You know, I'm pretty forgiving with this show, but I was disappointed with the finale. All the tension and build up was just destroyed when the garbage kids turned on them. How do you not plan for that? Those guys are shifty. It was really poorly done. They didn't have one conversation about the possibility of that happeneing?
They took what should have been a moment for Rick to rally everyone together and they made Rick, once again, helpless. For better or worse Rick Grimes is the lead character. He's supposed to be a hero, not a bumbling idiot who lets himself get shot, thrown off walls, and left at the mercy of Negan
again. They gave a CGI tiger a huge hero moment that should have been his because the writers wanted to put him on his knees again.
And why doesn't he speak to Negan? Negan starts blathering on and Rick just takes it and stands there looking stunned and scared, and doesn't say a word. It makes the scene where he finally is defiant with Negan very empty. Nobody wanted to see them on thier knees again. After a season of tough talk, he got on his damn knees again just like that.
The comic handled these parts of the story in more satisfying ways IMHO. Glossing over the scenes where they are unified and standing together at the end also just felt like a wasted opportunity to give the audience a swell of positive emotion. Something to feel good about.
I'm just going to say this. Considering what happes with the characters in the comic, I would have been incredibly happy if Rosita blew up Eugene. That would have been a cool moment.
Really, Maggie should be in charge of the war. They write Rick to be too much of an idiot on the show. His comic book counterpart is much smarter.