Don't know what you're writing but remember you had the idea before you saw this episode so don't just scrap your work. You may have to tweak it a bit but don't give up on your concept, I just published my 5th book on Amazon and the basic concept has been done tons of times before. Person in the wrong place at the wrong time ends up being hunted, but I put my spin on it, and it's been well received. So, don't stop working on your project because as we see from the episode it works. Just find a way around what you see as to similar, and the pieces will fall into place. My 5th book, I was gonna call "Wrong Victim" then one day at the grocery store I saw a paperback with the same title. It took me 4 days to come up with a new title and change a lot of the set up, but it worked. I hope you find this advice from an old man useful & from one writer to the next keep your head up you'll figure it out.

I love this episode ❤😢

_Come on! With the 'Keeping it going' thing!_ *Enough already... END IT* so that down the road NEW creative folk can put a NEW SPIN on the franchise! At some point, the Dead have to STOP WALKING! I got interested in this show because the ZOMBIES had nothing to do with all of that WHO DO, VOO DO stuff! They are continuing to DECOMPOSE, thus at some point, the LIVING will win! If there's no cure, the Living will develop procedures to stay ahead of this happening again for at least several DECADES... at which point there could be a RESURGENCE.

Great catch. There are so many layers to this episode. It can create many discussions.

Amen!

1000%

Omg that moment made me cry me too. The fact that Michonne knew he was forgetting when the artist said he could never get it right for him, so she had him draw Carl bc she remembers him... it CRUSHED ME

Dude. Same here. I couldn’t help balling

Allllll the healing I needed. Tribute to Carl, healing trauma through the horizontal mambo. It was my favorite episode ever.

I was crying baddd too😭😭😭

Edited??? Like technical video edit?

@@alexpectaculiar She was in the EDITING ROOM, deciding what to leave out or in. The panel where she, Gimple and Andy discuss this is here on KZfaq. You can watch for yourself.

As writer/exec-producer *and showrunner*, she is definitely in on the editing process, and had Final Approval. Scott Gimple said he gave the reins over to her and he stood back and let her fly. And she did. Danai Gurira’s name better be on every short list in the Award Season.

Beautifully said, @rhiannasanford6160.

I agree 100%. I feel like a lot of writers now do the obvious choice. It would’ve made their son seem like a cheap cop out or too soon of an immediate “fix it all” when relationships and decision making is more complicated than that. I had no idea she was a writer and she may have just inspired me to start back writing.

@@SinSinny Yes! 👏 And yes, if you have that gift, absolutely take all that inspiration and put it into motion! 👏

I totally agree. As much as we wanted Rick to snap back as soon as he heard about RJ, and as much as people wished Michonne would present him with a phone with RJ sketched on it, it makes much more sense for it to be about Carl. RJ is abstract for him right now. Carl is the one he has memories of and it broke him when he stopped dreaming of Carl. (This is nothing against RJ. It’s just facts - Rick obviously has no memories of him.)

You write this on every video. 😂

Yep. THIS 💯

Such a talent

He really poured his heart out, what a phenomenal actor and what a phenomenal episode

Amen! Magnificent job by Andy. My chest hurt - I could FEEL my heart breaking.

Agreed! As soon as he said he still wasn't leaving when she asked him before she left I saw how anxiety he had and then Michonne said (in not so many words “so you're worried they could come after us someday so you're giving up so you can take a slim chance with the CRM by yourself?” I do believe the CRM is dangerous, but they've got him so scared that he doesn't even want to try and stop them. So sad, but man as someone who deals with anxiety I felt that. I get it. It sucks!

Yea shit broke up I had to close the app for a couple seconds 😂😂

I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't, unfortunately. Whatever can be said about it, Star Trek: Discovery had some great acting in it, especially by Sonequa Martin-Green. That woman acted her butt off. Never saw acting nominations that I'm aware of. Star Trek: DS9 comes to mind regarding some great performers/performances as well throughout their run, but I don't recall acting awards or nominations there either. (I know it's not Star Trek, but those come to mind most readily because I'm a big fan.) But maybe it'll be different in this case! Because they're both great actors! Frankly, it'd be nice after seeing Danai act her butt off in Wakanda Forever too.

@@LadyAstarionAncunin Absolutely. I can’t believe she wrote this episode too! She is insanely talented!

Nominated?? they just deserve the win lol

@@RiverRockXIII Yeah I probably should’ve just said that. But if they aren’t AT LEAST nominated, I’m gonna be so upset!

This truly deserves an Emmy nomination at bare minimum should be considered.

Wow, so fitting! Thank you for posting this translation.

Is it ampaino music? I read dis on Twitter.

@@DeeDiamond2981 yea it is.

So is Dani's. Just amazing.

'Eclipsed' won the Tony!🏆

@@CyborgannaI saw Eclipsed on Broadway and it was one of my favourite shows of that year. She’s incredibly talented.

@@vickster5001 I'm hope I'm lucky enough to see one of Danai's plays, need that fine Lady to bring a few productions the UK! 💖

@@Cyborganna agreed! I’m in the uk. I was lucky that eclipsed coincided with a trip to nyc so I managed to see it.

Big spoiler Michonne chops Jadis' head off in episode 6

One can only hope. Jadis is the devil.@@_Yombo

@@marypoppins2.025 Saw the leaks of her holding her decapitated head a while ago so it's gonna happen

And him not wearing his uniform anymore was also a good symbol of him leaving that behind and finding himself again

I think Rick is finally ready to go home and meat rj junior and reunite with his friends and family

Rj is rick junior​@@autograph415

@@dylanburton4955like when he stopped wearing his sheriff’s uniform.

I know she's incredible

Also willing to show her vulnerability when needed. But you've already said "damn strong", and she has to be _that_ to open up so much to the people she trusts. Beautifully portrayed, three-dimensional hero.

Michonne and Kim Wexler are the goats of women on TV shows

​@@dylanstankewicz850yes🙌🏻

I would go as far as to say that Michonne might be one of the best written female characters of all time!

Oh that is so true and was so real. And then she whips out the phone with Carl at the end with his eye patch! Who drew Carl? Her? The artist she found who drew her and Judith?

@@inaruboricua the artist said he couldn’t get the face right, because over time, Rick lived a life where his family were only in his mind. He must’ve started to forget how they sounded or looked like be use he could’ve went days without thinking of them. Michonne got the artist to draw Carl because she still remembered how he looked because she was still with the family and probably mentions Carl to Judith from time to time so she still remembered his appearance enough to get the artist to do one accurately

@@josecrespo9094She brought his kids back to him, you're so right, and now I'm sniffling and teary-eyed again. What an amazing episode!

Michonne also has pictures of Carl back in Alexandria. Specifically, that pic of him and his parents he got for Judith so that she could know what her mom looked like. And the one Carl took of him and Judith after he got bit. Oh and Judith's drawings ☺ @@josecrespo9094

You said it perfectly!!!

It was a fantastic episode. They all have been. And the cinematography throughout this whole series has been brilliant!

@@RozzerMildred97I can totally see that. The colors and lighting is very BB/BCS like. The props always have meaning too. Roomba is Rick

I noticed that too! And I feel like him trying to keep that distance at first was because he didn't want to get to know yet another person he would be afraid to lose. A callous person could have been like, "I don't know him, really." I feel like that's the rationale a lot of people who walk away from their family early on might use IRL. Like, they never got to know the kid, so they can't miss them/aren't involved (or only involved from a distance). Especially when they don't see the birth or leave before the child can start to recognize them.

Hell yeah

They have been due multiple awards for years now, The Walking Dead and their actors always gets snubbed from award season, with many times having them not even be nominated.

Oh yea especially Andrew Lincoln is a crime he doesn't have it yet, he should it got 1 when Season 7 came out

Yesssss

Yes! It’s long over due. I actually got choked up and I remembered I had a heart when they were talking about Carl. 😂

Agree!

I agree

The way he says "wtf"

@@beanbag9696 it had me dying

@@Dtecki_ same, i had to watch it again

It reminded me of breaking bad when Jesse's friends freaked when they saw it, then Walt later asks what it is.

Hilarious Old Man Rick moments.

CRM definitely gives cult vibes. Especially with Scientology and the “secrets” that most ppl are not allowed to know

You wrote that beautifully. Thank you for sharing and thank you for staying strong and being a guiding light for your friend.

Danai was also show runner on this episode.

"Tough times don't last, tough people do." Stay strong, bro. I'm glad you're here to enjoy this show with us. Hope you create amazing cinema in the future 💙

As someone dealing with chronic pain from medical issues (I've had multiple major spine surgeries and need another one) and chronic depression from the pain and from abuse, I felt it so acutely when he said that he found a way to be dead and still live. Because I've been there more times than I'd like to think. But I keep fighting. So, that really hit me!

You’re absolutely right

Must have not watched a lot of TV huh LOL jk sorta but really tho -The shield -Breaking bad -Sons of anarchy - Game of thrones - The Walking Dead main series -Justified -True Detective S1 🤷‍♂️

@@atfbproductions7458 I have no idea why people like you get upset because others are ranking this episode as their best TV episode ever

I know! It was like a theater movie! So much happening! So much development! It was absolutely so dang good! 💥❤️👏

@@rhiannasanford6160Right! it really felt like the ending of a movie with hope. This show could have ended right there for me…open ended with hope and an outro song at movie end.

Yesss, I'll be watching for the next 6 days. I have enough to hold me until the next episode airs

@@pjthrand2173 It was totally like a movie ending! And I feel the same. It could have ended there and I would be ok with it. Knowing they were off to go find their family together. But I know there's something else coming! Kind of nervous!

@@livingbyfaith1 I know right? 🥴😜

Tony winner for best Play with 'Eclipsed'!💖

When the gunshot goes off, Rick flinches and puts his hands over his face - I lost my shit.

Well said. 👏

This is a great observation. Thanks for sharing.

Being a man shouldn't exclude you from expressing your feelings even if it's in the form of crying. Emotions,the full spectrum of them is a human experience. Men and women are humans no need to explain why you feel.

Best episode of the walking dead period.

Yes!

Right 👉

See as you have witnessed sex scenes aren't always unnecessary, it's how they are written and why. It's how they're performed, sex is apart of the human experience.

There was so much great non-verbal communication in it. First off, when he approaches Michonne, you see her apprehension fighting with her love (which makes her later saying that the "back and forth" was hurting her make sense). She looked really hurt for a second. But then she gave in to her feelings of wanting to be with him. Then, when he had an anxious reaction, she grounded him with her heartbeat. There was so much love in her face. And when he started to look like he was ashamed, she took his face in her hands and gave him a look that said he didn't have to be. And so, he wasn't. And after that, he was like, "Okay, yeah, let's go." LOL! I don't normally look at love scenes as sweet, but it really was beautiful and sweet. They did it just right!

This is perfect

What's interesting is that, in his interviews, including recent ones, they all (including him) talk a lot about the family they built on the show. So, after raising his kids (and now being seen as "uncool" by him, per his words), he can go and spend some time with his other family, encouraged by his blood family. It's lovely. He has two families he can enjoy. Just like those of us who have blood family and found families. It's lovely.

I also had a moment of confusion 😂 but then I remembered his hand is a literal closed fist 😂😂