Chris Eltanal

Let me preface this by saying that I’ve talked with several people about different aspects of it, usually my FB peeps. So a great big shoutout to them for always nourishing my theory-addicted TD brain. Also, to @wdway bc it was a convo with her that gave me the idea to actually do this post.

She made the comment after we talked about the possible 8x03 behind Daryl in the trunk 

that if this clock behind Beth is meant to read 8x03, 

then it would be interesting because it would parallel with 7x03 where Daryl was imprisoned and cut off from TF at the Sanctuary.

That REALLY got me thinking. So go with me on this. All the way back to S4. The season of the Great Foreshadowings. This is the part me and the FB peeps have hashed out before.

Check out this scene in–yes–episode 3. The virus is running rampant and Beth has been quarantined with Judith. Here’s the convo she has with Maggie.

AKA how to hide clues in plain sight that a character is not really dead but people won’t notice because:

a) SHOT IN THE HEAD!

b) It’s a female character people saw as weak and expected to die

Step 1: Put foreshadowing lines/objects in the show

4.01 There’s a “Not an Exit” sign in Beth’s cell

4.12 Beth picks up a DC spoon and the camera focuses on it for a few beats

4.12 “I survived and you don’t get it because I’m not like you or them but I made it!”

4.13 “The signs are all there, you just gotta know how to read em”

4.16 “There’s a new sheriff in town” - putting the hat on Beth that has only been worn by the two characters that survived…wait for it…gun shot wounds.

“Is she dead?” “She’s just gone”

5.01 “But she’s alive?” “She’s alive”

5.04 “I sing. I still sing.”

Clock focuses on/points to the 4, 7/8, and 10. 4 was the current episode/Beth’s big one. She appeared in 7/8 & obviously 8 was “big”. So what happened in 10? Oh right, basically the entire episode was about her via Daryl & Maggie’s stories (with blatant callbacks like her knife and a walker that looked exactly like her and the director confirmed was meant to) and of course the music box which Lauren & others confirmed represented Beth. And what happened with that music box by the end of the episode? Oh yeah, it was broken and Daryl fixed it except not really? but then wait, Aaron says he has good news and then boom, music box starts ‘singing’ again. You might say it came back to life.

Beth was given wounds on her face that given the chance will become scars extremely reminiscent of comic Andrea

“GET WELL SOON” clock (which, btw, has a time of “10:10”. It’s almost as if he really wants us to pay attention to ep 10)

5.08 Beth “dies” *theme song plays*…fast forward to 6.03 Glenn seemingly “dies” *theme song plays* (Glenn’s alive)

5.10 “I think it used to play music. It’s broken” (Carl)

Step 2: Say things that will make people go ‘OHHHH’ in the future when it’s revealed such as…

“She’s still alive and there’s a reason for that” (emphasis mine, stated during a bts interview released after Slabtown aired)

“It’s (Beth’s storyline) part of the greater story, I hope you dig it when it all plays out” [x] (emphasis mine)

I go back and forth on this sometimes, yes. I know enough about conspiracy theorists to know that when you decide something is the case, you’ll interpret everything in the fucking world as supporting evidence. It will SEEM obvious to you, even if there’s nothing actually there.

But I swear to God: it’s all there, it’s not even kind of subtle, and the only reasons why just about everyone isn’t questioning this 24/7 is that:

- Beth isn’t a “main character” in the sense most people think of the cast. - Beth is exactly the kind of character one expects to die. - Beth is a young woman. - Beth was shot in the head (which as we have proved down to the fucking ground does not present any significant problem at all and in fact might be the one thing guaranteed to save her life while also making everyone assume she’s dead).

Remove all of those from the equation, and regarding the fanbase, suddenly this is an entirely different story.

In season 5 Beth had a lot of moments which were a paralel to Rick in season 1. I’ve rewatched the very first episode and there is a scene when Shane tries to lift unconsious Rick from his bed in the hospital, but when he realizes he won’t be able to carry Rick outside the hospital safe, he leaves him in his room and blocks the door. Everybody believes he couldn’t survive that until he comes back to his family a few weeks later.

Beth’s knife is back!!!!!!!! I don’t know (or care) how he got it back, because it’s there where it should be.

Get ready loves because you know what this means….She’s on her way back to his side.

Yes there are other pics and I rechecked them before I posted this because I really wanted to be certain. Because we’ve been waiting a year to find out where her knife has been. Evidently he really did take it off to keep it from being taken like we thought.

Now he has his bow, his bike, and his will to live back. He will probably get his vest back from Dwight now.