[Cali Panthers Fan]

I thought that was one of the better episodes in a while, mostly because there was lots of Negan. I'm having trouble caring about many of the other characters.

Someone mentioned that the good guys could easily wipe out the whisperers, but the genius of how Alpha operates them is as a guerilla warfare unit. They disrupt and attack randomly. They undermine the way of life of the stable society. They live in the bush and are not easily found. I think it presents a significant challenge to the group reminiscent of the Vietnam war. Then you add in the sheer mass of walkers they can use and it's like a really, really large guerilla army. Not much for cohesion and proper warfare, but they're good at making life hell for the group. Then you will get a major offensive (like the Tet offensive) and eventually they'll want to leave.

This is a war of ideology and systems of living/government, not unlike the proxy wars of Korea and Vietnam. It's fitting that it resembles those situations.