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After 5 boring episodes we have a blow of freshness and intensity in the rhythm of the plot.good points: the variety of frames makes the episode feel more energetic. I loved the chemistry between Negan and Carl and their dialogues are very good. the revelation of carl's eye was excellently managed and was placed at the right time. Deny burning Mark's face was sadistic and somewhat different. Negan and Olivia are a good pair. The sequence of Negan in Alexandria was something fresh and interesting. bad points: michonne after negan is something repetitive and something forced.

Negan is such a dick but he is hilarious and Jeffrey Dean Morgan is so captivating to watch. Amazing acting from both JDM and Chandler Riggs.Carl and Negan were the focal point of the episode, and their story was incredible and just a lot of fun to watch. Carl is super brave and Negan is totally compelling, and he has some more human moments this episode that are really neat. He also sticks to his guns being a huge dick and we get to see the iron. Gnarly. Rosita kicked some ass and surprisingly, so did Father Gabriel. Rick and Aaron weren't super exciting but next week should be a good story for them as they try to get the supplies from the lake. Really fun episode with a lot of intensity and great moments that set up an explosive mid-season finale. Spencer should do a gut check before next week ;) 10/10

Sing me a Song was easily one of the strongest episodes of season 7. The penultimate episode of 2016 contained a fair amount of action, a great deal of suspense, and a strong build up for the mid season finale next Sunday. I found myself on the edge of my seat for arguably the first time since the season premiere.

The episode had a strong emphasis on Negan and Carl as well as giving us a more in-depth look at the Sanctuary. Some of the scenes between Negan and Carl were riveting. I was curious to see if the show was going to follow the same story line of their relationship as it is in the comics. There was a lot of skepticism that Daryl might be taking on this role. It'll be highly interesting to see Negan and Carl's relationship develop in the upcoming episodes.

I was a little surprised we didn't see more of the Kingdom in this episode. Melissa McBride and Lennie James are easily the two best actors in the show.

I'm not sure this episode had to be a full 90 minutes. I prefer a build up to the lengthened episodes myself. Extended episodes have almost become the norm this season.

Overall this episode was filled with great content and strong dialogue. I now find myself heavily looking forward to the next episode for the first time since the season premiere.

This was an outstanding episode where we finally get to know Carl a little better and, of course, Negan and his Saviors compound. First things first, some of the most memorable moments from this episode were just like the comics, which was great, all the Carl - Negan relationship is getting pretty interesting. Fasting forward to the end of the episode, Negan finds out about Judith and has no intentions of letting her go! Now, I'll say what "needs" to happened in the mid- season finale: As Negan awaits Rick's arrival all this Daryl/Kingdom/Michonne/Rick and Aaron scenes will be happening, but it would be mind blowing, as Rick arrives, to see Negan holding Judith and seeing Rick going nuts and begging for him to let her go. Negan throws his speech and in the end, bashes Judith's brains with Lucille. OK, it might sound crazy but let's see, this season has had some unnecessary filler episodes, Judith has been in the series muuuuchhh longer than in the comics and, at this time, with Rick's speech about her (that she's not his daughter) and, let's face it, the baby it's just dead weight for them, Spencer for example, it's getting to be an interesting character and I don't think they'll kill him, Olivia maybe, but Judith would be about the best mid-season ending and would save the hell out of the season for most fans. I know it's not a Negan thing to kill kids, much less babies, but hell it would be impressive to see that, it would probably top Glenn and Abraham's deaths in terms of "parental advisory". I'm just putting hopes really high for this next episode and I think Negan without a beard looks great, just comic-like. Let's wait and see what they think of to surprise the fans.

Even though I haven't been to harsh on the walking dead after the past few episodes, many people seem to have been quite disappointed. Falling ratings, bad reviews and people lashing out over the smallest faults. I can't see how people will be disappointed after this episode, it was great. I however enjoyed these episodes a lot, even the last one with Tara, it was OK. Nothing special, but not terrible either as many people thought, this episode however. This is one of the best episodes for a long time. Let's go over what makes it great:

Chandler Riggs really stepped up his performance this episode, when I saw the first scene of him killing two Saviours, I thought his performance was really bad, but that was the only scene that was off on his part. He and JDM showcased some great acting chemistry and every scene was an emotional roller coaster.

Their plot, oh boy we can talk about ripping pages straight out of the comics, very well portrayed on the screen. As a comic reader, this was by far the best story line of the episode. Negan just playing with Carl, but still showing a very humane side and the iron scene to show how the Saviours work as a group.

The scene later on with Negan and Olivia had me cracking up, it was great and I think they are trying to make Olivia a more important character, It just feels like they are trying to set up some kind of story for the future, nothing else about it right now.

Now on to the story line with Spencer and Gabriel. That scene was hilarious! Gabriel totally owned Spencer(that whiny guy) and really showed what a transformation he has made(much faster than the comics) and really showcased how loyal he is to Rick and his group.

The next story is Rick and Aaron out looking for supplies, not really much to say about this, it will be continued. Too early to say anything more about it.

The next separate story this episode is Michonne, this one is my main issue with this episode. I felt like it was way out of character for her to do that, she is way to loyal to Rick and the group to do something like this, it felt weird and not like her at all.

I think it is Jesus who slipped the key to Daryl and that we will be seeing Daryl with our group soon enough.

Now on to the final story, Eugene and Rosita. I feel like this was only there to show that Eugene actually knows how to make bullets. Rosita is not going to use the one she got in any important way soon, this was just for the war to come, they will need the bullets later.

The best thing about this episode was that they showed that they can pull of several story lines in one episode. Why have they not done this for the entire season? That is one question I have no answer to.

I am really looking forward to the mid season finale and I am seeing a really bright future for the show.

Conclusion:

+Acting.

+Staying true to the comics.

+Ninja Jesus.

+Separate story lines in one episode.

+Gabriel.

-Michonne felt out of character.

Final verdict: 9.2/10

As brutal as Negan is, as hard as these few episodes are to watch, I feel like it's compelling to watch the development of Jeffery Dean Morgan's character, particularly in this episode.

Negan's growing regard and respect for Carl is incredible to watch. The peek into his sensitive corners is some of the best character development I've seen. How is someone so brutal, yet increasingly so human? It's hard not to like him as the series goes on, but it's also hard not to hate him for what he's done.

The character is acted superbly. The tension is palpable and real. It's an intense story arc for sure.

I mean, take this episode as an example. Carl goes steaming off to Negan's compound, intent on murdering him and putting all of us out of this misery. Yet what happens? Apparently... due to Negan's non-existent charisma, Carl hesitates and doesn't kill him. Dear God, could this writing get any more turgid! So the whole crux of the Negan thing, I imagine, is a personality cult kind of deal. Yet the character has almost no charisma to speak of. Every time you see him on screen you just want to punch him repeatedly. He has no charisma (unless you count the constant, smug grin) and no physical presence with his spindly Jeffrey Dean Morgan body. There is literally nothing to be afraid of about him, other than his psychotic nature. And that isn't anything that a good bullet from literally anyone couldn't fix.

But we are supposed to believe that everyone is deathly afraid of this travesty of a villain and what would happen if they failed to kill him, and also of what would happen if they succeeded? I'm sorry, but Negan is hands down the worst villain to grace the Walking Dead series. But if Negan was the worst of it, I could soldier on until he inevitably gets killed. Sadly, the writing has suffered greatly in other areas.

TWD is now unable to tell a multi-thread story with scenes in each episode from multiple viewpoints. Instead, we get each episode devoted to a particular character or location, to the exclusion of all the others. This wouldn't be so bad, if each of those episode was a full, enjoyable story. But they aren't. Most of this season's episodes can best be described as fifteen minutes of story, padded out to the runtime with pointless nonsense. This padding is reducing the show to a glacial pace that ensures nothing much will happen all season. In short, its making the whole thing boring and reducing investment in the characters dramatically.

Then we have the bizarre personality changes that have plagued most of the series' characters. This began last season, with Carol behaving oddly. Now we have a wimpy Rick. A Carl who was set on murdering Negan, and is now seemingly in awe of him. Any character that acts remotely like you'd expect in this situation (i.e. determined not to live under Negan's thumb) is almost shunned by the others and warned not to rock the boat. What? It is just abysmal at this point. I'm not even going to get started on Ezekiel and his pet tiger.

The best thing that could happen to the show now is a change of showrunners and writers. Get some new blood in that actually cares what happens to the characters, instead of the current mantra of "What new horror can we inflict on them this week?" This adherence to the story lines from the comic books is proving a woefully lamentable choice, especially this season, and it is turning the show from something tense and drama-filled into a farcical shell of what it started out as.

What is more, give the characters a goal, for God's sake! At least when Eugene was lying about a cure there was a sense of purpose to the wandering band. Now they are just shambling along without purpose, lurching from one villain of the season to the next.

It's depressing and boring as hell right now. Quite the opposite of what you hope for in your entertainment. If I want those things, I'll just watch actual news, thank you very much.

SUMMARY: Increasingly laughable Negan scenes devaluing the whole production. Doesn't reward the viewer's time commitment or inspire you to invest in the characters. Nihilism can only take you so far.

TWD is the complete opposite of self-aware. It takes itself so seriously, which is not usually a bad thing, but it does this even when eye-rollingly ridiculous things happen. Like Carl choosing not to kill Negan for some reason, when he literally has a clear shot. Sure, it was explained away as Carl wanting Negan to see what it was like to lose two people but Negan has shown himself to be non-human anyway, so why would he care if two of his men died- two men he himself probably didn't care to know the names of. Plus, Carl killing Negan would have ended it all and Alexandria would be free. The whole thing is just ludicrous and makes no sense. Even after Carl was caught, he had many opportunities to kill Negan and there is no reason why realistically he would not have done it. Oh, there is one actually- Negan is the new villain and has to serve his purpose in the story before he dies. So nothing makes more sense than giving Carl multiple opportunities to kill him but have Carl do nothing, right? Some may jump to this episode's defence and say that it's Carl's personality or whatever, but no. Just no.

Speaking of Negan, there was too much of him. So much of the episode was spent rehashing ideas already rehashed throughout this season, the idea of Negan's dominance. This includes his scenes with Carl in which he forces him to sing a song. However, it would be unfair not to mention that some more aspects to Negan's personality are revealed. His exchanges with Sherry and his sex slaves are disturbing. It shows the twisted way his mind works. Another interesting aspect of Negan's dominance is how he has created a personality cult around himself.

There are other great scenes too that suggest TWD is getting back on track. There are arguments over how to respond to Negan's dominance, whether to obey him or fight back. These are the first truly emotional moments I've seen in this season (expect for the premiere obviously) and show that there is hope for the season yet.

Hey - I'm a huge fan. This is what I needed and expected. I know the fans didn't like my tough love review from last episode, which I respect and understand.

Negan, Negan, Negan - Jeffery Dean Morgan loves playing this character / and it shows.

How creepy he is. How quickly one can forget how evil he is, while playing darts and feeling his feet on the carpet. How fast, he weaves a compliment - into a blood curling question. His comedic response - that turns into a cold and calculated threat.

Wow - let's discuss the iron. Yikes. Having subjugated multiple colonies, he still has time to pull out an iron and make an example of a rule breaking follower.

Not a huge fan of Karl's acting. I have a hard time buying his threats and anger. I find myself breaking out of the scene and finding his approach non threatening.

I also have to ask. Where does Michone have the strength to pile up 50 plus bodies in the road to make a point...and stop a car? That would take hours.....days even. That is a lot of work. Why take the trouble and not just put a few of the bodies on the road - not a hundred.

I liked the episode. Gave me hope for future episodes. The adrenaline is high again - hopefully they can keep it that way.

I like how the bounced around and showed some other story arcs again.

Other than that - poor Daryl. Poor Daryl.

Good episode - in my top 4. Building up to a big showdown with World War Negan.

I've reached the point where I'm worried that they're running out of comic book to adapt. Well, they could always add new stuff! This episode once again focuses on Negan or more specifically Carl. Rick goes off for awhile and we see a few scenes with him. It's also great we get some bits with a lot of the other characters like Michonne. It's not that important to the story, but it's nice. Negan just comes off as so interesting in this episode. I don't even know why he wants Carl to take off his bandage. I guess it's just the first thing he thinks of when punishing him for killing his men.

The weirdest part is probably at the end. Negan actually goes into Rick's residence and plays with his kid. He then wonders aloud if maybe he probably should kill Carl and Rick after all. The way Carl is so defiant is very well done. Negan just keeps his cool the whole time. It's weird not hearing him constantly say the F-word like in the comics. You can only do so much on TV. I didn't know this would be 90 minutes long. It's still worth the length. ****

Actual good episode? This episode gets right to the point with Coral and Jesus in The Saviors's truck from the end of the last episode. They're getting close to where The Savior's live so Jesus jumps out of the truck but Coral stays because he wants to eliminate Negan. When the truck stops, 2 Saviors enter to get the stuff out but Coral guns them both down and steps outside. There are a couple of Saviors standing around and then Negan shows up whistling. But Coral, who risked his own life and the lives of his friends back at home to eliminate Negan, doesn't eliminate him and let's him hide behind a Saviors. But he could've just eliminated them both as well, but he doesn't. Instead, he waits for Dwight to tackle him to the ground. Negan then gives him a tour of the place because, he is impressed? Meanwhile, Gabriel and Spencer are out looking for supplies in a car. Spencer says that he hates Rick and thinks he shouldn't be in charge anymore. This causes Gabriel to leave. Back at Negan's sanctuary, Negan and Coral have a long talk. Negan forces Coral show him what his eye socket looks like. He then forces him to sing him a song. Then Negan gives a big speech to The Saviors about following the rules and then burns a mans face with an iron for not following them. Meanwhile, Eugenius Porter and Rosita head to the bullet factory so Eugene can make a bullet for Rosita so she can eliminate Negan. Back at the Sanctuary, Negan gets in a truck with Coral so he can take him home. Before they leave, Daryl threatens Negan so Dwight takes him to the box. Daryl is slipped a note that says "go home" and the keys were attached to the back of it. Meanwhile, for the 18th time, Michonne encounters a female Savior and tells her to take her to Negan. They get in her truck but The Savior hits the breaks and they get into a little fight and then Michonne kills her. Pretty pointless scene. Back at Alexandria, Negan and Coral arrive. Negan starts questioning Olivia where Rick is. And then he delivers his best line. Olivia says, "We're running really low on everything. We're practically starving here" and Negan responds with "Starving? You? By "practically" you mean "not really".". I'm pretty sure this scene was improvised by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. What really p***es me off is that they are in a kitchen, and Coral could have easily grabbed a knife and stabbed Negan in the back of the throat. Negan makes Coral give him a tour of his house and then meets Judith. Negan arriving at Alexandria is a setup for the mid-season finale. Overall, an entertaining episode that actually contributed to the plot.

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I have been watching TWD since it started coming out some number of years ago. Never before have we gone through what this episode is. I believe in a previous review of mine, I said gave that episode a 2/10, because I was reserving the 1/10 for something even worse. Well ladies and gentlemen, here it is, and boy what a show!

I haven't been writing reviews about season 7 so far, as I did for many episodes of season 6. Quite frankly, its because season 7 has been alittle better than season 6, at least better than the specific episodes I felt inclined enough to review. This changed with last episode, being the giant cluster of garbage spewing from some TV scriptwriters fingertips. Now allow me to tell you why I think that.

First off; is anything that just happened even believable? Teenage "psycho" kid jump out of a truck saying "drop your weapons! I only want Negan" and as Negan appears, does nothing to him... like seriously? TWD is known for character mediocrity and idiocy, but this specific occurrence doesn't stop with one single moronic action. It doesn't even take 5 minutes before Carl is all wet about Negans power and looks like he is contemplate how cool this guy is. The very guy he wanted to kill 5 minutes ago!! The guy who killed a bunch of his friends!! The guy who is the leader of the other two guys Carl just murdered!! Is no one going to question this? or are we just supposed to take it as it is? you can't just skip this character development where Carl is suddenly a "psycho" who wants to be Negan 2.0, when all you did is give him a Cheetos-level cheesy line as he exits a truck and shoots a guy. That is not good television.

To put salt on this very fresh wound, here comes the series of absolutely brutal and cringy Carl-Negan scenes. Carl CRIES because Negan makes fun of his eye hole?! huh? wasn't Carl just set up to be a "pyscho"? Then here comes in Fat Joseph spewing terrible apologies unbecoming to the projection of what a "savior" would act like. Ask yourself, did that scene add anything to the show? it added to the point Negan was trying to make, but the point Negan was trying to make was literally that; I like to joke around! sorry for making fun of your eyehole! wanna be friends Carl!? Then lastly, Carl does full circle and starts acting "psycho" and says to Negan that he "can't" kill all the people at Alexandria. Okay Carl, I see you must have suffered brain damage with your eyehole injury, or your character is just supposed to be that stupid and illogical at all times. I guess the latter would show as to why you were the moron you were in season 2

I really want to talk more about the Carl-Negan garbage that was this episode (Carl singing, Wife scene, Carl giving Negan the tour of his house like they were best friends, etc) . But apparently there were other people present in the episode. The imbalance of the episode between the characters it focused on was embarrassing to watch. Ricks few scenes were made to look edgy and mysterious when really they are just doing almost nothing. That part should have been cut completely or just not spread throughout an hour long episode. Anything really that wasn't what they did would have been better. Michonne's scene was another example of how terribly spread this episode was. Two scenes, almost an hour apart, isn't really the best way to develop anything. It took me awhile to remember that Michonne was in the episode when the zombie-pile was shown. And I will also mention the atrocity that is Michonne's character in this episode. You told Rick not that long ago that you would try to make it work (work for Negan, that is), and the next scene we have of you, you are doing the opposite! There was absolutely no indication to the viewer that you weren't going to follow through with your promise, and that is bad television, where the viewer doesn't understand the characters we are watching.

it really worries me that as of this review, 45% of viewers gave this episode a 10/10. It worries me in the sense that no one knows what good television looks like, that they will just settle for this with whatever reason they have. I will continue to watch this show, mostly for the "bigger picture" story that the show sorta is, or I hope it will become. But for now, I do declare, that this was the worst episode of TWD I recall in my memory, as of December 5, 2016.

Yes, I have watched since the beginning. I still don't know why because it's just such a terribly written show. It's probably the whole end of civilization as we know it thing where you don't have to deal with things like a Kardashian or have to choose between a Clinton and a Trump.

I suppose the special effects and beautifully shot scenes have me coming back as well but normally when the story and subplots are nonsense, I dump it. I'm stuck though.

However, I did reach a boiling point with this episode. It's just so blatant what they're doing. I mean, c'mon, the Negan thing is SOOOOOOO played out. Why don't they have him bounce a baby like a basketball and throw it through a hoop? Maybe we will hate Negan more so that when he finally does get overthrown, we will feel that much better about it.

Oh, and how is it that Negan just walks around and nobody has killed him yet? There is a scene this episode where there are a dozen people in a room with him that all hate him to the core, and Negan has no weapons on him, but yet they do nothing. I could go on and on. It's just so dumb.

To the writers of this show, I hope you never work again. Stop treating your audience like fools and taking advantage of their loyalties so you can get us to watch next week's episode.

This show keeps jumping the shark but yet continues on. It's mind blowing. I would not miss this show one bit if it got canceled, and please, no more spin-offs.

Hello Folks, Spoiler Alert.

I am finding it really hard to understand why a great show which was twisting and turning all the time has turned dead waters. I mean seriously, in this season which is suppose to be the last season, after a beautiful start, the director just decided to make episodes on single characters and their lives after the initial brutal Negan encounter.

And now everything revolves around Negan as if this show is now called Negan Chronicles, Negan Show. We have seen the brutalities of other villains like Governor but then it was never about the character but the surviving group.

We want the show to return to its original pace with more twists, churns so that it is more enjoyable to watch rather wasting our time and watching baseless episodes which can be covered all in 1 - 2 episodes.

People are right - it is pretty annoying everything about Negan. I don't say people are right for not watching it.

I will watch it, but this episode is so unexplainable and null.

Here is why:/***Spoiler Alert***/ Why didn't Carl kill Negan with his gun? He had 15 seconds visibility, in which he could shot him. Even he could kill all of the people near the truck. But he didn't.

Why? Cause it is too early for Negan to die - he is the biggest badass until now in the show, he can't just die in just 3 episodes - a cliché, which makes all this unlogical and annoying thing and annoys me. :( :( :(

Event though this episode is centered on Carl, we are back to episodes with multiple stories. It's good to know that Rick, Michone and Daryl are still on the show!! But i will be far from being satisfied with this episode. Negan's antics are really ridiculous, his rudeness, sadism, and stupid smile every time he says or do ugly things is getting really BORING. Carl missed for the second time the opportunity to get rid of Negan and this time it is not REALISTIC. The first time we could argue that Rick stopped him, here, who stops him from blowing the guy's head?? Nothing. Then we discover the Harem of Negan, the iron of Negan, the teeth of Negan, the laugh of Negan. I have nothing against Jeffrey Dean Morgan, i think he has some charisma but what he has to play is really low quality. Is it credible that Negan is so much respected when he forgives so easily Carl and the Alexandrians that have killed about 30 of their men. Do you think these guys will accept to have a leader like this one?? We already know that Negan will be in season 8 so the climax expected for episode 8 has not so much interest. Like the whole series i'm afraid. I'm really close to call it a quit! Really really close...