To put it mildly I've been highly disappointed with the way the show was progressing for the past two seasons. All the timeline nonsense with only a month passing for the freaking 32 episodes (!), hence with Maggie showing no traces of pregnancy what so ever and just making it so hard to believe that so close relationships have been developed in such a short time period (Negan and Rick for instance).
Don't get me wrong: considering the era the characters live in and all things that have happened it's perfectly normal to experience the infinity of events in just a month. In this particular case though that is in fact not-believable mainly because how contrived the storytelling has become. Not to mention how both, writers and directors, seemingly gave up on efforts and began manufacturing mediocracy.
But thankfully something happened (in the second half of the season eighth) - every two weeks or so the audience was provided with more or less decent flick.
For me it was this one and the tenth that delivered the most satisfaction. Finally! Nice composition, thick yet understandable and consistent plot, nice directing and even Eugene's way of expressing himself wasn't such an abomination (as it usually is) for me this time. Hope that they keep it up and we'll be able to at least enjoy the finale of this sorry-ass season.
