The Walking Dead S6 E14: Twice as Far

The worst thing was the way Denise kept talking for a few seconds after that arrow went through her eye, giving advice with her last breath. Good Lord, that was rough. She seemed like a nice person, too. The tragedy was that all that happened for a can of soda for Tara. Of course, there’s nothing to say Denise or someone else wouldn’t have gotten killed anyway. It took me by surprise because even though the show did that trick of giving a character depth right before killing her off, they have been doing that to a number of people lately, so Denise’s development didn’t raise any alarms for me.

It did seem a little too neat that Denise and Eugene each ran into trouble after trying to prove themselves to the group, with one dying and the other one getting injured. I was impressed by Eugene’s idea to make bullets because I’ve always wondered where they get this seemingly endless supply of ammo. I was also impressed by Eugene’s jaw strength, biting all the way through denim like that.

The Saviors finally manage to do some actual damage but then fail in the end, getting driven back by Darryl, Abraham and Marlene/Sadie/That One Woman. I guess Negan is sending out the B-list to deal with the Alexandrians because the score by now is Alexandrians 59, Saviors 1. I am aware that this is a fakeout and the actual Negan will be more impressive.

What the hell is going on with Carol? I liked how they were adding some shading and regret to her badass persona but moving away seems like it’s going too far and came from nowhere. I would have been more convinced if she’d faced her demons and come to terms and stayed on in another capacity than killer. Maybe she recognizes that though she’ll kill if she needs to, she really doesn’t want to, and she’ll just be a liability. This seems like a retread of when Carol left before and had to come roaring back to save everyone from Terminus. (Speaking of Terminus, it was a nice callback to have Darryl refuse to walk down the train tracks because the last time he did that, they all almost got beheaded and eaten.)

I did like how the opening of the episode kept repeating certain ways of measuring time, like Morgan adding bricks to the cell and the woman adding more cans to the shelf, to show time passing.

So who do we think is going to die in the season finale? I’m aware of who bites it in the comic. I’m thinking the prime candidates are Maggie, Glenn, Abraham, or Carol if she comes back.