The Walking Dead Villain Watch season 8, episode 10: The Lost and the Plunderers
The Walking Dead has returned from its traditional midseason break, careening toward the conclusion of the comic’s “All Out War” saga and the end of the feud between Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his arch-nemesis Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). But thus far, the show’s big bet on Negan has been a bit of a misfire, with ratings hitting staggering lows last year and Negan himself absent from roughly half of this season’s episodes.
But a midseason premiere is an opportunity to start again, and in the episodes ahead, the bat-wielding villain will likely play a bigger role than ever. That’s why week-to-week I’ll be analyzing the show through its presentation of Negan: how he acts, how he delivers his jokes and threats, and most importantly,...