It's been one whole week since "The Walking Dead" season finale. Now, the entire episode kind of felt like a series finale, but once the screen went black all was lost. Can we talk about that ridiculously stupid decision the writers made in ending on that stupid cliffhanger? (Warning: spoilers ahead.)
The entirety of the episode was on the road. Yes, it built up crazy tension, but there was no payoff. One way, they were cornered. Another way, cornered. And another way, cornered. There was nothing even in the hour and a half episode. And do not get me started on the commercials. There was no reason for the extra half hour. They could have cut the entire episode down to the last 10 minutes honestly.
The only part I really screamed at was Carol's getting shot two times definitely should have killed her. I'm not at all sold on her arc the writers gave her for the second half of the season, but I particularly liked Morgan's transformation. He refused to kill the living throughout the entire season, and ended it on killing the Savior about to kill Carol. He killed for her. This guy actually cares.
Other than that, the episode didn't live up to the buildup. Leaving the trailer was a dumb idea, carrying Maggie throughout the woods. The part with the whistling was particularly scary though. They definitely tried to make it the best episode they ever did, but then completely destroyed it with the first person death. Negan was scary. I was scared and my roommate was scared (she doesn't even watch the show). They had him swing Lucille back and forth for 10 minutes. Rick looked horrified because it was the first time their group was in actual danger.The ennie-meenie-miny-moe pick was good sticking to the comics. And then he chose the victim. Except we didn't see the victim.
What was the point of that? To piss everyone off? All this incredible build up and tension and then nothing. When the show returns next fall, there isn't going to be any of that. We're going to know who's dying anyway (someone will spoil it eventually). Will it be Glenn? Will it be Daryl? No. It'll probably be Aaron because the writers suck. A season one character hasn't even died yet. Andrea, OK, but no one in the core group. It can't be Maggie. She's already about to die from whatever disease she contracted one episode previous. It's just that they threw everything together at once and left with no answers. Only the burning question everyone wanted to know: who died?
At least this Sunday will be the premiere of "Fear The Walking Dead." A lot of people didn't like it, but I actually enjoyed it. Enough "Walking Dead" to last me until next season.
