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    I swear the writers aren't even trying anymore. "Okay, Negan is standing out in the open, Rick and co. have him in their sights, they're no more than 20 yards apart from each other. Rick opens fire with a burst from his assault rifle, but Negan survives by.... er, oh. Hmm, we've actually written ourselves into a corner with this stupid scenario, haven't we? I know! He ducks and weaves! Ha, nailed it!"

    Ooh, but that action sequence! They certainly showed those dilapidated windows who's boss! Move over Hans Gruber, you never made shooting glass as cool as Rick's crew!

    And what was with those flash-forwards and non-linear scene progression? What could this possibly add up to? It's so fucking lame I don't think I can find the words anymore! And a huge swath of the fanbase STILL aggressively defend it. "If you were a true fan you'd know this is the best show evah! If you don't like it then go back to watching the Big Bang Theory, nyeh nyeh nyeh! We don't need your negativity! Fuck you!" I mean JEZUS, these twits are tetchy!

    I'm curious to know what the viewership was, but whatever it is, I'm certain this season is going to dip below the 10 million mark. Fuck, 2017 has been one of the worst years for television in recent memory!
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      Editing … I didn't care for the episode's constant action at the expense of actual plot progression and meaningful, interesting dialogue. Supposedly this was the writers' answer to the complaints that last season was "too slow," but if this is the upcoming trend for the show, they might lose me.
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      Editing … LOL, Sunday had 11.4 million viewers, a five year low for a series premiere. I mean, respect, I don't think anything I create will ever by viewed by 10+ million households, but they're losing viewers fast. This reminds me of Star Trek in the early 20-aughts, particularly with the easily angered fanbase. I mean this show has loyal core audience, still makes enough money for a huge budget by TV standards, has a fairly talented cast, truly exceptional production designers, and the writers are just asleep at the wheel.
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      Editing … Over the years there have been lots of exchanges of "Episode was too slow!" "No, they're just being artful and introspective and b-b-b-beautiful! I watched it three times and i cri evrytiem!!!" The real matter is they suck at both, or at least they do now. Glen Mazarra must have been the glue holding the show together, because Season 3 wasn't perfect, but it was well paced. There weren't any episodes where the plot just spun its wheels, or where we were forced to spend an entire episode filling in the backstory for some character we don't give a fuck about. Good TV can advance the plot and the characters at the same time. All of my favorite series do this, Deadwood, the Wire, the Americans, Game of Thrones etc. The Americans doesn't need to do an entire episode focused on Margo Martindale's oh so tragic backstory that's totally divorced from all of the other ongoing plot threads. But when you point this out, the fan drones come out and whine "You just want mindless action every episode! This episode was fantastic! It had four different scenes of characters walking off alone to cry next to a tree! BRILLIANT!"
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