The Walking Dead: 10 Things Season 7 Got Horribly Wrong

8. The Scavengers

Speaking of too many communities, by far the most troubling of the bunch is the Scavengers, led by Pollyanna McIntosh's Jadis.

Even accepting for the startling number of communities in close quarters, it's hard to understand just what the hell the Scavengers are. Within the context of the universe, you can see how someone with the bluster and theatrics of Ezekiel could happen, because it's all an act. Likewise, the all-female Oceanside makes sense, as Negan killed all the men.

But the Trash People? They willingly choose to live in a junk yard, they take but don't bother (except they clearly do bother when it aides their taking), they look weird and speak even more-so, using phrases such as "the up up up" and "I will lay with him after."

If this was set decades after the apocalypse had happened you could understand it, as these people could've been born into this world and developed their own system and language. But given it's only been a few years, the Scavengers make absolutely no sense (and yes, I realise I'm saying this about a show where a self-styled King has a pet tiger).

Because of this, and the fact that we then spend hardly any time getting to know them, the twist in the finale is completely underwhelming too. It was obvious they couldn't be fully trusted, it was just to what extent. The fact that Rick totally trusts them makes him, the hero of the show, look like an idiot, and forces him into moves - like robbing Oceanside of their guns and leaving them defenceless - that makes him little better than Negan.