I swear, this show would have been better had AI written it. This show started out really fascinating. The first season wasn't as good as TWD, but it was really good. The writing in Fear got so bad by season 7 that I couldn't even talk other diehard TWD fans to watch it anymore. They weren't wrong.
This finale was entirely appropriate for the schmaltzy, hacky mess this show has become, and a hollow pantomime of the show it could have been. I know that some of the actors are of real quality, and I have to believe that some of them read this and thought, "Thank god it's finally over."
Especially after seeing how good the first season of Daryl Dixon was, I have not given up on the franchise, but FTWD will go down in TV history as one of the greatest disappointments of all time.