Squawking Dead

Daryl Dixon, having confronted Los Limbos, has emerged from his own purgatory. Carol Peletier is living in the moment, like Daryl was in the 1st season. As we inch ever closer to the finale, will Daryl finally reveal the truth behind the obviously messed up Ofrenda?

Have you ever known Daryl Dixon to run away from a fight? Maybe it's because, before this mess, it's what he did all the time. And he wants to go back to the only real home he's ever known. Poor timing since Carol Peletier seems to be growing roots. Will these two ever find a happy ending?

The story progresses a little slower this episode as we witness the many ways in which characters sacrifice on behalf of the ones they love. Are Love's embers glowing for Antonio & Carol Peletier? Is Daryl Dixon's heart softening? Will Justina de Rivera's sacrifice for Alba be the trigger to push Daryl over the edge?

Brother against Brother: Is Spain destined to suffer the same fate as England. Not on Federico de Rivera's watch. Is Daryl Dixon acting out because, like Julian Chamberlain, he doesn't want to be the last man standing? What in the world is Alcazar/Guillermo Torres doing with all these young, child-bearing females...?

Daryl Dixon & Carol Peletier exit the Chunnel and finally open up about their bat-ish, yet life-altering visions. Should one eat hot dogs, drink scotch, and be merry while they're alive or save those ancient canned dogs for a special occasion? Did Laurent Carriere and Ash Patel make it home? Will CARYL succeed in fully processing their grief?

The more REVIVAL sits with me, the more it feels like a love-letter to James O'Barr's The Crow, but funnier. On that last note, Luke Boyce & Aaron B. Koontz deserve praise for balancing a grim and serious murder mystery / who-done-it with lots of levity. It's great when a season can tie-up loose ends while leaving a few dangling for another season.

Damn it, Ibrahim Ramin! You led the tragically self-deluded Blaine Abel right to Em Cypress and the key to her Revival! Who is the mystery sniper that killed Blaine's men at Moore Creek? ...Obviously, the same person who attempted to trigger Revival Day with Martha Cypress and Rose Blackdeer?

As the season finally winds down and the root of Wassau's mysteries take shape, we're still not 100% certain who else was involved in both Em Cypress' & Rose Blackdeer's murder! In the meantime, we flashback to see how we got here, just in time for Martha Cypress to get caught in General Kale's snare. THANKS, Rhodey Rasch!

Hate it when a whole season (or more) goes by where the core arc consists of the secrets people keep? This episode says, "To hell with all of that!" More than just the super funny reveals between characters, this episode/series stops baiting the hook with its audience and still leaves enough room to solve many other mysteries.

Rachael was right about Brent Gunderson. Someone get Dana Cypress all the ambulances. Em Cypress receives awards for most/creative deaths. And we finally witness the thing Bridget was talking about in the comic book.

With the help of our trusty X account and our Entertainment Journalist friends, we funneled the news coming out of San Diego Comic Con's Hall H to give you the latest on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon's 3rd season (and more)!

The closer we seem to get, the deeper this thing goes. Dana Cypress & Ibrahim Ramin almost date, yet the affair between Em Cypress & Aaron Weimer is far deeper than it appears. Wayne Cypress refuses a Squid Pro Quo from Mayor Dillisch. And don't get me started on the creature(?) Cooper Cypress and Jordan Borchardt saw, which Blaine Abel apparently houses in his barn. And how does it all connect to the Jesse Blackdeer case?

To answer the question posed in the last episode description: NO, a Reviver can't be Unrevived. Silver lining? We know Em Cypress' demise. In darker news, what's Blaine Abel's role in everything that's occurred in Wausau?

Steven Ogg (Simon of The Saviors on The Walking Dead) plays a character named Blaine Abel whom Cooper, Officer Dana Cypress' son/Sheriff Wayne Cypress' grandson, bumps into while lost in the woods. Martha Cypress struggles with her new normal. Can a Revived even be killed?!

Melanie Scrofano scratches many an itch, for SQUAWKING DEAD: making us belly laugh as Mrs McMurray on Letterkenny, impressing us as Captain Marie Batel on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and doing both in SyFy's reverse zombie apocalypse (crime) drama, Revival, as Officer Dana Cypress. Based on the Image Comics series by the same name, this series already has cameos and easter eggs, along with laughs and mystery, all packaged in an easy to digest, but well-paced format.

What does it look like to be pushed past your breaking point? Negan kills them all. Maggie Rhee, just one. Pearlie Armstrong makes shady alliances to protect (his family in) New Babylon. Also, what does it look like when you refuse to acknowledge that the world has irrevocably altered you?

Setting aside the twist at the end, Dead City manages to brilliantly illustrate the mental and physical toll of failure, loss, and, frankly, existence in The Walking Dead Universe. Negan's Survivors Guilt, Maggie Rhee's exhaustion, and the absence of The Croat's raison d'être. So how/why do they go on?

Be careful what you wish for: when you get it, you might realize you never really wanted it to begin with. Negan's & The Croat's liberation? Maggie Rhee's & Hershel Rhee's safety? Pearlie Armstrong's / New Babylon Federation's methane? Ginny's Revenge?

Negan has understood, for a little while now, that the only way out is through. That also means revisiting/learning from your own history which, fortunately for him, The Croat wasn't around long enough to experience. Ginny & Hershel Rhee are spared a hard lesson about the price of ambition: there's always more than a choice between two actions.

This episode says, "Hey buddy! How `bout a mouth full-a Bruegel?" The concept of "rules" is repeated: we all follow some. The Croat is slowly falling from The Dama's grace while Ginny's purpose has become clear. So where does that leave Hershel Rhee and Maggie Rhee?