Many fans, however, didn’t really want to see it.
Instead, Rickdecides to spare Negan.
Understandably, not killing him was the way to go.
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After all - this group of survivors was different, merciful.
Wasting precious time was one thing, but the more obvious spin-off-announcing episodes were totally another.
Carol tries to be useful by cooking, chasing down a rat, and even fixing solar panels.
She has Daryl’s dog, Dog, with her, and she obviously misses Daryl.
Reedus and McBride have thus far done a great job ofportraying a certain chemistry.
This was, undoubtedly, a stunt to announce the Daryl-based spin-off,Daryl Dixon.
Sometime later, Daryl changes his mind, but Leah isn’t there anymore.
While Tara struggles to go back to Hilltop, the episode follows her fending for herself, alone.
Additionally, character-centered episodes seldom work well inThe Walking Dead, despite the massive potential to make them exceptional.
The reason for that istheir detraction from important overarching plots and their timing.
Indeed, Rick later appears inThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.
At this point, it becomes obvious the story was going to be a little dragged out.
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Carl’s decisions would often mirror Rick’s, even when Rick would become hardened and unforgiving.
People genuinely couldn’t get over Carl’s unnecessary death.
And then viewers lose a young, promising character that they were ready to cheer for adamantly.
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Why he chose Glenn seems random.
The two killed-off characters weretoo much for some viewers, and their gruesome killings surelymade people abandon the show.
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