I liked it a lot actually, mostly because I was dreading a lot of whining from the Alexandrites and the inevitable exile of Rick, which thankfully didn't happen. I liked that they focused almost exclusively on the characters we know.
You had to love Carol's nutbusting of Pete. (Apparently no one likes her cooking either) And I also loved the scene with Rick and Michonne, where they sort of made amends and squared up. Even the scene with Abraham and Eugene clicked well. I enjoy the show much more when everyone is one big walker-destroying family.
Glad Tara woke up, especially since her doctor visits are now a thing of the past. But can someone please explain why, after losing Beth, Noah and Tyreese so recently, WHY is Gabriel still alive!?!? Is he the post-apocalype Gilligan of the group now? Put this dbag out of his misery already!
At least it seems like Sasha finally hit the end of her rope and is ready to rein in the crazy now.
Good speeches at the end, still wish someone had just bullet-pointed all of their recent dramas to better illustrate how stupid lucky those people are to be alive: yeah, we met a guy who kept walker heads in an aquarium, then he attacked us with a tank, then we met some people who tried to rape us, then we hooked up with some cannibals, etc etc.
Glad it turned out to be the Wolves and not the Whisperers, as some had been speculating online. I'm not so sure this is _____'s gang though, I think these schmoes may be more akin to the Scavengers from the comics. Leaderless riff-raff who just move from place to place looting and killing. That was some crazy ass walker trap though!
And what can you say about freaking Morgan? Dude is a Jedi now! He is born again hard, but he cost that poor poncho dude his life by letting those two jagoffs live. Talk about awkward reunions though...from "all life is precious" to seeing Rick shoot Pete in the head, LOL.
They continue to do a good job getting me to worry about Glenn getting killed, despite his seeming untouchable status. Dude has some serious bad luck though. And why are we letting Nicholas live again? I guess they need more people to kill next season. Hopefully.