Episode 6: Swear
It's really hard to believe we're already just two episodes away from the mid-season finale. Where did all the time go? We haven't made a whole ton of movement in the story progression department, but we have a lot of new information to chew on, since so far it's been all about character development.
This time we're catching back up with Tara and Heath, and while we lose track of Heath for the time being (rumor has it the actor has taken other work that conflicts with his TWD filming schedule, and they may be leaving his story line unresolved "just in case" he wants to come back). So, we're actually really just focusing on Tara and what happens to her after she gets separated from Heath. Get ready for groans from the fandom, folks, because we're being introduced to Oceanside, yet another group of survivors who've been more than harassed by The Saviors.
Oceanside is made up entirely of hardened women and children. Why? Because The Saviors decided to punish them by killing all of their men. We seem to be catching a whiff of a theme here. They escaped The Saviors by sneaking away from their camp in the middle of the night and setting up camp in an Oceanside motor lodge village, where Tara happens upon them after being swept up in the current when she falls from a bridge (which is how she is separated from Heath). Therefore, they're trying to keep their village a secret so The Saviors can't find them again... and that means killing anyone that finds them on sight.
There's a little bit of another challenge to our suspension of disbelief here since if we were sneaking away from The Saviors, we wouldn't stop to set up a new camp until we were hundreds of miles away where it would be highly unlikely The Saviors could follow with a group that large that far. Hey, Team Family made the trip from Atlanta, so it stands to reason that one can make it back out again, right? We suppose there's the argument that there's always baddies to deal with but Negan's tyranny would be pretty hard to top.
For the most part it is a fairly slow paced episode, except the action scenes where Tara finally escapes their grasp to run to safety. By the end of the episode she makes it back to Alexandria to finally be told about both Denise's demise and The Lucillings by a forlorn Eugene at the gate. Although Rosita pressures her for information about where she's been, Tara holds true to her promise not to speak of Oceanside to help ensure they stay hidden.
Here's the rub: Oceanside has a massive cache of weaponry. It's hard to say that if Rick found out about it he'd be on his way there to take it all from them, but our guess is not. He is aware by now that Negan is too smart to simply be out-gunned and impressive as it was the Oceanside armory didn't look to be able to out-gun them anyway. Oceanside will likely play a large part once the mass revolt known as "All Out War" begins, but sshhhhhh!!!! We're not supposed to know about that yet.
Speaking of AOW, we do appear to be headed straight in that direction, though AOL is sure to encompass more than one episode and our Season 7 Finale will likely be just the first shots, if that. TWD fans shouldn't be so excited for AOW to happen so quickly anyway, since the conclusion of it could signal the natural conclusion of the series. Not that we have any clue whether or not that's the case, but it will have been 8 seasons by the end of AOW and even the best shows don't last much longer than that.
Now that we're all depressed at the thought of a series finale, we'd like to help you usher in the Holiday Season and be the first to say "Happy Holidays" to our peeps. We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are gearing up for both the mid-season finale and Santa's visit. Be good little boys and girls, and remember to shop http://www.woodburyshoppe.com/ directly for all your TWD Christmas gear rather than other less awesome online retailers!
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