The Internet Reacts To ‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 8x03
Spoilers for The Walking Dead 8x03.Rick's strike on Negan and the Saviors continues. After [...]
The Internet On Daryl Killing Morales
Poor Morales we barely knew you... #TheWalkingDead #TWD pic.twitter.com/Wem5QARL9A
— Sith Happens (@DarthGeekonius) November 6, 2017
Morales where are your morals #TheWalkingDead
— The Walking Dead (@Walkerfanboy) November 6, 2017
@WalkingDead_AMC Shot to the back & Dixon's Bow To blame. Morales You should have stayed with Ricks gang. #TWD
— Brandye Nycole (@brandyenycole) November 6, 2017
Morales's tenure on Walking Dead in a gif...#TWD pic.twitter.com/pefirbiBGQ
— Chris Dmytriw (@chrisdmytriw1) November 6, 2017
Life (or I guess death) comes at ya fast in #WalkingDead
Was a nice speech though Mr Morales. ? pic.twitter.com/hcUxx3jxEi
— Brian Hays (@BrianHays73) November 6, 2017
Thank you for doing that Daryl. Even after hearing what happened to Glenn, Morales still tried to defend Negan. #TWD
— SPNWalkingDead ? (@SPNWalkingDead) November 6, 2017
Bruhhhh!!! U brought Morales back just to take him out?! I was hoping he would be a boss!!! @AMCTalkingDead @WalkingDead_AMC #TWD
— Pamela jones (@pjonesy1989) November 6, 2017
Daryl to Morales: #TWD @TheWalkingDead @WalkingDead_AMC pic.twitter.com/vq4vNYsThk
— Jacqueline Wilson (@WackieJackie87) November 6, 2017
You have GOT to be KIDDING me! Morales could have been such a great addition to the storyline! ???#TWD #TheWalkingDead @WalkingDead_AMC
— Summer Dawn (@MadamHavoc) November 6, 2017
Sooooo this is it for #Morales? Ya brought him back for that!?!? #TheWalkingDead @WalkingDead_AMC @AMCTalkingDead pic.twitter.com/08e0ACkIwl
— Tatianna M. Melendez (@TatiaMelendez) November 6, 2017
Morales goes missing for seven seasons and comes back for seven minutes @AMCTalkingDead #WalkingDead
— Mads (@walkingdeadnow_) November 6, 2017
Hi Morales..... Bye Morales.... @WalkingDead_AMC @AMCTalkingDead #TWD pic.twitter.com/ab63pFafPG
— Brittany Pharr (@califorbritt) November 6, 2017
prevnextBro did Daryl waste Morales like a secondary ass trash character? #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/VnG7uCReRP
— The Walking Dead (@Walkerfanboy) November 6, 2017
The Internet On Eric's Death
Episode 8x03 also answers what happened to Eric, who in episode 8x02 caught a bullet during a raid on a Savior outpost. After discovering an exit wound in his back, Eric spent his last few moments alive telling boyfriend Aaron to leave him by a tree and rejoin the fight. "They need you," Eric said, with Aaron begrudgingly accepting.
Once things had calmed, Aaron returned only to find a bloody tree stump. A reanimated Eric was seen wandering off towards a nearby herd of Walkers, leaving a distraught Aaron behind. Though Eric's death on the show occurred differently from how it went down in Robert Kirkman's comic books, the end result was the same: the Saviors took Aaron's boyfriend from him.
Aaron actor Ross Marquand previously talked with ComicBook.com about the importance of LGBT representation on The Walking Dead, and talk turned to the "bury your gays" trope, or the killing of gay characters, their stories usually ending without a happy ending. Marquand spoke on what he called a "very unfortunate trend," saying backlash as result of Eric's death was "definitely a possibility."
Aside from Maggie and Glenn, Eric and Aaron have the most pure relationships. @WalkingDead_AMC #TWD
— Olivia Torres (@olivia_jtorres) November 6, 2017
— Rachel??? (@Its0nlyRachel) November 6, 2017
Eric done became a walker. Poor Aaron ? #TheWalkingDead
— #TeamDoItAlready ? (@NicoH715) November 6, 2017
Eric walking away as a walker... #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/q9GQyJAd9t
— IWalkTheDead (@IWalkTheDead) November 6, 2017
OMG NOOOOO I LOVED ERIC WTFFFFFFF #TheWalkingDead
— Therealdezzy._ (@dausbrook2) November 6, 2017
IM SOBBING AGAIN ERIC ISNT BY THE TREE AND AARON IS SO SAD MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH #TheWalkingDead
— missY (@kethurman) November 6, 2017
oh no where’s eric #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/b9vK99mUJr
— sami skywalker (@_ohsamurai) November 6, 2017
That yelling for Eric... omg my heart!! ?????#TheWalkingDead
— Danie (@Danie_B_Puff) November 6, 2017
Just rip my heart out. Again and again. RIP Eric #TheWalkingDead
— isaiditimeantit (@mcqueenlin1) November 6, 2017
???? I was hoping Eric would make it #TheWalkingDead
— Mary Jane Rodriguez (@keyahnuhhh) November 6, 2017
ERIC!!!!?????? #TheWalkingDead I should have known no healthy gay couples would survive on Primetime shows ??
— Black Magick Cass ? (@Serial_Tragedy) November 6, 2017
Aaron: *sees Eric as a walker* #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/Dv07sOJdbh
— Dr.Lightfoot (@jadalitefoot) November 6, 2017
Not Eric! ?#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/RSB5KSbBv9
— Taylor (@DarylDixonSwag) November 6, 2017
Poor Eric... Poor Aaron. #TWD #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/wB9BUnScO9
— Shonnia Burton (@shonnia21) November 6, 2017
I hope they didn’t just kill off Eric so they could pair up Jesus & Aaron in the future. #TheWalkingDead
— Krista (@Kemmybelle) November 6, 2017
AARON AND A BABY PLS#TheWalkingDead
— Chey (@sounderrated_) November 6, 2017
prevnextAaron needs Gracie right now. It gives him purpose ? #thewalkingdead
— Megan Oneail (@itssplldONEAIL) November 6, 2017
The Internet On Morgan vs. Jesus
Episode 8x03 had another "oh sh—t" moment in the form of Morgan acting out and attacking Jesus, with the two differing in their opinions on how the captured Saviors should be handled. Morgan wants them dead — Jared, specifically, who taunted Morgan over the death of young Kingdom guard Ben — and Jesus, who doesn't want to kill Saviors, is acting as the new moral conscious of the group, even coming into conflict with Tara over his immovable insistence on taking their enemies alive.
Jesus' kung fu moves versus Morgan's stick fu made for an interesting fight, and the internet is picking sides:
#TeamMorgan #TWD pic.twitter.com/UZpFWB65Gm
— Heather (@HWildeNYC) November 6, 2017
Do not make me choose! ? #TWD pic.twitter.com/Xc0kUzRYPe
— Theodora (@TheodoraG13) November 6, 2017
Sorry but #TeamMorgan. He is right. They chose Negan and there is no living peacefully with them. They will kill while the others sleep.
— Brad Setzer (@B_S_Zelda) November 6, 2017
Everyone on #TeamMorgan Y'all need JESUS!!!!#TeamJesus
— ihatepeacocks (@nosajmunson) November 6, 2017
I used to love Morgan but he lost his damn mind #TeamJesus ?
— Sly (@PhillipPhever) November 6, 2017
Morgan & Jesus are some kind of Zombie Apocalypse Jedi’s
— Suzi (@suzimomof2) November 6, 2017
when Jesus and Morgan started fighting #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/wEGYOy82Io
— mila (@ur_girl_mila) November 6, 2017
Jesus, u really wanna come after Morgan? #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/2diwrxe5Ws
— purple mom (@purplelvngmom) November 6, 2017
Jesus: We have to find a way. We have to learn how to live with them.
Morgan:#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/C5XLbr36Uf
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) November 6, 2017
Morgan and Jesus were looking like #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/09sBcfTAh8
— L. Clark (@LBCutta) November 6, 2017
Morgan done took the wheel Jesus.#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/CJzEMtPM1t
— findingchristina ? (@findmein1972) November 6, 2017
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