The Walking Dead S6 E7: Heads Up

I knew Glenn was dead. This was not because I am good at predicting plot twists on TV because I never see anything coming. I knew because I went to a non-entertainment website and the first headline I saw at the top of the page was “Glenn is alive.” Thanx. Was it really so hard to wait more than 12 hours to spoil it? Some of us are too old to stay up and watch The Walking Dead live.

The improbable way he survived was a little ridiculous but I suppose I’m happy Glenn is still alive. (To be fair, this isn’t the first time he’s escaped certain death. Remember last season when the cannibals came thisclose to slitting his throat over the tub only to be distracted at the last second?) He is one of the only people in the cast who adds a little humor to the story. I think it would have been more effective to have Enid stay gone. That was a powerful episode she was in a few weeks ago and I would have liked the idea that she would forever be a loose end in a story that doesn’t have many neat moments. She was kind of annoying this week.

Everybody seemed a little pissy. Rosita (or Sarah or Tara or whoever she is because she has little personality) flipped off Rick for criticizing her trying to save Deanna’s son. Rick tore down the signs for the prayer circle. I know Father Gabriel is a terrible person but that was a petty thing to do. In a zombie world, let people have whatever comforts them.

I kind of liked the scene with the big board meeting around the table with the main players. Carol criticized Morgan releasing that Wolf only for him to kill people. Elsewhere in the episode, Morgan pointed out that Rick let a crazed Morgan live when the logical thing to do would have been to kill him.

That was an interesting exchange between Carol and the widow’s son. He asked if killing people will make you become a monster but Carol says killing is the only thing that keeps you from becoming a monster. He said it philosophically but she, in typical pragmatic mode, took it literally.

“Heads Up” seemed like a quiet episode with a lot of talking, another scene setter for later. Glenn released the balloons, everyone knew he was alive and we’re headed for a nice quiet OH CRAP THE TOWER FELL AND THE ZOMBIES ARE FALLING RIGHT OVER THE WALL INTO ALEXANDRIA OH CRAP OH CRAP! Wow, that was jaw dropping.