Three Lessons From TWD’s Father Gabriel

The Walking Dead / Season 8 Episode 1: Mercy / AMC Since the last shot of season 7 was of Glen’s watch (by way of Abraham), I guess it makes sense that the season 8 opener plays with time liberally. We also already know that war is inevitable and that Negan is the big bad of the moment. “Mercy” essentially re-establishes the stakes: who is playing and for what, so almost everyone got screen time even if they didn’t have any lnes. And if they didn’t have lines, they got to talk on The Talking Dead once the credits rolled. So… I’m less interested in that (because I didn’t really learn anything) than I am in what I did learn from Father Gabriel. Lesson 1: You Knew What This Was As the late great Maya Angelou tweeted said, “when someone tells you who they are, believe them.” So Greg is a trifling P.O.S. when was ready to sell out Maggie (and I’m no Maggie fan) so many times in the past.

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — #MayaAngelou pic.twitter.com/7rks11m11C — Maya Angelou (@DrMayaAngelou) June 12, 2015

Dude just literally stood in front of you and was like Hilltop stands with Negan. It didn’t even matter that Hilltop was out en masse with makeshift armor ready to die to oppose Negan. Nope, didn’t matter at all because Gregory is a slimy dude who will say whatever he needs to say to survive. I guess it’s easier when the villains have a W drawn in blood on their foreheads, but not all villains look like that. Not everyone will tell you th…