9/10

So the producers have finally remembered this love story between Connie and Daryl they’ve been teasing for over two seasons, on and off. (Mostly off, ridiculously ignoring the fact they were sitting on a goldmine.) So someone thought, with three episodes left, holy shit, it’s time for Connie and Daryl to share a moment again. Well, I guess better later than never? I’ve never stopped rooting for my beautiful babies. Just let them be together at last, for heavens sake.

With Daryl and Connie being the heart of the episode for me, I was already made up, but I’ve also loved all the badassery from our people, they’re just the most amazing ninja folk ever. And Carol comforting Maggie, such a tender moment between these battle hardened women. And Ezekiel saying it as it is to Negan, whilst Negan also being right about Ezekiel needing to “shelve that shit” for now. Time to work together again.

Loved Rosita and Gabriel’s domestic, I’ve really grown to enjoy their dynamic. And always a treat to enjoy Daryl and Carol’s evergreen bond. Loved the fabulous twist of our people ending up in Alexandria - and Maggie’s determination of how this will all go down. All golden.

I feel everything is set up perfectly for a big finale to the series. Taking back Alexandria, revolution at the CW, getting rid of Pamela, getting Yumiko to lead the CW maybe. Hopefully after reforms our people will decide to stay at the CW?

 

I truly hope they’re not trying to trade with children in TWD - enough of that horror in The Handmaid’s Tale.

I know at least one of the children is at Alexandria.

 

Rick doesn’t get taken in the comics - and has a completely different story line. Many characters who were already dead in the comics by the time our survivors encountered the Commonwealth are still alive on the show, and other characters who made it to the Commonwealth in the comics are dead on the show (or missing in action).
Daryl is a character created for the tv show only. So the show has used the comics as a source material and taken from it what it wanted all throughout.

 

I’m not expecting answers to the pandemic - it’s not been that kind of show looking for answers/cure since Season 1’s visit to the CDC. I know World Beyond went in that direction but I didn’t watch that show and on TWD there has been no mention of these research units as of yet.

I think we are bound to find out about Rick before the finale. Bad enough we won’t have him back with everyone in real time (I’m still hoping for at least a future glimpse of him being with the others…) but we are bound to find out his whereabouts to lead us into the spin-offs, and provide some bookend to Rick’s story with whom this whole saga started the first place.

I think the main question that needs answering (besides whether our survivors would learn about Rick) is whether our remaining survivors of Team Family have finally found some place to live where they have the prospect for some peace and happiness. I believe the Commonwealth might provide this place for them after the revolution that is well on its way.

There are many less urgent but annoying questions have been left unanswered about missing characters such as Luke, Virgil, Jadis, Heath, and what’s happened to Morgan and Dwight (again, Fear abs WB were not compulsory viewing for TWD fans - thank god). I think we will get answers about some of them at least, Luke and Virgil at least. I’d like to think Morgan too will find our group again in the future.

I would very much like to have a happy future echo of our characters living together in the finale - and the spin-offs to fill in the gaps and show us how they would get there.
I think that’s the best we can hope for now, with the way they’ve done things due to extending the main show way beyond its natural end, and dealing with Andrew and Danai’s departure, as well as the pandemic.