The Walking Dead: 10 Moments That Most Pissed Off Fans
They're screwing with the wrong people...
The Walking Dead is no stranger to incurring the wrath of its fans.
In the ten years that it has been on the air, the show has pulled some pretty bold moves and, whether it be killing off major characters or introducing new enemies, these can often spark outrage from those who didn't agree with whatever particular creative direction they went in.
But that's the good kind of controversy; you know, the type that most TV shows experience at some point or another that doesn't result any in major backlash and just kick-starts some healthy discussions among the fandom. The Walking Dead, unfortunately, is a little too familiar with the other kind.
Yes, over the course of its admirable run, the show has managed to pull off a rather shocking amount of blunders. While it's true that almost every TV series suffers from a few off-days here or there, The Walking Dead has managed to continually piss off its loyal fans on a number of occasions - sometimes to the point that you find yourself wondering if they're doing it on purpose.
With yet another controversial moment creeping us all out in the latest season, let's reflect on some of the times the show really got to its fans.
10. "They're Screwing With Wrong People"
While The Walking Dead was like any other show in that it had its fair share of highs and lows, you can kind of pinpoint where the overall standard began to dip, and that was when the split narratives began in the second half of Season 4.
We could go into how they wasted so much time on the Terminus concept only to blow it all to hell in an episode or two, but let's instead talk about the single moment that drew fans' ire the most... and that came in the season finale.
Months were spent planning on bringing all those aforementioned split narratives back together, as the gang eventually found their way to Terminus, and it all seemed like the show was building to some kind of all-out war when Rick and the cavalry showed up. Instead, he got imprisoned with the rest of his troupe.
But it was okay, because in those final few moments he had a plan that was going to make them "feel pretty stupid", right? Nope. Instead, it all built towards a meaningless punchline in which he claimed "They're screwing with the wrong people," before cutting to black.
Now, this writer can certainly appreciate the fact that this line was a nod to the comic books' "They f*cking with the wrong people", but given that AMC wouldn't let them use that version (which had been filmed) and the simple fact that not everyone watching would have known that anyway, fans were understandably left feeling a little short-changed by a finale that teased war and didn't deliver, so a neat little punchline - no matter how well-executed - just wasn't going to cut it... especially when they had to wait months to see the resolution.