Ok I actually enjoyed this! I was a tad sad because a YouTube title ruined Simon's death despite the fact the episode hadn't even aired in the USA when I first saw it :bawling: but Simon's FANTASTIC. I never really understood the beef with Negan (and based on everyone's reactions to the fist fight, I don't think anyone else did)
More Rosita :clap1: more Rosita clocking Eugene :clap1: I would've been more interested in seeing Tara pairing up with Rosita because the occasional Daryl and Rosita pairups make NO sense to me. They never interact except when they're out and about. Tara and Rosita are just partners in a similar way to Rick and Daryl! And given Tara is the only surviving member of GREAT besides Eugene and Rosita, she's arguably the closest person to Eugene bar Rosita so I certainly would've liked to see how she'd deal with it rather than Daryl who has like, never interacted with Eugene :skull:
Josh McDermitt's acting is great as usual but my god I hate Eugene :joker: (although with Eugene's character, both those points go hand in hand). Fingers crossed Eugene hearing Rosita drag him will encourage him to **** up the bullet supply (which is why I think he's brought Gabriel back into the production)
Also a few small questions were answered in this episode! Like we found out Simon killed the boys/men at Oceanside (which was a given anyway but still nice and iterates how Negan held/has the view of people being a resource, even if it's been challenged recently)
Oh and Gabriel's illness. While not an official diagnosis, I'm glad they sorta addressed how it was actually due to mishandling of guts and isn't in his blood, hence why he wasn't killed off like the redshirts people at Hilltop
Laura!! I was very confused as to who was in the car with Negan when we didnt see Laura pop up but then she did and it made sense for Negan to lead Dwight on, so he'd send the wrong details to the Hilltop. Although Rick and Michonne seemed apprehensive regarding the apparent plan so god knows if they'll do as Dwight advised
I'm hoping Oceanside save the day. I mean, they have to - Aaron, a somewhat main character, has essentially been MIA for half a season trying to get them to fight, and given how the Saviors wont expect them and Oceanside don't know about the plan, they'll be able to ambush them
Ok im done here because I'm just noticing obvious details rather than giving opinions but Im SO glad this war business is almost over