So yeah, as I said I knew about the ending so I didn't go in expecting anything else but I do totally understand the frustration this episode has received. I actually really loved the first person pov of the attack with the blood rolling down the camera and the buzzing hearing etc, I really liked the effect of the scene (although the leaked audio version sounded a little different and I preferred that, with the screaming being more audible and continuing for longer). All that said, considering the way Negan and this finale have been promoted it's not unreasonable that people expected to actually see who died so they should have ended it with us seeing the victim's body. But me personally, I quite like it. The whole guessing game regarding the victim certainly has it's appeals to the mystery fan in me (sort of like a whodunit but instead of the killer we're trying to guess the victim :laugh:). I know I'm in a minority there though. :joker:
It's sort of like with the mid-season finale of 6A though, they hype it up to make you think something's gonna happen but then make you wait more months for the actual payoff, doing that twice in one season is frustrating. I think the show's getting cocky tbh, those ratings that are making them cocky aren't always gonna be there if they carry on teasing the viewers.
So yeah, I liked it but they definitely shot themselves in the foot (and what's worse is that this would have been a milestone episode as it's comic counterpart was but now it'll forever be tarnished with the angry reception it's had).
On the positives, another thing I liked was the cat and mouse thing with the Saviors throughout the episode, they're an effectively unsettling group and their whistling motif is really creepy, I like that a lot.
And I assume those people Carol and Morgan met were
