Squawking Dead

UPDATE TO Episode 13 FIRST EVER UPDATE to a recent Episode of Squawking Dead, in Update 13.1 we mainly discuss the possibility of Negan (not murdered, but) possibly dying or ill (either mentally or physically), to the point where he feels he can no longer lead * Dave's insomnia-fueled and alarming call to Carol to discuss a solid theory in an attempt to resolve the #Negan dilemma * Negan can figure out and re-resource EVERYONE but doctors, but there may be an underlying reason for it * Why the #comics narrative may not work on the show: so many reasons why it would be deeply dissatisfying, given what we know about #TheSaviors * Why Negan is perfect for this new world: reins in his emotions, applies his philosophy, and channels it into saving people - but takes pleasure in problematic perks * Even though #RickGrimes and company can't defeat Negan, they have certainly proven themselves to be formidable foes of The Saviors * With none of The Saviors ever fully committing to Negan's philosophy, with his upper ech

Episodes 7 & 8 are NOW available for streaming on our #FacebookPage! * Dave & Carol flexing their (not so) creative muscles * #AMC, fooling viewers into watching #TheTerror... and Carol's not having it ("AMC: We're killing it! [GUTTURAL WALKER SOUND]" * Last episode, we thought #RickGrimes would receive the first spectral encounter: #MorganJones' spooky visit from Gavin * Doctor Dana: #Siddiq, passing her smell test * The conflict on the mount * Simon discarding his Satellite Outpost underlings, going for broke, getting weird - becoming his true self. * #MaggieRhee owning both her titles (Rhee and The Widow) * Low-rent #Negan (Simon), Scooby-Dooing it right into #TheHilltop's booby traps * Has Morgan set phasers back to stun...? * Is #RickGrimes gearing up for another killing spree, or is it getting a little chilly? * Carol called Dwight's conundrum, last week: maintaining his cover with #TheSaviors by shooting #Tara with an (unsullied) arrow * Saving Private Tobin: made of sterner stuff, in more than

Episodes 5 & 6 are NOW available for streaming on our #FacebookPage! * The beginning of the end for Simon: where he came from and discovering his true nature * Following the breadcrumbs of #Negan's true nature throughout the seasons, even before Negan's confession to #FatherGabriel and #EugenePorter (people are a resource) * The trickiness of killing off Simon (the who and how) * How Simon's many mistakes reflect poorly on Negan. Never punishing him or denouncing his acts is the reason why Simon is able to take over * Negan's fire sale pitch to #RickGrimes: he's teeters between incompetence and stupidity * #TheSaviors video montage at the start of this episode: a callback to the AHK version in Episode 2 "The Damned" * The juxtapositions in this episode between Rick & Negan and their affect within their respective communities * The Chase: Rick's Storm Trooper aim and the real-world aim of police officers in the Walkerpocalypse (but incredible dental plan) * DarylDixon's finally got some dialog! Compari

Episodes 3 & 4 are NOW available for streaming on our #FacebookPage! * Something we forgot to bring up in Episode 9: Are Jerry & #Siddiq gay? What about #DarylDixon? * Deconstructing #Tara: The things you hate in others are things you hate in yourself. * Dwight's sacrifice. Laura's & Sherry's Revenge! ...and Carol's #Comics Spoiler * A Series of (Mostly) Fortunate Events * Dr. Carson's story ends: Leap of Faith or Intentional Self-Sacrifice? * The not-so-deep faith of #FatherGabriel and where this leaves him * The long-term significance of the Gabriel/Carson Odd Couple, Maniac Mansion shack * Unlike Ace of Base, Father Gabriel did NOT see the sign ...and it closes shut his eyes? * #EugenePorter, lowering #Negan's expectations, sets the table for he and Father Gabriel to find their bravery? * Carol's husband figured out how to use Walker guts to make people sick a long time ago... pfft! * Eugene points out Negan's hypocrisy - is he ahead of the game, compared to the more central characters? * A rec

We're uploading all of our episodes - two a week, starting with Episodes 1 & 2, this week - to our #FacebookPage! Carol, heavily medicated + Dave, heavily caffeinated = An Episode PACKED with insights (a ping-pong of slurred & stammered speech). * Carol's prediction of The Junkyard Gang's fate comes true... as well as #CarlGrimes having writen a note to #Negan * #RickGrimes is stuck: not ready to make Carl's dream real. Just when you thought there was the occasional breakthrough * #Michonne may be struggling, still stuck on the future of Alexandria, but is trying her hardest to reach Rick... * Why did Negan keep The Grimes House intact? * Simon vs Carl, in Negan's eyes: The Brut vs The Most Prized Resource * Simon & Negan: a complete shift in our perception of them from when they were first introduced * Sending Simon to The Landfill (after witnessing his behavior in the conference room): Negan's biggest mistake. * Poll: Who will END Simon? (a) Oceanside (b) Negan. God, I'm hoping it's Oceanside, b

WE ARE BACK after a LONG, mid-season hiatus... Long enough to finally be able to confront the death of #CarlGrimes #RIPCarl Subscribe to our #YouTube channel! We only need 80 more Subscribers to change our URL to something prettier than www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6PMRa1C52wCE5PVhXT6Qg * Dragging out Carl's demise throughout the episode (with some heavy acting/dialogue) * The importance of Carl's parting notes * characters that are allowed long, "goodbye" episodes and #JudithGrimes as the promise for a better future * Extreme Flashforwards finally revealed: will it still happen? * Carl's departure paves the way for #DarylDixon to be a better character * Like the #Negan, hate #TheSaviors: How Negan will come around (and why it'll be messy) * "May My Mercy Prevail Over My Wrath" We are not caught up to the lesser Flashforward (and why we should be concerned) * The ping-pong, repeating theme of confronting redemption * A Requiem for Gavin: the path to hell is paved with an endless string of small compromises * Is

Carol has a decked-out Yeti mic setup! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bcx_vA_FhJN/ & https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc4uG-lltr2/ ...she sounds great, doesn't she? Let us know in the comments! Subscribe to our #YouTube channel! We only need 80 more Subscribers to change our URL to something prettier than https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa6PMRa1C52wCE5PVhXT6Qg * If we sound morose/dumb-struck... * Shame about #CarlGrimes: finite number of scenes with him and #Negan * Hoping Carl's demise isn't a "fruitless"/senseless one * The Owl Festival flash-forward: a farewell to #Comics readers? How #RickGrimes driving away #Siddiq, initially, caused an alternate timeline * What Carl's death means for the show's future and the #ComicBook Reader reaction * Show writers dangling #JudithGrimes throughout the episode to mess with us * Rick had visions of Laurie, ergo... * Other than Carl's death, #TheSanctuary (not just structural, but psychological) damage alone might be enough to get #Negan to the table * Even though Simon s

SquawkingDead.com: overhauled AGAIN! Long, but stay the course! We go pretty deep & get personal! Background Music by Bear McCreary * #TheWalkingDead has refined their solitary character-centric episodes, and this one, with #EugenePorter, is peak. * Try as you might, #TheSaviors get blood on their hands * Constant, scattered, and subtle reminders throughout the episode of why being a Savior sucks * Eugene is a Dufus and Dwight ain't f***in' around - both are committed to what were once opposing causes * Eugene is a good guy that has only known safety, but the lengths that he goes to maintain it... * Why Eugene is "#Negan": his talents have actual purpose at #TheSanctuary, as opposed to his uselessness in Alexandria * #DrCarson cuts through Eugene's Savior bullsh** and gets #FatherGabriel... weed... via con juana * Why the guts won't work, anymore, or why the Toxic #Walkers made Father Gabriel so sick, so fast *ding-ding* * Why Tanya's priorities may not be right, but she's not wrong: either way, another l

FINALLY! We're on #YouTube! (https://www.YouTube.com/channel/UCa6PMRa1C52wCE5PVhXT6Qg) https://SquawkingDead.com website, launched!!! Our first Squawking Dead blog is up: recap to Episode 5 + Comic spoilers to come! (https://SquawkingDead.blogspot.com) * Carol is disappointed with the group's bad decisions, this episode * Digging deeper on who was previously in charge and/or how #Negan couldn't have been the one to decimate Oceanside * Dave points out how the younger generation is taking constructive action, while waiting for the overall plan to work * Impatience/Poor Decisions due to world absent of Instant Communication * Why killing off #DarylDixon makes the most sense, sadly. * #MorganJones' crossover to #FearTheWalkingDead. Why we might even (or Carol wants to) see #AbrahamFord on #FTWD? * Who and how many title characters are on the (literal) chopping block? #TantricDeath. "Death, Brooding, and Hashtags: Carol (An Authorized Biography)" * Why we felt uncomfortable with Gregory's breakdown, in spite of

* Yeah, ok, episodes are slowly lessening in intensity, but we still had an explosion AND a helicopter! * We're now on #GooglePlayMusic! ...and improved #FacebookPage * Carol's Roman Catholic spirit is moved by the #Negan/#FatherGabriel scenes * Restarting the Season from #TheSaviors' perspective - things are way clearer * Veins, balls, dicks... and the only character that seems to pull it off/out...? * More humor? PLEASE * the gratuitous opening scene * Father Gabriel: frustrating characters that are necessary disruptions to story progression * Ogg & Berkeley: The Ogg Couple * Simon: suggestively menacing; *break*fast for dinner. * Tying up the roles of The Savior Lieutenants in a bow: The Upper Echelon * Gavin: A middle-management post office worker. Clock in, clock out, works the bare minimum. * Is Almost-Negan "backsliding"/was the original leader of what's now The Saviors? * If people are a resource, and there are so many, how sustainable is The Saviors' model? * What Simon doesn't get: Negan's core

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

* Why won't the show give Carol the #Negan / #FatherGabriel scene, already?! * Carol is already writing Father Gabriel off the show... * The show is reconciling the idea that Morales proposes about he and #RickGrimes being the same... and the difference between Rick's crew and #TheSaviors * Bye Morales (we hardly knew ya) ...Dass coal, #DarylDixon... Does Officer Friendly approve? * Why are we so annoyed by Jesus? * Our thoughts on the, now, noticeable taking of Polaroids * The #GarbagePeople - The Live-Action Role-Playing group * Jracie/Grudith, "Come with may if you wanna leeive! Where's Coral?!" * So long, Worker Todd! Coal Daryl is on the loo! * Aaron's sweet, last goodbye to Erik * #TheWalkingDead TV Series: fixing #RobertKirkman's comic series regrets * WHY WON'T MORGAN JUST KILL JARED?! The Savior parade with Jesus and Friends to the Wizard of Hilltop (follow the blood-soaked brick road) * MOAR JESUS FIGHT SCENES PLZ! * #MorganJones may not be alright, but he's not wrong. Or he's wrong and Jesus is so

* wtf... are Aaron and Erik... doing? Oh yeah: distracting #TheSaviors while #DarylDixon and #RickGrimes look for heavy weapons * Dave finally understands where the notes are coming from...? * ERIK THE BARBARIAN! * WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE PLAN... but maybe killing #Negan isn't a part of it? * re-raiding the communication station station... drastic change in attitude * Tara is a daddy's little girl... Jesus is a mama's boy... * The human resurrection formula only works on #MorganJones ... everyone else who dies just returns as #Walkers * Morgan's kill-mode = setting aside his humanity. No conscience = lives forever * Why the Polaroids? * The philosophy conflict between Rick & #MaggieRhee? * Rick's philosophy hits a brick wall... hard. * ...but... has Dwight fucked with Rick & Daryl? * the top floor of the armory is a disjointed fun-house that makes you confront your past * MORALES... what? * #KingEzekiel fakes it until #CarolPeletier makes it * the ominous Droopy/Sloppy Walker... * Tara is confronted w

Our Maiden episode: We introduce our podcasters, Dave & Carol, and where we were when we discovered #TheWalkingDead. * Our initial impressions of #TWD, throughout the seasons * Things that are mentioned but are never brought up, again * The not so simple plan to take out #Negan and #TheSaviors - why taking out Negan alone isn't enough * #CarlGrimes trying to rein in #RickGrimes * A new beginning / tomorrow * A possible Negan backstory, this season? Breaking out of his 2-dimensional box * Deconstructing #EugenePorter... or Gregory (*faints*) * R.I.P. R.V. * #RobertKirkman's Stanley Milgram electroshock experiment with The Walking Dead comics readers * Is #FatherGabriel wearing his big-boy pants? * Why Simon/#StevenOgg is not quite Negan * Muslim Glenn and the Filling Station Callback * Why "May My Mercy Prevail Over My Wrath" makes us put on our #ShittingPants * Why speculating on Rick's Flash Forward is and will be relatively useless for a while * ...and 100 minutes later (Happy 100th episode, The Walking