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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6866625">I usually am the one defending shows I watch, and rarely get bent out of shape by problems in the writing but this episode failed hugely for me and it all boiled down to that pointless cliffhanger at the end (which sucked out all the power of Negan's introduction). It has also caused me to re-evaluate the rest of the season in a different light. I feel like the show is now overly reliant on people tuning in to catch the next beat in the story rather than the quality of each episode on their own. I was defending the whole Glenn ducking under the dumpster thing when it happened, now I am not so sure. We've basically had three cliff hanger moments like that that didn't contribute much of anything to the story and feel like slight of hand, not drama. I think they need to get back to basics: character driven, not story driven, plot lines; episodes that are enjoyable to watch apart from the overall arc they fit into, and more consistency with the characters. I don't really care much about the comics and show being the same (that they are different is one of the cool things about tuning in). But the source material they had to work with here is so good----this is really where the comic becomes interesting in my view----I just can't believe how they've fumbled it. I did think they did a good job building up to the Negan scene with the A storyline (particularly when they found their friends belongings on the zombie chain---that was a cool moment). But it is like none of that mattered because Negan didn't do anything except do a POV camera smash. Killing someone important would have had impact in that moment, doing it in 6 months, people won't even care by then. So the scene just lost all its steam by making it a cliffhanger. I do think the show has been subject to a lot of unfair criticism because it is popular. But this is as close as you can get to objectively bad television. I'll probably tune in for season 7, but only to see if they can right the ship not to find out who died (and if it wasn't Glenn or Daryl) I'd say they chickened out. For Negan to have his impact it really needs to be someone who has been with the show from the beginning and is well liked (Michonne and Maggie are popular enough with viewers that killing them could have a similar effect....but if it is Abraham, Rosita or anyone like that, it won't have any power). I don't think I've ever had this negative a reaction to a show, ever (in fact this may be my first truly negative reaction to a program).</blockquote>

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