dwight definitely did daryl dirtier than tara, tara only knew denise for a couple months maybe, daryl got imprisoned naked at the sanctuary, was fed dog food sandwiches and was forced to listen to that "easy street" song on repeat. i just feel like someone trying to break u down mentally and take away all ur dignity is way worse than killing someones new girlfriend. EDIT: Dwight also backstabbed Daryl and took his crossbow and bike, when they first introduced Dwight.

Rick has definitely gotten walker blood in his wounds before, as well as many other characters, so the blood thing here still makes no sense.

My biggest issue with the walker weapons is that they're just one giant continuity error. Like we've seen several instances where they have gotten walker blood in their mouths, or where they've been fighting walkers with open wounds, or been cut by weapons that have been used to kill walkers, and they came out fine. But now, when its convenient for the plot, the blood actually infects people, but only in this instance and nowhere else in the show.

You’d think Daryl would learn that revenge has only gotten people he loves killed, he had to go out there and find Dwight which got them captured, he had to punch negan which got Glenn killed, he nearly blew a hole through the sanctuary which would get innocents killed, he made a plan with Maggie to kill negan in season 9 which got rick inadvertently killed, revenge made him stupid, not only as a character but as a person, which is why I like that he spared Dwight and eventually worked with negan.

Ngl I really liked Tobin and was sad when he died. 😢

Fun fact: the actor who played Tobin also does the voice of Beerus in Dragon Ball Super and the films.

Both season 7 and 8 had much better second halves than first halves. I enjoy watching 8b significantly more and this episode is one of the reasons why

Season 8 really has some bangers and underrated episodes, episodes 1, 3, 4 and 5 are great and then almost the entire back half of the season is phenomenal

You should cover the season 8 finale. Ricks scene underneath the tree at the end is beautiful and the way Eugene saves everyone is the biggest plot twist of the whole season

11:03 dwight literally was responsible for watching over Daryl during his torture when Negan made him his "pet". I know he killed Denise but to say that he did her far dirtier than him felt wrong. Otherwise great video!

That was my biggest problem with the later season of the walking dead, the flip flopping. Oh now Daryl hates Dwight and tara likes him. But now tara hates Dwight and Daryl likes him. OH now carol is crazy and now Morgan is trying to help her. BUT now Morgan is crazy and carol wants to help… now carols crazy again! ETC ETC ETC I even heard Morgan is flip flop crazy on Fear TWD as well.😂

i’m hoping you do a review of the episode of connie and virgil stuck in the house with the ferals, truly amazing episode and would love to hear your take

Hello G! I think this episode was really great but personally I think episode 15 of season 8 just takes the edge for the most underrated episode (it was perfect at leading us to the finale of season 8 imo and the whole Negan tricking Dwight and the Negan and Simon fight were just way to wholesome)

i feel like the comment on daryl's arc being boring and just mad at dwight doesnt take into account the psychological torture that dwight inflicted on daryl between solitary confinement, bad food, loud music, etc daryl is justified to hold a grudge

I think people are confused about Walker guts because in other episodes before and after people are perfectly fine after being injured by infected weapons. But honestly I don’t care about the logistics because this is the best episode of season 8. I do wish we could’ve grieved Carl a little more but that’s just a personal gripe with the writing.

I definitely agree this episode is underrated. The fight itself was great and someone turning and killing as everyone sleeps was a great callback to the flu outbreak in season 4 episode 2 at the prison. I would say this episode is my favorite episode of season 8, followed by Worth and The Key and Some Guy was great, too. Sad thing is the battle in this episode was better than the battle in the season finale. And I agree that Daryl was being too stubborn this season. I get him being like this with Negan after he killed Glenn and he has a bad history with Dwight but sooner or later you would think he would learn to trust Dwight and become less willing to kill the saviors and more regretful toward it, like Maggie was after killing Savior Dean in the midseason finale. Not to mention Henry unlocking the pen and walking in was really dumb.

Are you going to cover the new Daryl Dixon spin off?

For me the whole "was the cost worth it" and the moral dilemma of the war was immaterial. It was literally a war for survival and freedom from tyranny. The characters had suffered so much for years in the apocalypse and fought with blood, sweat and tears to build a safe community, a refuge from the anarchy, only for the Saviors to come along and make their lives a misery. All the Saviors were depicted as immoral assholes that just pillaged and murdered without mercy, and even though Negan had his code a reasons for doing things, the Saviors were just like rabid dogs he kept on a leesh, and he relished in the power he had over others and living a life of luxury while he kept his subordinates in constant terror and servitude. If they had put any effort into showing that not all Saviors are bad and that it was possible to coexist in peace, that there was a way to make things better other than going to war and putting their lives on the line because its better to risk everything than to live under Negan's boot, then the theme mightve worked. Hell, they spent the entirety of season 7 showing why the war was necessary and everyone preparing for it. Although the collateral damage of war and keeping a level head instead of just going in guns blazing is important, I never felt like this was the case. The protagonists had a very strategic plan for taking down the Saviors and only wanted to kill who they had to and Negan, they never wanted to kill ALL the Saviors, especially not the innocent ones and the workers, but then they start playing it like they did and were letting it become about revenge rather than the greater good, and Carl suddenly becomes this prophet of peace trying to convince Rick to put away his gun and that they can all work together, but that was always the fucking plan, and it's only after he dies that Rick spirals and kills any Saviors that get in his way and becomes fixated on the war, trying relentlessly to kill Negan and even killing escaped POWs that were helping them. Then he reads the letter, then he cuts Negan's throat, and THEN he has a change of heart and decides to let him live, to be a symbol of the new world they're trying to build. It's executed so poorly and was so unnecessary, because the only way to peace was to fight and overcome the Saviors because they stood in the way of that peace

What about "the most forgotten episode" ?

Honestly this episode or the one where Rick tries to kill Negan and throws his axe at him and makes Negan hang from the stairs are very underrated episodes

This episode really nailed the cost of war, definitely underrated. Great analysis.

Another fascinating video man, love your TWD analyses. Would be great to hear your take on "Them" (s5 e10) - easily one of my all time favourite episodes with extremes of desolation and hope throughout, but I rarely if ever see it getting the love I think it deserves.

This episode was so amazing and unexpectedly entertaining. It felt like watching the finale of a season

i’m so excited to see what’s in store for this video! off topic but i was wondering if you heard of the new “separate ways” dlc for resident evil 4 and if you had plans of trying it out for the channel?!

I made a comment on the “Coda” video about making this. You mentioned it in an older video and I’ve been waiting for this! ❤❤

I love season 8 episode 16. We all know what happened in season 8 episodes 8 and 9. I was crying.

This was a fantastic analysis as usual. Are you going to be doing a review on the Daryl Dixon episodes?

I don't agree with you when it comes to Daryl's character development. I think this season is what really shaped him into everything that he became. He was abused as a child. Trust is something you must earn and something you should never lose with him. He grew up never being able to trust his father or his own brother , so it makes perfect sense why he did not trust Dwight. Dwight was the person that fed him dog food everyday . Dwight was the person that shot someone that became a sister to him her in the eye with his crossbow. (the same bow he stole and betrayed Daryl with after he had spared him & Sheri's lives) Dwight was the person that destroyed his first chance of finally feeling like he had a family and was worthy of a happy life. Daryl had seen nothing but the very worst of the saviors. After watching what they did to him and everyone he loved, you'd be crazy too expect any different. In Daryl's eyes, if he would have killed Dwight and Sherry in that forest, Denise would still be alive. He blamed himself for it and it's something he was never going to look past. Which was why he told hem when everything was over he was still going to kill him. Like with Negan, you don't get to commit 1 million atrocities to people, then do something nice, and then expect everyone to magically forget everything you did.

I never understood peoples issue with the Saviors plan, as you said it worked with the group succumbing to the fever...but also pretty sure the knowledge that everyone is infected is still limited knowledge? I could be wrong (someone remind me?) but I didn't think Simon knew what Rick and the main group do about the infection and Walkers? So him having this plan still made sense, what didn't make sense was nobody waking up from The Walkers coming down stairs like they do 😂

Another really underrated episode imo is season 3 episode 14 “Prey”, would love to see a video on that if you haven’t done so already. Great work as always Thrifty!

The twist with Dwight not putting guts on his arrows is such a great twist, I think it was done a little better in the comics because it happened to Rick and we didn’t know nearly as much about Dwight’s motivations, it was cool tho

I watched Season 8 weekly and I remember it being a chore to get through every week and I really started to feel let down by just everything in general cause this conflict never really felt like an actual war and it never really had any big climactic moments like we were all hoping for/expecting and that’s just one of the reasons why I think Season 8 was so bad but honestly, this episode even when I watched it back then did stand out to me, and I loved Negan’s plan of coating there weapons in walker guts. After hearing your recap I definitely agree this episode was the best episode of Season 8 and honestly one of the only good parts of Season 8. The episode still has its lows (like with Daryl as you mentioned) and also I’ll still never change my mind on how bad of a decision it was to kill off Carl Grimes so still feeling that in these episodes is still terrible, but other than all that, this episode was still really good. Another episode from this season that I thought was good was Episode 4. Perfect example of a good Walking Dead bottle episode Have a great weekend Thrifty, hope your move went well and God bless you in all you do!!!!!!!!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️

I always get so excited when you upload! 🙌🙌🙌 Thank you, Thrifty!

I have to disagree with you on Daryl’s arc in Season 8. Everything Daryl does in this season springs from deep seated trauma and guilt. Daryl comes from an abusive background in which he was the scapegoat for both his father and brother. He has grown over the years, but everything about his encounters with Dwight sends him back to the dark days of his childhood. He tries to help people he views as vulnerable and they betray him. Dwight steals his motorcycle, his crossbow and eventually his vest, items emblematic of Daryl’s identity. Daryl feels guilty that he alerted Dwight to the existence of the safe haven of Alexandria, which puts the entire community in danger. He feels responsible for Denise’s death. That guilt drives him to seek out Dwight, even if he knows it’s a fool’s errand. He feels responsible for Glenn’s death. As a captive of the Saviors he is plunged back into a similar dynamic to his abusive family of origin: the scapegoat to a narcissistic Negan, with Dwight as the enabler. Degradation, starvation/malnourishment, humiliation and sleep deprivation are all classic torture tactics. Once freed from the Saviors Daryl is consumed with vengeance and why would he not be? When he considers Dwight all he can see is betrayal and his own mistakes. Just as Daryl only truly began to grow after the deaths of his family of origin, he is repeating a pattern he understands on a visceral level: he will only be free when his abusers are dead. He will eventually mature past this mentality, but in Season 8 & part of 9, he can’t see past his need for justice, vengeance and the need to relieve his own guilt. It can be difficult to watch, but it is relatable and human. Otherwise a good analysis 😊

Can you talk about Twd characters going over to Fear Twd

Now after all these years, I actually see how S8 was really underrated

I feel like season 8 is going to have one of the biggest redeemed arch’s in a few years when everyone really goes back to rewatch the series

This is definitely a top 25 episode

I think season 8 is underrated. I get the Savior Arc lasted along time but when you binge-watch season 7 and 8 they're pretty damn good especially season 8

That battle in hilltop sucked they turned the saviours into idiots to try and make Maggie look good .

Getting hit by an infected weapon is the same as getting bit. You’ll get sick, burn up, die, and turn. I’m so surprised people don’t get this.

Season 8 is my favourite Season of TWD, its a really entertaining season and there's the dynamic between rick and negan 👌

Great insight! I enjoyed this episode too but your analysis has made it even greater. I think the next episode, 8.14, is also underrated. That would be another good video to do. Why is it good? Because Rick reaches his breaking point. Rick sees Morgan's psycho nature and understands that the loss of Duane brought him there. He now personally is experiencing the same loss that Morgan felt. He already knows that he could easily become crazy like Morgan. Rick breaks his own word to the saviours and realizes that he has gone too far. He finally reads Carl's letter and starts to turn back the other way. Keep these videos coming! They are great. I know you are doing other content now too but I hope you keep making these episode analysis videos. Peace.

Very good video thrifty legit you have changed my whole perspective on season 8 and it’s one of my fav seasons now. Also are you going to cover the new Daryl Dixon show?

This was my favorite episode of that season

ahhh your so close to hitting 100K!! early congrats dude

I really liked that Dwight used Daryl’s bow to kill Denise but then eventually save Tara, felt like that was their attempt at “redeeming” that kill, not sure if it did completely but I saw the reference and appreciated it, could’ve shot anyone, saved someone he knew Daryl cares about (unless, like with Denise, Dwight fuckin missed XD)

The second half of the episode is cool on paper but I don't think it makes all that much sense. If the wounded are the people who turn, then surely doctors (or at least the people with basic medical experience) would be checking on them frequently to ensure their condition doesn't worsen. If they are even at risk of dying from the fever or the wounds themselves then the doctors (for want of a better term) should really have seen their deaths coming a mile away. For the events to unfold as they do, the people with medical experience would have to both fail to adequately monitor their condition, and fail to accurately diagnose the severity of their condition. It's not really a plot hole or anything but it is a sloppy writing contrivance for their doctors to be this bad at their job. There is absolutely no precedent for rapid onset fever death other than it being convenient for this plot to make any sense.

Nah I mean that's pretty true to somebody who has a strong moral character and about loyalty I'd feel the same way I understand where Darrell's coming from and frankly he should have wiped the Dwight out. He's a bad guy so Daryl doesn't like anybody that has been really terrible so it's true to his character and I believe a true to a lot of our character I mean who'd want a guy like that around

Idk it always felt like something Negan wouldnt risk (infecting a bunch of people) cuz it could kill his Saviors and innocents like kids.

Many people have talked about the zombie blood being an issue for them. But to be honest i kind of had a different issue that took me out of the episode. I realize at hilltop these people have a wall. But in a world where when someone dies they become a zombie, how do you leave the front door open to the area where everyone is sleeping? Not to mention how the zombies and the people in the infirmary make no noise as they die. It was just really jarring to watch that as I never really got the horror/suspense aspect because of it

I have a new take on Henry: he was always suppose to die. This show has shown us time and time again that Henry just isn't compatible with this world. He's too weak, reckless, emotional, and defiant to survive. No matter how sad his death was: we all should have seen it coming and how he survived THAT long is nothing more than plot armor 😂

I’m keen to hear your opinion on the Daryl Dixon show!

I feel the grove is more underrated, this ep has almost the whole main cast from both sides while the grove had just Carol ( for the most part ) and the ep was followed by that claimer fight which was epic so the events of the grove immediately get undermined by " is " and " A "

I think ep 14 is also such an underrated episode, of course theres the rick and morgan scene, but the overall acting, music and dialogue of that ep are so so good!! I have this bad habit of looking at imdb scores after i watch an episode and i was baffled with how low the score was... I was watching S7 of Got at almost the same time and its crazy to me that that season has episodes with over 9 star ratings while being so nonsensical and some of the acting and writing being so stupid, while (the second half) of S8 is actually reeally consistant and entertaining to watch but most of the episodes have around a 7 Star rating. Sorry for the rant lol

Uh hard disagree. Dwight was the one to carry out Daryl's torture under Negan's watch. Stripping him, torturing him with Easy Street, dog food sandwiches...seriously? Daryl was justified in his resistance to accepting Dwight.

underrated character relationship development is aaron and father gabe

Episode 2 is so underrated as well. That is literally the most action packed episode of the series

Season 8 was hella fye 💯 🙏🏽but are you going to do reviews on Daryl Dixon series

Love these vids bro twd is my favorite show. You should make one on season 11 episode 13 warlords, underrated episode imo

It wasn’t that the plan wasn’t a good one it’s that we’ve seen people get walker blood everywhere and not be infected but now for one episode walker blood infects people

came here to ask why you aren't reviewing the Daryl show? or just not weekly

can you talk about lance hornsby as a villain?

I read the thumbnail as do not send us ashtray

What's the title of the music in the background? I know it's from TWD but I cannot find it

Rick legit just cut his hand off with a tainted axe and nothing happened

You should cover s4 e4 indifference Such a good one

Why does the walker blood infection thing not work any other time? I HATED that plot point!

Season 7 and season 8 are the rougher seasons because we haven't seen a threat like this before

The show is so timeless and well written every time I go back to watch older episodes and still come out with something new. It's like every video you do on underrated episodes are pretty much Every episode. The parts of the fandom that left after season 6 really missed out on the greatness of the show. I think it's safe to say majority of those people turned into "hate watchers" but still secretly loved it.

10 days with no Thrifty 😭 hope you're all good dude!

Bro does anyone know what happened to Daryl’s dog?????? this has been on my mind for far too long😭I doubt he’ll make his return in Daryl’s spin off but apart of me just hopes so

I think the key isn’t talked about enough. I love that episode

Season 8 gets WAY to much hate, carls death is the only thing I have against the all out war storyline

hihi! love the video🫶 i would love to see you cover “After” from season four and the impact it had on rick and carls relationship ❤️

Actually I’d say Dwight definitely did far worse to Daryl than Tara because he was the main guy who was basically torturing Daryl as a prisoner

For me the most underrated episode is One More. The episode has an amazing arc and the back and fourth between Aron and Gabriel is priceless. It showed how much Gabriel has changed and how Aron still sees the good in people.

I disagree on the Daryl take. Daryl's been tortured and abused by Dwight and the Saviours when he was locked in the closet. He can't hold back he's only just been out for maybe two weeks. Love your videos still just respectfully think differently.

My problem with season 8 is that they kill like 500 people. Like we see most of the hilltops army wiped out we see tons of Alexandrians killed, they kill like 300 saviours like I get its a war but all the people come out of no where and it's never mentioned that half of everyone else left must have been killed in the war

Season 8 is strangely a comfort season for me. And this is coming from someone who loves the comics, especially Carl in them, and thinks seasons 3-6 are the Walking Dead’s golden age. Idk how to really explain it, but the season feels gritty, unrestrained, chaotic, sad, and beautiful all at the same time. Though those can be said as bad things for the season, I think they work well as positives for the season as a whole. Though Carl’s death was uncalled for (and I hate the behind the scenes disaster that went on with him), it told a great story for Rick. And the season as a whole is one of my favorites even just from a storytelling perspective. Just my personal thoughts

I'm sorry but I think this is one of the worst episodes of the entire show. It's laughable how incapable the saviors are during the attack (Simon leading them straight up to the house wide open). Even on first time viewing I was dumbfounded how they just walked right up only to "surprisingly" be ambushed. The action was pretty lame too, Rick ducks and swings his axe THREE times in a row. Then the walkers in the middle of the night stumbling around and making a ton of noise and yet no one woke up? Throughout this episode it felt like sloppy writing.

Me watching this episode the first time: "aww, man, what a little dumbass move, Henry...ahh, but he's just a kid, I'm sure with Ezekiel and Carol raising him he'll turn out fine" watching Season 9: "nah this kid still dumb as hell"

Are you going to make a Daryl Dixon series video

I appreciate your work but the fact that someone as reasonable as you thinks this episode is underrated as opposed to nonsensical makes me wonder. The whole "infected weapons" part (yes, drawn directly from the comics) is so stupid and inconsistent. They tried to explain it away with the "fever" malarchy. This is NOT TRUE. By season eight, we had already seen numerous episodes where Rick, Daryl, Abraham, etc had been cut, stabbed, sliced (and in Daryl's case, just put in his mouth) bloody things that been in recent contact with a walker. But NOW, infected weapons have the potential to turn people? Right when, it serves the plot to reintroduce a rule we haven’t seen since Morgan kinda mentioned it in season one? Listen, the point of world building is to establish RULES. But then you have to stay consistent. They changed the rules and then suddenly changed them back to serve the ludicrous plot of a SINGLE episode. Then changed it back again. It was insulting to people who had been watching from the beginning. And then to add insult to injury, we have a house that is wall to wall peoole and yet no one screams when they get bitten until there are like fivewalkers roaming around biting folks? Everyone is just sleeping so soundly in a hot, stuffy packed house that everything can go left and no one is alerted until it's too late? Please. I was born on Sunday but not the Sunday this episode aired.🙄😆 No offense intended to your well put together video essay but this episode was absolutely emblematic of the poor writing of the latter seasons, where every episode's storyline was just in service to putting the characters into increasingly inane situations leading up to dumb finales that drove ratings (and i say that as a fan that watched to the bitter end). Nope. This episode was wack.

It’s the inconsistency of HOW the virus works and infects IMO. Weapons covered in walker blood infections and kill’s people. Many other episodes, characters are cover in blood with open wounds but don’t get infected. Other than that it’s a good episode.

Could you do a video on the episode “what happened and what’s going on” that has to be my favorite episode

Love the vid man. Are we getting a Daryl Dixon ep review

Personally I found the whole walker attack to be pretty dumb, why no one saw the walkers, THEY ARE IN A WAR, thats the only part that annoys me

Didnt find a video on this episode on your playlist but i personally didnt like how easy they killed alpha... seemed rushed, would like to see a break down on that episode

R.I.P Tobin :(

Season 8 wasn't that horrible people set there expectations so high in twd it's ridiculous

I don't think the criticism of weaponizing the walker blood was about it being a bad plan more than it was an enormous plot hole. Never before or since has walker blood ever been any kind of a concern. This coincidentally means it was a pretty bad plan.

Ah when Simon was in Full Trevor mode for a couple of episodes Good times

This episode is very reminiscent of season 4 episode 2 near the end

2:27 Simon sais

The suspense would be more impactful if walkers falling down stairs or entering the mansion didn't go unheard. I don't care how deeply you sleep- SOME-body would hear something.

s8 is so underrated, people hate on it so much, i say s8 is my favorite, because how rick was portrayed

Season 8b is really underrated

1:20 Simon sweated! 😂

Maybe the walker blood thing has to do with the time period they were in like the kinda walkers they was fighting? Idk jus high trynna piece dis shii together