Thoughts on The Walking Dead Season 7

As  write this, it is now two Sundays away from the finale of Season 7. For me this has been one long and crushing season. It was hard for me to watch, but it was a strong part of the whole story of The Walking Dead. We have seen this group overcome hell over the past 6 seasons that when we experienced Season 7 it was a the punch to the gut that would not get better. It was the everlasting common cold. It started with the deaths of Glen and Abraham, Daryl was captured and did not escaped until episode 8. The first half of the season was depressing and hopeless. Rick Grimes was beaten down so bad it was as if he was dealing with depression. The saviors just kept coming and taking the guns and the beds just to burn the mattresses in the middle of the road. It is hard enough to have something stolen from you and watch someone enjoy it, but just to steal it and have it destroyed was more painful.

But at the end of episode 8 we saw a glance of hope and Rick seemed to come back to himself and the birth of a plan to fight back after Daryl escapes Negan's prison. I am still wondering how King Ezekiel will play in all of this and will Sara give up the group she encountered in episode 6 called Swear and if they will play a part in the end? If so, how? Do not forget Carol, because she does what needs to be done. If you see her getting some gas her target may want to find flowers to look at. And I am more then positive that Jadis from episode 10 called New Best Friends will play a big part in the season finale. I have read that Negan will be back in Season 8. But how many episodes I do not know. I don't think he will be killed off at the end of season 7

Even if team Rick wins the war , there will be a heavy cost. It is almost certain that Sasha will die because of what has been reported on the verified news sites, but still can not say for sure. Who else might perish in the war.

it's Time to RISE UP!

Beth Green: We Will Miss You

We often read in the headlines of a tragedy of a person getting killed by a single gun shot, and we hear of the anguish painful heart ache of the family. Like a mother that lost her son in war and she did not get to kiss him good bye.The father who had that distant relationship with his child and then finds out they are dead. We see crime dramatized on TV, but while it seems sad, we can not say that it was in your face. It did not fully pull at our heart strings. For me that all changed last night with the fatal shot that killed Beth Green on The Walking Dead.  

Beth was a very lovable character, she started out in a very dark place in her life when we first saw her in the second episode of Season Two episode called "Bloodletting". She was not a secure person and had major emotional issues dealing with the new world. But she became stronger as the series went on. She became the bright spot of the group when everything was doom and gloom. It seemed she loved and trusted everyone she was around. She never said no when she was directed to do a task.

I always felt her character gained strength when her and Maggie sang "The Parting Glass" in the first episode of the third season called "Seed". It was in the prison yard with the group around a camp fire. From that point Beth began to accept her role in the group in my opinion. Or at least I started to noticed her more as being a central part of the group.

There is much debate in some social network circles to what her contribution was to the group. It has been said she was not a fan favorite and if true that made her death that much more painful. Because of her innocence and child like qualities. She was the girl next door or maybe reminded you of your daughter. You loved Beth. Because she was not one of the stronger group members you wanted her to be OK. I really thought her and Daryl was going to hook up when they drank moonshine and burned the house down. When she was kidnapped I was worried for her and felt it was the end for her.

At the moment of the shot and you seen the blood come out of her head I felt like a loved one died. when you saw her head fall back you knew it was over. For just a second I saw my daughter who looks nothing like Beth in her place and tears started to flow down my face. My heart sank and it was like getting that phone call in the middle of the night that someone you love has died, this hurt the same way because you witnessed the death yourself. This was unlike any character death in any TV series ever. It was even predicted that she would be killed off But your still not ready for it. I think this was even worse then Hershel's death, even though that was very dramatic and sad, Beth represented the death of innocence more some how.I just can' explain it.

Beth Green was that sunshine on the cloudiest of days. She was that smile when you needed it most. She made you laugh when you was sad. She always had a hug where there was none. She was the last of her family for her sister. She was the path back to the light when the group went down a dark path.

Beth Green Will be Missed

Emily Kinney: I Wish You The Best Where Ever You Go

We Still Don't Know Who Was Behind Daryl Dixon

At the end of the 3rd episode of season five of "The Walking Dead" "Four Walls and a Roof", we find Daryl Dixon popping out of the bushes telling some one to come out. But who is it? We may not know till we see the 7th episode called "Crossed" scheduled for 11/23.

The 4th episode called "Slabtown" showed us where Beth was in the hospital surviving another group with hostile leaders, and at the end we see Carol on a stretcher. That means that she was separated from Daryl. I guess that means it's not Carol or Beth behind Daryl in the bushes. Or does it? Could it be Noah that tried to help Beth escape is now with Daryl? I saw a question on Facebook fan page, could Morgan be Noah's uncle?

Next week we find the group that left on the bus at the end of episode 3 lead by Ford, with Maggie and Glen runs into trouble. So I imagine they will not dwell on Beth or the rest of the group. I am guessing that episode 6 "Heart Drift" that is scheduled to air 11/16 will take us back to the Hospital with Beth and Carol. A big question is was Carol faking it on the stretcher or did she let herself be caught. I do kinda find it hard to believe that Carol made a mistake and got captured. I would not be surprised if she did not plan this and is getting ready to blow the Hospital up like she did Terminus. If that is the case it could be possible that Carol and Beth is in the bushes, but that seems to easy, I am leaning towards Noah.

However, consider this. There is only 5 more episodes left till mid-season. Could they stretch the answer till the the show returns in 2/15? I don't think so, but I still think it's possible. It also seems that we are learning more about whats going on in others parts of the country. For example Noah said he was from Richmond Virginia. I guess we can assume that most of eastern coast is gone for sure. It is still not clear whats going on in other parts of the country in the west, however Ford was certain that Washington D.C. was a safe zone. Richmond, Va is not the far from DC. So if DC is a safe zone, how many miles does that cover?

I really think we will know a lot more after the end of season 5 finale in 2015. But with the knowledge we get this season, rest assured there will always be more questions.

Into The World of "The Walking Dead" Part 4 The Governor

The Governor, there are as many questions as there is answers about him. But as evil as he was I liked him as a villain. Andrea loved him until it was too late and got bitten by Milton and not by love. But I am thinking and wondering if it's not possible that he had connections with Gareth at Termius. I did not see any evidence in anything that was said by him or Gareth, but with all the different methods of  transportation we see and don't see, I believe there was connections. The Governor was obviously deeply in some type of post traumatic stress over losing his family in the Zombie Apocalypse. He kept his walker daughter in a closet trying to somehow reform or heal her. In her zombie like state he was still trying to figure out if there was something left of her.

Then there was that aquarium showcase of walker heads. What was the importance of that case? Where they trophies? Did he rotate them out for kills of the week? One thing is for sure is he wanted to be in charge of who he valued as important, because if he did not like you, you died! But here is why I am asking if he knew about the group at Terminus . Lets just say he killed someone and wanted to make sure there body was never found. The Governor was not just a leader he was a business man and until Rick's small group came along, he was well in control of the region. How big was the region? Could he have sold dead fresh bodies to Termius to have peace between the two groups? When the group got to Terminus there was no shortage of food. I assume they had a freezer. I just have a feeling that Gareth knew more about Ricks group and Woodbury then what was said in the show.

In episode 6 of Season 4 "Live Bait" I felt that the Governor was attempting to change his ways because of his bonding with the family and changing his name to Brian Heriot , . And when he saved Meghan Chambler's life and promised to always protect her, that never works in any series and almost a death warrant for the person getting the promise, which it was for Meghan and soon after It was over for the Governor. And when he ran into his old buddy from Woodbury and then killed him that sealed the deal, he was going back to his old ways.

The Governor could have been a Bible salesmen, in the way he convinced his new found group to attack the prison. He almost preached salvation in the way he told them how evil Rick's group was. One big question I had is in the Governor's mind, did he really want to be the leader for his new group or did he want revenge, was he just using his new group as a army. He took a tank to blow up the prison. it seems to me that he would want to kill with minimum damage and not blow the place up. But he kept on blasting the prison over and over again. Why did the group stand by him? Did they really think he was that great of a leader? Your going to get the group a new home but your going to have to blow it up first? I sometimes think he did not care if he lived or died after Meghan's Mom came to the camp with her dead body and he put a bullet in her head. He beat Rick savagely with a raw unrelenting vengeance. There was nothing strategic in his beating. He just wanted to kill, and he would have if Michonne had not put a blade in the Governor's back coming out his chest.

I am not really clear on what the Governor wanted, But in season 3 episode 3 "Walk With Me" he made it clear that nothing would get in his way when he killed the military group. That episode raised other questions.

Whats going on in other parts of the world? I guess the new companion series coming soon will answer those questions.

My Blog Series of the" The Walking Dead"

Over the next few days/weeks I am going to be writing a series of Blog post about the popular AMC Series "The Walking Dead" It is not going to be a review, but my look at the show as if it is a true and real story. I want to look at each character and main events in the show. I have re-watched the entire series and I am sure you could watch each episode several times and come up with different thoughts and questions. In this series I may have random thoughts with out any connections. I am sure I will have many unanswered questions, and my views will be different then yours, or we may agree.

The Zombie Apocalypse has generated a huge following ever since 9/11. When the government asked for the worse case possible disaster to prepare for , the answer that came back was a contagion virus that would end life and cause civil unrest and end civilization as we know it, something that Police and civil authorities would be helpless to defend against, and those left behind would have to defend for themselves. It would be all out survival. So they asked Hollywood how would you best describe this to the population, the answer was the Zombie Apocalypse.

I wrote about this subject two years ago on my Wordpress Blog page, Here is a link.


Zombie Apocalypse: Science Fiction or Preparation for Armageddon?
My Blog Series will be more about the story of a group of people that bonded during the Zombie Apocalypse. How they survived as told in the TV Series The Walking Dead.