+ No more garbage people
+ Garbage zombies went into meat grinder
+ Jadis, while still alive, at least isn't talking dumb dumb dumb anymore and will hopefully turn into a more interesting character
+ The trash pile settlement was given an intriguing backstory. Not that it excuses all the time they spent on that subplot, but I appreciate that they're trying to do something 'more' with it instead of just killing everyone and forgetting it ever existed
Them seemed to try to do a lot of things this episode, way more than usual (and for that alone, I commend them). Hopefully the garbage place becomes something interesting. Maybe Jadis will reveal what it is next episode/in the future. I actually thought she did a good job acting, but the direction was kinda wonky. I wish they would have built her up in previous episodes and it doesn't help that she just appears to betray anyone at any given moment.
That emotional payoff with the grinder could have been way more intriguing had they done
anything with her character beforehand.
I like the idea that it's all an act, but the way they talked was still ridiculous and no one in real life would have believed that an entire community of people talked like neanderthals for seemingly no reason at all. Though it was really cool to see her suddenly start talking like a person. I thought it was similar to how Ezekiel revealed himself to Carol.
Still this show seems to go wherever the wind blows it. Rick saying "fuck it, Carl's last words are pointless" while talking to Negan was strange/disconnected to the actual impact of Carl's death. Rick has said like 100 times "I'm gunna kill you" to Negan, so him saying it yet again after the revelation of Carl's last words/letters to everybody felt a monumentally wasted opportunity to do something fresh for Rick/co.