The Walking Dead, Do Not Send Us Astray: Things To Note
By Liam O'Leary
24) Dana is the second doctor or medic to die this season. Kurt is the third. It is not a good season to be a doctor, apparently.
25) Alden tells Henry that his older brother died, too, and that he knows killing people who might have been involved won’t help. Is that why he joined The Saviors in the first place?
26) Katy (The female Savior accidentally hit in Simon’s initial barrage) is the thirteenth named Savior killed this season.
27) Wesley (The Hilltopper who compliments Maggie) is the fourteenth member of The Alliance killed by The Saviors this season.
28) Wesley, Tobin, and Kevin attacking people as they sleep is reminiscent of Patrick attacking people during the flu outbreak in Season Four’s “Infected”.
29) As the captured Saviors flee, Gregory pauses, apparently, mulling over whether or not to help Henry…then chooses not to. This seems like a dark mirror of him choosing not to kill Maggie back in Season Seven’s “Something They Need”.
30) Bruce is the fifteenth named member of The Alliance to be killed (Indirectly) by The Saviors this season. This is a pretty major departure from the comics, where Bruce dies at about the equivalent to Season Six’s “Heads Up”, when Alexandria’s wall is knocked down.
31) With Bruce and Tobin now dead, the number of named, pre-Rick Alexandrians has dwindled to, at best, eight: Aaron, Enid, Scott, Barbara, Bob Miller, and possibly Heath, Kent, and Anna, whose fates we don’t know yet.
32) With Dana and Kurt now dead, Siddiq may just be the only full-time medic amongst the entire Alliance!
And, with that, we’ve concluded our Things To Note for this week. Was there anything you missed? Was there anything I missed? Feel free to throw in your things to note in the comments!
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