The Walking Dead | Season 9 | Episode 16 | The Storm [AMC] [SPOILERS]

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The Walking Dead - Season 9

Episode 16 - "The Storm"

Airdate - March 31st on AMC at 9/8c | April 1st on FOX UK at 9PM

Communities brave a ferocious blizzard that forces the groups to make life or death decisions.

In the aftermath of an overwhelming loss, the communities must brave a ferocious blizzard. As one group deals with an enemy from within, another is forced to make a life-or-death decision.

Promo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMwbWf-K2OI

Sneak Peek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ZdJ-SS_vg

LandoCalrissian

Feels odd finishing a season and not feeling utterly ripped off

Cantona's Collars

LandoCalrissian wrote: »

Feels odd finishing a season and not feeling utterly ripped off

It was a decent finish to the season and sets things up nicely for the future....
Make sure and watch (and listen) to the very end. I won't say anymore as many here won't be watching until tonight.

FreudianSlippers

1

I've watched more exciting paint dry.

Unearthly

Apart from Negan that finale did nothing really for me.

Anyway onwards to s10

Liamalone

Seemed more like a filler episode than a finale.

Captain Red Beard

I see its back to people walking from place to place. I couldn't make out what was said at the end, anyone get that?

expectationlost

how long between this ep and the last one?

FreudianSlippers

1

expectationlost wrote: »

how long between this ep and the last one?

Few days / a week maybe max from what I can tell. Not a big jump at all, but I think it relies a bit on you remembering that the pipes in Kingdom are banjaxed (not sure how burst pipes

starts a fire though

)

DoozerT6

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Few days / a week maybe max from what I can tell. Not a big jump at all, but I think it relies a bit on you remembering that the pipes in Kingdom are banjaxed (not sure how burst pipes

starts a fire though

)

From the spoilers, I think we get to see Rosita with a noticeable baby bump in this episode, so it may be more like a couple of months of a jump.

brianregan09

6

I really enjoyed that episode nice to see that there actually is winter in the walking dead universe

some of the very earliest comic arcs had them dealing with the cold and they were great issues

Sudden Valley

5

it was okay. i didnt feel anyone was in danger given what happened in the previous episode. Overall a good season

TerrorFirmer

1

Only The Walking Dead could go from a 10/10 episode to an utterly dismal 0/10 episode. Absolute crap, boring, meaningless filler. Would've been better off having the previous episode as a finale.

Overall, an improved season, but that finale was up there was with the worst of them.

Collie D

Anyone catch what was said at the end?

DoozerT6

Quite a low-key finale. I never thought at any stage that the groups were going to lose anybody. I never felt like there was any genuine peril. Sad to see the Kingdom fall though. I am glad that they've amalgamated the Kingdom and Hilltop, and that Carol is back at Alexandria to tie the communities together.

I did like where this season went in general though and I'm looking forward to S10.

The snow also didn't look that real. Too fluffy. Yes I'm pedantic

Frank O. Pinion

Captain Red Beard wrote: »

I couldn't make out what was said at the end, anyone get that?

Collie D wrote: »

Anyone catch what was said at the end?

Woman: Hello? Hello? Calling out live on the open air. Is anybody out there?


Real edge of your seat stuff.

MarkR

The edge of my seat got a good rest this week. I've seen the wanna dies before.

They were walking from the kingdom to hilltop. Hilltop also seemed abandoned. Did I forget something?

On the radio. Maybe Maggie? Rick would be too cheesy.

Alpha's been naughty and needs punishment. I wonder where she went in her time away?

Chris_Heilong

The progressive dead as it has become has had some alright episodes this season but this one was slow and boring and certainly not fit for a season final.

fritzelly

3

MarkR wrote: »

The edge of my seat got a good rest this week. I've seen the wanna dies before.

They were walking from the kingdom to hilltop. Hilltop also seemed abandoned. Did I forget something?

I'm wondering that as well, it was said it's been a few months (since the last episode). Have they all hunkered down in one place for better survival? I'm confused

Apart from that a boring episode, had to double check it was a season finale - only highlight was the snow zombies and thats not saying much

CramCycle

I thought it was a good episode, decent acting, good characterisation. Possibly one of the best episodes in a few seasons. Nice to have a quiet episode that is a good one.

bazz26

Was that Maggie's voice on the radio?

CramCycle

bazz26 wrote: »

Was that Maggie's voice on the radio?

It's certainly hinted at, but in typically lazy writing fashion, it's unclear enough that noone will know till next season.

I am going to go against everyone on social media and say no, no its not.

bazz26

Might be following the comic storyline again so.

CramCycle

Haven't read the comics in along time so must catch up but they keep far enough away from the last time I read one.

Liamalone

Why were some walkers frozen yet others were quite mobile to say the least?

FreudianSlippers

1

bazz26 wrote: »

Was that Maggie's voice on the radio?

Almost certainly not, which is why they say earlier in the episode that

they reached out to her about Tara dying and she didn't come back

Del2005

How come there was no snow in the whisper's camp? Do they not think that the whispers will see the decapitated zombies on their land and follow the trail?

CramCycle

Del2005 wrote: »

How come there was no snow in the whisper's camp? Do they not think that the whispers will see the decapitated zombies on their land and follow the trail?

I presume this is why Alpha is talking about getting sh1t together and not being so soft.

Yester

It feels like the end of an RPG game and you just want to kill everyone.

duridian

Liamalone wrote: »

Why were some walkers frozen yet others were quite mobile to say the least?

The frozen solid ones seemed to have been upright and more exposed to the blasting chill factor of the blizzard’s storm winds.
The more mobile ones were either prostrate on the ground or had just risen from such a position. The ones beneath the snow drifts, for example, were shielded from the wind and very mobile, while the walker to whom Lydia offered her arm was half immersed in a mire, reducing its height and exposure, thus leaving it in a midway state where its jaws were still snapping.
If you ever get the chance, stand for a moment before the cooling fan of a walk in refrigerator, like supermarkets use for storing large amounts of frozen goods in their warehouse, and you will see what a difference such an exposed position makes.

duridian

Del2005 wrote: »

How come there was no snow in the whisper's camp? Do they not think that the whispers will see the decapitated zombies on their land and follow the trail?

The scene with Alpha and Beta (and onwards including the radio scene) seems to depict events that occurred perhaps months after the storm and following the Whisperers return and probable discovery of the trespass by the headless walker remains.
Whisperers had migrated elsewhere for the winter and were not there (i.e. Washington/Virginia/Maryland area where the good guy communities are based) at all during the storm, as their nomadic camping lifestyle would not have been survivable in such conditions as the storm.
The disguised Alpha’s comment to Ezekiel in the previous episode that she expected a particularly hard winter is relevant as more than just a double entendre about what was about to befall those on the spikes.
Whisperers live in a very animalistic way, a vicious “alpha” leader who can’t show weakness, the weak (screaming baby) left behind to fend for themselves if they threaten the group’s existence or security, a symbiosis of sorts with herds of walkers, etc., etc.
Animals in the wild are also very aware of and affected by weather, migratory birds, hibernation, breeding seasons etc. This it seems also holds true for the way the Whisperers behave.

Frank O. Pinion

Del2005 wrote: »

How come there was no snow in the whisper's camp?

It wasn't at all clear from the episode, but that part at the end with Alpha and Beta, was set sometime later, as "winter subsides".

thegreengoblin

Without looking last week at the preview I had a feeling that the finale would be underwhelming which it was. Quite often the penultimate episode of a season (in a lot of shows) is where the big stuff happens and then things get wrapped up to a certain degree in the finale. So yeah, there was little sense of danger in this episode and TWD needs a proper threat to make it come alive.

Anyway, I'm happy with how the season went overall and I didn't think I'd be saying that considering how bad the show was by the end of the Saviours arc. Roll on October!

thegreengoblin

duridian wrote: »

The scene with Alpha and Beta (and onwards including the radio scene) seems to depict events that occurred perhaps months after the storm and following the Whisperers return and probable discovery of the trespass by the headless walker remains.
Whisperers had migrated elsewhere for the winter and were not there (i.e. Washington/Virginia/Maryland area where the good guy communities are based) at all during the storm, as their nomadic camping lifestyle would not have been survivable in such conditions as the storm.
The disguised Alpha’s comment to Ezekiel in the previous episode that she expected a particularly hard winter is relevant as more than just a double entendre about what was about to befall those on the spikes.
Whisperers live in a very animalistic way, a vicious “alpha” leader who can’t show weakness, the weak (screaming baby) left behind to fend for themselves if they threaten the group’s existence or security, a symbiosis of sorts with herds of walkers, etc., etc.
Animals in the wild are also very aware of and affected by weather, migratory birds, hibernation, breeding seasons etc. This it seems also holds true for the way the Whisperers behave.

I liked the fact that they weren't even in it until that scene and yet the whole episode was driven by their threat. I thought it was quite explicit from the writers, fear of what may be out there rather than what actually is out there.

Utopia Parkway

Thought the season overall was an improvement on recent ones but the finale was very underwhelming. I guess they had such a shocker the week before that they went for more of a wrap up vibe with some minor scene setting for the next season.

Whisperers have been a far more interesting enemy than the Saviours so far. Some of the set pieces this season have been much better than anything in recent seasons.

Enough to keep me watching anyway.

alchemist33

Didn't even realise that was a finale until I came here.

I also wondered why nobody told Lydia to zip up her bloody coat if she was so cold.

Arbitrary

alchemist33 wrote: »

I also wondered why nobody told Lydia to zip up her bloody coat if she was so cold.

I imagine this was an intentional tid bit, a reflection of her overall acceptance in the group. They weren't willing to provide her with an item of clothing that they would could give to another established member of the community.


I bet if you look over the season she is wearing the jacket after her arrival. I could be mistaken.

Mongoose_Bike

9

alchemist33 wrote: »

Didn't even realise that was a finale until I came here.

I also wondered why nobody told Lydia to zip up her bloody coat if she was so cold.

Ahuh. So do I.

machiavellianme

A woeful episode, pure filler. Then again, I wasn't a massive fan of ep 15 either. Apart from the shock of the heads on sticks, it was dull and slow paced too. I miss Rick.

CramCycle

I seem to be the only one but aside from the inconsistency with people, zombies and how they deal with frost, it is possibly the best episode for a season or two.

Redriddick

I'm out. No longer interested in any of it.

CiaranW

5

Redriddick wrote: »

I'm out. No longer interested in any of it.

I say that to myself and on here sometimes!
But I sort of hate watch it, however I did like this season.
See you next year!!!

the sword

Gave up on it a while ago after watching for 7/8 years.

Just feels like there is going to be no end, each season there is a new villain and the plot centres around how they overcome them, and the character turnover makes it hard to invest in it also.

Just seems like they are rehashing the story too much. Always wikipedia the episode to see whats happened to be fair.

willowthewisp

6

Thought this season was a real improvement on what went before. Penultimate episode was great. Finale was a little let down but what went before made it easier to take.

Ultimately I’d like to see it move towards a conclusion. Doesn’t seem like it’s happening any time soon though.

Mongoose_Bike

9

I agree with the slow pace. And I really missed rick. Now, I cannot see how will be ended. But I still go for Rick waking up from comma and it's all just a dream. Hahaha

Gwynplaine

2

I really don't know how I'm still watching this. There was a few last episodes that I'd forgotten about that were on the Sky box.
Absolute rubbish.

FreudianSlippers

1

willowthewisp wrote: »

Thought this season was a real improvement on what went before. Penultimate episode was great. Finale was a little let down but what went before made it easier to take.

Ultimately I’d like to see it move towards a conclusion. Doesn’t seem like it’s happening any time soon though.

Unless basically everyone stops watching it, I don't see them ever "ending" the main show - I think we'll see other spin-offs, movies, perhaps even games which fold into the main show with new cast. At least that's my understanding of AMC's view on the future of TWD.

The Talking Bread

Gwynplaine wrote: »

I really don't know how I'm still watching this. There was a few last episodes that I'd forgotten about that were on the Sky box.
Absolute rubbish.

Why are you still watching it then? I mean why waste hours of your life watching something you hate. Never ceases to amaze me, these posts.

I mean you have been criticising and mocking it and telling us all you intend to stop watching it for a few seasons now, looking at your post history, yet you still feel the need to watch it just to tell us all you hate it!!