Currently finishing up twd and I must say, when people said the show went downhill after like S7-8 they weren't kidding.
I love Lydia and some of the other characters that were introduced in these later seasons but I would choose Carl over EVERYBODY literally any day.
Like don't get me wrong, there are certain arcs that were cool for a moment or in concept.
Like the Whisperers was cool for a time but it wasn't a strong enough arc to last an entire season like this show does.
Unfortunately it relies too heavily on like ig whatever happens in the comics (outside of killing off Carl) and it's like some of this stuff may pass under dropping a certain amount of chapters/issues but in a show setting?
These important storylines are really only developed enough to maybe last 10-15 eps, not an entire 20 sumn season. So the fact that the last two seasons break the usual mold that the previous seasons had set with only having 16 eps per season, by having 20+ is one thing but on top of that having the weakest storylines in the show really is detrimental to the show as a whole.
And you can tell by how the story starts to wane in quality and even low-key how they film it too. So unfortunately I might just consider the show having ended like season 6-7 somewhere round there.
Glenn lived, Carl lived, yay happy ending 🤷