Prologue For THE WALKING DEAD's 2016 Return Sets Up The Arrival Of 'Negan'

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Whatever as much as I like negan show was horrible tonight lets throw a name out there after the show is over to get ppl talking.

Very dissapointed with tonights episode

So disappointed in tonights episode. Most frustrating cliffhanger ever.Plus a 3 month wait.

I love Morgan, he beat the shit out of Carol LMAO

Can't wait till Glenn gets lucille'd.
Lollerbate.

I can't stand mopy teens on these shows. If there's mopy teens on here reading this, look at how they annoy the fucck out of civilized adults like I and change your attitude STAT!

that cliffhanger did not do it for me.

I love how it ended. With that pu$$y kid about to piss his pants and get the whole group just about killed an then we finally get Carl shot in the face.

It wasn't even worth watching. I fast forwarded through it and stopped for bits here and there after the NFL game. Might've went through it in 8 minutes.

The episode was a great example of the failures of this season and Scott Gimple's sub-amateur writing direction. Nothing matters on this show anymore. So Alexandria was invaded. Didn't have any punch considering how brief they've been there, how empty and unlikable the Alexandrian's have been.

The situation doesn't seem real when characters exist then don't exist. Aaron and Eric and others have been absent while heavy shit has went down.

The show keeps characters in different timelines so much we have no bearing on where everyone is at and what's going on. It wouldn't be a stretch to say there is a time anomaly creating havoc among the characters.

And somehow the main characters themselves seem to matter less and less. Gimple kills lovable Beth and likable Tyreese and Bob. Not only are the Alexandrians unlikable but we are left with jackasses like Morgan, Eugene and Gabriel. Is their some reason why an all-asshole show seems like a good idea to Gimple?

The zombie invasion of Alexandria was a flat total dud of a cliffhanger. The imminent arrival of Negan is not so intense when there is so little to give a damn about on this show.

Can someone explain to me why the hell they don't cover themselves in zombie guts all the time? Or why Deanna and Michonne developed some deep relationship on her deathbed even though their interaction up until that point has been scarce at best? God this show sucks.

@CallMeColossus Kirkman answered the zombie guts on Talking Dead. Basically it's unhygienic and it would dry out forcing you to reapply. Essentially its not practical is what he said.

@continuezero Based upon reviews, it looks like my take is shared by reviewers. Only I don't just say there was a lack of intensity or importance, I detail why. But no, I didn't sit still to watch every second of the ants eating food. Or boring Wolf guy chatting with boring fat girl. Or all of Rick's meaningless and predictable banter. Or the other slow, dragged out shit that was just time filler material.

Forbes review of 'Start to Finish': "Surely, surely something awful was going to happen tonight. All the signs pointed toward disaster, tragedy, grief. It made the episode exciting, waiting to see what horrible thing was about to happen. But then…nothing."

Hitfix: "A 'Walking Dead' zombie invasion turns dull from 'Start to Finish'"

"From Rick's horrible plan that everyone kept insisting was secretly awesome, to the weirdness about the passage of time, to that strangely inert Daryl/Abraham episode a few weeks ago, to Morgan's refusal to kill under any circumstance turning him into a strawman whom Carol was right to mistrust and attack, it feels like nothing's being properly thought through because, hey, the zombies still look great and the audience hasn't stopped watching, so why put in more than the minimal amount of effort?"

"Despite the ocean of zombies flowing through the streets and unlocked homes of Alexandria, despite Denise being taken hostage by Morgan's escaped prisoner, and despite a good farewell performance (probably) from Tovah Feldshuh, there was shockingly little tension or energy to anything happening in "Start to Finish."

Indiewire: "But everyone else is on hand to deal with the walker horde invading Alexandria. Of course, when I say "everyone," I just mean the regulars, since Alexandria seems basically deserted when the walkers come pouring in, save for all our familiar faces. Remember Tobin, the friendly Alexandrian who was helping Rick brace the walls just last episode? At the beginning of "Start To Finish," there's a shot of Rosita, Tara and Eugene helping Tobin up, but the next time we see those guys, Tobin has vanished. Did he die? Is he safe? Who knows? Save for Deanna and the Andersons (who might as well be Ricketeers at this point), Tobin's the only Alexandrian we even get a glimpse of this episode -- including guys we actually know, like Aaron or Spencer."

AV Club: "If I sound frustrated, it’s because I am. This was an empty, calorie- free hour of television, providing no new information, and failing to deliver much on thrills or character development. After seven episodes of rising calamity, the dam finally bursts, and nothing much comes of it."

AV Club: "There was so much stalling going on, and we end with nearly every situation in doubt, with no sense of closure to help drive us forward to the next crisis."

IGN: "man, that was not satisfying. Literally, things started cooking right at the end. In the final few minutes. And then - boom. The end. See you in a few months."

Den Of Geek: "So far, I've been pretty disappointed by the storytelling this season, and the midseason finale doesn't do much to straighten things out."

Screen Crush: "Honestly, this whole hour felt like a mess, moreso beyond the season’s clumsy return of Glenn and Enid, who themselves manage to do … absolutely nothing within the confines of the finale."

Season 6 is terrible so far.

That finale was so much weaker then I was expecting. Very sdisappointing yet shits about to go down when it returns

i stopped watching this consistently after season 3. i would catch up here and there. i skipped over episodes in season 4 and 5. have watched every episode this season. and last night was a goddamn trainwreck.

Tara, Rosita, and Eugene throwing down their weapons when a dude is holding a knife to the doctor. shoot his [frick]ing ass you have the drop on him. and if the doctor takes a hit during that time oh well. Rosita killed 4 wolves during the invasion. she has no problem killing someone. Eugene is useless though he won't do shit. he needs to go.

Morgan is friggin useless he needs to die now. he caused that whole situation, there is no reason that should have even got to that point. he put himself between Carol and a wolf because he thinks he can save this person. Carol needs to have him look at the flowers, because he a goddamn waste of space.

Eugene and Jessie's kids need to be snuffed out too. i have no time for useless [frick]ing people in a goddamn zombie apocalypse.