Will never forgive them for wasting those precious episodes in season 4 (or 3 idk) on following the governor around his grey scale purgatory, when we could’ve been watching the group bond with the refugees from whatever his community was called. (It feels like we see the new residents get off the bus and then the next thing we know, they’re back on that same bus and being turned into Walker stew, all those people gone so suddenly and violently and yet all we were thinking is “Where’s Glenn?! The baby wasnt on there right?! Whew, cool) We missed so many new developments cause they focused on the Governor, and yet the moment he meets up with the group again he gets shish kabobed (rightfully so). It just made those episodes feel pointless. Meanwhile back at the prison, we’ve missed: Daryl coming out his shell a bit (the man literally had a couple little fans, I would’ve loved to see more him receiving props for all his bad ass survivor and provider skills); Rick providing Carl with the space and peace needed to adjust his perspective on what it takes to survive in this new world of theirs; Michonne’s adjustment to participating in being apart of such a large group for the first time since she lost her son; Actually getting to see the early stages of Carl of Michonnes friendship forming ( I mean I get that the writers and show runners weren’t planning on Rick and Michonne getting together but seeing where their stories gone, it sucks they didnt have the foresight to show the origins of what would be come two of the most integral bonds on the show (Rick/Michonne & Carl and Michonne); and (Most unfortunately (am i using too many parentheses??)) Getting to see more of Rick and Michonne becoming friends. Rick was is such a dark place after Lori’s tragic death,(hate her or hate her more that’s a gruesome way to go), I would’ve love to see the process of Rick finding companionship and safety in Michonne. Did they ever talk more about their past with eachother. Did she offer up anymore about her own ghosts in an attempt to help him battle his own. Just the little human moments that twd use to take their time with that made the struggles and losses hurt so much more. I mean imagine if we had’ve gotten to actually see them transform the prison into the thriving community they were working towards and then out of the blue, the threat Rick had finally managed to convince Michonne no longer existed shows up on their front lawn and destroys everything we’ve watched them work so hard to build.

While the loss of Hershel and displacement of the group was still terrible to see, I think that one choice of choosing to not shift focus away from the group could’ve created room for an even higher tension (which they struggle to build in the later seasons without relying on shock value charatcer deaths) resulting in an even more devastating fallout.

Originally posted by tbagggvf