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having aired last night, it’s time to reflect on the hugely talented cast we’ve been introduced to this year. From a theatrical point of view, we were taken on a huge themed ride that left us emotional at the very end.

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Despite how you felt when the finale finished, the cast of

have put every effort into this production. And it definitely shows.

I’d like to take a moment to applaud the cast and crew of

for their brilliant acting and make up skills as well as special effects. It was a huge show and captivated the entire audience with such flair that it’d be unfair to not give these people their time to shine.

Over the past few months we were introduced to a lot of new characters who I felt upstaged the main cast by miles.

We’ll start off with the obvious Jesus who is played by Tom Payne. His enunciation, his diction choices and the simple way he moved just stood out among the rest of the cast where we’ve heard Daryl mumbling for the past 5 seasons. Sorry, Norman Reedus fans, I love him as much as you do, but I find I sometimes have to replay a scene a few times with subtitles to understand what he’s saying- and I’m saying this as someone who grew up in redneck Georgia!

Everyone on the cast made it obvious they wanted to be there; they wanted to tell this story.

One actor who played Carter briefly at the start of this season had been trying out and auditioning for the show for ages. Despite his knowing of his character’s death, Ethan Embry fully committed to his role and told the story of the guy who disagreed with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and questioned his ways.

Our awkward Doctor Denise who was beautifully played by Merrit Wever caught our attention with her capturing of her character and executed her death scene with grace. We won’t make you watch it again, but even Norman Redus and Christian Serratos were both in awe of her performance when they were interviewed for behind the scenes on

Heck! Even the full on feminine episode, “The Same Boat,” starring Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Carol (Melissa McBride) the new and short-live characters had actresses (Alicia Witt, Jeananne Goossen, and Jill Jane Clements) who all tackled their roles with increased gusto. With even side characters like Heath (Corey Hawkins) stealing scenes from Glenn (Steve Yuen); I feel we can all be at ease when it comes to AMC and the way they are telling this story with their characters- cliffhangers aside.

With this season having been built up in anticipation of Negan played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, we were quite disappointed in the fact that he was only on our screens for a short while. I mean, go watch that scene again and try not to tell me how incredible he was, how captivating his performance was.

New characters aside, I feel it’s safe to say how Melissa McBride’s performance this season is probably her best yet. We’ve only ever seen peeks at Carol’s personality, at the way she worked. She’s clever, a regular chameleon and boy can she pull off an emotional breakdown splendidly! Even Andrew Lincoln made us truly relate to his Rick Grimes at the very end. That look of hopelessness when realizing you’re about to lose a family member; if you’ve not lost one yet consider yourself quite lucky. He broke my heart during Negan’s monologue, he knew he couldn’t fight back; knew his hands were tied.

The fandom says the cast are family; welcome to the family Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Hope to see you lots more in seven months!

Again, thank you to the cast and the crew for putting this production together. It’s been wonderful to experience and I’m hoping like I said earlier: this feels like the start (and end for someone) of something wild and crazy.

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