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Originally Posted by ianlippert
Negan, represents a pivot in the type of story TWD is trying to tell. Instead of alternating between travelling on the road and finding pockets of survivors the scope of the show is opening up to show how these individual communities interact with each other. its basically the re-emergence of feudalism, I find the idea of societies developing in certain ways in response to specific environments pretty interesting tbh.
That's a big reason why I enjoyed this last episode. It certainly wasn't thrilling, nor will it rank up there amongst the absolute best TWD episodes, but I did like seeing how Ezekiel handled the relationship with the Saviors and how it contrasted to the Hilltop. Also, it is sometimes good to have a "calm down" episode now and then.
Of course, I was thinking "WTF" along with everyone else at this King Ezekiel cartoon character, but I thought his revelation of who he really was was quite interesting, especially since, to this point, it doesn't look like the Kingdom is a ****ed up place like Terminus or Woodbury.
From a pure acting standpoint, I also like watching the actors that play Ezekiel and Morgan.
The other thing I enjoyed about the episode was Carol's hallucination of the walkers being real people. That was cool and really well done (also, as someone who was a walker last season, I'm jealous of that role).
The jury is still out for me on Carol, though. Not sure I get her whole loner rebel deal, but I'll roll with it. Overall, I tend to just enjoy being entertained - I don't cry when characters get killed nor do I get up in arms about some plot hole.