Before I get too deep into what I really want to say about all this let me say this. That scene of Daryl crying and then Walking off, defeated and crushed, as it faded to black....amazing. Absolutely amazing way to end that shot. I loved it.
Rick went out (sort of) like a beast. Blowing up the bridge. Wow. Fantastic. Amazing job.
Alright I gotta say....bravo. I will admit it they did a great job of finding some way to keep me from turning this show off forever after Rick was gone.
I had pretty much gone into last weekends show believing it was going to be the last TWD show I was ever going to watch. With them pissing me off with the killing of Carl last year (Which I don't care what Lincoln, or the show runners, have said or the picture they've tried to paint for why Lincoln is leaving, I fully believe the killing of Carl was the final straw for Lincoln in the bad show running and he had enough.) to this year Lincoln leaving the show, and the idea out there being that Rick would be killed off I figured this would be the end for me.
They had nothing on the show, going forward, that interested me in the slightest way. Then the finale happened. Rick lived. What? Wow. So he could (And I believe will, once again I don't care what they're saying now) be brought back later to finish off the show. That was nice.
Then seeing the preview for the rest of the season, the huge time skip, and now we get to see Judith taking on the comic role of Carl...yeah. I'm in. Now I want to see where they go. How they cope without Rick. What is going to happen.
I also look forward to the use of Negan to aid them against the Whispers. Which I 100% fully believe that he will do. I'm also curious how far out of touch with humanity, the group, etc that Daryl is now. It's obvious from the trailers that he now lives out on his own. He's clearly removed himself from the group. The pain of losing his brother figure being way to much for him to deal with.
I also look forward to the movies that will be done with the Rick character but I do have to say they're going to have to come up with a very convincing, and promising, story for the three to show how, and why, Rick has never found his way back to his people over these six years (And beyond, however much further into the future the shows go). It's not like with Lori and Carl in the beginning where he's having to look around, aimlessly because he doesn't know where they are. He knows exactly where his people are now. So it's going to take some great story telling here to make it believable as to why Rick hasn't, can't, or whatever find his way back to them.
And I seriously hope it's not something as lame as he's lost his memory or he's been in a coma all this time. Those would be two very lazy and terrible ideas.
Either way they've kept my interest. They've kept me from leaving the show when I was 100% certain I was going to be done with his 'death'. Good job on their part.
