The Walking Dead | Season 7 | Episode 14 | The Other Side [AMC] [SPOILERS]

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The Walking Dead - Season 7

Episode 14 - "The Other Side"

Airdate - March 19th on AMC at 9/8c | March 20th on FOX UK at 9PM

The Saviors visit the Hilltop unexpectedly, surprising everyone, with plans of taking more than supplies.

Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7kseJSio4I

Sneak Peek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPZ82040Tw

Sneak Peek 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-XqqA8g_xw

Hank Scorpio

2

dire stuff..

irishguitarlad

2

Shockingly bad, this show is getting worse by the week.

Shane St.

2

Awful waste of 40mins. I've watched from the beginning so I am not going to give up on it but the writers need to acknowledge all the criticism and dropping viewing figures. Absolute disaster of a season

Duff

5

Genuinely can't remember what happened and I've just finished watching it.

Unearthly

1

With just 2 episodes left i can't see that being enough time to have a war so i think that will be saved for season 8

longshanks

Sofa king boring.

Yester

Yeah that was a dull episode, and it's annoying. Rosita and Sasha's plan to kill Neegan turned out to be a good one. They had a sniper rifle overlooking the saviours base, all they had to do was wait. With all Rositas' military training, the one thing she didn't learn was how to look out a window. While they were having their heart to heart I bet Neegan was standing stock still outside with a big bullseye on his forehead.

jonon9

Very boring episode Rosita acting like a moody teenager. They are really stretching this **** out.

Brego888

2

Who the hell gave this s###e an 8 out of 10

tvnutz

How many more episodes can they make where nothing actually happens?? Piss poor

Agricola

Glad I checked this thread out. Was gonna watch this on tonight on TV. You've saved me 40 mins of my life. Thanks all!

Lone Stone

3

so yep that was a thing.

So you're saying the best way to watch this episode is through the "previously on ... The walking dead" segment next week?

Unearthly

1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So you're saying the best way to watch this episode is through the "previously on ... The walking dead" segment next week?

No because the characters in this episode will vanish for a few episodes while they focus on others

Necronomicon

I don't know why I watch this shít anymore, I really don't.

"Hey, we got our first shot at Negan like 5 minutes after arriving on this spot, maybe this wasn't such a bad idea. Oh shít he's gone back inside, I guess our chance is gone forever. Better go for the suicide mission Plan B."

Lovely Bloke

9

I loved this shot

arayess

dire

The Talking Bread

6

This "Maggie is the future of this place" nonsense really gets to me!

Yester

tvnutz wrote: »

How many more episodes can they make where nothing actually happens?? Piss poor

Time for a new theme tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVOzaDBEmc

"Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before"

Scraggs

5

So many of the "important" character developing scenes in this episode could have been in other episodes so it felt like a waste. Like others have said I assume we won't see them take on Negan until Season 8 at this rate!

I just watched next weeks preview on amc.com and it looks like the group attack Oceanside. That's seems dumb to go into one battle whilst getting ready for another imo but I guess all will be revealed.

5starpool

2

What a boring waste of time episode. There are still so many good things they could do with this show and we get to watch people tie knots and have emotional breakthroughs that still doesn't stop them doing something ridiculously idiotic. They are behaving like they are Navy Seals or something.

Pete Moss

Awful. I'm embarrassed that I actually sat through this entire episode. SyFy produce more compelling TV that this.

expectationlost

Lovely Bloke wrote: »

I loved this shot

that's Daryl? I know he has bike but how he get there so quick?

Scraggs

5

expectationlost wrote: »

that's Daryl? I know he has bike but how he get there so quick?

I thought it could be Dwight either.

DoozerT6

I have to say, I think Christian Serratos and Sonequa Martin Green did a pretty good job with their scenes. Some pretty good acting I thought. They're both good at 'intense'. I can see why Sonequa was snapped up by the Star Trek franchise.

Not the worst episode tbf, although jeez, Daryl cries a lot. For such a tough guy, I don't think I've ever seen another character on the show cry as often as him. Don't worry Daryl, I'll dry your tears C'mere to me....

I'd like to see the walkers posing more of a threat these days though - I know after a certain length of time, the surviving humans would be just as dangerous (as we've seen!), but we haven't had a perilous 'herd' scene for a while iirc - it almost seems like the survivors now dispatch walkers without even thinking about it or ever being in real danger. There are still millions of walkers out there, let's see them swarm around in an episode and take out a few characters.

The Talking Bread

6

expectationlost wrote: »

that's Daryl? I know he has bike but how he get there so quick?

Think it is Jesus with Daryll's gear. I think we are "supposed" to think it's Daryll. Its the Walking Dead's version of a terrible Eastenders "duff duff" ending.

expectationlost

Scraggs wrote: »

I thought it could be Dwight either.

i thought it could be dwight but I had a second look and it looks like daryl, could they have shot daryll and then tell us its dwight, dwight might be finally on a kill negan mission

The Talking Bread

6

Actually forgot about Dwight. Think it is him now also.

brianregan09

2

Its actually gone chronic at this stage but I've been with it since the start so I'm gonna stick with it

charlietheminxx

1

I am actually so relieved it's not just me who's struggling with how downhill the series has gone this season. I should have stayed watching stuff on Netflix tonight. The episode didn't hold my attention at all.... it was so dull. I remember about 10 minutes of vaguely relevant stuff and then just nonsense and muttered conversations.

Collie D

2

Dwight still has Daryl's crossbow so reckon the silhouetted figure is him.

But yeah, ****e episode. Knot-tying...no thanks

D0NNELLY

Brego888 wrote: »

Who the hell gave this s###e an 8 out of 10

Robsweezie

Watching tonights ep makes me think more and more of how underused maggie has been this season..that conversation with daryl was a long time coming. It's like we've barely seen her since glenn.

That said, there are numerous characters to cover, scattered all over the place. I hope the finale is a nice wrap up of everything we've watched over the past six months.

Rick, michonne, Aaron and alexandria.

Negan, dwight, Eugene and the saviors

Jesus, maggie, sasha, gregory, daryl, enid and hilltop

Tara and oceanside (heath return soon?)

Carol, Morgan, ezekiel and the kingdom

Jadis and the garbage group

Lone Stone

3

D0NNELLY wrote: »

hacks!!

Also jesus being gay, i was like ok but whats that got to do with anything that is happening =/

Liam McPoyle

Worst episode ever for me.

We are at the stage of the season where things should be ramping up but instead we get an incessantly dull load of crap.

The only redeeming thing about it was the screen time for Simon.

Other than that a complete load of tosh.

MarkR

Must have been the beer, but I did feel some suspense watching it. Don't know what was going on with the veggie / vegetable / ew creepy guy. Maggie is turning into our next lord and saviour. The hilltop boss is going to get his ass handed to him, after threatening Jesus. Thought Jesus was going to kill him right there actually. I reckon the boss will be killed, and Simon's note with the address will be found.

Still annoyed by the thelma and louise style dash to kill Neegan. They seem completely oblivious to anything bar their own need for revenge.

I do think it's Dwight we saw at the end. He seemed to be swaying zombie like actually? I wonder did he find a zombie in a black cocktail dress, sent him over the edge?

CPSW

2

I have always tried to stand up for this show, but I am really losing interest in it now.  It's been going downhill and continues to do so.  I think they should wrap things up in season 8.

 

As mentioned on the thread, this should be the point in the series where things are getting heated and the action starts.  Instead we have a knot tying lesson like something from Blue Peter.  They had a great plan to assassinate Negan, but no, they decide to give up watching to take their opportunity when presented, to have some chit chat like teenage girls at a slumber party!  Abraham must have been a divil in the sack, as Sasha didn't mourn for Bob that much!? :-)

 

As there are about two (?) episodes left in the season, no doubt it will go towards the tried and tested formula of leaving it on a cliff hanger just as the Allied Forces of Zombie land are about to attack the Saviours.

 

Only positive of this episode was the screen time for Simon (Steven Ogg plays a great bad guy) and his interaction with Gregory (Xander Berkeley also plays the pr**k very well).

D0NNELLY

The show have said they won't leave it on a cliffhanger this season

CPSW

2

D0NNELLY wrote: »

The show have said they won't leave it on a cliffhanger this season

Interesting... didn't know that.  Will see how it plays out so!

D0NNELLY

CPSW wrote: »

Interesting... didn't know that.  Will see how it plays out so!

Showrunner Scott Gimple wrote:

"I just think it's everything, it is everything and the kitchen sink.

"It is exciting and it's very emotional and I believe it's funny in a couple parts, and it builds and builds and builds and it explodes.

"And though it promises more – because there is a whole lot to get to – there is an ending."

I just hope there aen't too may story threads to cover at this stage (2 left)..

Kimbot

Collie D wrote: »

Dwight still has Daryl's crossbow so reckon the silhouetted figure is him.

But yeah, ****e episode. Knot-tying...no thanks

Yeah and Rosita looks very like his now ex-wife so I have a feeling he wont kill her but instead help her.

expectationlost

Lone Stone wrote: »

hacks!!

Also jesus being gay, i was like ok but whats that got to do with anything that is happening =/

well we know the leader of the hilltop isn't his father

Testament1

https://youtu.be/hsaLDnl_fEs

Steven Ogg would have been a much better Negan.

Ongo Goblogian

The reason for "Plan B suicide mission" was because Eugene gave the order to sweep all the surrounding buildings for walkers. Their cover was essentially blown. The reasonable among us would maybe choose to withdraw for a day or two and return knowing that the Plan A (Boooom Headshot!) was a good one.

But alas this is the walking dead and real world sensibility and physics don't apply.

Jesus maybe thought Maggie was hitting on him and did not want to be lumbered with Glenn's rugrat, so blurted out the gay thing. "Close call, but I dodged that bullet" he thought to himself. There is already gay and lesbian characters on the show so Jesus's revelation was just a bit random and not really adding any new diversity. Maybe they should have made him as Zhesus for the neutrals in the audience.

All in though, Negan would have been killed 100 times over in reality if he done half the shizzle he is supposed to have done. So many people have had so many opportunity's he should be long gone. 9mm vs wooden bat, bat would lose!

alchemist33

Don't get the love for Simon at all. He just seems like a mini-Negan to me, with less of the mannerisms but still not being able to have a conversation without exaggerated facial expressions or accent.

Yester

alchemist33 wrote: »

Don't get the love for Simon at all. He just seems like a mini-Negan to me, with less of the mannerisms but still not being able to have a conversation without exaggerated facial expressions or accent.

"People say I have an expressive face."

sabhail

7

What happened at end? DVR stopped at 59 mins .. last I saw was Rosita running away... What did Dwight or Daryl do?

The Talking Bread

6

sabhail wrote: »

What happened at end? DVR stopped at 59 mins .. last I saw was Rosita running away... What did Dwight or Daryl do?

Literally just stood there! Rosita looked up, saw a shadowed figure. We were meant to think it was Daryll as the previous scene Daryl "subtly" (cough) was seen with his crossbow gear and the shadowed figure seemed to have same thing. But it is clearly Dwight for the "shock :rolleyes: factor" .

The Talking Bread

6

I liked Simon's scene's with Gregory. Two good actors who suit their roles very well. Good chemistry between them also and some great lines from Simon!





Once again though, they are gradually ruining Maggie's character. This "You are the future of a village you have only stepped into because you are having a baby and you stood up to Gregory once or twice" has been hastily put together

skipper_G

5

Taken as an individual episode it wasn't actually that bad but in the context of the series as a whole it doesn't work. Whatever the timeline in the show it's the real life timing that matters to me as a viewer.

350 days ago Negan swung his bat and we were left with no emotional payoff, the infamous cliffhanger ending to S6.
147 days ago we finally see the deaths of Glen and Abraham.
Last night we're shown characters trying to process their grief and dealing with the emotional fallout of the deaths. But it's been 5 months for us as viewers, why exactly am I meant to empathise with these characters ? At one point I was actually hoping Sasha & Rosita would both die so I don't ever have to look at their sullen stroppy faces again. The stupidity of the whole revenge suicide quest thing is beyond belief to me.

The positives were harder to find, but Simon is definitely one. He's a great character, and I find him infinitely more menacing than Negan. I'm also quite enjoying the Eugene arc, and genuinely don't know if he's flipped or is just playing the role of a saviour.

It's been mentioned a few times on the weekly threads, but I think this season would be better viewed as a binge watch. The pace of watching week to week is a real slog.