It was a raw, raunchy and very disappointing night for The Walking Dead fans. If you are about to read this and have not seen the last episode now is your warning to stop reading!
Okay, big spoilers to what went down with Rick and the gang on the season finale. We all were left trembling in the last episode when we watched Dwight shoot Daryl—fans were left clinging to hope he would be alright. Well, we did not know the fate of the fan favorite, along with Michonne, Glenn and Rosita, as it did not pick up where we left off.
We started out in a very dark place with just pen holes of light beaming in to us as mysterious voices were talking. We then flash back to Alexandria, where Rick was preparing to hit the road on a mission to get Maggie to the Hilltop, where the doctors could help her and the baby.
Everything is downhill from there. The Saviors blocked every inch of the roadway to the new safe haven. Needless to say, our hearts were pounding just waiting for someone to be killed. Every run in with Negan’s people (the Saviors) was actually pretty civil to what had happened in the past. Can we queue the fans being let down already?
We then cut over to Morgan, who was out on horseback in search for Carol. He was too late because a Savior had already taken her down. With two shots in the arm and leg plus the other in the side, Carol was not in good shape and actually wanted to die. Morgan was not going to let that be and he saved her.
Two mysterious men then popped up, they seemed to be humble and willing to help injured Carol and Morgan. Maybe they are from the Hilltop? Fans never found out.
Meanwhile, back on the trail with Rick and company they knew someone had to be sacrificed to get through Negan’s army, but will that be enough?
Eugene said his goodbyes to everyone going to be the decoy, as they carried Maggie to safety. However, within seconds, they were surrounded by Negan’s people—outnumbered was an understatement at this point. Finally, an hour later into the show, we finally met one of the shows biggest enemies and threats. Negan walked out of the camper carrying Lucille, the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire.
All the fans were relieved to see Daryl was still breathing, and the other three were just fine when Dwight brought them out. However, fans were in full panic mode watching Negan talk to Rick and the group—we all knew someone had to die.
Negan talked for awhile building anticipation, but could not decide whom to kill to get his point across. He made very blunt statements to Carl about having one of their guns, but everything shortly turned into a game of eenie meenie miney mo to decide who shall die. By the end, things did not add up as Lucille was swung and blood gushed over the camera as he bashed their heads in.
Now here was the biggest problem fans had—the show built up so much anticipation of Negan. Fans have been waiting almost two seasons to understand what the biggest threat in this world was and the show could not even tell the fans who he killed.
The show was left as a cliffhanger and not one fan had their heart ripped out. In away we could say thank you, but in another we are totally beside ourselves with this decision. It was almost like you took that bat and nailed all of us in the face with it.
Later on the Talking Dead, Chris Hardwick read a tweet from Chandler Riggs (Carl) that stated, “Don’t worry fans, not even us, the cast know who is dead, it was not in the script.”
That tells me they don’t know the direction it is heading, as well. For the first time in six years of this show people are not pleased at all. The fans made it clear they have all been let down and can see the repetitive action they are taking in making the show, but could it be enough to destroy it?
Emily Culbertson
Reporter