That plotline made for some edge-of-your seat moments, including Glenn’s (Steven Yeun) faux death and an unplanned backwash of walkers that, in the fall finale threatened to overwhelm the town.īut that plotline was also significant as a symbolic turning point. Jeffrey Dean Morgan was terrific as Negan though.During the first half of season six, The Walking Dead devoted most of its screen time to an extended plot involving rounding up a dangerous accumulation of walkers located at a nearby quarry and herding them away from Alexandria. A technique this show is absolutely over indulging with. Instead, we got another fake out/cliffhanger. And then failed to deliver a satisfying exclamation point. Prosįor all that "Last Day on Earth" was really about, and what was important about it, it went on too long. I did like Morgan riding that horse though, echoing back to Rick in the pilot episode. I'll begrudgingly accept Morgan killing the dude to save Carol, but overall this wasn't the greatest material. Or meaningful enough to deliver that sort of punishment toward her. He just didn't seem important enough to take down someone like Carol. Especially Carol being shot and tortured by that one remaining Savior she failed to kill last week. The Carol/Morgan stuff also didn't resonate that well. And so our main players hit roadblock after roadblock on their way toward eventually failing, and falling, into a trap. I get that Maggie was ill and needed medical attention, but that in itself was just another device to get people outside the walls and into the clutches of the Saviors. Good, skilled people that the town needed for defense. Once again, it involved SO MANY people leaving Alexandria. The episode itself though was, for the most part, a trudge. So much so that this cornering basically destroyed his entire world. He'd lost and now someone he loved was gong to die. That pale petrified glaze of terror after he realized that he had no recourse here. Especially coming at the end of a season that's been much maligned for cheap tricks and clumsy manipulation.Īgain though, the scene itself, with Negan, was great. They couldn't crack this particular code yet.Īnd even if they did, even if they do know who's dying, it's still wrong to leave the fans in the lurch like this. They just couldn't close the deal creatively. Well, this ending felt like the writers and producers decided not to make up their minds yet about Negan's first victim. Many of us wondered "Would Negan kill the same character that he kills in the comics? Or will it be someone new? Will the show change things up?" The show is very close to the source material, but it does deviate for sure. And, unfortunately, it's almost become textbook Walking Dead at this point. There was a confidence and overall reasonableness to Negan's madness that was really cool.īut to have the audience on the edge of their seats for so long and then NOT give them an answer? Well, that sucked. In fact, early casting rumors about Negan also had Jon Hamm in the running and I could totally see him pulling off this role too. His smirk and swagger were a wonderful sight to behold. ![]() And the casual flippancy of his character felt really exciting, even adding a nerve-racking electricity to the show. Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Negan did not disappoint. Following an overlong episode designed to basically do nothing but build us up toward those final 10 minutes. After, like, 10 minutes of very taught emotional manipulation. ![]() And we get a very disappointing cliffhanger. ![]() Wondering if the show would stick to its comic book-based guns or not.
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