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The Walking Dead
S7.E8
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Hearts Still Beating

  • Episode aired Dec 11, 2016
  • TV-MA
  • 1h
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8.7/10
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Jason Douglas, Andrew Lincoln, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Christian Serratos, Ross Marquand, Jordan Woods-Robinson, and Troy Jackson in The Walking Dead (2010)
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Negan's unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies; things quickly spin out of control.Negan's unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies; things quickly spin out of control.Negan's unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies; things quickly spin out of control.

  • Director
    • Michael E. Satrazemis
  • Writers
    • Frank Darabont
    • Robert Kirkman
    • Tony Moore
  • Stars
    • Andrew Lincoln
    • Norman Reedus
    • Lauren Cohan
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    16K
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    • Director
      • Michael E. Satrazemis
    • Writers
      • Frank Darabont
      • Robert Kirkman
      • Tony Moore
    • Stars
      • Andrew Lincoln
      • Norman Reedus
      • Lauren Cohan
    • 32User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
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    • Carl Grimes
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    • Michonne
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    • Eugene Porter
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    10and_mikkelsen

    You got no GUTS!

    This was a really great episode and without a doubt the best episode since the premiere, as things are really shapin up as our characters starts to unite after a lot of episodes where we explored different characters and what they were doing!

    Negan is really good in this episode, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan does a great job of portraying his different moods! Especially as we got a more angry side of him!

    The events are shocking and it keeps building tension kepping you on edge! The gore is also back after some episode where not much blood and gore were shown!

    When the Walking dead is good, it delivers and this episode is an example of that!

    Also great to see Rick step up, showing his old self again!
    10dantascezar

    Negan

    Negan at his best. He's a tough guy, and all that stuff, but he gets things done. I like his style. What about the sarcasm? But he is the villain, his fall is just a matter of time.
    9Jakey-007

    Brings the season together

    While this season spends most episodes on separated storylines, they are finally intercut and mostly come together here that makes for a fairly intense episode that does a lot of dramatic heavy lifting towards the end and features a satisfying reunion.

    Still not as eventful as other mid-season finales but does its job to set the rest of the story in motion and is a very well written episode with effective editing and excellent dialogue, not just emotional and intense dialogue but some hilarious lines too.

    Season 7 is definitely and underrated season, and this episode is an example of why.

    Rating: 88%
    9aurigariga

    Awesome Mid-season Ending

    Actually i didn't noticed the final on Eps. 8 goes like this. Because i saw from the first episode that's Alexandria family very suffering after Negan did's. Loved the scene at the end of the episode who make our heart beating. Thanks for the Producer also the Writer who make this season become alive again. Snap out my hates at the eps.1 when the favorite character died. Now the tension of this season start to eager,as the Asia fans of TWD, i'm really waiting for the next episode. Hopefully it come soon. and make the scene become more eager. Never bore to watch this movie even some scene become bored there are another scene make this movie alive and alive.
    10ericstevenson

    Yeah, it's great

    I admit that I was kind of expecting a big epic fight in this, but it doesn't really matter. We still see things being set up perfectly. It's great to see so many characters coming together and how they're relevant to the story. Negan isn't always the focus in this episode. We get some good bits with Rick (away from him), Michonne, and Daryl. When you have characters as popular as these, you have to treat them well. Fighting zombies with oars = awesome. It's interesting to see Negan legitimately angry when he's shot at. Well, we killed off more characters in this episode, but it's always been a show where anyone can die.

    We even get a nice Book Ends with the same scene and person shown at the end of the episode. This was a little short of airing for 90 minutes as the ad said. It stops about six minutes before then. I thought there'd be a really long scene after the credits. It's entertaining to see Negan try to justify his actions. Just seeing Carl's eye like that in the episode's beginning gives me scares. It's easy to build up tension with these characters. I am aware a lot more of my reviews are liked than disliked here. I believe I agree with what most people say and I will never mean any ill will towards the people who downrate my reviews. If you don't like them, don't read them or follow me. Finally the last mid season finale for me to review! ****

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    • Trivia
      Maggie (Lauren Cohan) wears a hat and gloves similar to Glenn (Steven Yeun) & Abraham's (Michael Cudlitz) at the Hilltop Colony.
    • Goofs
      Negan takes one look at the spent casing and immediately determines that it was home made. Unless Eugene is terrible at following the instructions in a reloading manual (available at many gun shops, which they've undoubtedly raided in search of supplies), there is no way he'd be able to tell if the casing came from a factory load, or was reloaded (recycled/home loaded).
    • Quotes

      Negan: You know, I'm thinking, Spencer. I'm thinking how Rick threatened to kill me, how he clearly hates my guts. But he is out there right now, gathering shit for me to make sure I don't hurt any of the fine people that live here. He is swallowing his hate and getting shit done. That takes guts. And then there's you The guy who waited for Rick to be gone so he could sneak over and talk to me to get me to do his dirty work, so he could take Rick's place. So I got to ask - if you wanna take over, why not just kill Rick yourself and just take over?

      Spencer Monroe: What? No, no. I didn't - I don't...

      Negan: You know what I'm thinking? 'Cause I have a guess.

      [Whispering]

      Negan: It's because you got no guts.

      Negan: Ohh. How embarrassing. There they are. They were inside you the whole time. You did have guts. I've never been so wrong in my whole life!

    • Connections
      Featured in Talking Dead: Sing Me a Song (2016)
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      The Program
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      Performed by Ben Wise

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Douglasville, Georgia, USA(on location)
    • Production companies
      • American Movie Classics (AMC)
      • Idiot Box Productions
      • Skybound Entertainment
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      • 1h(60 min)
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      • Dolby Digital

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