alright alright, I know that I'm super late to the bandwagon and all, but I just watched episodes 9, 10, and 11 last night and I guess I had a couple comments about it.
Episode 9 - the beginning was amazing, absolutely well done imho. I did expect Daryl to come around the corner with a rocket launcher, but I didn't think the whole thing leading up to it would be as it was. Good job, TWD producers.
Now for Sam. We all knew he was going to cause a lot of trouble, but what I thought was a little cheaty of the production crew was that they had Sam screaming for Jessie at the end of episode 8 and suddenly that's ignored in episode 9. That's good I guess, considering it builds up more suspense to what happened after that. After all, we knew his behavior in the Walker crowd by then.
Carl. Even if that whole Ron gun thing was an accident, he still has pretty good accuracy for hitting Carl straight in the eye, even if he was getting stabbed by Michonne (but his target was Rick though, so what can I say. Can't have it all). Poor Rick though, omg, he's been through so much and to see his son get seriously hurt like that... I'm glad he didn't go crazy in the head like he did when Lori died, but that rampage after he took his son to the infirmary was great. It showed that all the surviving Alexandrian residents were all starting to harden up and get used to the new environment. Even Gabriel. I personally thought that was the best part, since even he wasn't afraid to kill Walkers anymore. (and how could we forget Daryl, the rocket launcher, and the burning lake? That was also really cool.)
(Does anyone think that Carol indirectly caused the loss of Carl's eye? Carol scared Sam when she talked about the Walkers in the armory, which caused him to freak out and scream during the lots of walkers scene, which also caused Jessie to freak out and scream... Which eventually led for Ron to freak out and scream...)
Episode 10 - I'm glad to see that Carl has gotten better with his serious injury. Richonne was okay too. I wasn't a huge fan, since now that you look at it, Rick is hitting up all dem ladies xD But I think Michonne is definitely a good woman for him and I hope to see more development with their couple soon.
Sasha and Abraham? I'm not sure if I like then that well, considering with Rosita still dating Abraham (also definitely not because MY GIRL CHRISTIAN SERRATOS STARRED IN TWILIGHT AND SHE DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS). I don't know... If they work out, I do actually hope for the best for Rosita, like smo said.
Side note, does anyone see a Denise x Tara ship coming up? Anyone? I ship it.
I think from this episode, my favorite scene was before Rick tied Jesus up and he was being held at gun point. I don't know, the whole "you don't have bullets" thing got me lol. I also think Jesus has easily become my favorite character, even above Daryl. He just has this personality to him that Daryl definitely lacks. Plus, he's like a ninja xD
Is anyone questioning why Rick is so afraid of him, though? Like honestly, Jesus could have easily killed Rick/some of his people if he wanted to. Heck, he could have even killed Daryl when the Walker was behind him in the truck.
Episode 11 - Wait, what exactly happened in this episode? Lol excuse me for this, I'm not even being sarcastic but I was talking to my friend about the show at the time and all I caught about that episode was that Rick's group was going to go and try to take on Negan (DON'T DO IT). Was that it? Help would be very appreciated lol, since I'm also confused about the deal with Gregory and Maggie and Gregory talks. And that guy who tried to kill Rick in the Hilltop camp?
Sorry for such a long post. Episode 9 has definitely exceeded my expectations with the hype and all surrounding it. I also have not watched episode 12 yet. Hopefully I'll get to do that in a week or two xP Great episode so far.