The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live - A Boring Waste of Potential

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:15 Dying Franchise & Conflicted Expectations
8:16 Breakdown
10:30 Surprising First Episode
23:06 The Good Stuff
31:35 The Bad Stuff
48:13 The Finale
1:02:03 The Great Exit

[@brodrian311]

There's something poetic about the Walking Dead sticking around as a zombie after it should have been long dead

[@nope19568]

i think the only way that theyre gonna stop beating this dead horse is when it's truly fully decayed and theres nothing left to stomp on

[@mpazinambao2938]

Oh snap!

[@negan699]

very original comment 👏

[@kneau]

Bad poetry does exist.

[@andiran23]

I read it as "pathetic" lmao

[@liamphibia]

Andrew Lincoln is hands down a PHENOMENAL actor. He was always the *perfect* Rick Grimes. Why he never won an Emmy award for his performance is beyond me.

[@maryisazombie]

he deserved so much more recognition than he got imo

[@firstlast9846]

He was good but eventually he was trying way too hard to portray the grizzled badass. Season 5 tho - he deserved an Emmy for.

[@MajorOctofuss]

Its probably because of that one scene

[@2Drezik]

I hated him in the begining coming from the comics. Got used to it tho.

[@whereistheserotonin]

@@firstlast9846this. it definitely felt like most of the time he’s trying to hard but i would say in the earlier seasons, he at least deserved one but there’s a lot of other great characters out there

[@Thatonegirl989]

I find it so annoying that we probably won’t get a satisfying ending to all of these loved characters.

[@eldritchteapot7753]

You did. The comic is better

[@Thatonegirl989]

@@eldritchteapot7753 I’ve read the comics, I was talking about the tv show characters. In a lot of ways they are very different people and I wanted a good ending for them. As a whole I do think the comics are way better than the show overall.

[@devonmunn5728]

​@Thatonegirl989 and Kirkman ended it once he ran out of ideas and realized he couldn't bring it to the 300 issues he originally planned. And it was a nice ending

[@firstlast9846]

@eldritchteapot7753 - it’s marginally better and even then Robert Kirkman isn’t a great writer

[@reim1004]

How was Rick reuniting with his Familiy not satisfying? you people...

[@brianishere6066]

Scott Gimple really said "let me kill the future of the show before I go" aka CARL GRIMES

[@bigguy8435]

There's no way to convince me that wasn't sabotage by his part

[@brianishere6066]

@@bigguy8435 EXACTLY, like WHY, it just doesn’t make any sense, why would you kill off the character Rick has been fighting for the entire way through the series right before his biggest storyline.

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I just knew him as the creator of Fillmore🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Jack-tp8rb]

​@@bigguy8435not sabotage, greed. Candler Riggs was turning 18 so they'd have to pay him as an adult as well as more for being around since the beginning. Killing him off to replace with dog shit unknown kids is 100% cheaper. They picked monetary value over the fans and story, that's always been the problem with TWD

[@brianishere6066]

@@Jack-tp8rb 💯

[@alisaurus4224]

“You never get an ending; you just get to decide when to quit” Oof. That’s it exactly

[@funmilayotijani3119]

I stopped watching the original series after season 5 or so. It got really infuriating 😂

[@wilheiminplatz]

honestly extremely accurate, i quit soon after glenn, one friend gave up when they seemed to drag out negan in the main plot and another friend of mine left with carl. The story keeps going and it works for some people but it gets so mundane, we each all decided to stop one day and that's about it

[@NotyoBizness]

"If you want an happy ending, it all depends on where you stop telling your story" - Desmond Miles quoting Orson Wells in Assassins Creed III I stopped watching TWD after the very episode Rick gets taken away, didn't even finish the season. And I dont regret it until today...

[@rafaelarcas942]

@@funmilayotijani3119 honestly, after watching the season 6 if the main tv shows which includes some good episodes including my favourite with Morgan’s history, I thought that it still had potential but the seasons that came after proved me wrong, that it was impossible to redeem that tv show or even trying it. It got nowhere.

[@karanaher-wn4kk]

So basically, 'A' stands for alpha And 'B' stands for beta. So basically the CRM is run by sigma male podcasters.

[@liamphibia]

LMAO

[@pinto9779]

holy shit the whisperers were the first sigmas

[@bgos4727]

😂😂😂

[@jabronisauce6833]

No they’re run by woke idiots if anything.

[@OrionJA]

I suspect it actually goes back to this weird bit of old American medical lore: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_and_Type_B_personality_theory

[@gandix5516]

Gimpel is a great example that you can only write characters as clever, smart, funny etc as you are. “All my characters….talk slow… and .. only in phrases.. *stares into distance for 45 seconds. I also love…to waste time… on dream sequences that… don’t move the plot….because I… can’t tell a story “

[@ajarmetta]

Its feels like the dialogue was so different in the first 3 episodes then the last 2

[@marocat4749]

You can write smart characters, you just have to really think through that long, and have it the character tell fast and do reserch?

[@Aspi3Gam3r]

The biggest mistake TWD franchise ever made was not giving Scott Gimple the full boot after the main series tanked because of him.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Show was dying for years wasn’t just him.

[@Aspi3Gam3r]

@@jabronisauce6833 Correction: It was directly because of Scott Gimple that even after he got replaced as showrunner from Season 9 onward, the damage was already done no matter how much the show tried to course correct until the series finale.

[@damonlongstreet8630]

Cause he's a corporate Yes Man, he'll do whatever the coked up Suits say.

[@KamikazeChinaman]

The biggest mistake was screwing over Frank Darabont.

[@machodgdon]

When the truly great writing choices had to come from Danai and Andrew having to go in and fight for them cause Scott Gimple doesn’t understand these characters, I knew what we were in for

[@KamLouis]

Danai only helped write episode 4

[@AshLee92490]

​@KamLouis They both collabed with the concept with Gimple and the storyline of the series. Danai only wrote one episode, but this was both of theirs show for beyond acting and even as producers...

[@yomamastankboa]

⁠@@KamLouisthey produced the show with gimple , dingus. A simple google search “did andrew and danai help with production of towl”

[@annetanoh3891]

Did I ever watch The Walking Dead? No. Will I watch every single video Dylan makes about it? YES!

[@justmyhonestopinion8828]

This^^

[@Joe-ns4ek]

Should most definitely watch those first few seasons. If you’re not committed to watch the whole show. It’s just so good

[@marialouisa_x8365]

OMG SAME!!!!

[@ashleighbowyer8959]

Respect

[@Spnuniversesolosmcu]

Never asked

[@izumisen]

Wow, never tought that after being on a island for so long John Locke would found himself in the middle of a zombie apocalypse...

[@Arcanelake98]

At least he still has the use of his legs as a walker.

[@WarrenValion]

That's the Man in Black. He left the island and the world ended. Coincidence? I think not!

[@Yerrrsei]

Oh shit… that is the guy from lost!!!! I didn’t even realize it. Just knew he felt familiar ha ha

[@kseni_vely]

Mike's Mic is doing a Lost recap so my worlds are colliding😆

[@doperagu8471]

​@@WarrenValionthis comment was too good

[@pandapotato5121]

bro, "In a dead world love is dead" is actually killing me, it's so lame and so hillarious at the same time

[@justinrandall9550]

Remember folks LOVE Doesn’t DIE!!!

[@Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu]

Thats eo dumb istg

[@callmecristal]

I'M DYING LMAO 😂😂😂

[@thrillcollectors]

It also doesn’t even seem to make sense for the character to say at that moment or at any moment.

[@kseni_vely]

What is dead may never die 😆 iykyk

[@TheMightyTak]

Rick basically spent 5 years playing Hades and never finished a run, that alone would drive me beyond insanity

[@Peter_Anthony]

As someone who's been playing Hades II, I feel this, got to the last boss almost every run since my second one. And then I fail there... every single time

[@TheMightyTak]

@@Peter_Anthony any time I actually make it that far I end up blowing it on the gold wraith fight

[@Ruuinx]

I think series like TWD make me appreciate shows like Breaking Bad more, where they only had a single movie and a reallly really good spinoff show come from it instead of trying to flood the market with more shows and spinoffs trying to ride the main shows success. This just shows less is more

[@JSPokemonYT]

You're goddamn right

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

It’s why i appreciate Vince so much. The guy knows how to make a franchise without it being tiring. He could have made BB longer than five seasons. They were willing to let him do that and give him more money. But he actively said no and let it go out on its own terms. I wish more writers and shows would have this mindset. Sometimes a show’s long term integrity is more important than money or spin-offs.

[@adac1331]

Two spinoff shows*

[@adac1331]

U forgot Slippin Jimmy

[@wyattpeek429]

@@adac1331 as we should

[@Knabbinho]

the fact that what won against the crm (the most hyped, biggest military faction in the new world) was the power of love sounds like some kind of twisted joke.

[@covereye5731]

A military organization that kills anyone they deem too alpha and only want betas, probably isn't made out of the best recruits.

[@jabronisauce6833]

It’s not a joke it’s the writers being dead serious and simply woke and let’s be real if both where white the power of life crap wouldn’t have been a thing.

[@jabronisauce6833]

@@covereye5731You realise the military etc are all As they just don’t want their followers questioning and thinking for themselves.

[@___Somebody___]

@@covereye5731 the way it was done is ridiculous

[@trifectas]

@@jabronisauce6833ya’ll will call any and everything “woke”

[@jasonreynolds6643]

The Walking Dead can never improve. It has the Gilligan’s Island problem where they can never solve the problem without ending the franchise. Everything will always be a rinse and repeat of what came before with minor twists. Even the comic realized this so it just abruptly ended with Rick dying followed by a time jump where they have managed to deal with Zombies while looking at a statue of Rick in his honor.

[@eatatjoes6751]

The Walking Dead Island.

[@timreeves8937]

Yeah, I said the same thing. The only thing that will get people interested now is having a cure and a the end. The "fan favorite" characters all have plot armor and the writers just love them to an unhealthy degree, or they are pandering to the remaining fans who like the pandering. These shows now just change locations, then give the exact same plot, every time. It is boring.

[@Glogloflex1n]

Exactly why they needed Carl grimes

[@rafaelarcas942]

What do you EXACTLY by the Gilligan’s Island ? I am afraid that I don’t understand.

[@jasonreynolds6643]

@@rafaelarcas942 It should be easy to understand. The show Gilligan's Island could never have them get off the Island or the show would end. As such every attempt to get off the Island was guaranteed to fail. They eventually did get off the Island in a made for TV movie but then ended up back on the Island at the end. How it applies to The Walking Dead is that if they ever solve the Zombie Apocalypse the show ends. If they ever make it to a safe place where there are no threats the show ends. As a result they will always be recycling the same struggles over and over again to keep the show going. They always run into a new group that is a threat and overcome that group. Or else they run into a new zombie threat they overcome. Rinse and repeat.

[@RB-vo4gi]

I feel like the standards for tv shows are so low nowadays that pretty much any show that’s not absolute garbage is regarded as good tv.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

It's still light years ahead of tv a couple decades ago. Try and find consistently good tv shows from 2000 to 2009 besides futurama. There's way more quality out there, there's just also a lot more attention on what's being made in general.

[@Falconer22]

The bar for Scott Gimple is low. Something is very wrong with that man. He seems like he was born wrong.

[@thatonefpsgamer1339]

Funny how history repeats itself and you have your head up your ass like everyone else in the past.

[@yve_larosa]

Every time I hear CRM I laugh because it stands for Customer Relationship Management and that’s what I specialize in with the jobs I’ve had at different museums and organizations. 🤣

[@stephanieok5365]

The CRM is backed by a powerful force .... a Salesforce 🤔

[@yve_larosa]

@@stephanieok5365 😂 definitely

[@yourlittleinsomniac5369]

My brain also short circuits when he says CRM because that's what I did for my last job lol. When the world falls apart only the CRMs will remain as the backbone of society 💪

[@Stanlos]

#Samesies!

[@mladenkulic446]

Most people forgot that there were Walking Dead spin-offs. I miss the time when you were excited for new episode of Walking Dead. Those were good times and I will always cherish those memories.

[@firstlast9846]

Tuning in every week to Season 5 were good times

[@Granzteelvids]

Even talking about the show itself, they did Nat and Okafor dirty. 1 episode? dude, all that filler moments in 2-6 can be replaced with Nat, Okafor and even with Jadis' life in CRM stories and in detail without taking much of the spotlight from Rick and Michonne. But nooo, Nat and only gets to tell his story, and Jadis' death seems like it could have had more impact than.. whatever happened there

[@Stanlos]

I gave up when, after years of making excuses for or rationalizing away repeated problematic patterns that kept repeating

[@RobertSpitzer]

The review that kills is the review that gives life.

[@zero1188]

For rick cutting his hand, should of been a scene where he tried to cut the wire and it did not work. Then he cuts his hand

[@DorkDork87]

And even then it doesn't make sense. He could brake his fingers or cut off just his thumb to slip out of the handcuffs.

[@Urmomsaredpanda]

Easy fix

[@Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu]

Its implied that he tried that so thats why he knew he had to cut off the hand

[@faeb.9618]

@@Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu i'm sorry he can't cut through that thin as hell wire? but somehow it's easier to cleanly cut his hand off through not one but two bones? bones that are notoriously hard to cut and require a special bone saw if you don't manage to break it first to cut through the flesh after?

[@daonlyboriqua11]

He doesn’t need to. Its commom sense that its a steel or metal wire. Why would they confine him to a wire and give him a weapon that would easily break through it. THAT woulda been stupid. Yall have no brain cells lmao

[@user-of4ck6lu5t]

Damn it could’ve been so good if in the end Rick meets his son and things are heartfelt but a little awkward cause like here’s this kid that he’s never met before and this kid doesn’t know Rick other than stories but then the last scene is Rick and Michone tucking their kids into bed and his son asks him to tell a story so Rick with tears in his eyes sits down with him and Judith and Michone and says “There once was a hero named Carl” and fade to black. Like that would’ve been so good to show that he has connected with his family fully and calls back to the comics how Carl was the ultimate hero there

[@felipeespinoza3259]

Even then that ending is such a slap in the face to viewers. This shows ending should’ve been some version of old man carl adaptation. The moment the show killed him it was the final “shot in the head” for the show.

[@davi1415]

Can someone explain to me why the executives or whoever in charge gave Scott Gimple so much control that he is practically leading the franchise now?

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I just knew him as the creator of Fillmore before this video🤷🏿‍♂️

[@BearlyAwake13]

​@AJ-xc4qe did something happened to him or is it just the nostalgia convincing me Fillmore was good? Maybe dude's better suited for cartoons?

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

​@@BearlyAwake13simple. Writing an okay/mediocre cartoon in the 2000s doesn't mean you're gonna be good at telling serious dramatic complex stories.

[@nbucwa6621]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero He didn't do a terrible job with TWD in the first seasons esp if you look at it from a financial point of view. His seasons were still raking in money which is enough evidence for the suits up top to believe he must be a genius who can be trusted.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@@nbucwa6621 Scott wasn't showrunner until season 4. The first seasons of TWD are as great as they because it was still in the hands of the best writers/showrunner. Season 2 had as much problems as it did because the studio was trying to force them out and install their own cheaper people.

[@Arcanelake98]

Scott Gimple really should be tried and charged for his crimes.

[@natatatm]

I love when dystopian stories act like people can be easily categorized into a handful of groups. As if an "A" person wouldn't be a "B" person under the right circumstances and vice versa. Or even that anyone, let alone everyone, fits neatly into either category at any point.

[@preshlock]

I really hated how the series built up the CRM to be some sort of elite military force only to have them be a complete paper tiger. But in general I don't think most writers know how to depict a professional military force so that is hardly a problem that is unique to TWD. Pretty often the depiction become a pretty cartoonish distortion of how the writers think a military force acts.

[@dariastrelkova5797]

This reminds me of the motherland show. Briefly, witches are real since Salem and are the military of US and every witch gets conscripted at 18 with no right to refuse. It was a fun show after you get past the fact that their “military” is incompetent at a crazy scale.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Woke writers are cringey idiots? Who’d have guessed. “The power of love” lmfao

[@Captianmex1C0]

Yeah that was a massive disappointment, they set them up as the Main twd Villian since season 6 and completely defeat them in a single episode in the finale. When the movie were announced I expected Rick to slowly build up a rebellion and overthrow the CRM or something but to just end it with "All the bad Guy CRM are dead so now we're good again" was really fucking lame.

[@JustAStronzoOnYT]

For real, like isn't the CRM a military force and the combination of all branches in the US military. That means there are Marines, probably SEALS and AF pilots which gave the CRM countless military experience and strategic mindsets and they was beaten by a damn Cop and a black samurai.

[@ShadowSonic2]

They only had a 6 episode miniseries and wanted it to be more about Rick and Michonne's reunion, They didn't have the time for that

[@Factorum...]

A lot of ppl are trying to play it safe with basic, bland, generic "art" to have the largest appeal possible. So I think that's why we continue to get things like this, along with reboots, revivals, and remakes. Spinoff's, too. Risks are risky, after all. You might not get a return on investment.

[@danielhenderson9719]

“Risks are risky” is Gimple’s next line.

[@JoeNoshow27]

@@danielhenderson9719 "Risks are risky but love always wins"

[@mrajw2456]

the first episode was the best walking dead anything in the last eight years! the rest of the episodes seemed rushed. it seemed like they put all their hearts and souls (and all that time writing during covid) into the first episode and then, months before filming, they were like... "oh yeah, we need more episodes." this series deserved to be a 3 hour long movie.

[@InfamousHN]

Bro it’s been a year since your walking dead video, feels like it was uploaded yesterday 😅

[@HungryEyes-sl3mu]

Just imagine what we could've had if Danai Guraira had been brought on as an executive producer back during season 7 ot 8 (as was her due) and she could've fought for so many characters we had grown to love?

[@suzygirl1843]

You'd call her a c*nt if she did that. Sorry but Walking Dead has a mostly male audience, she would be careful not to overstep the way women who enter male franchises have (Kathleen Kennedy)

[@atfbproductions7458]

Chill bruh you give her way too much credit

[@8johh]

bro she isn’t a world renowned writer 😂 yes she wrote a very good episode but that doesn’t mean she has the ability a whole story arc with 2 seasons of content

[@suzygirl1843]

@@8johh Mostly because whites ONLY declare what they like as greatness - like Star Wars or something lame like that. Shonda Rhymes is better writer than most of the critically acclaimed writers - think about it... Best selling novelists are J.K Rowling and Stephenie Meyer. Just because you're world renowned doesn't mean you're the best. The BEST writers in the world are actually Asian. White writers in Hollywood have promoted mediocrity but have the biggest platform

[@schristine159]

@@atfbproductions7458she’s a Tony nominee, the credit she gets is due. Stop being a hater

[@imjaden.]

Another thing I wonder, how did they get home? Neither of them knew that they all left behind Alexandria and the Hilltop to live at the Commonwealth, so realistically, they'd likely just show up to a completely empty Alexandria.

[@Roxifer1]

I mean when Michonne used the radio to contact and meet up with Judith, she could have told them to meet near the Commonwealth, which is still plausible. We don't need stuff like that spoon fed to us.

[@DarthRushy]

They didn't all abandon Alexandria. Most of them only moved to the Commonwealth until renovations were complete.

[@otaconzz]

The closure for the walking dead is when you forget it exists

[@MatthewStevensOrMattDave]

Closure for The Walking Dead is knowing that even though Lee is gone, he taught Clem just enough for her and AJ to make it through.

[@edithnackers7127]

How is there not enough resources when you have ample land, 3000 people and a standing army?!

[@ShadowSonic2]

The resource thing was just a BS excuse. The CRM just wanted to dominate everything.

[@StefunnyStrange]

They would have so many more interesting storylines to work with if they didn’t kill Carl. I wasn’t even a Carl fan. I didn’t like the kid. But I didn’t want him dead FFS! Carl’s safety was what Rick lived for. The show made that clear and then threw it in the trash. And for absolutely no reason. I see no justification for killing him. After he died, we had to just watch and pretend that Rick gives AF about being alive anymore. And I initially liked Michonne and Rick together but not after they killed Carl as he was a large part of their relationship dynamic. Now their relationship just looks awkward.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Doesn’t matter about Carl the writing is bad the show got bad because of bad writing that started with Carl they even did a 180 with his character when alive shit I remember people being glad he got killed off.

[@willowpendragon923]

Another thing that bugs me about Scott Gimple is that he always seems to be HOVERING around the main actors at red carpets, some interviews, and other related events. It’s giving me helicopter parent vibes and it’s just off-putting.

[@KamandaHickey]

I loved that show until the last episode… I had no high expectations but to get Rick & Michonne back together so that was enough for me 😂

[@nafsii04]

same i just wish they didnt touch the CRM stuff

[@TheTom20]

For me basically this is a good spin off it's just kinda sad the last episode is meh, well at least 4 episodes were good and we got Rick back

[@witherton8340]

Another excuse for me to procrastinate 🙏

[@thefullmetaltitan9732]

I finished my semester last week! Lol!

[@yearlywise8003]

Same…. I’ve written over twenty pages of my screenplay project and I’m nowhere near done 💀

[@kristienwhitney-johns5863]

26:27 Im sure hes kidding but for anyone who hasnt seen the show. Michone does this because Rick refuses to leave, he finds a way to allow michone to escape but not him too. Michone (furious with rick), takes the opportunity during the storm to jump out with him as an opportunity to escape. She wasnt angry at him because they didnt get enough chances to talk 😂

[@naastyaaaaaaaaa]

Thanks! Although thinking it was an actual joke in the show was a little more fun😆

[@samsomervell8796]

I find it incredibly ironic that The Walking Dead. The show infamous for its absurd amount of filler and slow burns. Finally, after 11 seasons and 3 other spin off shows, the shows big endgame ends up feeling rushed.

[@markburns7854]

It kinda surprises me that the CRM was built up for years and in multiple spin offs one of which was MOSTLY ABOUT THE CRM and it all gets resolved in a 6 episode mini series

[@mr705yesplease]

DUDE. Thank you for calling this spinoff out for the bizarre garbage it is. This absolutely did not feel like Rick Grimes in the slightest. One of the most shallow, self-important, pieces of media I’ve ever seen, which says a lot considering I tried extremely hard to like it. They spat in the faces of people who actually value Rick Grimes as a character

[@Favgemini111]

what did u not like about it? Because calling it garbage is crazy

[@TheTom20]

Bruh this video is not calling it "bizarre garbage" that's just kinda too much, yeah last episode was bad, but 1 and 4 episodes were really good and 2 and 3 were kinda ok

[@mrcheesemunch]

Honestly I just find it kind of dumb that they're still looking for Rick. The tension in that entirely comes from the fact the audience knows he's still alive. But the fact the characters just refuse to believe he died is just...really silly. Yeah yeah I get it they love him and everything but what possible reason would you think he's alive? There's no way anyone would know that someone picked him up in a fucking helicopter, maybe if they saw that I could buy them looking for whoever took him but all they saw was that he either got blown up or fell in a river and then either died or somehow didn't. And yeah I know that they also want to find him at all even if he's dead for some closure but still it's been 5 years in a world infested with zombies, there's no logical reason to conclude maybe he's still alive or that his shambling corpse I guess just went on a huge cross country trip. If freaking Daryl couldn't find him for years then they should have just considered him dead. It makes much more sense that he just died and got eaten like his first wife.

[@ginster458]

it entirely hinges on him being the main character and the writing treating the story like a franchise. The characters don’t act like people would irl, they act like they have meta knowledge that he is ~important ~

[@angelo8606]

They did give up looking for him. But then Michonne found his stuff on the boat from one of his escape attempts so she knew he was alive.

[@Ashbrash1998]

​@@angelo8606That could have possibly been explained that someone took it from his corpse

[@gavina4241]

@@Ashbrash1998oh yeah totally like his corpse was carrying a phone with art of michonne and judith

[@jabronisauce6833]

@@ginster458except he wasn’t the main character for years as these characters where being made to look for him it’s fucking dumb. He’s gone or he’s not and honestly you can’t make a zombie apocalypse movie or show and have protect main characters well unless they die frequently. The main character should be the fucking world the idea the concept. Show was ass ever since the zombies became irrelevant. When the zombies where a threat the show was at its best.

[@eliarece-5996]

56:44 I love ninja's dedication to putting references to the french youtube community that most of his subscribers will never get

[@l33t9r0u93]

17:26 i don't know if it's the actor's real voice but man is it hilarious it feels so exaggerated like the actor gargled gravel

[@JoyaLewisTheMusician]

This is funny - because it was at this moment that I thought this guy has a great voice 😂

[@BananaJoe12345]

To be fair people (myself included) who still watch the Walking Dead franchise, don't deserve a better show.

[@Cherrycokeheart]

The random spanish phrases 😂😂 I felt the frustration through my screen

[@kseni_vely]

When Dylan was explaining the echalone stuff, the first thought that crossed my mind was "if he reveals that the CRM are just baddies who dominate for resurces, I'm gonna scream" 😅 You know what? I just exhaled with all of my soul. Guessing something like this without even watching the series doesn't mean that I am very smart, it means these shows are very, very dumb.

[@WaltDevil060]

I know that her character isn't really good, but I always love to see Lesley Ann Brandt (the actress who plays Thorn)

[@TheDoBetterPodcast]

maybe I'm weird... i stopped watching in season 9 and only spin off i watched was FTWD (2 seasons then quit) but i like the lore of TWD more than I like the show. still love the lore, but i think FSN said it best @1:53 "TWD has gotten very comfortable with being consistently mediocre" all these years and that is the ultimate way to describe it. even during the main shows run; it was times where you tell showrunners were just mailing it in. still a fan of the lore, but the showrunners never gave it their all IMO. it was just ok for them to be just ok.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

You're not weird for after the Glenn fake out death, Carl dying among other screw ups people were leaving in doves.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Jesus you made it to season 9 lmfao hahaha

[@TheDoBetterPodcast]

@@jabronisauce6833 at least i can say outside of 2 season of FEAR i had zero interest and spent no time watching ANY of the numerous spin offs... i can live with that

[@DmanDanni1998]

I would recommend S3 of fear. It is an insight into what twd could have been with everything done right (morally grey and deep characters, fast pacing, unpredictable, natural dialogue etc.)

[@reginaphalange9417]

30:00 the original show should never have killed Carl, plus they killed him in the most ridiculous and inconsistent way

[@ShadowProject01]

TWD has hit full stride in their “Supernatural” arc. Should have been put to pasture years ago yet still hobbling along. It just hit me! As and Bs= Alphas and Betas 😂

[@justoverit]

STOPPP its absolutely alphas and betas 💀 thats so cringe

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@justoverit Yes like the pecking order of humanity for there are those who lead and those who follow. Plus the villains ideals are hypocritical most of the time anyway.

[@roselover411]

As soon as I heard type A leads and type B follows I knew exactly what they were referring to 😂 I about died, alpha male rhetoric invades again

[@MissCookieThief]

In fairness, it could also just refer to the old "type A personality and type B personality" theory coined by cardiologists. Type A's are (allegedly) more aggressive and more prone to heart disease, and Type B's are (allegedly) more laidback and less prone to heart disease. It's not necessarily a cringe reference to dumb manosphere ideas of being "alpha" or "beta."

[@platanutra8430]

scott gimple's dialogue sounds ripped straight from kingdom hearts omg

[@NatsumiMichi]

Damn. Rick detonating a grenade in his hand to kill walkers around him is some next level, sacrificial, Captain America kinda shit, what a spectacular way to go, rip. What do you mean he survived that? What do you mean he just walked that off? IS THIS PHASE 6 OF THE MCU?! 💀Like okay, I know it's called 'The Ones Who Live' but I didn't think they meant it like these people can no longer die...

[@MarcosValcuende]

I completely forgot that show even existed.

[@anubisshadowreaper8808]

🧢

[@JenniferFuss]

Another group that didn't survive contact with Rick ^^;

[@dannythesage]

Crazy to think that the Walking Dead tv show operates more like a never-ending comic book title than the actual Walking Dead comic book

[@averyeml]

So like… Andrew Lincoln is an incredible actor who, I thought, at one point wanted to gtfo of TWD for the sake of not getting typecast or pigeonholed or turned away from roles. I wonder if he wishes he had. He’s incredible, I would LOVE to see him in more, I just can’t help but wonder if clinging to this particular paycheck was a bad call in the long run.

[@C_1999]

Ok ok I hate Gimplespeak and his creative touch as much as the next guy but I'll give him one thing and its those dreams. They do actually matter, in episode 4 when Rick is breaking down and says he can't see Carl's face anymore and starts dreaming of Michonne and those dreams are what have been keeping him alive so they are important not only to the story but to Rick as well. So I get wanting to hate on Gimple because that man's character writing is atrocious but those dreams actually mean something to the story.

[@Louipol2211]

I legit didn't even know this show and the Daryl show had come out. This video just popped up in my feed, and I was like... wait what... As a former massive fan of TWD, that was kind of disappointing.

[@dacoldstone3764]

That’s insane lmfao the marketing for these shows were everywhere

[@saelihi]

as always, the intro music is an absolute banger 🎶

[@alexcoyg3281]

I wish Walking dead could get the budget and a solid director/producer, like Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, they know how to create a great storyline and make it interesting and solid visually.❤

[@MatthewStevensOrMattDave]

The A/B thing being alphas and betas is incredibly stupid. Debunked wolf study aside, there were so many interesting directions it could have gone. But then again, after 11 seasons, I'm not watching this. I did my time.

[@Ashbrash1998]

It really is, like it assumes people will never change or respond to certain situations. It almost reminds me of the YA books having people grouped into certain cliques or groups based on personality traits or something.

[@Samantha-le6sw]

12:31 THe idea of exploring male (hero)vulnerability was honestly interesting and a topic rarely explored. A strong female allows for a place to be created for the hero to be vulnerable.

[@izanazir7088]

the idea that rick and michonne together can do anything which is stupid and definitely not the point of the twd. It reminds me of matrix 4 which told that neo is special because he loves the girl (trinity), when it wasn't the case in first 3 movies. in original trilogy, neo was chosen one as many before him.

[@idefinitelytapped7396]

I remember when kinda anyone could die. When these characters and the actors portraying them weren’t loved by a cult fan base so you could take a chance and kill them. Now it’s clear Rick and michonne won’t ever die and will single handedly make the world again. That’s kinda how the last few season of twd feel and this show too.

[@AStoryteller-for-fun]

There is a matrix 4?

[@jabronisauce6833]

It’s called going woke bahahaha the power of love was some crap and we’ve all to shut up because she’s a checkbox character. Rick and her was just Neo and trinity in the worst matrix ever made.

[@jabronisauce6833]

@@idefinitelytapped7396their only a cult fan base because everyone else left this shit show lmfao just kill someone like micheon she’s been ass for years like a lot of characters.

[@___Somebody___]

@@jabronisauce6833 y all don't know what woke means, just throwing that word to everything you hate

[@SariahCupp-lx3xd]

Scott Gimple is like between Roberto Aguirre Sacasa and Joshua Safran of when it come to making this show and the OG show, but he still weirdly better than those two of when it comes to writing the characters and the story

[@crazyperson1950]

Thank you for taking your time watching and reviewing something I know I will never watch but love to see broken down cause I loved the beginning

[@nemonemo5747]

Dude I'm BEGGING you on my knees to make a review of AMC Interview with the Vampire. This show is just phenomenal! Absolutely stunning on all levels. And I feel that your analysis would be a total blast, so...pretty please? Season 2 is airing in less than two weeks btw.

[@suzygirl1843]

People hated it at first before it even aired because they were scared of how "woke" it would be.

[@doyoufeardeath666]

Agreed, sadly haven't read the source material yet but I loooove the 90s movie, I was scared I wouldn't enjoy the show but I like how they're doing their own thing, it's different but so good.

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

I dont comment often but I absolutely LOVE that show, ninja 100% needs to do a review on it because I know he would love it too!

[@ShinForgotPassxXx]

We are living in a dystopia now and it probably gives people this feeling of happiness when they see them getting a happy end. In a post-apocalyptic tv show where everyone is horrible.

[@michaelkean5969]

Honestly Andrew Lincoln would be my choice of casting for Arthur Morgan in A live action red dead redemption

[@rosemary3224]

I love to watch your videos to get me through my workout. The excitement I got when I saw you posted on my way to the gym! And it’s an hour longgg!!!💕💕

[@scottsspot]

IT'S A STEEL CABLE YOU CANNOT BREAK IT WITH AN AXE!! lol I will continue shouting this from the mountaintops because it blows me how many people think an axe would cut through that

[@stevenm11920]

I can’t be the only person that was 100% convinced that like all of these shows that are already out and just got canceled. Like I truly had no idea these things actually came out.

[@plimbopilled]

man all I cared about was rick and michonne being well written and they delivered so idrc how the rest of the show turned out

[@fernandodolz9247]

thats funny, because aside its bad ending, i trully believe that the first four episodes are peak TWD. ¿boring? not at all

[@nafsii04]

same

[@theinternetaunty5325]

Same!

[@jabronisauce6833]

Peak hahahahahahaha peak hahahahahhaha definitely some liberal virgin that can’t accept this is crap died in like season 6.

[@coltonwilkie241]

Not a big fan of Rick being reunited with his children in the last 2 minutes of the show. Should've just saved that for the inevitable Walking Dead 10 episode epilogue season.

[@adriandenton6637]

Rick can't come up with a plan and execute it in 7 years...Takes Michionne 4 seconds. That's when I checked out of this nonsense.

[@sonjab2980]

They should’ve had Danai Gurira write more episodes. They should’ve given Andy and Danai room and time to extend Episode 6 to truly dismantle the CRM. The plan initially wasn’t to do the Blow Up until Michonne received the child kidnapping meeting before destroying the entire town. That’s when Rick and Michonne decided to blow up the gathered CRM Soldiers. I think they ran out of money and time.

[@karalynspeaks4267]

Were they taking kids for the future to raise em and groom for the CRM? I didn’t get it lol

[@sonjab2980]

@@karalynspeaks4267 Beale wanted to destroy the second city to preserve resources and avoid competing, to be the #1 community. Beale believed or convinced himself the world only had 14 years left of survival. That’s what he tells Rick. The CRM was scheduled to go in gas and destroy the town, but before that, they plan to take only 10% of selected child population. Not all of the children, just 10%. After picking up the toy rabbit, Michonne enters the child extraction briefing and is understandably freaked out and horrified. After destroying Jadis’s dossier, Michonne was supposed to leave, meet Rick, and go home, but Michonne goes back grabs a box of explosives and running into Rick coming off the elevator they change their plan and impromptu decide to blow up the gathered CRM soldiers. For the time/money they had to end the series, Andy, Danai, and Gimble actually did a pretty decent job. A lot of people really wanted that family ending which would parallel the beginning, Rick being reunited with his family, and they gave us that. Greedy fans, me included, wanted/wants more, a Season 2.

[@jabronisauce6833]

Lmfao no they shouldn’t have infact the fuck she even still alive at this point ahahaha she outlived Carl like woooooow such a one dimensional character we really killed Andria for this bore but she’s the right tone I guess

[@sonjab2980]

@@jabronisauce6833 If you come here to attack Michonne, Carol, Maggie, Rosita, or Sasha in ANY way, you're on the wrong comment line B*tch! All of these women are badass in their own right. All have endured and survived. All have had their weak moments and all of them have excellent character arcs. Which you would have seen if you'd pulled your biased head out of your ass and read the room. But if you think I'm going to choose Carol over Michonne and vice-versa or any of the other women mentioned above, then you might as well walk away right now. Bye B*tch! Gone on! Get! As someone who just started watching TWD in 2022, it took me a moment because I wasn't into the fandom comments, but when I saw it... shiiiit! It's a bunch of sexist, racist, and colorist nonsense going on. Rick Grimes is a f*cking Beast. Michonne is a samurai lioness. Daryl Dixon, who I absolutely love and would smash day or night, is a Master survivor, sexy grunting, hog-riding Bowman. Carol is a sugar cookie Super Spy. Maggie is the lethal Stateswoman. Rosita a like a female Black Ops/Ranger Soldier. Sasha is the edgy, sometimes unhinged Sniper. And hell no, I don't like Negan because rapists don't get passes in my book. He made those women want to kill themselves and would have done the same with Judith had she been of age simply to piss Rick off. How anyone can allow him to floss over that is beyond me, but that's their opinion.

[@sonjab2980]

@@karalynspeaks4267 Possibly, but they were taking only 10% of the child population from that town before killing everyone else: man, woman, and child. For community expansion, or maybe they thought certain kids would be assets as adults, most likely Bs who could be controlled and not make trouble. The point is that Beale, in my opinion, and not necessarily the CRM, thought it was necessary to destroy that community and take their supplies to eliminate any future rivals. He was leading that idea. After destroying Jadis's dossier, Michonne was supposed to walk away, meet up with Rick, and go home. When Michonne picked up that toy rabbit and walked into the briefing about the children being taken, she changed her mind, grabbed explosives, and told Rick what Beale/CRM had planned.

[@tsaageotrimm]

I'm a big TWD fan and loved the show. Only wish it was longer.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

So your one of the copers then? TWD has been a dead franchise for a long time.

[@fernandodolz9247]

​@@JustTooDamnHonest edgelord alert, tries to hate on an opinion

[@pig3292]

11 seasons is pretty damn long 🥴

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

@@fernandodolz9247 Buddy I do not know if you know this, but not agreeing with another person's opinion is normal.

[@fernandodolz9247]

@@JustTooDamnHonest let me be that guy and walk you through it: It was just a comment of him liking the show, and then you mr know it all toldl him that he is coping. YUP in my book that is being an obnoxious piece of trash and a-hole. but do you i guess

[@yamania1225]

This CRM premise was build up that many people were expecting an endgame-like finale. But then the actual finale of TOWL feels rushed and kinda disappointing. Still a solid show tho

[@theporkiestpie8416]

Yeah, 6-7 years of hyping the CRM as this big, menacing, shadowy force only for them to be the victims of a deus ex machina courtesy of Gimple.

[@firstlast9846]

I wouldn’t call it a solid show.. there were too many flaws and weak episodes to call it that - it was just okay.

[@iziah2161]

"Solid show" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@daonlyboriqua11]

Then the disappointment is on them cause noone told them that was happening LOL It was told to yall that it was a Rick and Michonne show. Love story style. Not TWD season 12. Not Avengers Endgame the Remix. Not Rick and friends. Rick and Michonne. It was about them Finding each other, exploring who they become and then them finding their way back home. They told yall this. Yall had a whole other spin off that was CRM focused for two seasons and didn’t even watch it. Why tf are yall expecting that over here on TOWL. Thats the only thing dumber than expecting random characters that dont even know where they are to pop out the bushes and help them fight the CRM. Lmao

[@yamania1225]

They still 'destroyed' the CRM in this show in a very underwhelming and rushed way. I would have been happy if it were just Rick and Michonne escaping the CRM and destroying it in another spinoff or something like that

[@proporkkanatwd]

Fuck this show and the positive feedback from fans will reassure AMC that people will love mid. I hope this franchise would just try to return to its peak of seasons 1-5 and 6 and 9

[@kennydouglas9459]

I don't know if I would call it wasted potential. I think it delivered on what I've been wanting to see ever since Andrew Lincoln left in season 9: Getting reunited with his family. I did not expect the show to resolve that in just 1 season with 6 episodes, compared to how Daryl Dixon will get a (completely unnecessary imo) season 3. I thought we would see a lot more of the CRM, but I think it would be problematic to make a potential season 2 interesting about that. I wouldn't mind if the show got like 2-3 episodes more and the wrapped it up. The problem with the main show for years, was that everything was dragged to eternity. It was completely unnecessary with 16 episodes pr season, and freaking 24 episodes in seasons 10 and 11. I was just happy to see Andrew Lincoln return again. It wrapped up quickly, yes, but I wouldn't call it wasted potential. The show was mostly character driven, and it was primarily about Rick and Michonne, so I understand it from a writing point of view. The only thing I missed was seeing the "season 5 machete Rick" that Gimple teased from the day that Andrew and Danai went on stage at Comic Con to announce the show 20 months ago. That Rick never appeared. But overall, I'm satisfied. They should just leave it at season 1, imo. Although I hope Rick and Michonne somehow returns again.

[@diogeneleeth]

Your videos are like a little shelter from the hustle and bustle and stress! I am grateful for your creativity and inspiration! ✨🌿

[@C_1999]

I think the first four episodes are the best The Walking Dead has had to offer in a while. The last two are just normal Walking Dead episodes. I only cared about Rick and Michonne because they have the most compelling story out of all the characters in the TWD universe so I'm overall happy with this series but I wish it was like two more episodes.

[@dutchess5753]

Ive literally said the exact say things! I wholeheartedly agree! Very well said. If they'd made it 10 episodes like the original SO MUCH could've been said and done.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

That's not really a compliment. Walking dead has been a corpse of itself for years, so being the best WD in a while is like... a 6/10 at best.

[@dutchess5753]

@@NeutralGuyDoubleZero i don't think it was meant to be a compliment babe it's just an opinion

[@thecatmom2861]

Based on your review, it's really weird to me that Rick cuts off his hand in episode 1, and it seems like there's not even any consequences. In the comics this injury has serious immediate effects and long lasting impacts

[@ShadowSonic2]

Because in the comics there's no medical care or civilization to get help from. Here, he had that with the CRM so they were able to cauterize it and treat it properly.

[@shutterboyo]

i was literally JUST watching your original TWD video wondering if you were gonna cover this. always looking forward to your stuff dude !

[@matthewnuss3053]

“Honey I can’t, Friendly Space Ninja released a new video.”

[@kristienwhitney-johns5863]

39:10 I really dont think anyone should need to explain why a mere axe in no way could chop a steel cord... like what?

[@jeremysmith4620]

Thanks for watching past the 1st episode so I didn't have to. After sitting through episode 1 and hearing the dialogue, it triggered something in my brain from many years ago that reminded me why I stopped watching around season 8. I will try to watch Carol coming back though because she is the true main character, the GOATMILF.

[@azzu12]

The first 2 episodes are phenomenal! Really set a great stage. Rick cutting off his own hand… I missed hardcore Grimes so damn much

[@AdamBrucass]

Steel cable is very hard to cut through, especially against soft ground, and with the number of times rick had tried to escape, i think it was implied that he had probably tried by cutting the cable in the past and it just didn't work Granted a simple 5 second shot of him trying to cut the cable first would have helped, but i don't think its really a problem

[@mel_ottav]

Danai is a phenomenal writer/actor. The Walking Dead never deserved her. If you haven't read her plays, you should. Eclipsed is a masterpiece.

[@nick1213mc]

Since there are ongoing spinoffs, as much as I wanted a Rick reunion with Daryl, Maggie, Negan, hell any of the home crew, I knew they wouldn't happen, and therefore there wouldn't be a satisfying ending. You can't have a reunion/homecoming with characters that are off to different places. So I knew the ending of this show was, unfortunately, dead on arrival before it even aired, so the journey of this spinoff didn't grab me. The welcomed return of Rick can't have a satisfying ending if the only people waiting for him were Judith who he hasn't seen since being an infant, and RJ who he didn't even know existed. That said, if there was ever a possibility of this show and Rick's story ending with a bang, it should have been with Carl. Even if this show was a bit of a slog (despite Andrew and Danai's fantastic performances), if Rick actually reunited with Carl at the end after so long; if Carl became the leader of this new generation like he was destined to be, this could have been a sensational wrap up to the character of Rick Grimes (if this is where they choose to leave it). But we all know that couldn't happen. I still cannot believe how killing Carl off has had such drastic consequences for the entire Walking Dead Universe, so many years later. Truly one of the worst decisions in television history.

[@hammerofscience534]

WD was over by season 2 or 3. As soon as they entered the endless loop of find a safe haven, get betrayed, run away, find another safe haven, get betrayed, run away, find a safe haven.....etc, etc.

[@PoopCriminal8675]

Tell me you haven’t seen the whole show without telling me you haven’t seen the whole show

[@jacobbwaltonn6158]

@@PoopCriminal8675I’ve seen the whole show. He’s right, that’s literally all the show is.

[@PoopCriminal8675]

@@jacobbwaltonn6158 once they get to Alexandria in Mid season 5 they stay there for the rest of the series. Sure Alexandria gets attacked and takes damage but the main group never leaves

[@kristienwhitney-johns5863]

40:51 im actually baffled this went over your head, you're usually good at picking up on subtext and themes. They both know its a a risk to leave them a gun. They even speak about it. But thats the point, its the willingness to trust in humanity, the hope that yeah things are fucked rn, but theres still hope we can be there for eachother. Also, its not like he just hands them the gun, he chucks it away for them to find, because hes not going to leave them defensless.

[@kristienwhitney-johns5863]

26:58 So Rick only wanted to stay in order to ensure everyone could be safe. He cpuldnt risk the CRM coming after his people, and they would if both he and Michone went missing (short hair lady would have known they survived). Ricks also lost all hope, and is genuinely dealing a lrvel of Stockholm syndrome in regards to his time with the CRM. He absolutely is not oushing forward the idea that the CRM is right.

[@chidieberenwadike4165]

We deserve a Walking Dead animated show that stays faithful to the source material.

[@bigbrother3465]

Daryl's spin off was a surprise for me. I watched it without expecting much and i really enjoyed it a lot. Good dialogue, interesting characters and setting, the plot was ok but everything else felt so different from the usual formula and you could tell that this one was done by different people. I wish TOWL had been more like Daryl's show.

[@mr.goodboi2780]

It is so weird. As a TWD diehard I can even see that this franchise is schizophrenic. Moments of sheer brilliance mixed with absolute crap. It's kind of always been that way. It's like every time Gimple wants to prove himself as one of the best modern TV writers he shits the bed completely. So many great ideas that do not turn into a great story. He just cannot do it. A shame.

[@alexisburns1196]

you comparing rick to dominic toretto was so accurate

[@RMNTZ]

I haven't finished watching the video, but i already want to watch the series to see actors' performances myself, especially after hearing your sincere praises! Thanks, FSN!

[@Bread-nx9fo]

Im convinced that had AMC not fired the original director of season 1, we'd get a way better story. The episode that was gonna be about the guy in the tank during the outbreak sounded so good.

[@RUNSWITHCREEPERS]

TOWL has the same exact arc in quality as the show, amazingly strong start and slowly drops off till questionably mediocre. I commend the show on somehow managing that. It feels like the series actually ended and all the loose ends are just additional