Host Dave is going solo, #Live, taking your questions, comments, reactions on Fear The Walking Dead's 4th Season (Finale)!

Update: After an abysmal #livestream, attempting to #stream to #Periscope, #Instagram, #YouTube, and #Facebook (simultaneously), the feed finally cut out at 36 mins! Luckily, we had a backup recording we could use to create the edited videos and podcast with. #YouTubeLive #FacebookLive #InstragramLive

* Pimping out the audience to help co-host #FearTWDseason5

* #MorganJones & #Althea: keep an eye out for these two outsiders

* Martha's perspective on Althea: The tapes vs IRL. Explaining crazy

* Understanding Martha's coming to being (mad) and what the writers could've done to suspend disbelief

* The seed Martha plants in Althea's mind about her outsiderness

* Poetry of the same police cruiser being used as a vehicle (help) by all the outsiders (Althea, Martha, and Morgan)

* #JohnDorie shows the clear difference between the way he respects Morgan vs TWD characters

* ...John telling Morgan he'll come after him if he doesn't make it to the truck stop is so important

* while the rest of the gang is getting R&R at the truck stop, Althea is apart from them

* ...OG FTWD crew (re)confirming that, even before the hurricane, there's nothing out here

* "Doesn't take a whole day to recognize sunshine" and the importance of June knowing herself

* Goodbye #walker #JimBrauer and explaining Martha's weird behavior at Hank's shallow grave

* #VictorStrand telling Althea to help load the boxes is another indicator that she's an outsider

* Crashing the cruiser: Martha refusing help when she hears how sick the crew are solidifies her stuckness

* The writing on the wall: the typeface on Morgan's forehead tells us he won't die, but will end up being strong, no matter what

* ...the stakes are personified by the background sound-effect used when Martha originally went mad

* Morgan doubles down on the good when faced with obstacles/opposition

* Martha's mistake: another example of affirming a worldview using surface impressions - Morgan's tape vs IRL growth

* When Morgan's walkie dies, he FINALLY embraces the idea of wanting to look for someone he loves, dead or alive, rather than run away (like he did with Henry)

* ...Confronting Martha unsticks Morgan in ways she did not intend #strong

* Rather than converse with the group, Althea turns to her tapes #ForeverAlone

* Jim posthumously saves the day: a better send-off for him. Strand doesn't need to drink alone. Charlie has parents in John & June

* Martha's savage commitment to remaining stuck: Morgan will never lose himself, again

* ...furthermore, Morgan resolves to make sure nobody in the area gets to the point that Martha had reached

* Comparing #MadisonClark's Stadium to Clayton/Polar Bear's Denim Factory

* #LucianaGalvez protects what's hers: manipulating Wendell & Sarah to stay

* #AliciaClark affirms that they must take people in

* Althea finally includes herself in the group by using her interview subjects as candidates for help

* Morgan's #ATeam speech

* #ColemanDomingo, behind the scenes, mentions his favorite episode was his last with all The Clarks: #FrankDillane #AliciaDebnamCarey #KimDickens

* Someone leaked TWD's new #TWDseason9 #TitleSequence and Dave is pissed

* This season was built around Morgan, in order to break him out of his cycle, and that's not a bad thing

* ...now he doesn't kill on principle, for his reasons, not because #TheArtofPeace told him not to #NickClark

* Season 4 is not a reboot, it's just a redirection ...and Minor criticisms, but largely successful

This is the edited version of our 4th #live show on #YouTube & #Facebook (#YouTubeLive & #FacebookLive). Oh yeah, and Dave wrote an intro! It's been a while!

* Carol's constructive criticism of #FearTWDseason4 #antihero #antivillain

* ...poor villain construction

* ...too ambitious

* Dave doesn't blame Carol, buuuuut...

* ...breaking down Martha & #JimBrauer, properly

* ...characters fall and rise makes them stronger than before

* Carol: Reboot, time skip, and unclear trajectory + Martha near the end = misses the mark

* Dave has a theory on why Martha is vital, Part 1

* Comparing to The Walking Dead, what they could've done vs what they did, colors our perceptions

* ...explaining the difference between protagonists & antagonists on FTWD vs TWD #venndiagram

* ...both Season 4s, FTWD & TWD, is when our heroes dramatically change (remember when #RickGrimes tears off Joe #TheClaimers ear off with his teeth?)

* Martha's origin: riffing on teaching - a thankless job

* Comparing Martha & #DarylDixon and surviving alone vs a small group vs large communities

* ...Martha's #MorganJones machinations and drilling down on why she does what she does

* The apocalypse removes social barriers/ethics, allowing people to easily go to dark places.

* the writing on the truckers' faces, "You don't help," "Want some taffy?" "This is what we do," "I know who you are," and Purvis, "Take what you need, leave what you don't," (Bonus: Quinn, "People you know", Jim's beer recipe)

* The #FilthyWoman compared to #Negan #TheGovernor and other TWD villains

* How going out of their way to save people leads our characters to the right place in the right time, this season (aided by their setbacks, too).

* Callbacks to TWD Season 1, Episode 1 by way of the hospital (and #CarlGrimes' bite mark on Jim)

* Deconstructing Wendell & the holding back of #Althea's character background and development

* Parallels between Jim & Martha: carrying over worldviews, pre & post apocalypse anger

* The key pain-point where Dave & Carol agree: Martha's transition to madness ... and a HUGE theory linking both halves of Season 4

* #TakeWhatYouNeedLeaveWhatYouDont vs #TheVultures (take everything) vs Martha's take no help

* #FearTWDseason4finale will be 1h:18m (with a Season 4 marathon all of Sunday)

* It's looking more and more like FTWD characters won't make it to #AlexandriaSafeZone (#TheWhisperers)

* ...subversion of expectations is par for the course on both shows

* (F)TWD execs are being too ambitious (Movie? 10 more seasons?): fix your show and rebuild your audience!

* ...FearTWD is an exercise in high-stakes, when it comes to reclaiming an audience

* Carol on TWD vs FTWD intro: be more memorable/practical, not gimmicky/ambitious (Carol has flashbacks to Architecture school)

* Why we identify with Jim in our waking life

* ...and recognizing how important Morgan is to everyone and finding a way to be selfless for him

* ...Jim might be right on paper, but not doing anything differently doesn't improve his situation #selffulfillingprophecy #YouMiss100PercentOfTheShotsYouDontTake

* "Philosophical Fart"s and stupid humor

* Why won't they just kill Martha? FearTWD is the engine that could... it really could!

* The BIG theory: this season has mostly been an elaborate love letter to Morgan

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* Carol, "Where is everybody? Everybody's scattered!" ...when does TWD air?

* ...remembering when villains were villains (concrete, as opposed to vague)

* ... #realtalk, it's not until the end of "Blackjack" that we start to see where the rest of this season is going

* Is #MadisonClark really gone? #NoOnesGoneTilTheyreGone

* (F)TWD masterplan and FearTWD ratings trending upward

* ... #RickGrimes / #AndrewLincoln's departure is not a death

* #NaomiLauraJune's attempt at Raising Hope, channeling #JohnDorie (#GarretDillahunt)

* New June meets Male Naomi (#NewMeOldMe) and falling just short of the Madison ideal

* ...confusing reveal of No One's Gone Til They're Gone Madison vs #MamaBear Madison

* ... #DarylDixon brings this up, too: are we stronger, together, or better apart (in smaller groups)?

* The puzzle pieces are starting to fit: Figuring out the Benevolent Trucker Society by introducing Clayton / Polar Bear

* #MoganJones acknowledges what Dave elucidated last week: Rick reaching out to him in #TWDseason1 mattered

* darn YouTube #Livestream bugged out (Facebook was fine... go figure?)... right when Dave's mom starts tuning in (he still blames her)

* As frustrating as #Althea's lie is, here's why we have to understand it #PeopleYouKnow #CarolPeletier

* ...and the possible connection to Filthy Woman? Definite connection between Filthy Woman & Polar Bear/Truckers

* Morgan will struggle with the need to save Filthy Woman

* Jim seems justified in calling out Morgan

* ...next episode scenes feel like a callback to Rick at Atlanta, in Season 1

* Pro Mo-Mo or No Mo-Mo? How we feel about Sarah's/Wendell's/Jim's type of humor

* ...the importance in humor to bring these broken people back together

* Are Sarah, Wendell, and Jim going to be a problem for our (pseudo)regulars?

* Wendell's #wheelchair tho. He kinda says what we, the audience, think #DarylChillMitchell

* The captions acknowledge our existence as a podcast

* possible foreshadowing with #VictorStrand's book, #MobyDick, and the alligator? [gulp]

* Strand is so lost, he can't think living past the right-now. #NegativeNancy / #DebbieDowner to Dorie's optimism

* One last push to get the camper shell: Strand couldn't help from grabbing that #Lagavulin bottle

* The last treat of John Dorie

* Sneak Peek: we will get a flashback of Filthy Woman's origin and her connection to Clayton and the truckers

* Character Representations of Angels vs Devils, Good vs Evil, Optimism vs Pessimism

Prepare your antivirus programs for a very gross-sounding Dave & Carol!

* Both Carol & Wendell don't quite have "The Code" down right

* #MogranJones-centered episode and will they make it to #AlexandriaSafeZone?

* Another Ep, another kind of #Walker kill

* Alright, no more Peanut Butter Protein Bars (reminders of home)

* #WizardofOz moment for Morgan

* Parallels between #JohnDorie's hardware store & The Mississippi Truck Stop

* Who was really on the other end of that CB? ...and if it is the Crazy Woman at the end, what's her angle?

* Creature Comforts and breaking the 5th Wall (Bathroom Stall) on TV

* Going through #DarylChillMitchell's gripes on #TalkingDead + hilarious lines

* ...Is there even a benevolent Trucker Network? Hope so...

* ...Dave knows weird people who suck the Advil coating

* Why don't Sarah & Wendell make Morgan take them to Alexandria the first time?

* Morgan's moment of weakness: like Henry, he didn't want to have to find out that they were dead

* Trying to further figure out Wendell & Sarah

* ...breaking down why "Mo-Mo" is hilarious #ProMoMo? #NoMoMo?

* ...catching Morgan in a lie: takes one to know one

* Jimbo's perspective and #TheVultures vs Take What You Need, Leave What You Don't

* ...would beer civilize the apocalypse survivors?

* Sarah's catch-phrase, "If you can't protect what's yours, it ain't yours" and Wendell's disability: justifying their behavior. And is Jimbo a #redshirt?

* ...leaving Mo-Mo behind... because...?

* Morgan says the truth out loud: admitting his cowardice

* ...and realizes the tremendous value in the aid boxes, helping him escape his predicament

* Morgan's stick upgrade

* Morgan's running montage: toward, rather than away, from people

* Wendell & Sarah's motivations to assist Morgan

* Morgan finally picks up the walkie and finally responds to #RickGrimes

* Probing the Scary Crazy Filthy Lady's intentions after killing Purvis

* Sneak Peek: #Althea & June lose the van + Althea has a fever

* ...Althea's upcoming moment of truth

* #BETA & #Lydia have been cast #RyanHurst & #CassadyMcClincy

This episode was live streamed SIMULTANEOUSLY through #Facebook & #YouTube. Our first #FacebookLive stream!

* #MichaelSatrazemis EP/directs a terrific bottle episode. #AdamSuschitzky's film ancestry + DP skills

* ...the immersive experience: Art & Sound (Effects) Direction

* Facial split/comparison of #ComicBook #RickGrimes & #RossMarquand Aaron

* #DrewScott on #TalkingDead: literal house-hunting

* Anxiety-inducing Cinematography ...enough to crash Carol's internet

* The way the show (and Charlie) tried to get both the audience and #AliciaClark feel something for the family that died in the house

* Absolutely no background score until the end

* This Episode is a stand-alone story, no context necessary (a la #TheTwilightZone, #TheOuterLimits)

* Consistent opening sequence /w recognizable theme music vs revolving opening sequence and music that seems to change every season

* Charlie intro: Creepy comparison to specific episodes from The Twilight Zone (#ventriloquist dummies, #TellySavalas / #Kojak tangent re: #TalkingTina)

* Congratulating #AlyciaDebnamCarey on her acting range & performance (slight #Michonne comparison) #FanLoyalty #The100

* Confrontation surrounds Alicia: Testing her ability to truly live up to #MadisonClark's ideal

* Passable gripe: Charlie carrying Alicia into the house

* Historic TV Shows vs New Shows: steady pacing and more story in a shorter amount of time.

* Charlie has a gun, whole world's come undone... Kids in the apocalypse (again)

* More emotional manipulation: jumping from the dead walker family right into the family photo on the mantle (when they were alive); the uncovered face of the daughter flips over to the photo of her when she was alive

* 1 step forward, 2 steps back: Team-Building to Charlie's packing heat(#NickClark's murder weapon)

* Go to your room, Charlie!

* The bird in the flue, Amina: Alicia giving in to feeling something + immediately saving Charlie from herself

* "Why did you save me?" recurring theme: #VictorStrand to Madison, Naomi to Strand, and even Rick to #MorganJones (in TWD)

* "Why do you even care?" Alicia tries to stop Charlie from collecting the family photos

* Trapped /w the basement water dangerously rising: Carol's biggest fear.

* #TheGoonies comparison #tangent

* Sympathy for the dammed: Impactful scene between Charlie & Alicia. Embracing "No One's Gone Til They're Gone"

* Riddled with metaphor: Suicide gun & #Walker saves their lives

* Background music after the storm. Burying the family, gathering their photos. Oh wait, Morgan... #LucianaGalvez, #JohnDorie, June...

* Audience disbelief over Alica & Charlie's "Close Your Eyes" moment. Why Charlie collected the family photos

* Alicia's definitive win. Understanding Charlie's loss

* Comparing Charlie to #TWDEnid. Enid's deleted TWD scene

* "Lucy! You got some `splaining to do!" ...surveying the damage + no one's home

* Charlie embodies the Madison ethos, Alicia the protector/survivalist, and checking each other

* Alicia & Charlie: #Lydia & #Alpha or Rick & #CarlGrimes

* Sneak Peek: Part-of-the-World Morgan faces a new challenge. "My old ways". #WizardofOz

* Sneak Peek: #MoCollins' character & The #Claimers callback "If you can't protect what's yours, it ain't yours"

* Watching "Close Your Eyes" was like running a marathon

* Heavily Edited or Mostly Unedited podcast? That is the question...

* FTWD goes through more things in a shorter time (compared to TWD)

* Dave & Carol's affair with (Fear)TWD #adultery. Explaining the podcast to others

This is the edited version of our #YouTube Live #podcast recorded on 8/18: https://youtu.be/2g_tNYnnkG4 #YouTubeLive

* This episode of FearTWD is meant to setup the rest of the season: the 2nd act of this season's two-act play

* Unlike most shows, FTWD is sensitive to the characters' damage (doesn't move on)

* ALL ABOARD! #StevenOgg will be on the new #Snowpiercer series, accompanied by Carol's ire.

* F*** horses. #Walker physics

* Noting the continuation of the mini-scene intros

* #MorganJones, packing for #AlexandriaSafeZone, is a birds-eye view of his life in both series, thus far. Timeline concerns. FearTWD also has a #WheresHeath or two

* Our Podcast is therapeutic

* #Althea meeting up with a community, like Alexandria, and meeting #EugenePorter

* #AliciaClark & Morgan: They've lost people, but can Morgan reach her before she loses herself?

* #LucianaGalvez's & #VictorStrand's lap of purgatory: struggling to embrace old habits while finding purpose

* Morgan leaving isn't really about thanking #RickGrimes (but definitely not trying to isolate himself, again)

* (Almost) Everybody Hates Charlie.

* With June, worried about #JohnDorie not loving the real her, why is nobody from this contingent concentrating on survival?

* Charlie's silence: Guilt, Mourning, and fear of causing further pain

* ...Saving Lucy: Charlie leaving The Little Prince for her

* The box drop with MREs, toys, water, protein bars, "Take what you need, leave the rest," benevolence or "People like us"?

* Walker kill multiplier at AGL Lumber Yard

* ... #TheTwilightZone #AlfredHitchcock esque upcoming episode: Alicia's pattern of wanting to be alone after the AGL upset

* Does Morgan end up leaving? #Instagram sleuthing...

* John's cabin: default habit? bad idea? Stick together, people...

* ...the consensus from both TWD and FTWD: maybe large communities are a bad idea

* #ChrisHardwick's tearful return. #TalkingDead & #metoo / #femenism

As you may have guessed from the title, we're talking about the upcoming Fear The Walking Dead mid-season 4 premier on Sunday, thoughts on The Walking Dead Season 9 (premiering October 7th), and all the news that dropped (and dedropped) between Episodes 23 and (today's [edited] LIVE episode) 24.

***Background intro music provided by GentleBruce (@user-425767516)

* Baby Hershel & Season 1 horse

* Between Yvette in a Hardwick place

* The #LoveActually moment at #SDCC between #AndrewLincoln & #JeffreyDeanMorgan (Embrace of the #FearFamily)

* #Zombiecaine / #Walkernado? #ZombieAbuse. Chaos from both without and within on Fear The Walking Dead

* ...FearTWD picked up #FearTWDseason5! How close are we to the two shows crossing?

* ...speaking of, #MorganJones taking #AliciaClark back to #AlexandriaSafeZone?

* Discussing #RickGrimes' exit, for the record. Anne/Jadis relationship with The Commonwealth

* #CarolPeletier & #DarylDixon, also for the record: Deep Friendships vs Romantic Love

* #NormanReedus will be filling bigger shoes, of Daryl's own making

* #MichaelCudlitz directs and our thoughts on #Althea's tape with he and #EugenePorter

* #ShaneWalsh will appear in Season 9, somewhere...

* Breaking down the juicer parts of the TWD Season 9 trailer, starting with the new characters

* Introducing #TheWhisperers, with Eugene & #Rosita hiding in fright

* #SamanthaMorton has been cast as #Alpha and #DanFogler for some much needed comic relief

* Even though there will be a massacre, there will also be a divergence in story, due to #CarlGrimes not being there

* #Negan's greater involvement in Season 9

* Gregory is not long for this world, thanks to #MaggieRhee

* Rooting for #Siddiq's survival and Eugene will be sticking around for a while

* We need more lighthearted, comic relief in The Walking Dead (FTWD is doing it right)

* A beautiful, intelligent murder (of crows)

* Judith, Gracie, and confusing time jumps

* The future of Rick Grimes

* Dwight & Sherry in Season 9? Maybe 10?

* Rick, Power, and can #TheSaviors be saved?

* Baby Hershel causing Maggie to pivot/struggle makes her interesting, again

* Experimenting with government

* Entertaining songs, the inability to move on, and comic relief during the FearTWD trailer

* It's raining walkers and riddled with crocs: putting the "fear" in FearTWD

We took another LONG break to not only break down the #FearTWDseason4 #MidSeasonFinale #FearTWDMidSeasonFinale, but cover some #TWD news and #TWDseason9 thoughts, as well. Oh and Carol has finally broken Dave out of an intro!

* Not only questions answered, but resolving our emotional reservations towards #AliciaClark, #NickClark, #VictorStrand, and #LucianaGalvez

* ...#SerenityNow #InsanityLater: Dave & Carol post apocalypse + #StevenOgg's #Instagram is #SkeletorIsLove

* #MadisonClark's fateful encounter with #Althea: intentional confusion about when this occurs & the importance of setting/cinematography

* ...Althea is a lot like #TWDJesus

* Carol cannot comprehend the classic characters' anger, Dave explains

* Althea's comic relief is #OnFleek (is that what the kids say?)

* The importance of #MorganJones in this series: bringing back Alicia from the brink "I stepped aside for your brother. I will not step aside for you"

* Explaining the distant past...

* ...Madison at her worst: finding out that her good will wasn't achieved post-dam, but as a result of her encounter with Althea

* ...Solidifying that it wasn't the stadium walls: Madison was the source of good will and healing for Nick

* Discussions of #TheWalkingDead departed showing up in new commercial #minisodes

* ...the #EugenePorter & #AbrahamFord easter egg tape, but also tapes from the towns from #TheVultures' map

* #ChaoticGood: Madison, at her lowest, and Althea, channeling Jesus, both tussle but don't kill each other. Inherently good people

* Althea gets Madison to say the truth, said out loud, if only once, even if no one's around to hear it: simultaneously changes & explains everything #Amina #Wilamina

* ...and theme of #FTWD's 4th season, thus far, is admitting the truth, out loud, and allowing it to change you

* ...Strand's empowering reminder (who needs a shitty concrete pebble?)

* ...Madison's story, her truth, makes it to Alicia in the future in Alicia's darkest hour

* #ShotsFired: Can #WalkingDead compete with #FearTheWalkingDead's new-found glory? Pumping up #DarylDixon, bringing back #AngelaKang

* ...wait #NormanReedus is HOW old? #UnderPressure

* Putting the world on hold to watch TWD's #SDCC Season 9 trailer

* If Angela Kang can pull off an incredible season with #RickGrimes / #AndrewLincoln, #MaggieRhee / #MaggieGreene / #LaurenCohan, and #ChrisHardwick leaving, Carol will get on her #Femenist Soapbox

* If The Titanic is sinking, at least bear witness: Soothing #MichaelSatrazemis & #KimDickens and transmuting hate into love

* ...and don't you want to see the pay-off? #GlennRhee

* Remember when we panicked when Morgan took #JohnDorie's guns? #HowBoutNow?

* The feeling of dread when (Fear) The Walking Dead fans know something bad's about to happen: Purposeful sacrifices (Madison) vs those in vain (#BethGreene)

* Like #ShipsInTheNight, doing what they had to do: BOTH June/Laura/Naomi & Alicia assumed the other was dead, the only reason why June fled

* ...So Sad: Cole dies; #SebastianSozzi brings forth NYC pride & vernacular

* ...Madison sealing in the evil: her #LegendofZelda moment #Geek #Gamer #GamerGeek

* Madison, like Alicia, walkies her loved ones to remind them what it's all about... But Carol, like Simon, calls BULLSHIT #Alpha #Beta #TheWhisperers #QaletaqaWalker #TheCommonwealth

* ...and if we're right, they're going to have to go into it in the back half of #FearTWD. #RobertKirkman #Comics #ComicBook #ScottGimple #GregNicotero #IanGoldberg #AndrewChambliss #MariaBello ?

* Longer Sneak Peek is boring, but cutscenes reveal a #Walkernado. #WinterIsComing #WhiteWalkers #WishfulThinking? #MAGfest

* Reprising #ShaneWalsh, #JonBernthal returns in what will most likely be a flashback. Probably. Maybe? #Hallucination ?

* Between a rock and a #Hardwick place: who will replace him on #TalkingDead? #JonahRay? #KevinSmith? #MichaelRooker? Revolving Ex-Cast? #NoSmallParts #BrandonHardesty #Nerdist

In case you missed it, Dave was interviewed by On the Side (OTS) Podcast (@user-835819392), which revolves around our side passions (Squawking Dead being the primary focus). Have a listen! https://soundcloud.com/user-835819392/ep-40-david-cameo

* Dave & Carol have never butted heads like this: Loving/Hating The Clarks

* #TheVultures weren't much of an enemy: there's gotta be a bigger story

* All we are saying is give Strand a chance: After #AllOutWar, we finally understand him. Breaking down his character growth

* I think the writers underestimated the impact of our new characters #JohnDorie, #Althea, and Naomi

* Character background & development on #TWD vs #FearTWD. We wouldn't be able to appreciate the latter series as much without the former

* Side Note: #JeffreyDeanMorgan & #NormanReedus are next-farm neighbors, with Norman talking his ear off. Maybe he'll finally get to do more of that on #TWDseason9

* WTF made #VictorStrand, #AliciaClark, and #LucianaGalvez Terminators? Sympathizing with Mel

* Discussing the meaning behind the opening (clips from "Laura"), John's fate, and more Althea

* If John Dorie dies, we riot: He is everything we aspire to be (like #RickGrimes, at the start of #TheWalkingDead)

* A Firefight straight out of Star Wars: struggling to understand Alicia's ire towards Naomi and Mel's underestimation of our group's ferocity

* #FearTheWalkingDead characters(vs #WalkingDead): "heros" & "villains" are way more nuanced (not clear-cut "Good" & "Evil")

* "Alicia's space gun": #FTWD invested in weapons-handling and authenticity (where #TWD stopped, in latter seasons #SprayandPray)

* The Naomi dilemma: how long was she with The Vultures and what did she do?

* Luciana pointing a gun at Charlie: discussing children in the apocalypse and what saving Charlie means for the group's future

* #MorganJones makes Althea part of the story

* #MadisonClark, like #NickClark, also admits that she is a better person inside the walls

* Discussing Charlie's role in the stadium's demise and Ennis' possible nefariousness

* Madison's justification for saving Mel only makes sense, given their perseverance

* Mel received the same death-to-life transition from Present to Past as Nick did. Also, discussing his lack of villainy

* Madison Magical Mallet: instead of using it to destroy, she constructs.

* The parents are talking: Naomi calls Madison out on reverting

* Should they have abandoned The Diamond? Discussing the Vulture Brothers

* Alicia's last words, as the Land Rover is surrounded

* Nick gives Madison her dues: It's not the stadium that makes him a better person, but how she shows him the way

* Ennis & Mel MUST be related to Simon

* Madison's fate, "you never see the bad stuff coming," but she may not be dead and the writers will flip the script

* Sneak Peeks: Madison has nothing left to lose (and the scene color isn't clear, past or present?); Firefight in the stadium; Althea is the one on camera, this time (Althea backstory episode)

* John Dorie looks like #McCreeOverwatch and those crew nerds totally play #Overwatch

* Sneak Peek: Althea is involved in the firefight and even provides some comic relief

* SWAT tanks, Garbage trucks, and finger-blaster missiles

* Sneak Peeks: Alicia & Morgan confront each other, which will be VERY interesting; Mel & Charlie's Land Rover get-away - how did they get it?; Alicia's freak-out towards Althea - we saw this before; Madison bars the doors and seeks out others...?

* #TalkingDead Sneak Peek: John apologizes for nothing - Morgan admits that their friendship brought him out of his funk. Althea clears a path to get meds

* #ChristianSerratos / #Rosita may not be in #TWDseason9

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VERY long Episode 21, filled not only with observations on "Just in Case" but predictions for both #FearTWDseason4 & #TWDseason9!

* #JohnDorie: go dark or hold back? ...why wasn't there a #TalkingDead poll?

* Before & Now

* Showdown at filling station: Cinematics & dissecting #TheVultures' behavior/possible end game

* Until now, The Vultures haven't brandished a single weapon

* Time-Jumping is only as effective as the story you are attempting to weave and #FearTWD is killing it

* Naomi may serve as this season's spine: everything will be revolving around her. We praise her growth, but still question her motives

* Carol's fear of contagion, Dave's fear of Mob Hysteria

* Is Naomi a chameleon, like Charlie, and are The Vultures playing Three Dimensional chess with our group?

* John Dorie the bad-ass, in that 1st scene, and how he's quickly becoming a #FTWD AND #TWD fan-favorite

* What's #Althea's story? "It wouldn't be the first time" (video cassettes labeled "The Bog")

* #FearTheWalkingDead's running character theme of past mistakes and redemption: who's the sleeper?

* Surrendering his pistols to #MorganJones: how John Dorie is different from #RickGrimes and their healthy, sincere relationship

* Madison's forthcoming, confident optimism and commitment to The Diamond

* Deconstructing #VictorStrand: confronting Cole and #MadisonClark. Madison reveals some of their post-dam, pre-Diamond past in the process

* ...calculating the passage of time in #WalkingDead universe, from outbreak to present: 3 years?

* Digging DEEP on Naomi's intentions/mission. "I have to go back..." to *whom*?

* ...Them hoarding Vultures: who travels that heavy and why? The Stadium?

* #TheWalkers demise at the motel: the seed has been planted in Madison's head about what can happen when people get desperate

* Strand's heavy-handed reaction to Naomi: the thing you hate the most in others, you hate about yourself

* Are we underestimating or overestimating The Vultures? ...and is that where they want you? "You just haven't been tested yet"

* Strand finally fesses up to the getaway car and warning her, the way Mel does at the end, about what people are capable of when pressed.

* Feelings about the corpses of dead children

* Naomi's mission to the FEMA center, from any angle, might've been a death-wish... and triggers us

* Strand's quick call to action to save Naomi shows us - and more importantly himself - that Madison was right about him

* Carol's J.I.C. weaponless bug-out bag, which will contain netting

* Carol's prior squeamishness and plans to watch 28 Days Later over break to cover on the #podcast

* If you ain't packin, maybe it's not a good idea to live out in the boonies (unless you have cop friends in the area)

* Madison is on guard and tells #AliciaClark to pack a JIC Land Rover: is this a reversal from her optimism? The dark side of "No one's gone til their gone"

* ...could she have caused the stadium's downfall? ...it's suspiciously obvious that she dies

* Our feelings and predictions for the show as a result of #AndrewLincoln's departure. #DarylDixon #NormanReedus #Negan #JefferyDeanMorgan #MaggieRhee #LaurenCohan #TheWhisperers #CarlGrimes #RIPCarl #GlennRhee #AbrahamFord #TWDJesus #Michonne #TWDseason10 #CarolPeletier

* ...and possibly uniting both #FTWD & #TWD. #LucianaGalvez

* ... #BethGreen mentioned that Daryl would last man standing, so him and #JudithGrimes?

* ...Thinning the herd on #TWDseason9, as well as friends that won't listen to the #podcast

* Possibly attending #SDCC so that we can break down the Season 9 trailer

* Sneak Peeks: The Vulture / #StormTrooper firefight with our protagonists; Alicia corners Naomi, but Naomi gets away; Luciana encounters Charlie, who apologizes for #NickClark (#RIPNick); Morgan thinks Charlie is the key to stopping the violence

* Morgan's & John's individual positive growth trend and friendship: will it continue? Did Nick's departure facilitate?