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This episode represents what The Walking Dead should always be. It was expertly paced (the Lost-style flashback structure worked very well!), the camera-work was outstanding from the usual episodes, and the direction? Great, as is always the case with Breaking Bad veteran Michelle MacLaren. For the first time all year, I've felt that the characters I'm attached to were in serious danger. For the first time in a long time, I felt like there was a sh**load of weighted symbolism in the framing and that I'm watching something that the creators really care about. It's strange how much the quality of a show can improve when you give people like Gimple and MacLaren the reins. Scott M. Gimple has taken the mess left behind by Glen Mazzara and turned it around completely, and I couldn't be more thankful. Rick's epic kill was not only shocking and disgusting, but weighted in symbolism. Things like more variety in camera shots was something that added so much to the experience it's unbelievable. I'm not exaggerating at all. When AMC lets The Walking Dead take chances, this is what we get.

Here I have to say its good to see Hershel again.

First Rick goes into prison nostalgia then we find out the reason for that soon enough. We have a contestant for the most far-fetched recovery from a group of marauders in the scene where Joe's group attempt to punish Rick for killing their friend. That escape was played quite unconvincingly. Its salvaged by Daryl though. How we have seen unquestionable loyalty from him towards Rick over the course of this series but that scene was another structure for his character, further emphasized by the "you are my brother" phrase from Rick.

Oh terminus. Men without guns asking men with guns to lay down their weapons. That's gotta give you a bad feeling. Quite mediocre episode this is. I looked at the time at the end wondering -is this it-? This episode could have been replaced with the mid-season finale "too far gone", all they need is a little storyline reshuffling after all nothing much has happened from then up till now.

This season and sometimes the entire show just takes a brilliant premise and drags it on to God knows where. The only reason I look forward to next season is cause I wonder how Rick's gonna prove "they are screwing with the wrong people".

I'm still undecided.

The series had to have at least one finale end on a cliff-hanger, and this happened to be the first, while the next season's premiere feels more like the finale than this.

This episode is still great, following only one storyline and a few characters with a few flashbacks makes for one of the best paced episodes where we see these characters pushed to their limits. The opposing arcs of Rick and Michonne are brilliant, one coming to terms with their violent nature and overcoming it and the other embracing it.

Great tension and build up towards the end with a great twist and cliff hanger but does feel more like the penultimate episode of the season than a final.

Rating: 94%

Rick, Carl, and Michonne are camping out in the woods, when Joe and his crew find them and prepare to exact their revenge. Daryl tried to stop them, but only succeeds in getting beaten up. As one of the members attempts to rape Carl, Rick snaps and attacks Joe. He eventually bite through his jugular, killing him. After this shocking turn, the other members of the Claimers are killed by the Survivors.

Eventually, Rick and his friends make it to Terminus. They slowly discover that all is not as it seems, as they see supplies and keepsakes that belonged to their friends. After causing a shootout, the group attempts to flee, but is herded into a cattle car. There they find Glenn, Maggie, and the others.

The season finale sees the group's arrival at Terminus and their discovery that it is not the sanctuary they had hoped for. The episode culminates in a tense standoff with the residents of Terminus, setting the stage for the group's next chapter. Memorable scenes include Rick's realization that they are being herded like cattle and the group's final confrontation with the residents of Terminus, showcasing their determination to survive at all costs and setting the stage for the next chapter in their journey. Meanwhile, the arrival of Carol, Tyreese, and Judith adds a new dynamic to the group as they face an uncertain future together.

Probably one of my favorite cliffhangers of any series ever this episode has a perfect pacing as well!