Warning! MAJOR SPOILERS for The Walking Dead season 8 finale ahead!

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In Sunday dark's finale to The Walking Dead flavor 8, the All-Out War between the survivors and The Saviors came to end. After get-go crossing paths with Negan in the flavour 6 finale and witnessing his fell methods in the flavour 7 premiere, Rick swore revenge, beginning a disharmonize that'south raged for more than than two seasons. At present, that disharmonize is finally over - but non everyone is pleased with the resolution.

In "Wrath", practically every major plot of season 8 was given some sort of closure, tying upwardly loose ends and allowing for flavor nine to be the "new prove with a bigger, new narrative" that producer Scott Gimple has promised. Earlier episodes this flavor already began laying the groundwork for this daring new direction (see the addition of Georgie), and following the events of the season 8 finale, the series is now gratuitous to explore these new ideas.

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But first, but how did season 8 wrap up? How did Rick'south grouping survive the trap Negan had laid out for them? How is it that Morgan will adjacent appear on The Walking Dead's spinoff, Fearfulness The Walking Dead? And what became of those scenes of a red-eyed, tearful Rick from the season 8 premiere? Read on the detect out!

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Eugene's Double-Cross Saved The Twenty-four hour period

In last calendar week's episode, "Worth", Daryl and Rosita hatched a plot to kidnap Eugene in order to stop him from manufacturing bullets for The Saviors. It was a solid plan simply information technology failed because they didn't anticipate just how committed Eugene was to his work. Through his escape, it appeared equally if Eugene had thrown in with Negan once and for all, but what seemed to be confirmation of Eugene'due south turn to the dark side was, in fact, just a ruse. As it turns out, the bullets Eugene made for The Saviors were booby-trapped, and when The Saviors surrounded Rick's group and fired their weapons, every gun backfired, injuring and in some cases killing the ones pulling the trigger. It was a sneaky move just one that admittedly led to The Saviors' defeat. It virtually makes upward for him puking him on Rosita (most).

Rick Injures - Only Doesn't Kill - Negan

While the war was between the survivors and The Saviors, the real battle came downwards to Rick and Negan. By no means was this the offset time the two leaders have faced each other, having come up to blows only episodes earlier, but this night'south finale has a articulate victor. After the mishap with the guns, The Saviors no longer hold an advantage over Rick's group; some try to keep fighting, but virtually throw up their hands in surrender. Negan, however, isn't ready to telephone call it quits and flees. Rick pursues him and somewhen confronts Negan underneath a tree with 2 pieces of stained drinking glass swinging from its branches - the same tree The Walking Dead has been showing glimpses of all flavour.

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Rick and Negan fight but Rick soon makes his plea that it doesn't have to be this manner, reminding Negan of how Carl's letters insisted they discover a better way to alive. And for a moment, Negan hesitates, seeming to consider what Rick is saying. Then Rick slashes his neck with jagged piece of stained glass. As Negan gasps and starts to bleed out, Rick addresses The Saviors, telling them that this war is finally over earlier calling for Siddiq to come and patch upward Negan.

In the finish, Rick doesn't impale Negan, confirming that previous wink-forward to a bleary-eyed Rick weren't him truly lost, only rather when his mercy does indeed prevail over his wrath.

Oceanside Rescue The Survivors

Meanwhile, at the aforementioned time that Negan'south ambush of Rick is bravado up in his confront, the sneak attack on the Hilltop is suffering its ain setback. Equally the convoy of Saviors approaches, those who remained at the Hilltop commencement evacuating while Tara and Alden choose to hang dorsum and fight to buy them more than time. Yet, at that very moment the women of Oceanside arrive and begin to firebomb The Saviors trying to breach the walls. Led by Cyndi and Aaron, the cavalry from Oceanside drive abroad the attacking Saviors, proving withal again the power of friendship (non to mention the persuasiveness of Aaron's emaciated husk).

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