premier....
confusing...
shareThank you!! That’s the first thing I said. There were a shit ton of time jumps, especially at the end. And why does Rick look like Santa? Lol
Kind of a meh episode for a premier. Ending was bad, Father Gabriel should have just shot Negan for Pete’s sake! Just my opinion though. 🙂
It looks like they are layering different timelines over each other, and it is all about Rick (even though they keep telling him it's not). There is the scene of Rick at the beginning of the pilot, reenacted by Carl with the gas can, later in that scene we see Rick shoot at the guy and Carl gets mad at him. This is the Rick who didn't trust strangers when he rolled into Alexandria. The hospital Rick from the first episode that changes to the old man "mercy" Rick we haven't seen on TV yet (this version of Rick is in the comics). There's a version of Rick giving the speech that is similar to when they were going to kill everyone at the satellite dish outpost, and when they start moving the vehicles, it is like the plan they had at the prison to lure the Gov's people inside. The broken Rick from the beginning of season 7 with red around his eyes. The no mercy Rick who cut the zombie free to eat that guy. And the Rick who was gonna kill Negan.
They also call back to different moments in the show, like the top of the RV. Prior to that there was an explosion somewhere else when one of the saviors threw a grenade, the smoke with the zombie sounds was like when Negan pushed Rick out of the RV. There's a ton of other stuff, they jumped around in time to make it easier to work in all the callbacks/easter eggs.
Plotwise, I think there's a lot of stuff that happened from the season 7 finale to the scene with Rick, Ezekiel, Maggie on the truck giving the speeches and the next few episodes will be about that.
I like your analysis and it makes sense why it felt all over the place. That’s interesting that there were “ten different Ricks” in the episode last night. I feel like I need to watch it again!
shareIf you look at Judith in the flashforward sequence, this couldn't be more than about five years in the future. Rick's greying beard is just a matter of ... well, they're not exactly making Just for Men anymore. Michonne is only a little bit older looking herself. Someone told me in the comic there's a time jump after the All Out War with the Saviors, several years of good times and prosperity between the allied communities before these new bad guys called the Whisperers show up. No idea what they're about except that they like leading herds of walkers into settlements. But I think this leap forward may in fact be where the show goes next. I thought it was interesting that Rick and his family were living at the Hilltop, not Alexandria. Might the community have fallen?
shareJust a little spoiler about the Whisperers , ( if you want it)
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The Whisperers wear zombie skins on themselves
So basically it's a more disgusting but longer lasting version of the good old smell-o'-zombie camouflage.
shareYes, but it's also sort of a way of life for them.They wear them all the time. Never take them off. They are led by a woman, known as "Alpha" and she has a second in command, a man "Beta".
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