Here's Negan

Emmy worthy performance by JDM! An emotional and well-written backstory, best episode in YEARS. Negan has always been a mystery to me since his introduction, but this one helped me understand him so much better. The Walking Dead needs more Negan!

This episode was a masterpiece and amazingly written.

A great episode. It is good to see how Negan became himself. Jeffery Dean Morgan does a superb job of revealing past hurt, which creates the Negan we know today - and to some viewers - the Negan we love.

One thing to note however, is that this episode delivers a greater emotional experience than previous 'story-telling' episodes. And by that I mean the old catch phrase of: everyone loves a person to hate, and the emotions involved in assembling that character are therefore more appreciated.

Negan is someone who creates, for most of us, a love/hate relationship. We hate his previous violence towards beloved characters, but we love the creation of 'I did this, because...'

Great story-telling, great acting, and the end delivers what should be accepted as a possible foregone conclusion to the series.

I just reflect that in previous 'story-telling' episodes the fans have been less appreciative. But surely, as I have pointed out in the aforementioned explanation, people may start to realise the reasons they gave the earlier S10 episodes a bad rating.

You've got to love the bad characters, being a possible, if perhaps unsuitably simple, explanation.

Bravo to TWD team for such a great season finale, and one can only hope for a series ending season being as impressive.

Easiest 10/10 I've ever given, one of the best episodes of the entire show, and that's very surprising since 10C has been pretty boring.

Great to finally see Negans backstory!

There is not a doubt in my mind that The Walking Dead is the most inconsistent show I have ever seen.

How does a show vary from awful to great so many times in one single season?

The last 2 episodes have been objectively the two worst episodes the series has ever seen. Now this episode comes along with genuine heart-wrenching performances, stellar writing and beautiful directing. How? I find myself profoundly dumbfounded as to how the quality of this show can alter this much.

This episode's writing was on par with the old walking dead. And not many episodes since season 6 managed to reach that level.

Dear God I just hope that they somehow manage to go out with a banger in the last season.