SQUAWKING DEAD

#Jadis says, "It's about life, doctor," two episodes ago, but her semi-quoting #ThomasMann to him early on in the episode (all that's out there is "Death and the dead") is all we need to know, narratively, the seat from which all their motivations derive: Fear. Our protagonists show, in action, all the ways in which Thomas Mann "Wakes up": by living life as if death doesn't exist. So not much pre/...

What's absolutely fantastic about this episode is the debate and coalescence on the points of view from our fellow hosts. Watching #VictorStrand's slowly disintegrate is changing the way we view him. Seeing #MorganJones break bad concerns even the harshest of his critics. And the return of #AliciaClark leaves us with even more questions prior to her arrival! There were far more setups than resolut...

Getting to the nuts and bolts of this episode involves examining our entire outlook on the kinds of people we end up meeting in #TWDU and admitting that, as much as we hate "weak people", there's a value in having them around so that we may, yet again reach a "Returning Point". Fearing that #Jadis may have learned the wrong lesson from Simon (of #TheSaviors, #Negan's former right-hand man), we als...

Believe it or not, this episode didn't please some of us as it did others. Maybe it's because #AltheaSzewczykPrzygocki isn't everyone's favorite character, so there's a lack of patience when it comes to her wrestling with the gargantuan proposition of living her own life/stepping into the story and on the run versus continuing to be the journalist whose purpose is to partition herself from her sub...

Originally Recorded November 14th #SergeantBarca / #AlCalderon is the MVP of this episode with the scene stealing quote, "What we do now matters. Tomorrow is filled with blood and lies. It's all it will ever be." At his core, it's much in the same way #Negan started #TheSaviors ("We Save People"), but when did it all get away from #LylaBelshaw, #ElizabethKublek, and #MajorGeneralBeale? Is #MasonBe...

Originally Recorded November 8th #AishaTyler is now in front of the camera as "Mickey", rather than behind (as she was in "J.D.", directing #AustinAmelio & #ChristineEvangelista). And lookie who we have here but #AlexSkuby, playing "Eli", whom we had the privilege of interviewing in [Episode 165]! On the surface, this episode was pretty satisfying: good guys triumph. What lies beneath? A whole...

Rachael & Sherrandy just wanted to hop on a Zoom to congratulate #AlexSkuby on his recent appearance on #FearTheWalkingDead (and then it turned into a thing that you can watch/listen to)! As you may or may not already know, Alex is married to none other than #SarahRabinowitz, herself, #MoCollins (who just had her legendary episode air last week). He's also a comedic/stage/tv actor who also run...

Huck or #JenniferMallick? Killer/Savior or Daughter? #Jadis / #JadisStokes: Friend, Foe, or neither? "Who are you?" might actually be an ironic title: that we're much more than a binary "Good Guy" or "Bad Guy" and that it's taken a hell of a road to get to where we are. Maybe it's not too late? It's never too late. Some technical difficulties in the original recordings that flew under the wire, wh...

#MoCollins drags her character, #SarahRabinowitz, through every of her iterations in this episode and her performance simply left us all with goosebumps! #DemetriusGrosse returns as #EmileLaRoux's vengeful twin brother, #JosiahLaRoux, who (as Dave predicted) isn't quite like his brother: not as interested in bloodshed and more interested in answers and inner-peace. On paper, this episode shouldn't...

Is #ElizabethKublek the enemy we thought she was? Is #Anne / #JadisStokes(?) someone we should worry about? And, for someone who's supposed to be(?) a protagonist, #IrisBennett sure acts a lot like the side she's fighting against (sneaky AND manipulative)! It is really nice to see most of our "family" together and it's nice to see #EltonOrtiz find his place in #TWDUniverse SO MUCH was cut out from...

This one kicked us in the feels, then proceeded to kick us, again, while we were down. We're starting to notice some emerging parallels: #MorganJones attempting pulling #GraceMukherjee out of her agony in the last episode, where #JohnDorieSr is (in this episode) attempting to pull #JuneDorie out. Both men having gone through longterm personal turmoil, now finally able to try to pull their counterp...

Should our protagonists(?) be thinking locally or globally? Is #SilasPlaskett's allegiance going to be tested? #JenniferMallick is starting to realize that her mother, #ElizabethKublek, might actually be a monster (and that she might be one by proxy). And terrific performance by #NicholasCantu as #EltonOrtiz, this episode! So we definitely cut out a lot of behind the scenes moments from before and...

We're starting to notice this season, along with the darker turn the continuation of the anthology-style storytelling has taken, even the "everything gets a return" motif becomes twisted. Even though #GraceMukherjee seems to overcome her obstacles and things turn out ok for her and #MorganJones (and lil-Mo) by the end of the episode, it's just barely! We are in rare form, these days. double the sp...

Just when #JenniferMallick thought she might have one good day, #LeoBennett comes in like a wrecking ball and turns her world beyond upside-down. Between that, the knowledge that her clemency may have come at a cost (even though she's choosing to focus on the positive), and how (by the end of it) Percy is gunning for her, it seems like Huck is beset on all sides. So, here's the deal, after we ende...

#FearTWD is BACK! ...but seriously, did it ever leave us?! Just like #TWDWorldBeyond, #FearTheWalkingDead gives us a slow-burn return into the Nuclear #ZombieApocalypse by way of *WILL* then goes zero-to-sixty by "yeeting" that slow-burn right off a roof. NO JOKE: I have never in my life edited a more funny episode, most of which simply cannot see the light of day for too many reasons! To get acce...

This episode was far better received than the last, as the doors into insights regarding the #CivicRepublic / #CivicRepublicMilitary nearly blow right open. It's almost as if the 1st two episodes either play on one another or were supposed to be a part of a larger, 2-part #SeasonPremiere. Either way, we're glad to have it, along with the introduction of "Dennis" ( #MaximilianOsinski ) and the retu...

You'd think, in the #TWD's final season, they wouldn't be introducing such fascinating characters like #LeahShaw, who is (as of the end of this episode) the #ReaperQueen. But here we are: Pope is dead (long live #RitchieCoster: a BRILLIANT actor, gone too soon), #DarylDixon, #MaggieRhee, #Negan, and Elijah are (hopefully) on the run, and who knows where Leah's mindset truly lies? Meanwhile, will #...

BE ON THE LOOKOUT for flying BONES that were PICKED this episode, as we sorted out the graveyard of hallucinatory misunderstandings and incredulous feats. That aside, although the Season 2 Premiere was on the underwhelming side, the implications set forth in this episode are anything but and allowed us to extrapolate a whole lot (we'd be lying if #MattNegrete's Inside the Episode exclusive, for #A...

Originally Recorded 2021-08-24 ... we can hear you judging us from here. We're so pleased to share with you our conversation with #SarahRabinowitz (on #FearTWD ) herself, #MoCollins ! We recorded this #interview a little over a month ago, but have had to prioritize episode releases and squeezing out a backlog of overdue projects and recordings. Now that we've achieved a level of equilibrium, here...

This episode gave us so much to work with in terms of parallels: people mirroring other people and scenes mirroring other scenes. #TheReapers & #TheCommonwealth, more than any other theme, are the most representative of those contrasting themes: The former being the natural conclusion had out survivors remained in the wild ("kill them all") and the latter a result of having the shelter and luc...

Director #ChristopherAlender not only answered our questions  about #TheOldWays, but was generous enough with his time to sit in on our #WatchParty, just prior! We not only got to find out about the #HappyAccidents throughout production and the twist and turns creating this movie took, but also a little bit more about Chris, himself: his background, the movies/narratives that inspire him as a...

In all the years we've watched #TWD, we've only come so close to the kind of spooky episode we received this week. Powerful performances delivered by #LaurenRidloff (AKA "Connie") & #KevinTCarroll (AKA "Virgil"). And I think we're reaching an interesting turning point when it comes to #LeahShaw, #DarylDixon, and #TheReapers. I cannot encourage you to download the unedited episode recording, en...

While recording this episode, this line #Siddiq gave to #Michonne in #TWDSeason9 (and was even used in promos) was ringing out in my mind, "What does it mean for #AlexandriaSafeZone to survive if means that #TheKingdom falls?" This episode starts digging into the dirt of what it means to survive, at what cost, and what we become when we emerge from the ashes. Can we continue using the same playboo...

🚨 #GIVEAWAY! Win Kirk's COMPLETE SET + The Limited Exclusive Event Poster! Full Instructions here (pinned to our Twitter profile, too): https://twitter.com/SQUAWKING_DEAD/status/1441295099795685384 KIRK MANLEY's NEW TWD S10 & S11 Tribute Art exhibition is ONLY going to be available starting FRIDAY @ NOON (Eastern/US), the 24th of September (thru the 26th)! NEW Prints added, daily, throughout...

We hope you enjoy our rendition of the events that transpired throughout this episode. One thing's for certain is that we're really enjoying #LynnCollins' performance as #LeahShaw and cannot wait to see what #RitchieCoster does next as "Pope". Is Frost a double-agent? Was Elijah burnt alive? We talk about this and much more! A lot was cut out of the episode, from super-secret projects that can onl...