Outpost 22

I wish it just ended right now, there is nothing left for this show anymore. The whole 11C has been lacklustre, it's the last episodes ever! It's obvious they are just wanting to cash grab by all these spin offs. So they obviously can't kill certain characters off. But they still haven't killed more minor characters like for example Magna. What has happened to this show!?

The ending is blatantly obvious to anybody who has heard how the comics end. Which is probably most of the fan base now as the casuals got bored off. I just hope Rick returns but is there really any story for him to return to? Plus let's not forget the cash grab films they have lined up for him to be in. I will finish the walking dead series but I'm gone for the spin offs.

As we move into the very last episodes of the show, this episode turns out to be pretty good - and fast-paced at the very least. It offers a new milieu in the welcome form of a return to Alexandria, looking very different from the last time we saw it. The plot splits and divides between various sub-plots as usual, but the most interesting ones are those following the characters infiltrating a much tougher enemy. I did like the train scenes too, which add something to the show that hasn't been done before. This means that characterisation suffers for the sake of action, but in the case of this series I don't think that's a bad thing.

They've really given up on the audio post, haven't they? This is the worst dialogue I've heard in a long time. Perhaps they couldn't afford to ADR. I can hear the noise reduction but I still can't hear all the words. It's not that hard, but it does take a budget and it's clearly not going on the audio. I'll just repeat all that to make up the quota: They've really given up on the audio post, haven't they? This is the worst dialogue I've heard in a long time. Perhaps they couldn't afford to ADR. I can hear the noise reduction but I still can't hear all the words. It's not that hard, but it does take a budget and it's clearly not going on the audio.

This episode really took me back to earlier seasons when Walking Dead was about this group running away in the woods from the psychopaths and killers.

It's been a long time since we've had an episode like this where you actually feel like they're in trouble and the threat is real. That's not to say Commonwealth hasn't been a threat or it's a bad storyline, I do think it's a neat idea to have someone making a community and trying to act like everything is normal and makes her own little fascist country, but I think the execution of this idea has been somewhat mediocre and disappointing at time and plot lines like this one are more interesting and thrilling and feel like the Walking Dead we long for. It felt like I'm back in season 5 watching the gang trying to escape the cannibals.

This episode was really well-done aside from some goofy decisions they've been making in the writing for the past 3 seasons, but one thing that makes me worried about how it's gonna end is that there are only 3 episodes left and we're still stuck with this Commonwealth stuff and it's obvious that they're probably gonna end the show with the Commonwealth storyline and they might not even bring Rick and Michonne back, because if they wanted to do they would've done it already, unless they're gonna do a quick "cameo" surprise thing with them and have no buildup to it.

What I'm saying is, I wish that they could've cut some storylines and stuff from inside the Commonwealth and reached this point we're in now sooner so we could've had the third part of this season dedicated to whatever Michonne was doing this whole time.

Anyway, I thought this episode was really engaging and fun to watch and the stormtroopers didn't act like the complete idiots they sometimes are, but I still thought so many stuff that moved the plot felt really forced as always, like the bike scene which at first was baffling and immersion-breaking, but I'll give them a pass since the result of it wasn't what I was thinking. They do this a lot with the writing, they make these experienced characters who have been alive in this post-apocalyptic world dumb for brief moments in order for the plot or the action to happen. And I know you can't have a plot with everyone being smart and quick-thinking all the time, but I just expect these things to feel like they're happening naturally and not feel forced and contrived. And I really thought Ezekiel's lines in this episode were really goofy and he was acting like he's been 20 years in Shawshank or something or he's performing a live play with those dialogues.

The episode was enjoyable and engaging, the action was good and they did a good job of giving more screen time to the stormtroopers too and also giving some of them personality too, though they are your run-of-the-mill "bad guy" characterization, but it was nice and added to the episode a lot.

It's really interesting to see where they go with this storyline, and I think we all know how this is gonna end, but more about where they're gonna go with Rick and Michonne and how they're actually gonna end this show and is it gonna be another GOT or just a decent ending.

I was so excited to see the last season of this show. And I was anxiously waiting for the last section of this season to come out just so I could finish this show. Now, it just feels like a chore to get through these last few episodes. And it doesn't even feel like a final season. The way it's going right now, this could have been a middle season. Somehow it just feels lackluster and un-energetic.

The danger level is also inconsistent. One minute our beloved heroes are unstoppable tanks that now down all who dare to get in their path, and then the next minute they're getting punked by a bunch of Commonwealth stormtrooper wannabes. And it only happens that way once in a while to make the story go forward. I know that most of our main heroes are highly skilled, battle-hardened warriors, but they succeed against the Commonwealth's military way too often. Are those guys just plucked off of the street and given armor and weapons? So, in short, plot armor is very present in this final season in a show where that didn't use to matter.

With how dumb this last section of the final season feels, it's left me feeling less and less hopeful that Rick will make a comeback. It would just ruin him at this point, most likely.

So, now it's just an endurance race, so to speak. Just hold out long enough to make it to the finish line. Hopefully the last few are better.