SQUAWKING DEAD: [Episode 166] Season 7, Episode 5 of Fear The Walking Dead, "Till Death"

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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 set of possibly ugly truths about #VictorStrand and/or his demon, Howard! DEMON!

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So, yeah, "165"... this was when we didn't know we'd be speaking with
Alex Skuby about his role as "Eli" in this very episode!

David Cameo:
Rachael Burt:
Sherrandy Swift: AKA @BlazyGardener

What a fun episode, directed by Lennie James. Sherry is amiable to Rachael because she seems to learn from her mistakes.
Eli, played by Alex Skuby, and his partner, "Ween" (AKA, ZenAF podcast co-host, Wayne Hannah)
Victor Strand’s laugh is everything. Dark Horses? More like (Sherry's) Dead Horses.
Dave roles his eyes at wrestling moves that Mickey must've adapted for survival. Discussing Damian Marley's Welcome to Jamrock during that scene.
Dave draws parallel from Dwight & Sherry to Iris Bennett (from The Walking Dead: World Beyond): sticking to principles and doing "right".
Eli doesn’t kill Dwight, even though he should have: even he has principles. Is he good, bad, just trying to survive?
Kim and Kevin Larson assassinated, but Briga Larson turned: Was Strand ultimately responsible? Howard? This all might've been just Eli's doing.
As much as Dave has a hard time seeing Strand as a "bad guy", even he's not unsure he would order a hit job on a child.
Howard is a bit of mystery/demon.
Reminder from last episode: Strand might want to become the bad guy all of his friends can rally against.
A special shrine for The Found. Revisiting why Strand refused to put Will’s photo on the wall. Strand & Alicia Clark’s strained relationship: when it came down to it, she trusted Morgan Jones over him.
Strand's Photos are a Parallel to Negan’s Satellite Station (photos). Strand & Negan are yin yang parallels: the former will lie and the results were far better than the latter, who unadulteratedly spoke the truth.
Strand has got to be holding something over everyone in his tower, right? Or...?
Mickey says Strand would lock her up, but why not kill her?
Could Morgan be pushed to launch a warhead at Strand’s tower?
Mickey's duct tape walker armor calls back to Milton from The Governor's Woodbury.
Dwight was all of us meeting a Aisha Tyler-- I mean, a celebrity. Aisha was on Friends, Who's Line is it Anyway, and last seen/heard on Archer and Criminal Minds.
Dwight repeats Eli's words as he buries the Larson family, "Play with fire, you get burned." Having kids is not for everyone.
John Dorie & June Dorie parallels: Mickey has to put down her walker husband, Cliff; Sherry & Dwight save Mickey, much like the Dories rescue Dwight in Humbugs Gulch.
What must June compromise to remain in Strand’s tower? Political June?
Dave illustrates why Karma is bullshit: Do good things for the sake of goodness, not expecting anything in return.
Dwight and Sherry showed how Lucille & Negan Smith could've been, had she survived, even though we proposed, after watching Here's Negan, Lucille would be far worse than Negan.
Victor helps people to spite Morgan.
Dragon fruit is a type of cactus. "Milus" is Latin for "rival" or "competitor".
Arno and The Stalkers strike a deal with the Dark Horses to find Padre. Familiar voice from the lead Stalker (perhaps Stephen Root?). But why are the stalkers holding & distributing naked walkers?
Never really was clear if Virginia was making fuel for the Civic Republic Military.
Subverting expectations: alternative uses for the recovered leaky warhead and why Grace Mukherjee's help may be employed.
Welcome to Jamrock might be a sign that Padre may not be everything everyone thinks it will be.