Ideas for “Tales of the Walking Dead”

Here are some story ideas I had for episodes:

1. BETA - I think there’s a lot of potential with this character who, despite already being dead, I feel still had a lot of untapped potential. Having the episode flash back between the very beginning of the apocalypse and his time in Rehab with his friend as the world collapses, and then flash forward a bit to the very early days building up the whisperers with Alpha. I think there’s an interesting juxtaposition to explore with the idea of rehabilitation. When Beta came to the centre it was because he (presumably) was unable to properly function in the world, and needed to try to “evolve”. You could create an interesting contrast between the positive emotional connection he had with his friend that grounded him at the centre and how this relationship informed Beta’s worldview at that time, with the toxic subservience he later has to Alpha as she essentially guides him on his rehabilitation/de-evolution into becoming an animal.

2. GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - according to TWD wiki, Grady Memorial Hospital fell and everyone died by the 5 year jump. Although the storyline in S5 was polarising, there’s enough raw potential in the location and context of the story to make for an interesting episode.

3. THE SAVIOURS - Although we’re getting “Here’s Negan” next week which should give us a new lot of information that will inform how we view him, I think it’s going to be more based on how Negan as a person became the cold sociopath that we met in 6x16, as opposed to “this is how Negan met Dwight, this is how the saviours started, this is how Negan got in charge etc”. I don’t think much of that story will be really explored, so I think telling that story from Dwight’s perspective (with the context of having also seen “Here’s Negan”) would make for a very compelling TV episode.

4. DANTE - might seem random but a 90 minute episode about Dante would be amazing. You could start off a year or 2 into the apocalypse when his son is still alive, and slowly see this truly good man allow his morals and worldview to become corrupted. You could also further explore his PTSD, and the toll that war left on him by having a couple flashbacks of someone (perhaps a psychologist) who was significant in helping Dante deal with his trauma, and who Dante would naturally strongly associate with Siddiq. I think this would add some layers to their relationship in S10 from Dante’s perspective, as in Dante was genuinely trying to be the friend that helped him at one point in his life, and trying to pay that forward. By the end of the episode, we’d have a vicious and cold hearted Dante who has no faith or optimism left anymore. However, when re-watching S10 we would now see that maybe Dante’s humanity was starting to rekindle a little bit.

That’s all the ideas I’ve got the moment, what about u guys?

Submitted March 26, 2021 at 04:47AM by LickMyHairyBallsMods https://ift.tt/3tWOcko