Well folks, we are almost there. Like the protagonists of AMC's Zombie drama, fans have been given a lot of time to wander toward the end of this season, completely unsure of what lies ahead. The first half of season 4 was The Walking Dead at its finest high stakes, dramatic tension, and interpersonal drama played out much as we'd seen in the previous seasons (albeit with a more solid grasp on character motivations than the mediocre season 3). But then The Walking Dead did something you rarely see with this mid-season break ending the first half with the requisite brutal series of murders and violence, it settled into a much more relaxed pace for the second, dividing its main cast into little groups and sending them out to wander the wilderness, all eventually heading in the general direction of "Terminus". The last seven post-prison episodes have been good, subdued character pieces, but on some level the overarching plot has suffered from a lack of focus because of the change of approach. For all its good character work and atmospheric tone, season 4 is a hard one to imagine having as thrilling a conclusion as its own mid-season finale. So, to clarify these worries, here we have a recipe to make sure that the season finale (directed by the superb Michelle MacLauren) does not waste the character building, yet provides a satisfying end to this overall quite solid season.
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