chocolate1 said:

JustErin said:

Lammastide said: I agree.

I'm just curious... What did you guys want to happen?

I'm not saying I wanted anything in particular to happen. Compared to some other episodes this one was weak, especially as a season finale.

Here’s producer Greg Nicotero on the message of this season:

“This entire season was based on the premise of, “Can you do what it takes to stay alive?” Crossing that line between the brutality and the humanizing aspect of life, and can you be compassionate and still survive in this world or are you always going to be a bad guy? In different worlds and different perceptions, who is a good guy and who is a bad guy?”

Still, even though it’s mere days away, the not knowing is gnawing at us: what is Terminus? Wouldn’t it have to be something wicked and vile to live in the world of this show? Make no mistake, while the show isn’t absent those spare moments of happiness and ease (eat that whole pudding bucket, little man!), the overriding theme of the show seems to be that while humans will constantly reach for the familiar feel of civilization, it is often a mirage, fleeting, or far worse. So is Terminus a mirage, fleeting, or far worse?

If you use the comics as a broad guide, it’s easy to wonder if Terminus may be a cannibal base camp and the home of The Hunters that appeared in the comic book just after the death of Billy; an event that was mirrored in the 14th episode of this season, “The Grove”.

In the comics, Rick and company encounter The Hunters while on the way to Washington, but there is no promise of shangri-la and they don’t leave plywood breadcrumbs along the course of a railroad track to lure people in. Aside from the informed suspicion that the comics have instilled in us, and a general eerie feeling, there have been few hints as to whether or not we’re about to meet the cannibals. That is, until comic creator and show producer Robert Kirkman spoke to EW about Rick Grimes and the season 4 finale.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Here’s producer Greg Nicotero on the message of this season:

“This entire season was based on the premise of, “Can you do what it takes to stay alive?” Crossing that line between the brutality and the humanizing aspect of life, and can you be compassionate and still survive in this world or are you always going to be a bad guy? In different worlds and different perceptions, who is a good guy and who is a bad guy?”

I don't mean any harm but I feel like they've been on this "good guy vs bad guy" theme for longer than just this season and it's a bit redundant. At this point, each of the characters have had to do something terrible in order to ensure their survival and those in their group. They've had to do things that I'm pretty sure they wouldn't had even thought about in their pre-apocalyptic world. IMO, we are way past whether or not that they think they are good guys or bad guys, the whole point of it all, which was displayed in the season finale, is that you do what you have to do and need to do to survive, period.

Okay, is it true that there are clues from Breaking Bad in Walking Dead? Clues that are supposed to tell you what actually started the apocalype? On the radio this morning they were saying, all from the 1st season, Daryl's brother had blue meth, and something about Glenn driving the same car that Walt turned back in to the dealer ship, or some such madness.

morningsong said:

Okay, is it true that there are clues from Breaking Bad in Walking Dead? Clues that are supposed to tell you what actually started the apocalype? On the radio this morning they were saying, all from the 1st season, Daryl's brother had blue meth, and something about Glenn driving the same car that Walt turned back in to the dealer ship, or some such madness.

yeah and Daryl is said to have discribed Jesse.

Just read the Breaking Bad/Walking Dead theory. It's dumb.

JustErin said:

Just read the Breaking Bad/Walking Dead theory. It's dumb.

I think it is intentional but just jokes.