# The Walking Dead; 7.01 "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 23, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548 "2016-10-23T23:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/21 "2016-10-24T01:33:09Z")
Eh, the only part the bothered me was Glenn’s eyeball popping out. That was have been especially unpleasant to watch for Carl. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/22 "2016-10-24T01:33:27Z")
I have a feeling it may not yet be over. Stupid show. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/23 "2016-10-24T01:35:30Z")
The problem with the show going forward is that Negan is a tedious, one-note character. The fans will be happy when he finally dies, but I think I’ll continue not watching the show because the writing continues to be terrible. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/24 "2016-10-24T01:40:54Z")
Very intense. I think I stopped breathing for a minute. One heck of an opening episode. It will be interesting to see how Rick’s group plots to escape Negan’s control. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/25 "2016-10-24T01:41:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yeah. A bit gratuitous, no? Not to trot out an old chestnut, but I can’t believe that makes cable TeeVee but a naked breast is a no-no. > [@alphaboi867](#): > > Eh, the only part the bothered me was Glenn’s eyeball popping out. That was have been especially unpleasant to watch for Carl. 😉 Nah. They were sticking true to the [source material.](https://images.moviepilot.com/images/c_limit,h_1000,q_auto,w_710/pxfleqbonfdb4ibf5kz2/sorry-this-is-kinda-scarring-even-in-drawing-form.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/26 "2016-10-24T01:47:07Z")
fhaaaaack… ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/27 "2016-10-24T01:49:22Z")
Oh, this is messed up. Poor Rick. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/28 "2016-10-24T01:51:41Z")
**phewwwwww** ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/29 "2016-10-24T01:51:55Z")
Yep, terrible writing. Which brings up the question of why anyone would put up with Negan’s crap. I bet one bullet in the head and the rest of the guys with him would go, “Yeah, this is better.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/30 "2016-10-24T01:55:53Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Yep, terrible writing. Which brings up the question of why anyone would put up with Negan’s crap. I bet one bullet in the head and the rest of the guys with him would go, “Yeah, this is better.” So can we expect your commentary all season long? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/31 "2016-10-24T01:57:28Z")
So apparently **Talking Dead** is being broadcast from an actual cemetery tonight. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/32 "2016-10-24T01:57:56Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So can we expect your commentary all season long? Nope. Which I know is what you wanted to hear. Doesn’t mean I’m wrong. The writing’s always been terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/33 "2016-10-24T01:59:01Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Nope. Which I know is what you wanted to hear. > > Doesn’t mean I’m wrong. The writing’s always been terrible. And yet you’re still watching it! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/34 "2016-10-24T02:00:28Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > And yet you’re still watching it! One TV. Wife wanted to watch this in real time instead of Westworld or football. If I’m watching, I might as well comment. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/35 "2016-10-24T02:05:30Z")
Is Darryl going to become a despised character? I’m sure Maggie won’t be hanging out with him. What if Norman Reedus wants to leave the show, but they know he’s a beloved character and the viewers would riot unless they begin to write him as changing into an unlikable guy. That bulging eye though…yucck!! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/36 "2016-10-24T02:07:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I gotta say that was a solid fake-out with Abraham meeting Lucille first. I thought we dodged the Glenn bullet. And yeah, that was fucking nasty. Yeah, they fucked with us. Assholes. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/37 "2016-10-24T02:07:47Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > So apparently **Talking Dead** is being broadcast from an actual cemetery tonight. And also longer than the actual episode of TWD. 😛 I admit I did feel a little sad watching the scene of the “family dinner” & Glenn holding his child. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/38 "2016-10-24T02:30:20Z")
I’ve seen a lot of television. And with a lot of TV, comes a lot of shit writing. And this series certainly has its episodes of abject shit. That said, I think this episode is one of its greatest, not just because two main characters ate it, but because it was the breaking of the main character. I honestly did not know if Rick was gonna chop Carl’s arm off. And that’s because of the brutality and unpredictability which preceded it. I was engrossed more than I ever have been in this show. From here, will the writing slip? Most likely. But this was one of the better episodes as far as watershed moments. Perhaps the best of them. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/39 "2016-10-24T02:31:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yeah. A bit gratuitous, no? Not to trot out an old chestnut, but I can’t believe that makes cable TeeVee but a naked breast is a no-no. The word “fuck” is verboten too; good thing TD has a 30 second delay. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548/40 "2016-10-24T02:50:56Z")
I think that was the most intense episode to date. First time this show reduced me to a sobbing wreck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-01-the-day-will-come-when-you-wont-be-open-spoilers/769548.md?page=3)