Quote:The thing I'm bummed about is they hype the crap out of Negan and how he's going to totally jack these people up- which he did in no uncertain terms- but then it's crickets. Everyone is spread out and there seems to be no cohesion. There is a storyline, the group is rising up like the phrase for the second half of the season touted, but man is it slow and sometimes subtle. I guess after so many seasons of somewhat rapid fire episodes this seems a little dragging and tedious. 

 

For the last couple seasons they have been blowing through the source material at an increasing pace.  The end is nigh.

 

I'm going to take the time to read the comics again from the beginning.

 

All these events took a lot longer, or seemed to take a lot longer, in the source.  To me it feels like they are summarizing the storyline instead of expanding on it (except for what feels like empty filler in their summarization.)

 

I believe they are slowing down this season in order to spring a grand war finale (or at least a teaser of a beginning of what will be one that doesn't really hit high gear until next season.)

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