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Originally Posted by kirant
I think that's intentional. A good chunk of this season played into a question of "Who's Negan?". We get several episodes where they reference him (the photos smashed heads come to mind in reference to Negan's handiwork with Lucille) and it pretty much played entirely in the "extended spoiler" that they used to have you sit through half of Into the Badlands (where they end off with "All your stuff belongs to Negan").
Now that they present him, it seems like they wanted to cram as much characterization in as they possibly could before setting up a cliffhanger. Probably not my favourite choice in terms of direction but I think Jeffrey Dean Morgan did a fine enough job delivering it given its material.
I guess long story short for me: good actor, not so good script.
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Yes, that's exactly my problem. I like Morgan's portrayal (even though he does draw it out far too long and is ridiculously pedantic, but if that's how the character is written so be it), but that script was dog####.
I can't fathom how they didn't figure out what was happening to them after the 2nd roadblock. They're much smarter than that..........or you know what? Maybe they're not? Maybe Rick's group is stupider than hell, and they've just been extraordinarily lucky to have made it this far. Is that the crux of these last 2 episodes? That Rick's group doesn't deserve to have made it thus far, and now Negan is taking everything from them due to their stupidity? I guess I could buy that, but it's still kinda crappy to watch.
Of course I'll continue to watch next season, but I wanted so much more from a season finale.