A New Deal

Oh come on... I love the walking dead, love the central characters and am watching because I can't give up so close to the end but I really do feel gutted that the writing is so poor. The acting from the Commonwealth characters is just dreadful and scenes aren't at all joined up. We leap from plot to plot with no continuity, sometimes no point at all, I feel like a traitor giving such low scores but this is far, far worse than the last season of Game of thrones. It's everything- the cinematography, the music, scripts, acting, direction. None of it works and it's starting to feel like a really bad joke. Gutted.

I dont feel like this is the last season and that just 6 episodes are missing to reach the finale. This is weird, but I am not excited to see what is coming next, because everything seems so repetitive and boring.

I was expecting more dangerous situations, constant fights, a lot of walkers, and this is just like a filler episode.

I really hope they bring a great finale beause I watched this tv show for eleven years. I am fan, used to be a great fan. One of those who reads theories, create new ones, research for details, now, I care more about for the next trailer to see if something good will come.

Well, it iS the final season and frankly there isn't anywhere else left to go ( as far as these communities , human nature, what people are striving for or where it all goes ) I found this to be the best episode of the season so far . It's never going to be what it was and has to end somewhere. I bet most of us have ideas about the many directions this could be going but I hoped for more along the lines of Rick and Michonne at this point, for an explanation and more of a true final season. After 12 years of watching this , we are back at a community so sure it's time to end but really felt like they could have rallied for this last season and not just use it to jump off to a new endeavor. Anyway I'm going on this season alone and the second half is quite engaging so for the seasons standard 8/10.

Daryl has subdued Hornsby with his knife at his throat when Mercer, Pamela, Carol and Negan arrive. Carol explains that she made a deal with Pamela to clean the name of Sebastian and blame Hornsby for all the crimes. In return, she will provide all they need to rebuild Alexandria and Hilltop. Pamela tells the residents that Hornsby will be brought to justice. The group prepares to pack their stuffs to return to their communities in the Founders Day. However, Eugene and Max plot a plan to frame Sebastian during the party, and she records his words about the residents in Pamela's office. Meanwhile, Shira and Calhoun kill the cleaning crew in a corner following the orders of Hornsby. During the rally, Eugene plays the tape of Sebastian's words, and the cleaning crew resurrects bringing havoc to the population. Sebastian chases Max and pull her onto a walker, but Eugene saves her and Sebastian is bitten instead.

"New Deal" is a great episode of "The Walking Dead", since it is the end of the scum Sebastian. However, what was the intention of Eugene (always Eugene, the most stupid character in the whole series) and Max? Do they have a substitute for Pamela, or only intend to overthrow her? In a time of chaos, revolution does not seem to be a good plan to the people that was slaughtered by walkers. Carol had made a deal with Pamela that would help Alexandria and Hilltop. But Eugene, who betrayed the Alexandrians in the past joining Negan's group to make bullets for him, now has this incredible plan to create a riot that will certainly jeopardize his friends and offer no alternative. Sometimes the course of "The Walking Dead" disappoints. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "A New Deal"

A very average episode now and one that smacks of filler. I'm astonished that there are only six episodes left after this one and yet they're still treading water. Too much time is spent on getting characters from one place to the next which is never very interesting. The political shenanigans fail to inspire and the new 'villains' must be some of the least imposing ever. This one builds to a final twist ending which you'll see coming a mile off if you're got any idea at all of how this show works. Let's hope it starts to pick up a head of steam once we move into the next few episodes, but I won't hold my breath.