I love this show and often defend it where others don't. But even I have breaking points. That ending was absolute garbage.

We don't see who gets the bat, but we see the swing. Really? Most people, even non comic book readers, have heard so much hype about Negan that the "who gets the bat?" question was already on people's minds for the past 8 episodes. That was NOT the question people wanted to talk about for the next six months. Dividing someone's death scene between two episodes will now take the sting out of both episodes. No reveal in this episode, no time to re-establish love for the character in the next episode.

I listen to 3 Walking Dead podcasts and not a one of them think this was a good decision, not even creatively or from a ratings standpoint. To take a quote from The Watching Dead about Star Trek: "The cliffhanger isn't wondering which member of the bridge gets kidnapped, the cliffhanger is Picard gets taken by the Borg, now what do we do about it?"

You established hype for a villain all season long and we don't even know WHO we are mad at him over. Instead of giving your audience six months to build up hate for Negan, you're giving them six months to build up hate for the show itself.

Crew of the show have come forward in the past week saying things like "this episode is what fans have been waiting for". What part, exactly? The part where we don't know what happens?

The sad thing is the build up of the last ten minutes was genuinely suspenseful and had me on the edge of my seat. The fade to black was so anti climactic it hurts. I'm not alone. 99% of the feedback I'm reading on Twitter confirms what I'm feeling.

The Carol and Morgan stuff was compelling but I'm too angry to talk about what I liked this episode.

You could not hide the audience disdain for this show right now even if you hid it under a dumpster for 4 episodes.

I need my own podcast.