We took another LONG break to not only break down the #FearTWDseason4 #MidSeasonFinale #FearTWDMidSeasonFinale, but cover some #TWD news and #TWDseason9 thoughts, as well. Oh and Carol has finally broken Dave out of an intro!* Not only questions answered, but resolving our emotional reservations towards #AliciaClark, #NickClark, #VictorStrand, and #LucianaGalvez* ...#SerenityNow #InsanityLater: Dave & Carol post apocalypse + #StevenOgg's #Instagram is #SkeletorIsLove* #MadisonClark's fateful encounter with #Althea: intentional confusion about when this occurs & the importance of setting/cinematography* ...Althea is a lot like #TWDJesus* Carol cannot comprehend the classic characters' anger, Dave explains* Althea's comic relief is #OnFleek (is that what the kids say?)* The importance of #MorganJones in this series: bringing back Alicia from the brink "I stepped aside for your brother. I will not step aside for you"* Explaining the distant past...* ...Madison at her worst: finding out that her good will wasn't achieved post-dam, but as a result of her encounter with Althea* ...Solidifying that it wasn't the stadium walls: Madison was the source of good will and healing for Nick* Discussions of #TheWalkingDead departed showing up in new commercial #minisodes* ...the #EugenePorter & #AbrahamFord easter egg tape, but also tapes from the towns from #TheVultures' map* #ChaoticGood: Madison, at her lowest, and Althea, channeling Jesus, both tussle but don't kill each other. Inherently good people* Althea gets Madison to say the truth, said out loud, if only once, even if no one's around to hear it: simultaneously changes & explains everything #Amina #Wilamina* ...and theme of #FTWD's 4th season, thus far, is admitting the truth, out loud, and allowing it to change you* ...Strand's empowering reminder (who needs a shitty concrete pebble?)* ...Madison's story, her truth, makes it to Alicia in the future in Alicia's darkest hour* #ShotsFired: Can #WalkingDead compete with #FearTheWalkingDead's new-found glory? Pumping up #DarylDixon, bringing back #AngelaKang* ...wait #NormanReedus is HOW old? #UnderPressure* Putting the world on hold to watch TWD's #SDCC Season 9 trailer* If Angela Kang can pull off an incredible season with #RickGrimes / #AndrewLincoln, #MaggieRhee / #MaggieGreene / #LaurenCohan, and #ChrisHardwick leaving, Carol will get on her #Femenist Soapbox* If The Titanic is sinking, at least bear witness: Soothing #MichaelSatrazemis & #KimDickens and transmuting hate into love* ...and don't you want to see the pay-off? #GlennRhee* Remember when we panicked when Morgan took #JohnDorie's guns? #HowBoutNow?* The feeling of dread when (Fear) The Walking Dead fans know something bad's about to happen: Purposeful sacrifices (Madison) vs those in vain (#BethGreene)* Like #ShipsInTheNight, doing what they had to do: BOTH June/Laura/Naomi & Alicia assumed the other was dead, the only reason why June fled* ...So Sad: Cole dies; #SebastianSozzi brings forth NYC pride & vernacular* ...Madison sealing in the evil: her #LegendofZelda moment #Geek #Gamer #GamerGeek* Madison, like Alicia, walkies her loved ones to remind them what it's all about... But Carol, like Simon, calls BULLSHIT #Alpha #Beta #TheWhisperers #QaletaqaWalker #TheCommonwealth* ...and if we're right, they're going to have to go into it in the back half of #FearTWD. #RobertKirkman #Comics #ComicBook #ScottGimple #GregNicotero #IanGoldberg #AndrewChambliss #MariaBello ?* Longer Sneak Peek is boring, but cutscenes reveal a #Walkernado. #WinterIsComing #WhiteWalkers #WishfulThinking? #MAGfest* Reprising #ShaneWalsh, #JonBernthal returns in what will most likely be a flashback. Probably. Maybe? #Hallucination ?* Between a rock and a #Hardwick place: who will replace him on #TalkingDead? #JonahRay? #KevinSmith? #MichaelRooker? Revolving Ex-Cast? #NoSmallParts #BrandonHardesty #Nerdist--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/squawkingdead/message