The Walking Dead - Season 6, Episode 16: Last Day on Earth
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Rick and the group must go outside the walls to save one of their own. What they experience on the road is rather chaotic, meanwhile the series continues to follow the death of Reg and Pete.
The show doesn't even grant us the catharsis of knowing which character has been killed... It's a gimmick, and if that's what The Walking Dead is going to rely on in its storytelling going forward, it doesn't make me hopeful for the future.
For the first time in I don't know how many seasons, Rick looked utterly terrified by the end of this episode. It was refreshing to see him vulnerable, but probably caused even more anxiety in viewers.
Negan, the sinister leader of the Saviors. He did not disappoint. Imbued with a brawny, malevolent charm by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the character, at least in his debut, lived up to the hype in every way but one.
Negan was by far the highlight of the episode, and I look forward to seeing Jeffrey Dean Morgan command the screen when the show returns, but this was a frustrating conclusion.
The eventual outcome of the Walking Dead Season 6 finale couldn't help but feel like a cop-out, especially in a season that has been loaded with fake-outs and fan-baiting moments.
It's disappointing that the writers would risk alienating the fan-base again after the whole did-Glenn-die-or-didn't-he fiasco earlier this season. Unfortunately, it's becoming the new world order on an otherwise great show.
"Last Day on Earth" was just about the opposite of a creative miracle. It was every bad decision the show has made over the last few years, all included in a dumb, lifeless, repetitive 90-minute episode.
