The Walking Dead Season Finale: 10 Ways It Massively Disappointed

3. No-One Died

For just about any other show on television, the lack of a major character death would not be viewed as a negative. And it's not meant as an indictment of anyone on the cast, because their performances all range from good to excellent. It's just that when it comes to The Walking Dead, the bar has been set. Audiences are conditioned not to get too attached to anyone because they can be gone in an instant. Take Mika for example. We spend a few episodes getting to know her and admiring her sunny outlook in a dreary world, and then her sister guts her for a science experiment. The show has done this brilliantly since its inception. Many hated seeing Shane die, not because they thought he was in the right but because he brought so much to the group and the show that losing him would be a detriment. We love The Walking Dead precisely because of those moments. The gutpunch of seeing someone we've grown emotionally invested in die. Maybe its morbid, but seeing everyone (apparently) end the season still breathing felt like a bit of a downer, especially when the marketing seemed to promise something different.