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Season 6 | Episode 14 | Twice as Far [AMC] [SPOILERS]

  • 17-03-2016 08:31PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭


    The Walking Dead - Season 6

    Episode 14 - "Twice As Far"

    Airdate - March 20th on AMC at 9/8c | March 21st on FOX UK at 9pm

    Two separate groups leave Alexandria for supplies, and they both worry over the future, immediate danger will derail them.

    Trivia | This episode marks Michael Cudlitz's (Abraham) and Josh McDermitt's (Eugene) 25th appearances on the show

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    9
    That was a fantastic episode - probably one of my favourite Walking Dead's ever. Even before the **** hit the fan and when other people were presumably pissed off that it was slow paced, I was loving every second as it centered around my three favourite character, Eugene, Abraham and Daryl, and I also really like Rosita and Denise, so to have those 5 as the central characters this episode really appealed to me.

    I was genuinely shocked when Denise died, I didn't see it coming and usually I have an idea from the comics when and how certain characters die, but this one came from left field for me.

    I'm in that minority of viewers, that never really cared all that much about Carol - I don't dislike her or anything and she can be bad ass at times, but I just don't rate her as other seem to, so her leaving (even if it's probably only temporary) doesn't bother me to be honest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    8/10

    very tense. as soon as she wanted to join daryl out scavenging you knew she'd be put in danger. she kept wandering off and it felt like an exercise in ''lets get myself killed''. I was waiting for that arrow the whole episode, especially when she was stood talking and vomiting for a good bit. when she launched into that speech, she was a goner. any time a character shows strength, promise, steps up, finds meaning, gets major development and screentime, they get cut short. but a character like denise is disposable in the long run. I was expecting a tara or Abraham death.

    Dwight seemed a good bit different to when we saw him in the woods nicking daryls bike and bow. aside from the obvious burnt face, hes more unhinged, like negan's got to him.

    where will they go with carol? I read spoilery bits so I have an idea, but i'll shut up now :)

    roll on next week.


  • Posts: 14,734 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wow Ive stuck up for walking dead a lot in the past and have enjoyed this season so far but that was muck.

    You have a doctor (high value community member) but bring her on a unplanned run. O but she can pick put the medicine ah we will bring it all anyways now we are here. (common sense 0)

    The forshadowing came across obvious to me at least.

    Fight sence one of the worst so far. Rossita had a gun that could have taken all them people walking out of the forest in a few seconds

    An Episode built around the weakest actors is never good. (bar Dayrl good but limited)

    And the love story is done so bad and contrived it was up there with Corrie.

    Not sure if Im in a bad mood or what but i'd struggle a 2 and I love this show


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    did daryl take the arrow out of denise and re use it! Shame to waste it :-o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭cjmcork


    enjoyed that - Abe normally bugs the life out of me, he's growing on me at last, so that's him for the chopper!

    2 observations - how could Denise's brother be 6 months older than him (unless she was seriously premature) and did anyone cop Daryl's tricolour arrangement of his arrows

    don't know the deal with Carol - sad to see her leave but she lost some of her get up and go in the last few eps - haven't read the comics so can only hope that she'll be back to save the day a-la Terminus, but if anyone wants to PM me what actually happens I wouldn't be gutted!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭clever user name


    7
    cjmcork wrote: »

    2 observations - how could Denise's brother be 6 months older than him (unless she was seriously premature) and did anyone cop Daryl's tricolour arrangement of his arrows

    I'd have to rewatch it but I'm almost sure she said 6 minutes, not 6 months.

    Good episode. Slow burner but enjoyable none the less. Didn't expect that to happen to Denise, especially like that. Came out of nowhere. Daryl also looks mightily pissed off, which can only bode well for the last 2 episodes.

    "You know how to bite a dick Eugene. I mean that with the utmost respect" - Abe :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭cjmcork


    I'd have to rewatch it but I'm almost sure she said 6 minutes, not 6 months.

    Good episode. Slow burner but enjoyable none the less. Didn't expect that to happen to Denise, especially like that. Came out of nowhere. Daryl also looks mightily pissed off, which can only bode well for the last 2 episodes.

    "You know how to bite a dick Eugene. I mean that with the utmost respect" - Abe :D


    thank god - cos I thought 'I know you have to suspend belief with some things - never ending ammo, cigarettes, but biology!'......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,958 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    5
    Denise deserved that for all her yakking. They should really be more quiet when out and about, considering that Carol & Maggie decided to have a shouting match in the woods two weeks ago and brought the saviours down on top of themselves.

    I don't remember why that Dwight guy had reason to be pissed off at Darryl. I'll have to wiki it.
    Edit: I'm no wiser.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭clever user name


    7

    I don't remember why that Dwight guy had reason to be pissed off at Darryl. I'll have to wiki it.

    I don't think he is, I think it's the other way around. Dwight just knows Daryl hates him, stealing all his stuff and that. Dwight seemed almost gleeful that he had come back to haunt Daryl again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,746 ✭✭✭Flippyfloppy


    What a fantastic episode! What are they doing bringing the weaker group members out and about when they know there's danger in the form of saviours out there?

    Very upset to see Denise die, I really liked her character, her comedy and awkwardness.

    Love what they've done with dwights face!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    They're called bolts not arrows.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭Sudden Valley


    5
    Was kind of building to someone dying and thought that the doctor was the most likely and she was on the show the shortest time. so not unexpected but yeah a dumb move to risk the life of the only doctor in town. Also as soon as you have 2 lesbians on the show they always kill one off so the other lesbian can die alone :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,589 ✭✭✭✭Necronomicon


    Didn't enjoy that episode. I'm usually not one for nit picks, but bringing the only effing doctor in your base out into the field was a complete face-palm moment. And the argument of 'I can ID the drugs', only for them to say 'nah it's cool, we're taking them all anyway' when they get there was just mind numbingly bad writing. Also, when Denise started going off on one on the tracks I had to bury my head in my hands - just when you think the show has shed the ridiculous monologues they come back in full force. At least this one was put down with a bolt.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    7
    That metal headed walker was up there with swamp walker as the coolest walker this series!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    "You know how to bite a dick, Eugene. I mean that with the utmost respect."

    Probably my fave ep in a long time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,643 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    6
    As is to be expected from an episode of TWD this episode was riddled with moments of idiocy.

    The intro of this episode was so long, boring and drawn out that I thought I was watching some artistic French perfume ad. I was expecting 'Chanel' to flash on the screen any second. You know an episode has been designated filler when they reuse the same shot over and over again.

    As this episode wore on I felt like this was going to be one of the worst I've seen. An episode seemingly devoted to Denise, surely the most annoying lesbian character on TV since Tara from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, was an awful prospect.

    And yet again we had the tired out shtick of a character facing emotional pain and rather than open up about it, instead walking off in a huff to drag out the 'drama' a little bit more. It's so beyond redundant at this stage. She didn't even have the decency to tell Daryl and Rosita to put that walker out of its misery before she had her dramatic walkout.

    Then her passionate defence of her moronic decision to put herself in danger. 'Do you have any idea what that means to me?' No, because you won't f*cking talk about your emotions. Oh my goodness as I listened to her go on and on about how she respects Rosita and Daryl I was the one about to vomit. It reminded me of an Amy Schumer skit. 'I just sooooooooo love you guys.' At this point I was thinking this episode was about 5/10 territory at best.

    And then that arrow came.

    Robin Hood, Legolas, The Green Arrow...surely none of them have fired an arrow greeted with the amount of sheer relief from the audience as this one. This arrow instantly shot the episode up into the realm of 8/10, easy.

    But then the writers can't help but do something stupid. After a moment of pure win we have Eugene biting a guy on the c*ck. I mean, really? THIS was his grand plan to save the day? He nearly got Abraham killed for a plan that involved him biting a guy's crotch through his clothing (and jeans too, I think?) and not only that, but it actually WORKED? Bollocks! Literally bollocks!

    This soured me when I was just on such a high note, but I have to take into account the welcome news that Solid Snake aka Carol is seemingly gone for a while now. This is as good as we can hope for since they're obviously not going to kill her off what with her super combat skills and all. I also have to take into account that Glenn was not there which is always good news and means I don't have to dock the obligatory mark for his presence.

    Overall I'm feeling a 7/10 whizzing through the air for this episode.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,511 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    the zombie apocolypse is not for heartfelt speeches its for keeping your eyes peeled


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭manster


    Foreshadowing: Zombie at the start impaled with a metal bar stuck through his mouth. Fade shot of Eugene walking in the background with Abraham. Eugene ending up biting dick.

    Carol smoking cigarettes.

    Bolt through the eye of lady doctor.

    Episode will stick in my head for a while.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,134 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    Denise deserved that for all her yakking. They should really be more quiet when out and about, considering that Carol & Maggie decided to have a shouting match in the woods two weeks ago and brought the saviours down on top of themselves.

    I don't remember why that Dwight guy had reason to be pissed off at Darryl. I'll have to wiki it.
    Edit: I'm no wiser.


    Yeah I didn't remember Matthew McConaughey's mutant brother either


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭sabhail


    8
    Thought it was v good episode, suspense fantastic all through. Re Dr going out, I thought you could see why she'd want to tbh....

    Abe, have to love him...!

    What happened Dwight?? Overall great episode


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,311 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    5
    That was fairly average.

    As soon as the Doc got into her monologue ye could see the death coming a mile away.

    Thats Carol gone for the rest of this season anyways.

    Looking forward to the last two episodes though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭Rothmans


    7
    mzungu wrote: »
    That was fairly average.

    As soon as the Doc got into her monologue ye could see the death coming a mile away.

    Thats Carol gone for the rest of this season anyways.

    Looking forward to the last two episodes though.

    Yup, I was thinking the same thing, only I thought it might be a walker. When she started talking sh!te, I just thought 'uh-oh'.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭topmanamillion


    6
    Solid episode. Good riddance to the Doc, a very annoying character.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Dandelion6


    I liked Denise and if I'm not mistaken she was the only surviving new character who we've really got to know, apart from Enid who annoys the living sh*te out of me.

    Abe really does have the best lines these days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    7
    I don't get the hate for Denise?? As to be expected some of the characters are cartoon like personalities with superpowers at this stage whilst she was the sort of character to keep things grounded. This episode she was a bit annoying in parts and I suppose you could argue we were more exposed than ever to her but as for the last 16 episodes or so I couldn't see any issues with her.
    Just a normal person! In the grand scheme of things as a character her departure won't impact on fans really but I don't get her character being disliked!

    What will be tiresome is how they'll be able to recruit a new doctor straight away. I know hilltop has a doctor so that will probably strengthen their bond.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 548 ✭✭✭Greyjoy


    I don't get the hate for Denise?? As to be expected some of the characters are cartoon like personalities with superpowers at this stage whilst she was the sort of character to keep things grounded.

    Yeah I don't get the hate for her either myself. She had been the only one of the Alexandrians that we'd gotten to know in any detail and she was one of the few characters resembling a 'normal' person any more. It's starting to feel like the Alexandrians exist just as Star Trek 'redshirts' to get killed off in place of Rick's group. I do agree with earlier posters however that it was beyond stupid for the only medic in the settlement to go out scavenging. Especially since her rationale for going, to identify the meds, was rendered pointless when Daryl & Rosita just grabbed everything they could and would sort it later.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    the tree going across the road....., how are they not prepared for this kind of stuff by now. Just drive the truck over the tree or drive around it. I bet that part was originally written with them being in a car, which wouldn't have been able to go offroad/over the tree, but then they shoehorned in the part of Denise knowing how to 'drive stick'.

    Daryl not being able to drive a 'stick', yeah ok. The guy built the motorbike from the ground up and was always a poor redneck, I'd be surprised if he had ever driven anything with 4 wheels that wasn't a manual old pickup truck.

    I usually don't mind the usual walking dead stupidity but honestly him not being able to drive a manual car is just annoying. I'm sure even Americans who have never used a manual gearbox even think that's a ridiculous moment.

    As well with the manufacturing their own bullets. Fair enough Abraham thinking it was a good idea because nobody had thought to do it, but the 'you can do that, just with the stuff here?'.. if by just the stuff here, you mean a fully furnished workshop with every tool imaginable, then yes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    7
    I really like Denise, she was so awkward and bumbling and cute :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭The Talking Bread


    7
    Well here's hoping neither Abraham or Eugene go anywhere soon. Their scenes together this week we're Gold. Apart from great lines, both characters have been superbly consistent for last two seasons. Only yawn moment was the expediency of the Sasha thing but they only played that out to accomodate the comic and hopefully it will allow the character of Rosita (god how sexy was it when she said her name to Dwight!!) to grow as we know zero about her. Last night parts of her personality emerged.


    Eugene scared face is a site to behold! The day he smiles will be a momentous occasion!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭parttime


    3
    I didn't mind the character of Denise, but the"acting" she displayed was woeful.


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