The Walking Dead Season 6 Finale: 13 Things Episode 16 Got Horribly Wrong

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Somebody died in The Walking Dead Season 6 finale. A potentially huge character just got beaten to a pulp with a barbed wire bat, and guess what? Nobody really cares about the confirmation of what most people could guess. A death was imminent.

But aside from the biggest talking point, the Season 6 finale was a messy affair. The entire lead-up to the rage-inducing 'hanger was riddled with moments that left a sour taste in the mouth, which is an enormous shame considering how excellent the second half of Season 6 was.

Fans aren't happy. They've been cheated out of a satisfactory final chapter to the sixth run, and feel like one of the comic books' most iconic scenes has been butchered. Here are 13 things The Walking Dead finale got horribly wrong.

13. 64 Minutes

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The Walking Dead simply can't produce epic long episodes. There's a little feeling of dread whenever the preview booms about a 90-minute special, but thankfully that's including advert breaks. 64 minutes was the run-time of the finale, about 20 minutes too long.

It's only worth producing a longer episode if you have a lot to cram in. This episode didn't have that problem whatsoever. A brief goodbye to Alexandria and a detour across to check up on Morgan and Carol were the only storylines we saw apart from the big one.

It just felt like the camera lingered too long at every turn, as if it were trying to fill the time. The Negan speech scene was incredible, but (dare I say it?) while Jeffrey Dean Morgan turned in a great performance, there were even times when he looked like he was trying to drag it out a little longer than necessary.

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