I’m trying to catch up this afternoon before the big Rick finale, and I’m having a hard time staying awake.
Same ol’ conflict, same ol’ problems, same ol’ double crosses. I feel like I owe it the show to see Rick’s last ride, but man I think I’m done after tonight
This season has held my attention better than a few of the past. I’m done after tonight though. Daryl can’t tote the show by himself without rick. The show is really about to crater without Him.
I’m trying to catch up this afternoon before the big Rick finale, and I’m having a hard time staying awake.
Same ol’ conflict, same ol’ problems, same ol’ double crosses. I feel like I owe it the show to see Rick’s last ride, but man I think I’m done after tonight
stopped watching about two seasons ago, but I wish I would have stopped a long time ago. The show stopped being going when the zombies weren't really an issue any more. it was more about drama between groups. most episodes were literally nothing but pointless back story or side story that never went any where or were never followed up on. Can't believe they didn't end it with Rick going out. When the guy who started is no longer there, you went way too long.
This season has gotten off to a good start, but I don’t feel like they’ll be able to keep it up without Andrew Lincoln. I don’t see anyone else on the show that can be anywhere near the strong lead guy that he has been.
For me Season 6 is where it all went wrong. The Glenn falling off the dumpster fiasco, really strange character building choices (particular with Morgan), and then that awful “eenie meanie miney moe” cliffhanger. Seasons 7 and 8 just did absolutely nothing for me. The whole Negan arc was a big letdown after the hype for it was unreal.
So far the new show runner seems to have a better handle on things than Scott Gimple, who only seemed to care about jerking his viewers around with cliffhangers and not building an interesting story.
stopped watching about two seasons ago, but I wish I would have stopped a long time ago. The show stopped being going when the zombies weren't really an issue any more. it was more about drama between groups. most episodes were literally nothing but pointless back story or side story that never went any where or were never followed up on. Can't believe they didn't end it with Rick going out. When the guy who started is no longer there, you went way too long.
Yep. It’s like The Office continuing on after Steve Carrell left. I’ve found that the best shows know to quit when they are still ahead (Breaking Bad, LOST even though the final season wasn’t great, soon to be Game of Thrones, etc.). I don’t feel like TWD has any interest in ending things anytime soon even though the show has clearly dipped in quality and popularity.
This season has gotten off to a good start, but I don’t feel like they’ll be able to keep it up without Andrew Lincoln. I don’t see anyone else on the show that can be anywhere near the strong lead guy that he has been.
For me Season 6 is where it all went wrong. The Glenn falling off the dumpster fiasco, really strange character building choices (particular with Morgan), and then that awful “eenie meanie miney moe” cliffhanger. Seasons 7 and 8 just did absolutely nothing for me. The whole Negan arc was a big letdown after the hype for it was unreal.
So far the new show runner seems to have a better handle on things than Scott Gimple, who only seemed to care about jerking his viewers around with cliffhangers and not building an interesting story.
I gave up two or three seasons ago. Honestly, all shows should have a 5 or 6 year plan and end there. Once you get past that point they pretty much all go downhill.
Watched religiously until last year, then just every once in a while. This year not at all. Tired of watching them kill zombies then lie around and talk nonsense.
I’m trying to catch up this afternoon before the big Rick finale, and I’m having a hard time staying awake.
Same ol’ conflict, same ol’ problems, same ol’ double crosses. I feel like I owe it the show to see Rick’s last ride, but man I think I’m done after tonight
Never watched an episode after the Negan head bashing episode years ago. Was getting old and repetitive. I would say story lines were getting less beleivable, but it is about zombies after all, so I'm not sure if that holds water...
Remember back in the day when walkers were a legit threat? Like a couple were dangerous, and then 3+ were big time trouble?
Now it’s like... oh, a horde of walkers are coming right at me with no escape in sight? Better grab my ball point pen, and I’ll take care of them real quick
Yep, With Rick on the way out I wish Shane was still around.
one unanswered question, remember that chopper flying over over out of the blue 2 or 3 years ago. I don't remember it ever addressing that and seemed like to much of a possible breakthrough not to ever follow up on it.
I think the problem is that they honestly have no idea how to end this show, and even with declining ratings it still brings in a ton of money, so there’s pressure to keep it going. Rick Grimes will probably be back next season. The season after that, at the latest.
Great episode tonight. My interest has been revitalized. Walkers getting smarter would be a nice improvement. The show is on its last legs and this might doom it or save it.
Did anyone else catch the "You're not supposed to notice this." moment?
When the group sees Rick on the bridge, they are all on his side of the raging river. Then, everybody but Darrell runs off to divert the walkers and keep them from crossing the bridge. You even see Michonne approaching them as they're walking down the road toward the bridge. How did the group cross the raging river without using the bridge?
I thought that was a really terrible episode and a bad way for Rick to go out. Typical Walking Dead to hype up “Rick’s final episode”, and then (SPOILER WARNING) give him an emotional death scene that they immediately undo two seconds later via helicopter ex machina. Again, they do not care about telling an effective story, they only care about jerking their viewers around.
The idea with the flashbacks was fine but they made no sense in execution. Why did Rick have a flashback scene with Sasha? I literally don’t remember them having a single important scene together when she was still alive. It was cool to see Shane and Hershel again but they were just there. And Rick not dying takes away any significance those scenes had.
If the main character of the show now is going to be a 10 year old Judith, I have no idea what they are thinking. Rick Grimes/Andrew Lincoln deserved a better sendoff than that, although apparently they are making a trilogy of Rick Grimes movies to follow up on this so whatever. They are going to squeeze every last penny that they can get out of this intellectual property, even when it’s so clearly time to wrap it up.
I was completely invested in it until the season opener from about 2 years ago when it revealed who Negan bashed in. Maybe halfway watched an episode or two after that. Just felt like it had started going in circles, with each new setting/group of people they encountered being slightly more implausible or boring. Watched Rick’s “last” episode last night ... thought it was ok, but don’t plan on starting to watch it again.
This summarizes my thoughts prett well. Overall, I thought it was a pretty good episode, but I really hated the way they handled the “death” bit. I fully expected them to leave things open ended just in case Lincoln ever came back, but I have no idea as to why they felt that his survival needed to be revealed immediately. It completely sucked the wind out of any emotion that the show previously generated.
I’m also not at all sure as to why Sasha was a part of the flashbacks. She was a good character, but they could have picked at least half a dozen others that had a much more pivotal relationship with Rick.
I’ll probably give this Judith story a couple episodes, but I’m fairly certain that I’m done with the show
Nope. Tried to last night w the wife as she is still watching it. The fake death of Rick expounds on the weak writing. Nevermind Maggie not killing Neegan?!? WTF?
As someone stated above, it's a soap opera now.
I had some really mixed feelings about the Neegan but. I hated seeing him in that pathetic state while begging for his life, but just a few minutes earlier when he was reminiscing about bashing Glenn’s head in, you could tell that there was still some fire left in him.
I’m not sure where they’re going with it, but I have a feeling that there will be some kind of team up with Neegan at some point, and things will not end well
I think it will pick up. The Negan/Saviors subplot plodded on many episodes too long, but TWD has been better the last few episodes. I'm really encouraged with the new thing in your spoiler, and I think the show will be just fine without Rick. If anything, Rick became annoying this past year and the show will be better.
While TWD plodded last season, I enjoyed Fear the Walking Dead a lot more this past season. I had gotten bored with FTWD when they were in Mexico, but it's good again.
Like some other shows (Sons of Anarchy, even Breaking Bad), they plodded for a while but then got better. I hope TWD will, too.
Also, after watching part of last night's Talking Dead,
The Walking Dead universe is expanding! Rick is for sure off The Walking Dead, but his new location/people/subplot will be in some AMC-produced MOVIES. I'm really interested to see another (more advanced) location within TWD universe. If the main show is advanced ten years, then I look forward to seeing that, too. Several old characters will be brought back to see their past (pre-apocalypse) stories (not sure if that will happen in the movies or main TWD show).
I gave it up a couple years back when the garbage pale kids and the stupid king who has a lion and everyone pretends it’s 15th century England came into the picture. I ignored the mental gymnastics I had to perform to accept two pivotal characters chose a crossbow and a sword to use against zombies. But that was just too much for me. How about how the garbage pale kids somehow lost the ability to speak English in just a few years of the outbreak? The whole show just turned into one big pile of horse ****.
