We've also updated our logos and profile images, along with, TA DA, being approved as an Apple iTunes Podcast!* Carol sums up the entire, action/character-focus balanced episode in under 4 minutes... see you next week!* Dave likes to call out Carol when she's wrong - we're seeing #Negan sooner than she predicted* #KingEzekiel's soaring high and gravity drop... the naked, macabre-birth of Ezekiel* Most folks in the Walkerpocalypse are an Erik, at best (#DarylDixon, really???)* Chester the Molester/Pete the Pedophile ("Gunther") and #TheSaviors' dental plan at #TheSanctuary* Protecting the King who doesn't want to be saved* Gunther's blood anointment and The Cult of The Saviors* #TheWalkingDead's diverse cast teaches us tolerance and unity (unlike the way things are, pre-apocalypse)* JERRY'S (graphic) VENGEANCE (and Carol's reaction) - deconstructing Television gore* The return of Carol: The most put together of #TWD cast.* The fatal flaw of The Saviors - surrendering the self means the inability to take charge and circumvent strategic opposition (top-heavy management)* Carol takes a chance and values the individual over the group* Carol's Squawking Dead Character Showcase Showdown: Who's the show really about, this week?* Daryl Starsky & Rick Hutch's wild ride: Martial Arts fights? Car Chases? ...what's next, a Top Gun sky shoot-out?* Who fights Negan? ...and who will be fighting in this ominous "Civil War"?* Toxic Walkers and the imagination of the writers on The #WalkingDead* When The Walking Dead keeps you from going down with the ship AND strips you of your Captain's rank. How hard will you fight for who you want to be?* The death of #Shiva: Ezekiel's totem, weapon, and the personification of his lesser-tamed personality characteristics. More than anything - the last straw.* The long and powerfully shot walk of shame: in war, even when you win, you lose.* The grand plan - getting the heavy artillery means all warring parties might agree to armistice.* Back to Negan and #FatherGabriel, rewinding the Season from their perspective... and the Dog-Whisperer training the show gives to Carol* Sneaking a peek: The Saviors are sniffing out a mole and the power vacuum of an absent Negan.* A deeper dive: how #TheKingdom are like the original Alexandria, but the night and day advantage The Kingdom has over everyone, including The Saviors.* Shiva & #Lucille as totems of their masters.* Oh, Jared gonna die! ...and #MorganJones might be in the penalty box for a LONG time... like Heath--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/squawkingdead/message