There are still a few good episodes here and there, but that was the beginning of the end.
Holy shit, the episode I just saw from S6 just fell off a cliff in terms of plotpoints and execution. There are gonna be spoilers here, but it's so bad, that I don't even think I should bother with spoiler tags. Maybe I should? If anyone has any issue I'll put them up, but I doubt anyone cares, it's so bad.
It's the episode where part of the gang is trapped in the house, after the tall tower falls on the walls and the undead spew forth into the camp. They again cover themselves in guts, which is just the most lazy way for them to get out of there.
Besides just various pretty bad story beats, like Morgan keeps wanting to protect the W dude, while Carol wants to kill him, while they've already been invaded by the horde. Beside the awkward interactions between the W dude and the nurse he took hostage. Besides the fact that they're pretending to keep Judith, the baby, underneath those guts-covered robes. Just so many to name in this episode alone.
Besides all of these, there comes the moment where I really don't know what the hell they were thinking. The blonde's kid panics and gets himself eaten. Then the blonde mom starts screaming and gets herself eaten. And then the camera cuts to Rick, who starts having flashbacks to his 2-3 moments with her, now that he effectively lost her. Which was bad and cringe enough. But then they make a big case out of the fact that he has to cut her arm off to let go of Carl (who just by looking at how flimsy her grab is, could've easily just turned his wrist and gotten free). That was so bad, I actually paused the video and came to do this reply.
Holy shit. I would've loved to be a fly on the wall in the writers room when they came up with that. (rofl)
I'm really starting to question if I should just stop here with the series. I'm afraid it will just gradually taint the good stuff. But I also have a morbid curiosity to see how bad it gets. I'll have to see if I actually continue with it.
But it still got me a little bit intrigued, since this is the first time they mention Negan, who I've already been spoiled that he kills one of the main people from the first episodes. Yes, I know who. So that's a bit of a bummer for me that I already know that. But I'm curious as to how they build that antagonist, and if he's better or worse than the Governor. I'm betting he's worst?