Rest in Peace

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...)

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.

It has been a long road for the wandering dead. It had an incline and a decline. Although it had many turns and twists, some of them were similar. Still, my favourite characters from this show are Daryl and Negan. In 2023, I'm anticipating additional information. I'm hoping for greater narratives. We also need some strong personalities. Although he did a fantastic job, Andrew Lincoln left the show in the midst, and Daryl (Reedus) continued.

My favourite show deserves to be seen more often. The thank-you messages to the fans were a wonderful addition to the after-show package, and this was arguably the nicest finish one could ever imagine. One of my all-time favourite shows. Thank you. I'm so glad it's finished.

Thank you for time invested, it's been a wonderful ride. I have to admit I've never read the comic and never had an ending imagined so here it is.

Since season 6 everything was recycling. We saw villains after villains and fully understood that the real monsters where the living.

Never figured out what happened to Rick or why the dead involved. Forgot what this is all about, how the virus was spread or any chance for a cure.

I don't want to watch "Fear the walking dead" or any of the TWD universe. 12 years should be enough for a beginning and and end. Nevertheless we had a good time watching the series but don't expect people to keep up to an never ending story.

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.