Posted: Oct 25, 2016 6:47 pm
On the topic of who was killed in the first episode, I was really disappointed they went that route. I'd read some rummers that Negan would actually kill 2 people and I hoped it wasn't true. Not because I didn't want characters to die but rather because it's just such cheap TV the way they did it. It also cheapens Negan's character IMO to make him so excessively brutal as well as makes Daryl look so incredibly dumb and careless which goes against everything he's been about up to this point.
Glen was meant to die in that spot and killing Abraham was just a cheap stunt to provide a twist which would have been bad enough had they just played it out in last season's finale but to double down on the cliffhanger with a twist that serves no purpose to the plot is just terrible.
It doesn't kill the show for me but I do worry they will continue to depend on these cliffhangers and twists that serve no purpose other than to pump ratings.
That said, I thought it was a great episode and it really made you feel and share Ricks emotions throughout the episode. From the beginning where he's doing his "I'm going to kill you" schpeel and I wanted nothing more than for him to just rush Negan with that axe and bury it into his neck to the end where you can just feel how broken he his and just want the whole thing to be over with. It really drove home that Negan won and Rick is his bitch. Even as a viewer knowing Rick is [probably] going to win the war, there's no real satisfaction in that or any looking forward to how he gets back at Negan.
Glen was meant to die in that spot and killing Abraham was just a cheap stunt to provide a twist which would have been bad enough had they just played it out in last season's finale but to double down on the cliffhanger with a twist that serves no purpose to the plot is just terrible.
It doesn't kill the show for me but I do worry they will continue to depend on these cliffhangers and twists that serve no purpose other than to pump ratings.
That said, I thought it was a great episode and it really made you feel and share Ricks emotions throughout the episode. From the beginning where he's doing his "I'm going to kill you" schpeel and I wanted nothing more than for him to just rush Negan with that axe and bury it into his neck to the end where you can just feel how broken he his and just want the whole thing to be over with. It really drove home that Negan won and Rick is his bitch. Even as a viewer knowing Rick is [probably] going to win the war, there's no real satisfaction in that or any looking forward to how he gets back at Negan.