The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Series Finale was Disappointing | REVIEW 

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the fact the reunion wasnt at alexandria. not even the walls in the background or something. just standing in a generic field... wow

The fact that Scott Gimple has not been fired yet baffles me. This dude screwed World Beyond, the Savior Arc and hyped us up for an endgame villain that was taken out in only a few minutes. The fact that Commonwealth and Savior conflict was shown in greater detail than CRM is sad. If they even do the crossover series, I’m not sure what story there will be to tell due to the Dead City timeline and Madam Genet’s likely downfall.

I hate how the later seasons and spinoffs of the walking dead makes the villain look so intimidating and almost unbeatable just for them to die in one episode and it’s so infuriating when they have been building up the CRM for so long

the grenade scene was dumb af

Scott M. Gimple having a job in this industry gets more shocking by the day.

Bro you literally said everything I was thinking. I was stressin thinking I was just hating but nah it was actually so disappointing

I agree. SUCH WASTED POTENTIAL. Beale was killed so easily. Thorne too. And the whole CRM collapsed. TWO PEOPLE Killed an entire military force?!?! Character plot armor was real! How did Rick survive the grenade blast?!?! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

CRM being built up as a Giant, only to be taken down with no pushback… It’s like the whole series was “We are going to kill everyone to survive” and Richonne just goes “no”. even if the message was that they’re unstoppable together, they don’t just change an entire civilization dead set in their tracks in one fell swoop and call it good story telling

My opinion...rick was a speed runner... You know those gamers that like to finish the games really quickly... This is the same thing... Rick just killed the main boss and completely ignored everyone else...😂

The problem isn't the episode, nor the number of episodes per season, because Chernobyl is a limited series and this show is almost perfect. TWD's problem is only one and it's called Gimple, how do you still not realize that?. Dead City S2 and Daryl Dixon S2 will continue to have the same issues as before. As long as fans keep to tolerating and "eat" this type of content, nothing will change, twdu will continue to sink into mediocrity.

I really liked it. The scene with Beale felt like season 5 Rick was back. The only bit that disappointed me was not seeing Rick walk into Alexandria or the Commonwealth being greeted by Ezekiel, etc. it should have been about 10 minutes longer, then with a hint of a cliffhanger

How was Michonne was able to do all this co op stuff and not get busted in a very strict military base?? For Ricks son they don’t put enough effort to acting or even his significance.

6 episodes to deal with the biggest treat in the world, is very little

I enjoyed this series and happy Rick and Michonne are reunited with their kids but this series needed 2-4 more episodes. If there was a episode between 3-4 and 5-6 that focused on the threat of the CRM, their plan to save humanity and Richonne’s struggles to defeat the CRM, it would’ve greatly impacted the series . There was potential to make this a top 3 TWD season ever but it feel flat in the end.

I really did like a lot of the events that transpired, but what the fuck that ending was rushed. This should’ve been a 2 hour episode for it to work.

AMC obliterated the biggest villian they've been building up in three different shows in 5 seconds.

If Rick and Daryl’s reunion is on the same level I personally think it’s the nail in the coffin.

Another one is Rick surviving a close range grenade explosion. Like how is he still standing??

Pace of the story: ep1 - fast ep2- fast ep3-fast ep4- slow ep5- slow ep6- very very very fking fast

I understand and share your disappointment. It started off SO strong-even managed to get my husband to sit down and watch again after he stopped watching back in S8. I could have looked past most of what disappointed me-the pacing, the unbelievability, lack of Beale and his rushed death…but the level of cringe and immersion breaking with lines like “Love doesn’t die” (not once but TWICE), “are you the brave man?” and “I bELiEVeD” really killed those final moments me. 😂 I know the majority of the fandom is clowning on RJ…and I do feel bad for the kid considering it was his first acting gig (or so I heard) but wow, whoever thought casting him as the son of the two most important characters to TWDU really screwed that one up. I don’t blame the actor whatsoever…that’s all on Gimple, casting and the writers. Like you said, I’m satisfied enough with the ending we got…I’m just not sure I’m satisfied with how we got there.

I feel like the episode could've been a whole season, or at least a few episodes. This was always going to be rushed, not much more the writers could've done with six episodes and uncertainty about Danai and Andy doing more. I honestly blame amc for making this a six episode show, just not enough time for everything they wanted to achieve.

i remember telling folks way back in 2019/2020 to temper their expectations in terms of all the crm shit. i knew two things - firstly, they had no clue what to do with it.. that was obvious for almost a decade. and secondly, once they'd settled on the crm as the backdrop for rick's journey, i knew they were gonna fuck it up somewhat.. it was clear from the on-set that there wasnt enough meat on that arc, and they were never going to spend enough time on it. so, yeah. none of this is surprising to me. but having said that.. hopefully they stick to this thing being a one season venture, and airdrop the characters into the final few laps of the daryl dixon show.. no more than that.

I was satisfied with this ending. It has many things that can be criticized, but if you are a fan of the universe, the show as a whole seems like a masterpiece to me.

Honestly I think Reunion was amazing,but everything else in episode is rushed - Thorne wasn't explored a lot,Beale wasn't explored,Frontliners were talked a bit in couple of episodes and then out of nowhere they just make CRM non existent Threat anymore. Shoulda just focused on Rick and Michonne escaping after 1x3.

Personally I loved it I think there should have been more to the CRM but seeing the reunion with the kids made it worth it for me

‪Exactly towl was a huge disappointment we gave gimple 6 years to make a decent show but nope he has to put filler episodes in a 6 episode series‬

Wasn’t this about Rick and Michonne’s love story? Not the CRM. Obviously yes the CRM is apart of the story and all but if you really look into it, this was mainly about Rick and Michonne reuniting and running back to their families, CRM was just a problem factor like “Walkers”, they were a side plot from what I see. I’m saying this because we never got deep scenes of the CRM and their soldiers, they were only shown when Rick was there or one of the main characters and that’s bc the CRM isn’t the story! The love story is the key and it’s exactly what we got. 1x4 is not a filler, it focuses on the main plot which is them both, it’s pretty obvious if you look at how the season was made. Although if you were looking at it the way you were then of course you’ll be dissatisfied but you have to know that the CRM was not the main plot. It’s like the CDC in S1, it wasn’t the main plot, it was a side thing, while the main plot was about our characters finding a safe haven and all that.

I didn't feel it rushed. And once again they didn't take down the CRM, it still exists, they took out Beale and the 3k elites who were going to destroy Portland and expose what they did to the CRP just like what they said they would do since episode 3 and reiterated to Jadis just last episode. Since episode 1 they talked about all the big heads of the CRM being at the Cascadia Base, so how exactly was that not explained ? You asked why did Thorne have a mask and the others not ? Thorne who just figured out what they might have been doing versus the one sitting in front not knowing anything ? They took of the mask because MIchonne told him while they were under the tent that it will be fine in a few minutes ? HOw does she knows that ? Well like you said she was attacked by it before and saw how deadly but also how quickly it evaporated in the atmosphere after being released. Maybe you should pay more attention to those details and the dialogue. It's okay to be disappointed but to pretend that it was overly rushed or that they did what they didn't do is disingenuous ;) Also the whole idea of the series was not the CRM, it was the reunion and return home of Rick and MIchonne.

The ending was nice, Rick and Michonne reuntied with Alexandria. But this episode was meh. The whole CRM hype went to shit so fast. The finale ruined the show, but the ending was nice. If we get a season 2, I will change my mind if Morgan returns, or Throne is gonna form a faction to take back CRM by any means since we didn't see her die.

Rick and Michonne got their lives back and none of them were killed off for shock value like they always do. They got reunited with their kids and actually got a happy ending that they deserved after all the shit they've been through. It didn't need to be sad or bittersweet at all. No need to drag out the CRM as a threat for another season or two. They wouldn't win against them in a head on fight which is why they had to sabotage them from the inside. Beale was the only rogue element in the CRM and with him gone the group got reformed like Okafor wanted and they'll use their resources and manpower for something that'll actually change the world for the better. All because of Rick and Michonne. So tbh, this ending was perfect for them.There would be no point in dragging it out and further threatening Rick and Michonne's plan of reuniting with their kids or putting their home in danger even after all of that. It would be repetitive. Just let it end. They'll probably wrap up the other two spinoffs after their second seasons now

I still think Daryl Dixon season 1 is being handled better than any spin off

Why did michonne rip up jadis note about Alexandria just to pick up the pieces again? It made no sense to me

I totally agree with you. However, Scott Gimple is horrible with endings and I knew that this would be unfulfilling. I think episode 4 was necessary, but episode 5 was so unnecessary. They wrapped up everything too easily here. It was like they were rushing to an undeserved ending. I couldn't believe how simply they closed things out. The Echelon briefing was a joke. After I heard what Biel said I thought, "That's what changed Thorne into a true believer? That's what made Jadis want to kill Gabriel and risk it all for the CRM?" What a joke! They should have done a season 12 for the main show and took their time to develop the CRM and come to a satisfying conclusion. The actor who plays RJ seemed like he was in pain trying to deliver those lines. The story could have worked and it was a good idea but the execution was poor. It needed more time.

You need to rewatch it because you missed some basic references, particularly the broadcast at the end where it said that the regular army was not involved just this rogue sector. If you didn't understand what episode 4 meant then yeah I could see why you are missing the entire plot. Check out Reckless Reels he gives a good breakdown of the entire series.

While I understand it may feel rushed for some I personally really liked the finale and thought the pace overall was just about right without dragging out too much They had slowly set up the stakes so nicely throughout the year and we got to visually see just how big the stakes were and while it would have been cool to have a big action scene I’m glad Rick and Michonne dealt with the CRM in a smart and believable way rather than having a gun fight against countless enemies Yeah I would have liked to see more Beale but the more I think about it the more I like that he was actually a short term villain, Terry is such a great actor and to me was able to make such an impact because he was so short lived and didn’t overstay While I would have liked to see Rick and Michonne reunite with everyone, I don’t mind that been left to my imagination But I do like that despite the fact they blew them up, the CRM isn’t completely gone and there can be opportunities to explore the fallout of all the changes happening and with everything that happened in the finale There was no wasted time and no filler and they dealt with the threat in a way that made sense and with the way it ended there’s deffo room to explore more things if they decide to do that but at the same time it closes the show nicely and wraps it up in a way where they could just leave it like that After all the build up of the CRM throughout the years I felt like I deffo got more than enough of the army in this show but still kept it solely focused on Rick and Michonne which made sense with when they said this series was a love story about them two Overall I do think this is one of the best seasons in TWDU that I’ve seen in a long time and whatever happens next, I’m excited either way, especially for Daryl season 2

Disappointment is an understatement , I'd say it's literally 🐕 💩 . Episode one was incredible, and then it went downhill like crazyyy , all the build-up of the CRM for this ?? TWD ended on S9 EP5 , everything else is fan fiction.

I agree with you saying that you like the story they went with but it was seriously rushed. It’s like ordering a drink or food and it was wrong but you don’t wanna go and complain and get it fixed, so you settle for what you have leaving you unsatisfied.

How did rick not die from that grenade he used to kill the walkers swarming him?

Rick surviving the gas was worse than the grenade imo. The show already empathized just how badly it fucks you up considering it killed all of Michonne’s friends and almost killed her and Nat too. They even lost a whole year just trying to heal from it, and Rick is somehow able to walk away just fine? And even able to have a fight with Thorne with no mask? Ok… lol

So what’s the odds of Carol actually saying “Rick is back” through the radio after watching this series? I feel like it’s higher now lol

I was willing to give scott gimple a chance, the first episodes were amazing, but the more he got involved, and as soon as he started writing, it became intolerable, his dialogue is the most cringiest shit and the characters and world becomes unbelievable, scott gimple is a hack, and its a miracle AMC keeps him around

This was a DISASTER. What a joke. This episode should have happened 3 years from now. Gimple has no idea what it's doing and it's official. I'm just kind of done. I can't keep going knowing how little the writers care about how everything clicks together. They teased the CRM for YEARS. They teased this story for YEARS. It was TOO easy. Some fans will get a kick out of this but anybody who thinks a bit more and/or iis a writer like myself just knows this was fucked up. I can't believe I'm saying this but Dead City and Daryl Dixon are much better shows, just by refusing to rush the damn thing into 6 episodes. I can't believe they killed Beale. And what does that say? Is Beale's son going to retaliate? Where is everybody else? No Morgan reunion? That's... it?! The CRM is just good guys now? What a rip.

I thought the first two episodes were great and had good pacing, despite being fast. Then it slows down a lot to where we barely have screentime with General Beale and the CRM to establish them as a threat to everyone. Terry O Quinn's casting was so wasted after hyped up as the ultimate antagonist to the series, likely necessitating everyone to team up to defeat him and the CRM. Also how the CRM (Beale's red stripes) is defeated is meme worthy because the "strongest military on the planet" barely had security that would have prevented their leader from being assassinated and their chemical weapons (which is stored by all the troops) had no one guarding them in case of sabotage. It was so rushed and anticlimatic. Sure the reunion was great (but still too short) but all the hype of the CRM being the most dangerous antagonists was just wasted as they would have been the perfect final antagonist to end the franchise.

If this show was more then 6 episodes they wouldn’t have to rush the finale so much.

The issue for some TWD fans is that they create their own narrative and are disappointed when their theories, ideas, and predictions don't match the actual story. Everyone is customizing their own version instead of taking it at face value.

You obviously missed the point of the show and why they decided to even make it in the first place. The whole idea of the series was not the CRM. It was Rick and Michonne's love story and return home. The CRM was never going to be the plot point that the show relied on. They wove in what would be the downfall of this branch of the military the whole season so that way you could see how they would make it out. That less than 10% of the military is actually corrupt meaning everyone freaking out about how massive this threat was is missing the picture. Only a small portion of the infantry was a danger and they (Rick and Michonne) handled that. He only killed 3,000 the small less than 10% was corrupt. The CRM still exists they just handed power over to the republic like they always were supposed too.I think along the way people missed what this story was supposed to be and thats why you may feel disappointed. I loved it and love that Andy and Danai came back to give their characters the peace they deserved. This was about closing the chapter on Rick and Michonne and showing their love and their united strength. They never said the CRM was the endgame of the TWD, just that we hadn't seen anything like that before and that is true, but it is fans that created their own narrative for how the CRM story should go forward in a show that was never about the CRM and again thats why you are disappointed because you never understood the point of this particular series.

To me, this reminded me of how the white walkers had been built up for years then defeated in a single episode. I did enjoy the reunion scene but not much else. Huge waste of Terry O Quiinn

Lots of problems here like with Fear. Padre/CRM being taken down so quickly, taking off your gas mask, new characters just getting killed off quickly, bad acting from a child (RJ), etc. Once again, visually, it worked just like Fear did in s6-8.

I'm glad they both lived and reunited with the kids but the CRM and Beale have been built up for years! CRM is DONE in the snap of a finger and Beale DEAD with 10 mins of screen time. No world building or connections to France. So many unanswered questions. I'm just underwhelmed this was a self-contained story in its own bubble and I was expecting the CRM to be built up as the big baddies for the TWD Universe going forward while also connecting to France. Happy ending for this limited series but a underwhelming ending for the future TWD universe

I loved it! It was an epic love story with action, zombies and a long awaited reunion. I’m looking forward to DD and some kind of endgame in the near future! ❤

World beyond made crm feel like this unstoppable force. This giant threat only to make crm feel so small

BS. 6 episodes accomplished and satisfied more than most of the latter WD seasons. I barely made it through one season of FTWD, didn’t watch the Beyond crap but 6 episodes of Those who Live explained the CRM perfectly. Judith showing up at the end was everything I hoped for.

I find it incredibly hard to believe that the CRM, which have strived for years, especially after Operation Cobalt, are just taken down like a disc one final boss. Frustrating writing and one of the main reasons I stopped watching this show so long ago.

Omg your OWN poll said 78% liked the ending! What consensus?? The consensus is that the vast majority liked the finale therefore NOT disappointing. What are you talking about?

So crazy they made 3 other spin offs that no one asked for instead of making a second season of this and expanding upon this really interesting faction and bringing it down and then trying to spread this message of what’s about to happen like this last episode could have been turned into a whole season if done correctly but instead it feels like they either stopped caring or were like forced to just end it here. Really sad and disappointing after what the earlier episodes seemed to promise. And the reunion being just with his kids in some field like wtf was that

You and I wanted it to be good Jerry. We really did. Just sucks how they went about the last few episodes, given where it ends up.

We still never got a definitive PPP card answer. Gimple lied

you were one of the people that didn't want a second season, you got what you wanted lmao you can't really be too upset if they were going to wrap it up in 1 season there wasn't many ways they could do it. I'm upset too but I wanted a 2nd season lol

I started to watch, but they lost me at "Rick didn't think to pretend to be on their side to get away until some guy says it almost jokingly in a passing conversation after like, a decade". Rick? A top tier leader, and naturally, a strategist that at least has some level of tactical knowledge not only from surviving but literal police training. You know, like, the guys that pretend to not be cops all the time to stage busts, which regular cops have the opportunity to do pretty often with task forces. It didn't cross his mind once? Yet he thinks cutting his whole hand off makes sense when he's literally already free? Okay.

100% agree with you Jerry. Rushed finale and weak ending to the series compared to how strong it started. They had a perfect big bad nationwide threat with the CRM that could have connected the other spinoffs…and they chose to way too easily kill them off. So many unanswered questions and cool directions they could have taken them, all gone now. Terry O’Quinn was severely underutilized. Explosion was so unbelievable. Reunion was nice but little weird and RJ can’t act. Somehow these damn writers find a way to fuck everything up. I genuinely felt the same as you that the fear the walking dead plague got its hands on this show and it’s nothing short of sad

Judith was expecting Shane but got Rick ☠️☠️🥴

The problem I have with The Walking Dead as a whole is that the writers don't seem to ever give it a 100% if u know what I mean like they seem to play it safe with every storyline and conclusion atleast in recent years I agree with u that kids acting is I don't want to sound harsh but it's atrocious they needed to recast him years ago idk why they bothered to create that character to begin with this franchise was destined to fail without carl. If they wanted to kept carl alive and continued with the CRM storyline I would have had both carl and rick be taken by the CRM and separated maybe they were told one another were dead rick tries to return home but carl instead get really invested in the CRMS motives they could have gone into how the virus started and could've shown us how they were still searching for a cure they could've made carl this type of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader character growing up into a kind of anti hero ruthless killer serving the CRM with the title general grimes then after the ones who live we could've gotten a trilogy about carl and tell a real dark in depth story.

On top of this episode being rushed, where was the red machtee/murder jacket Rick we were promised?

Your thinking too hard it was a show about there “ one unstoppable life” it showed how powerful they are together and ended well

Look you can have issues with the episode but comparing it to anything from GOT season 8 is too far lol. That's way over the line

Honestly i feel like theyve missed a shit ton of opportunities. I thought Morgan went to go find Rick at the end of Fear? I thought all the spin offs should of tied into each other and they all come together to fight the big boogey man which is the CRM. Instead of giving Daryl, Maggie, and Negan their own spin offs why not just take all the budgets and consolidate them into a big ass spin off with characters from every twd series. That would have been the correct way to send it off with a bang especially Rick.

I honestly don't understand how people kept watching after season 8 of the main show. Seasons 7 and 8 were so painful to watch. It's like watching a thing you invested years in to just burn in front of you. All they had to do is not make any spin off, invest all that money into the main show and follow the damn comic book with some good additions and changes like Daryl and Carol. Was that too much to ask?

Jerry, you and the walking David are the only ones giving a true non kiss a** review. I was very disappointed with this finale...SMH. Sad

I mean , the CRM was there since episode 1 of twd and they teased them over the years many times as the biggest military and now they re gone in 5 minutes , this just doesn’t live up to the expectations

I agree so much wasted potential and dumb scenes .. this is not a satisfying end to the CRM and to how big of a threat they were to everything. They introduced things well just to end them badly

Still loved the season. I will say all other episodes are my fave literally. I can’t say if it’s cause we are sad it’s over or it was too rushed. Wanting more is actually a complement to the show. Wanting more says it was great!

@jerrystakes i agree with every single point on your list you made, unrealistic writing / wasted potential • Love you dude

It was actually pretty good!!😄 I think of it as a season 12 of twd. At the end of the day, I believe the final conclusion would be finding a cure. I'm sure this is not the end of Rick and Michonnes journey!😄💕

i'm binching the whole thing Again, and you're right. It's the pacing. There was no tension whatsoever. Even the 6 floors on the elevator felt odd and rushed.

TWOL was not, let’s say that louder for the ones in the back, TWOL was NOT about the CRM.

Not saying I hated it but it felt more like a superhero movie in the final battle and not anything similar to what we expect in TWD universe.

I agree this episode was definitely rushed but people are judging this ark way too quickly and harshly. Yes Beale and the entirety of the top brass at the summit being killed off was disappointing, but its not confirmed whether all frontliners & top brass attended that summit and were killed. There could still very much be a chance for rebellion in the CRM, if some of the remaining CRM army are still loyal to Beale's leadership albeit they didn't fully know Beale's plans. Someone could take over the mantle of Beale's position like Croat, continuing Negan's legacy in New York, and manipulate the truth like Beale did to gain control of the CRM. And it wouldn't take too many soldiers as well, Beale only had 2533 men doing his real dirty work, of which he used to build himself a sort of supremacy. If someone with the same leadership and organisation follows Beale's footsteps the CRM could become a major major threat again. so just hope for a season 2, there's still alot of great storyline to play with.

You forgot the part where Rick pulled a grenade like right on himself, it blew up, and he was pretty much fine. The plot armor was strong here. I kept thinking about Kingdom of the crystal skull, except this episode nuked the fridge not once but twice.

Gimple gaslighting You get lured into believing he’s not a fucking hack and then - WHAM!!! -A major cliffhanger could’ve solved time constraints and that bullshit Rambo ending -Episode 5 is still unwatchable for me -Michonne as emotionally batshit momma bear + wife always ready to break cover was so exhausting -Terry O’Quinn (The Stepfather!!), Okafor, Pollyanna McIntosh and Thorne deserved better, stellar performances though -Cringey dumbass Gimple-speak ie Thorne’s last lines -I didn’t like nor need the reunion -Rick’s elevator scene was awesome -Beale asking Rick the worst thing he’s done and the flashback of Ricksanity was HILARIOUS! -Rick feral side-eyeing Michonne after he punched dude to death and her having to be like ‘yo motherfucker it’s me, chill!’😂 -I agree w/all other takes RE thinness of echelon briefing, BS gas survival method, the pitiful collapse of the CRM after years of build up

Such a STRONG start to the show. The first episode somehow managed to take what would sound rushed on paper, but make it work perfectly on screen! It was a bit of a let down to have a bit of a rushed finale with some things that just didn’t feel realistic. I feel as if they made all the episodes 90 minutes, cut episode 4 and 5 into each other as just episode 4. Making Episode 5 most of what we saw in episode 6, but more in detail, and less rushed. And making episode 6 a big story about how they leave the CRM, get in contact with Judith and RJ, and spend more time with them reuniting. It would’ve satisfied me and a lot of others more.

They had cloth masks covering their nose and mouth lmao that would NOT save them from chlorine gas 😂 what about their eyes?? That shit burns. And that many canisters explode with COMPRESSED CHLORINE GAS, and after just a few minutes its safe for them to take of their masks lmao i was thinking the exact same shit the whole time

Agree 100%. So disappointing. My last thoughts were ‘you’re kidding. This is terrible.!’ To add to the frustration, was the 2 minute segments followed by 5 min of commercials. 😫

Imo episodes 4&5 should have been mixed together and the final two episodes should have all been about battling the crm. Maybe episode 5 could be Rick & Michonne talking to the crm community and getting them to rebel against the army. Then episode 6 is that battle. We’ve seen that Rick befriended people within, some who put their life’s on the line for him, like the dude in episode 1 who gave him the sewer map. So this could show that no matter where Rick goes, people are willing to follow him. So with this civil war, it would feel more believable that Rick & Michonne could take down an entire damn army. On top of this, if they could only do 6 episodes, each episode should have been ATLEAST an exact hour, rather then 45 mins, but I’d even say an hour and a half episode each. Also Daryl leaving for nothing makes this feel even dumber. It’s become clear to me that the only people who are happy with this ending are the ones who joined the show half way through its run. Majority of us fans from day one are extremely upset with it. It doesn’t mean we don’t still love the franchise, it just means we can admit when something we love has faults. It’s okay to not blindly accept anything given to us. Some of my favorite series have terrible endings. The 100. How I Met your mother. Shameless. Now the walking dead. But some of my favorite shows have GOOD endings. Weeds. Breaking Bad. Hell, even Z Nation has a better ending than this. It’s a shame twd couldn’t be on the good ending list. With that said, I will suggest this, many of the shows I spoke of have season finales that could MOSTLY work as the series finale, if you so chose so. The 100 was fairly well wrapped up with the season 5 finale. Shameless is fairly well wrapped up with the season 7 finale. And the walking dead could be fairly well wrapped up with the season 8 finale. Obviously there’s some loose ends in the ending, if you chose those endings, but it works better then the endings we got. Also yeah, RJ’s acting truely destroyed this scene, lmao. No offense to him at all, it’s truely amc’s fault, as they should have got better casting.

Lol, it's not a filler episode when the show is advertised as a love story from the get go. The problem here is that you're judging it based on what you wanted it to be and not what it actually was aiming to be from the get go. And they were very upfront about what the show is from the get go.

Episode wasn’t my favorite but I did like the very end. Still cried.

Thinking about this finale more, it occurred to me that the fatal flaw with this story was summed up when Beal said he told over 2500 soldiers they would be committing genocide and only Rick seemed to think that was a bad idea. I know Okaford wasn’t on board but he had much more time and resources to act and yet he didn’t. This all plays back to the A vs B thing and that’s where the show came up short. Every character we were introduced to from the CRM was actually an A. They never showed us what it truly meant to be a B, where they came from, how they survived and how did they transform into elite soldiers. We are to believe that the Eugene’s of the post apocalypse world will inherit it yet does Eugene seem like he’d make a good CRM soldier? Of course not. In fact other than Eugene, I can’t think of single character from any in the TWD universe (except TWB) who wasn’t an A. We already knew who Rick and Michonne are so maybe the show could have spent a little more time telling us who the CRM is. That didn’t happen and that’s why the finale felt rushed and a bit implausible. IMO

This is why tv shows needs like ten or thirteen episodes for a season. 6 episodes is not enough to tell a story of a season

In my opinion it did feel a little rushed but at the end Rick got to reunite with his kids and I that’s all that matters to me

I definitely agree. I also think they made Michone take on the masculine role which I did not like. She is constantly trying to save him but he has Stockholm syndrome and she has to be the brains aswell as the muscle for both of them.

Honestly I loved it. I think it was everything most of us want! And it leaves the door open for both actors, time was of the essence and they imo pulled it off. This rushed season created opportunities for future spin offs. I'm curious, what did you want/wish to happen in such a short time frame.

Dont listen to the haters. Love your channel bro. Happy easter

i could totally understand the pacing issues and i honestly blame it on budget/andy and danai just wanting to do one season. maybe it shouldve been explained more on this show but in World Beyond the topics of the crm are much more explained with the crm having control of the civic republic for the time being during the “fall of omaha” when it was really crm’s doing because they would lose resources with having to share with them. it’s basically like the drama in early s9 with maggie sharing supplies with the sanctuary but on a much larger scale ofc. so when the higher powers of the crm were wiped out, the civic republic had much more freedom on what to do and hell there was prob a week timeskip when all that went down. Also rick and michonne didn’t bomb the entire crm, just the red stripes who have been killing people and were about to bomb portland which all the weapons were being prepared there. So all the great powers of the crm including the red striped soldiers in one place for this very meeting with all the weapons there plus michonne’s knowledge on bombs that she learned including the foreshadowing of all this happening with okafor bombing his own navy base. i think it all adds up for me and maybe just didn’t work for you and that’s just a preference but i honestly think im more impressed how well they handled it in six episodes.

Just a bit of criticism but it’s hard to watch your videos because some of your opinions are being phrased the same exact way popular comments in the sphere are agreeing to. It happens every video. It’s not like you can’t share the same opinion but it’s more so the metaphor of the opinion that you are taking for your own. It’d be easier to watch if you said something like “I’ve seen a lot of folks say that ___ reminds them of __ which I totally agree to!” Instead of just copying and pasting it for your own. For what it’s worth, 9/10 opinions sounds like your own and that’s what I’m here for. But I’m just not here to hear the voice of the people.

The ending was good but it was definitely rushed. I still think the comic ending is way better

5:26 Yes Just Those Two Alone Against The Whole Army When Their Whole Group Couldn’t Defeat Negan Army It’s Really Mind Blowing Very Disappointing I Definitely Agree With You

I just got thru watching the finale and I was so disappointed. That finale was rushed, Rick surviving a grenade, Beale was a footnote and so was Thorne, and the CRM is a big bad but they are pretty much dethroned with no pushback. Even the reunion with the kids was a letdown. And I enjoyed the first few episodes, they were so good. But like the seasons of TWD, instead of quality going down over seasons, it went down in 3 episodes

I was looking forward for your review because I’m tired of fans blindly praising everything Rick related the show was average at best despite the good acting

My problem was just how rushed everything felt

No one is noticing that the other spin offs take place years after this with no explanation