The Walking Dead to end in 2022 after next season. https://ew.com/tv/walking-dead-end-daryl-carol-spin-off-norman-reedus-melissa-mcbride/ That said, more spin-offs are in the works.
I guess if the ratings are there. But seriously, they need to put this entire series to rest imho. The entire show has been like a soap opera with zombies for many seasons now. Zombies is an afterthought. Unless that was their goal from day one, mission accomplished.
Zombies were never the focus of the comic series, it was human interaction. The difference is that the comics usually did it better and without all the overwrought melodrama.
I think that's been the jist of the show since the beginning--people are the focus because zombies don't have much personality.
For those still watching, last night's episode had a great callback to zombie film history. There was a pre-apocalypse flashback scene where Lucille (Negan's wife) got into her car. There was a news broadcast that mentioned people being attacked, but she switched the station and what song came on? "Partytime" by 45 Grave.
I finally quit halfway through season 8. I'm very interested in Negan's backstory, but not quite enough to jump back in.
As long as a TV show gets ratings, networks will run them into the ground long after any creative spark is gone. No mystery there at all.
I'm two episodes behind, but the only reason I'm still watching is because I've come this far and the end is in sight. I've already ditched the spin-offs.
Warning, you're in for one of the worst episodes ever, and that's saying something. Daryl fixes his bike, Carole chases a rat. That's it. Whole episode. Delete it from your DVR now and just go to the Negan episode.
They must have a LOT of combinations on their plot idea dart board. Long ago I packed up all my blu-ray sets and sold them off, having given up in disgust at the rut of mediocrity the series had hit. Total scorch and burn walk away from the series. At that time, I was absolutely certain AMC would milk the damn show like the Simpsons until long after I was in the ground. With the spin-offs, I'm still convinced.
I'm going to be contrarian and say that I really enjoyed the second to last episode. There was more going on than what was described. Also, Carol is the most fascinating character on the show, so if there's anyone they can get away with having chase a rat around and still be interesting, it's her. I thought it was much better than that tedious Breaking Bad episode where Bryan Cranston spends the entire hour chasing a fly around a meth lab. There were still zombies in this one. I wouldn't say this is the best the show has to offer, but it's far far far from the worst. On the other hand, the over-hyped "Here's Negan" was pretty terrible. I did think there was an interesting concept of how do you treat someone with cancer during the zombie apocalypse, but that's pretty much where the compliments end. Morgan got his real life wife hired for the gig, and she's not very good. When they started playing Joe Cocker "You Are So Beautiful", it made me laugh out loud and eye-roll so hard I saw brain. This has to be one of the most embarrassing Walking Dead moments ever, and there have been some real humdingers over the years. To be honest, Negan's arrival in this series is the exact point where it started to nosedive, and this episode is a perfect example why. This episode is Walking Dead at its masturbatory worst.
My GF and I still really enjoy these shows. Are we the only ones? I agree, the Carol vs. rat episode was the definition of filler, but Negan's backstory was a great episode. JDM and his wife even made a great Talking Dead episode, too. (Yes, we even watch that.) I didn't care for the World Beyond spinoff, but I'll probably tough it out to see what is revealed about the mystery group that abducted Rick.
In addition to the Daryl / Carol spin-off series, it looks like Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are also getting their own spin-off series. Just let it die already. I'm out after the series finale
I had to laugh when I saw this season they celebrated Halloween on TWD. Including a scare house for the children.
I don't intend on watching the spinoffs either, but I have to say the beginning part of this season, and this middle part they're currently on, is the most I've been invested in the show since the very beginning. For a long period of time, I had it on as "background noise" and didn't know who half the people were past the classic Rick, Carl, Daryl, Carol, etc.
There's maybe six characters I know by name (a majority of them OGs), but everyone else I'm like, who? I would love to see them kill off Negan, Maggie, Eugene, or even Daryl. Not Carol though! I miss when this show had the guts to kill off actual characters and not just interchangeable extras who are only around for an episode or two. I think the last time they did that was Glenn, and even then they stroked that out for an entire season hiatus and like three episodes to the point where by the time they revealed who Negan killed the emotional impact of the moment was long gone.
