One good death deserves another.
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(Also read ourmidseason finale interview with Juan Javier Cardenas, who played Dante.)
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You start the episode with zombie Siddiq trying to eat his own baby.
Thats pretty messed up, Angela.ANGELA KANG:Yeah, it is.
And I think Avi did an amazing job as both live Siddiq and zombie Siddiq.
Gene Page/AMC
I think it was very touching for us moving in this really strange and sad way.
So kudos to everybody who pulled off something thats a very kind of disturbing image.
It was sad to see Avi in that state, actually.
Eliza Morse/AMC
It was very strange.
Everyone is brutalizing Dante here in the aftermath of him killing Siddiq.
Negan is still out there, and our people dont exactly know what hes been up to.
So hes obviously got a very close tie to Siddiq.
He considers Siddiq like family.
And he just loses it in the moment, you know?
I really love how Seth played this moment.
He locked his own congregation out to save himself.
But that says that there is something in him that is capable of darkness, you know?
And what could that force you to do?
Cause shes someone who we saw, in her past, go on that mission to take out Negan.
So, theres a streak in her of wanting vengeance.
There are moments where they dont always see eye to eye.
Theres a generational difference.
I think that really Rosita feels a little distant from him at times.
Cause yeah, Rosita does have a little bit of that sort of like lone wolf streak in her.
Shes not necessarily opposed to vigilante justice.
So I have to know now that hes dead.
Did Dante actually have a son?I think Dante did have a son.
And I think that he is probably somebody that has some darkness in him.
And then maybe thats what drove him into the arms of the Whisperers.
But yeah, I think he had a son.
So we meet Virgil in this episode.
Just about all kinds of things.
Because there is this very deep connection to her family and Carl.
Siddiq was really important to Carl.
And so then he was really important to Rick and Michonne too.
So theyre now heading into the Chesapeake Bay to Bloodsworth Island.
Theres a little time while theyre journeying.
So we learn Gammas real name is Mary and she tells Aaron where the herd is.
Aaron brings the group there.
Daryl thinks theyve been double-crossed, but Aaron says, No, Im right.
So Ill ask you: Is Aaron right?The story will get into that.
But time will tell.
Was that all intentional by Alpha?
Was she using herself as bait to lure them after her and then down below?
But it remains to be seen whether that was all part of a larger plan or kind of circumstance.
She almost looks like shes prancing for a couple of steps.
So I sort of feel like shes playing it.
Like, Come on, come on after me.
Its funny you mentioned that, because I specifically noticed that.
I was like, Well, that was awkward.Its sort of not a bad ass run.
But I honestly think thats the actors choice and I was like, Oh thats interesting.
Its kind of a funny way to run.
Okay, we end on this cliffhangery situation as theyre all down there in that cave surrounded by walkers.
So, thats definitely going to be a big part of when we pick back up.
The border has been crossed by both sides.
There have been these acts of war and so things are now escalating very, very fast.
And we kind of get to the big conflict between the Whisperers and our people.
Its going to come to a head in the back half and well see how that plays out.
And hopefully, there are some interesting twists and turns and surprises along the way.
We will deal with what happens with Michonne and Virgil and the rest of that journey.
And its been announced that this is Danais last year on the program.
So, well send her off.
Well also follow some other threads that have been started in the first half such as the radio story.
I think theres a lot of really exciting stuff to come.
So hopefully people are entertained as we play out the rest of the season.
