The Girls in Boxcar A: Recent Episodes
Pamela
Discussing The Walking Dead episodes, predictions, analysis, and spoilers (don’t worry, we give warnings!).
The girls are back after an unexpected hiatus to bring you the latest news from San Diego Comic Con 2022. We will discuss what we know about the ending of the original series, and how the Walking Dead Universe will continue. We also discuss our feeling about the "variant walkers".
The World Beyond finally gives us some action, but the CRM's irrational plan and the insertion of Jadis in the series is still problematic. While over at Fear the Walking Dead we still have radiation fluidity, poorly trained soldiers, and exploding cannon rocks. But at least the good guys get a cool cover band name! FTWD episodes 7x6 Till Death and 7X6 Reclamation and WB 2x7 Blood and Lies and 2X8 Returning Point are covered, plus we go over some tips for surviving a Walker herd. The spoilers are "game changers" and not to be missed.
We review Fear the Walking Dead episodes 7x3 Cindy Hawkins and 7x4 Breathe With Me and World Beyond 2x5 Qatarvois and 2x6 Who Are You. We discuss the odd character of Jadis and her entry into World Beyond, how Strand ruins a perfectly fine episode, and why the little we know about the experiments in WB don't make any sense. Trouble pronouncing names, a love for real life true crime, and a desire to get World Beyond moving also are highlighted.
A packed episode as we review four of the latest installments in the Walking Dead Universe: Fear the Walking Dead 7x1 "The Beacon" and 7x2 "Six Hours" and World Beyond 2x3 "Exit Wounds" and 2x4 "Family is a Four Letter World." We discuss our hatred for Strand, Huck, Elizabeth, and zombie soap operas, and cheer on the use of zombie babies, Grace's release of emotion over the loss of her child, and our corduroy boy Elton. We also beg for the end of radiation fluidity in the nuclear fallout and cutesy clues in ongoing experiments. Oh, and don't forget about ashy naked walkers.
A cartoonish and bluh finale for the first third of the The Walking Dead's final season (11x8 "For Blood") is the center of our discussion. We also review the sleep-inducing World Beyond episode 2X2 "Foothold" and take a look at whether major survivor groups in the series are actually cults.
We review The Walking Dead episode 11x7 "Promises Broken" and the season 2 premiere of World Beyond, as well as discuss various topics as predictions for a Commonwealth/CMR war, cult leaders, social structures and the theme of relationships in the episode. Oh, and we pat ourselves on the back for calling out Rick years ago for the Outpost slaughter.
We review The Walking Dead Episode 11X6 "On The Inside" and look at the use of sound, score, and songs throughout the series. Listen as we go off the rails with fun side conversations. Alternate title: "Wearwolf Testicles and Things That Go Bump In the Night."
We review the Walking Dead episode 11x5 "Out of the Ashes" and gush over Aaron and his "comic Rick" persona. We look at an effective dream sequence, praise the Little Rascals of the Apocalypse and disagree on that "moment" between Negan and Maggie. Why do Whisperers keep a box of Walker faces? And can't Maggie and Negan just go home?
Do we always hurt the ones we love? We review The Walking Dead episode 11x4 "Rendition" and have lots of questions about whether torture is a good way to say "hello" to an old boyfriend. We look at the return of Daryl's girlfriend, the newest cult cover band to hit the series, and the shorter than usual life span of red shirts on the show.
We review episode 11x3 of The Walking Dead "Hunted" and ponder why anyone would continue to follow Maggie's ill-conceived plan, and why Carol felt it necessary to serve horse to the town. We discuss the pairing of Negan and Maggie, go over spoilers for a Daryl standalone episode, and look the children of the apocalypse, including the disturbing little Hershall. And why is the Metro in the middle of the woods?
We review the two part season premiere of episode 11X1 and 11x2 Acheron Parts 1 and 2. We gush over some characters' stunning performances, while we question the decisions of others. The last season premiere of The Walking Dead.
We review our differing perspectives on episode 10x22, “Here’s Negan”, discuss what we’d like to see in a spin off story, and spoil the upcoming disappointing major events in Fear. Expect bitterness and ranting.
We successful find stuff and Thangs to say about 10x21 “Diverged”, an episode in which literally nothing happens. We talk about dandelion greens and the bonus episode upcoming finale, “Here’s Negan.”
We must have hallucinated this episode as we review Episode 10x20 “Splinter” and discuss the overuse of hallucinations in the series. More cake, personal hallucination stories, and questions on if splinters can trigger psychotic episodes. (note - we say it’s episode 19 in our introduction, but it is actually 18. We are great at banter, not at math!)
Either whiskey and card games makes things go well or end badly, but we will review why in The Walking Dead 10x19 it brought us back to everything we loved about TWD’s earliest years. We compare Aaron and Gabriel’s TV characters to their comic counterparts, and one of us gets obsessed with a cake.
At yet another cabin in the woods, Daryl finds love in The Walking Dead episode 10x18 “Find Me”, but can Caryler’s and social media handle it? We review the episode and address the reaction.
We review season 10, episode 17 “Home Sweet Home” and ponder why villain gangs get cool cover band names.
We discuss our feelings about Carol and what her feelings towards Daryl might be. We also reveal spoilers about the first two bonus episodes, which includes an upcoming pivotal Daryl event. Caryls beware!
We review season 6A of Fear the Walking Dead, season 1 of World Beyond, look forward to the extended season 10 of the Walking Dead, and wonder why plot points in the series don’t go anywhere.
We rant about the missed opportunities in the long awaited season 10 finale “A Certain Doom” and analyze the disappointing teen drama World Beyond Premiere
We discuss the news about the end of the original series, spin-offs, the return of Fear, beginning of World Beyond, and spoilers for major deaths and missed opportunities in the season 10 final, A Certain Doom. We freestyle, drink coffee and tea, and rant - a lot.
Discussion of the panel discussions from the San Diego ComicCon At Home and analysis of “Negan Lives.”
We count down our top 10 worst Walking Dead moments, from cringeworthy sights we cannot unsee to wasted character opportunities to silliness that just happened for “reasons”, we capture them all.
We review The Walking Dead episode 10x8 midseason finale The World Before and discuss memorable and forgettable midseason finales from the past 9 seasons.
Review of 10x1 “Lines We Cross” and a look at the previous 9 season premieres of The Walking Dead
Review of The Walking Dead episode 10x15 The Tower, a discussion of World Beyond, finale spoilers, and Stuff and Thangs about comic-to-screen character adaptions.
We discuss episode TWD 10x14 “Look At The Flowers,” predict possible major deaths, and analyze the best and worst of the series’ villains.
Discussion of The Walking Dead episode 10x13 What We Become, a look at TWD standalone episodes, and spoilers for next week.
We discuss The Walking Dead episode 10x12 Walk With Us, how we entered TWD fandom, and how this past week we all lived our real TWD episode. Oh, and don’t forget the toilet paper!