The Walking Dead: The Calm Before (2019)
Season 9, Episode 15
9/10
So What Did We Learn Tonight?
25 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Managing to live as long as 5 years as a Red Shirt in the ZA is quite an accomplishment even if celebrating the anniversary doesn't last very long.

Giving Tara a needed history lesson helps to keep her ego in check.

Kings get to sign their names bigger than other people do.

Dunk tanks double as a weekly bath for guys like Eugene. Fairs are fun even if Jerry doesn't read the updates. Speeches about Rick can be as long and drawn out as Rick's speeches.

Teenage angst, love triangles, third wheels can get sorted out with goat droppings.

Beta doesn't ask twice. Strange he didn't at least punch Daryl a few times.

Do you ever wonder if all these time jumps are "have to" or "want to"?

Alpha cleans up really well and shows a Trojan horse can come in many forms.

Vlad The Impaler hasn't got anything on Alpha who gave all her victims a nice view of flowers from on top of the hill. They even put Addy's glasses back on her head after all the fighting and beheadings?

Can't help but feel a lil cheated that we didn't actually get to see Henry's death as his actions led to so many others losing their lives.

When Alpha told Ezekiel she "looked forward to meeting Carol" were they foreshadowing who will kill Alpha, especially now she beheaded Henry?

Even though every so often the herd needs thinning, I always thought Tammy Rose was too mean to die and Enid too sweet. Tara's death was surprising after they kept her through her IRL pregnancy which just goes to show you never know what to expect. I wonder if Henry final learned his lesson now.

Seeing a few thousand Walkers can make one change their perspective, seeing Alpha cry can cost you dearly.

If Lydia felt less than welcome before, what now, send her to Oceanside already.

They set the stage for a movie and a concert, now it appears to be set for an inevitable big snowy showdown with the Whisperers and a couple thousand Walkers. PLEASE tell me Negan will be involved.

So much merchandising, when can I buy an Enid head on a stick paper weight?

A great ending can raise an 8 episode to a 9 (in this viewers opinion).
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