Rest in Peace

I know this series has been a constant up and down. Like many, I stopped watching at one point, started again, and stopped again. But something always brought me back to this series, which has now accompanied me for a large part of my life.

What the creators of the series have achieved towards the end is something special. Especially this last episode of the original series expressed so much beautiful that it leaves me emotional after the last words of Judith. Especially the montage of all those we lost over the series was beautifully done. Also to be mentioned is the great build up of the many characters that were added within the last 3 seasons, such as Lydia, which really added to the series in terms of the complexity of the characters. The fact that with Eugene someone who was introduced as a coward in the series and towards the end became the most courageous of all, as well as the strong personal improvement from the evil par excellence Negan, to a heartwarming character who really wants to do something good, is terrific character development, which in my opinion rarely occurs within series.

We can only congratulate the creators of the series, because they have created something great, which will remain timeless for a long time because of the theme and the message in the subtext.

The end of this show can only be recognized as one of the best ever, where really little comes close (Six Feet Under remains unbeaten). It was a really great ride and I'm positively looking forward to the mini-series with Rick and Michonne.

We are the ones who live!

As a finale, this episode was satisfying enough. We saw old characters return in flashbacks and the characters we have left get conclusions that I can be happy with. Even though the commonwealth story arc felt a little rushed and out of place in a lot of aspects, it still moved the story forward enough to be worth implementing. I still think the final season should have had way more big character deaths, it seemed like the right time for many of our characters to go after all this time. This ties in to my main issue with the finale, being that it was clearly made to push the ever expanding universe's spin-offs. If it wasn't for that it would have been near perfect ending to my favourite show.

This was a rollercoaster of emotion for me. The walking dead has become something that I have watched growing up and I have grown up loving these characters. It was the ending I wanted. The parallels were everything to me.

From season one to now the development of the entire world of the walking dead has been incredible, at some moments not as enjoyable as others. But when the highs are high this was one of the best shows to watch. The unpredictable deaths throughout the seasons kept you hooked and I was always wanting to see what happened in the next week. This is something I will cherish and rewatch with joy. Can't wait to watch more. All that's left to say is,

Thank you.

TWD has been an up and down show. And for me it just has not been yhe same without Rick. It was definitely time to wrap the show up. I was a bit bored with some of the storylines this season, and I feared it wiuld be impossible to provide a satisying ending, But I was wrong. The finale was the best, most exciting, most emotional, and most satisfying episode in years. Seriously, there was not a wasted moment. Every scene was gripping. This is how great shows deserve to end, and the finale truky cements TWD into a show that will be worth watching for future generations to come. Thank you to all involved for this amazing finale.

Like many, I stopped watching the walking dead around season 7-8, when the show was at its least creative. The show's best content in seasons 1-6 was about a 50/50 split between comic book storylines and new original stuff. This new content either fleshed out existing relationships (Shane and Rick, Carol and Tyreese, etc.) and totally new stuff to fill in the gaps (CDC, Daryl and Merle, Terminus, Grady Memorial Hospital, the wolves). Basically, the comic book would act as the base for the show to expand upon and fill in the gaps, and they nailed this balance for a while.

As season 7 came along, it became clear there simply wasn't enough saviors content to make up 2 seasons, but AMC made the writers go ahead and do it anyway. And thus one of the best parts of the comics was stretched out with tons of new filler and resulted in the weakest part of the show. Again, this is when I stopped watching, and I'm only just recently catching up.

The creators thankfully recognized their mistake and the show underwent some behind the scenes changes, and (from what I've heard, as I haven't fully caught up yet) seasons 9-11 were a return to form for the show. I only caught the last two episodes live but without getting into any specifics, this show goes out on a high and ends on the perfect note for this long journey.

This year saw another outstanding finale (BCS, as referenced in the title) and there's plenty of exciting new TWD content on the horizon (I have very high expectations for Rick and Michonne...)