Jedi Morgan!
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I wasn't all that impressed.
I thought it was a great season finale. Sets up great for a war next season between Alexandria and the Wolves. You have Sasha and the preacher man finally getting their heads straight, Rick winning over the group, a shocked Morgan that just watched Rick execute a man in front of the man's wife, Cray Cray Carol, and we now know who the Wolves are. It's set up to be a great season with Rick being the enforcer and Deanna now having the conviction to rule with an iron fist.
My question, are there just 2 Wolves, or is this a big group?
I ****ing LOVED the season finale. Rick finally unlocks Boss Mode after putting it away for awhile. I'll admit, killing Pete was pretty monstrous, but you knew it was coming. And with Pete killing Deanna's husband, at least you can pretend it was done for the right reasons. Even if we the audience know part of him did it so he can hook up with Jessie.
The Nicholas-Glenn encounter was solid. Looks like maybe they've worked out their differences, even though it took Glenn getting shot. Also nice to see Maggie stepping up to do something besides provide eye candy for the first time in forever.
I really liked how they slow played Morgan's story over the course of the season. You know those Wolves clowns weren't going to kill him. It would've been a waste of a character that they've spent too much time hinting he'd eventually catch up with Rick. But like everyone else, I'm wondering when he trained at the Jedi Temple. He's a complete badass with that quarterstaff. They had me fooled thinking he was the guy in the red poncho that Darryl and Aaron were chasing. Then to have Morgan show up just in time to see Rick execute Pete.....Holy. Shit. Especially after we saw the note on his map that "the world will need Rick Grimes." Gotta think that's going to taint his view of Rick and all the time he spent tracking him down, especially with Rick looking all crazy after his fight with the Walker.
There have to be more than 2 Wolves. No way the two clowns we saw could set up that trap, carve the W into all the Walkers we've seen over the course of the season, etc. I'm pretty stoked for the eventual showdown between them and Rick's group at Alexandria. I'm mostly surprised no one died in the finale. I figured we'd lose at least one major character.
It's going to be a long damn 7 month wait for season 6 to start in October.
Morgan must have raided a Shao Lin monestary or something and studied up on all that to become someone who respects all life but is trained to take it from you in the blink of an eye. The next season needs to open up with Rick banging Jesse over the kitchen counter still covered in walked blood.
I do think there are more than two wolves. Those two were probably the ones exiled from the group and they started their own group. I don't think those two could enter a community like where Noah's family lived and take all of them out. I just wonder if they will stretch that out all season and have the final showdown be next year's season finale or end it sooner. Guess it could make a mid season finale.
I was surprised that Beth was the only main character to get killed this season. Makes me think they may make up for that next season. Or it could be that they caught so much backlash from killing her off they are taking a break from offing main characters. If they are staying in Alexandria next season they now have a huge stock of minor characters they can kill off at their leisure.
Sorry but Maggie ain't doing much for me in the eye candy area. Especially when she starts talking. Bloody Brits sound like wankas when they fake an American Southern accent. We need some upgrades. Beth was hotter than Maggie. They killed the wrong sister.
Set up a prison in a subsistence society? I know somebody who's not going to be invited to be in my group after the zombie apocalypse.
Also, with something like 99% of the population killed off and made into zombies, I can forgive Rick if Judeo/Christian ethics don't seem very compelling to him and he just wants some ass. I'm thinking the zombie apocalypse might shake a lot of people's faith.
They need to find a middle ground. They didn't get nearly enough out of the Terminus story line to me. But they also can't spend an entire season foreshadowing a conflict that only happens in the last few episodes. Ideally, they'd bring the wolves story line to a close over the first half season while also setting up the major conflict for the second half of the season. That may burn through material too quickly though.
Sometime this summer. They've already committed to season one airing this summer and season two airing next summer. It's going to start in Los Angelos in the time where the epidemic was taking off, so sort of a prequel spin off although obviously it won't take long to catch up to where the Walking Dead started. They've also announced at least one actor from the Walking Dead that will be making an appearance. Can't remember who.
It will be interesting to see what character since Fear the Walking Dead is going to be set in Los Angeles. Bob maybe?