Farebrother for seven years and though he looks after her financially, he isn’t interested in having more contact with her.

He said: “It upsets me, but to be honest with you, I don’t miss her.

“When she says things in the Press, like last year, ‘I haven’t spoken to Elton since he married that f****** asshole David Furnish…’ That was pretty hard to take.

“I don’t hate my mother. I look after her, but I don’t want her in my life.”

Elton, 68, with his mother below, also had a difficult relationship with her father Stanley Dwight – who died in 1991 – and even now is still desperate for the former RAF officer’s approval.

The singer told the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine: “They wouldn’t hold you, they wouldn’t say they loved you.

 “I was afraid of my father. I was walking on eggshells the whole time trying to get his approval. He’s been dead for a long time, and I’m still trying to prove things to him.