I feel like the show is limited in what ground it can tread by restrictions on what AMC can show on TV. And if this season finale is any indication, we're doomed to slow, painful repetition of the same themes and plot points that became tired a season ago, except this time with different characters. (SPOILER)They can only make an issue of the morality of killing to protect oneself so far before it's time to move on from it as a point that characters still openly debate about. First's it's Shane. Then it's Rick. Now it's Carl.

Glad that Andrea is dead. Her death was meaningless in the end, but her character had already played out (twice). I'm not too thrilled about them taking in all the children, elderly, and infirm from Woodbury. It's going to lead to a rehash of trying to take care of a baby except on a much larger scale. It doesn't signal that the show will be going anywhere that we hadn't already been.

I was initially surprised that the Governor survived, but then I re-considered and asked "Who's going to write off David Morrissey when he can escape and become a recurring villain?" That said, this about sums up my feelings on how that whole plot line was "resolved":



I like the season as a whole (certainly an improvement over the snoozefest that was season two), but the finale gives no promise that the show has anywhere to go but down.