Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode. Spoilers will lurk like groaning cover’budge ers…###As what the Walking Dead so often likes to call the "fall finale" (AKA the mid-season break, because even zombies need Christmas off, dreaming of brains in their stockings) rolled around, all the shuffling of various characters paid off – sort of – as the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue attempted to properly introduce the new Big Bad while simultaneously letting the old one out of his cage. Negan, or as we suppose we should call him after figuring out that his cell was nowhere near as secure as it should possess’own’nurse been, Freegan, is once again loose to cause tangle’din down the line. He's been back and in/with regard to’concerning’regarding th as a character so far this season, at once seeming like the pathetic loser squating within the cocky, despotic killer, and then right back to his old tricks, looking to burrow under Gabriel's skin like a tick. Borrowing heavily from the likes of The Silence Of The Lambs and even the Loki/Natascha scene in Avengers, it's been a decent use of Jeffrey Dean Morgan's charisma, even if we're now apprehensive he'll just be back to his old, bat-wielding self.###The now-standard tension between the communities reared its head in a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous way, despite’in spite of’albeit the scenes between Michonne and Carol, Michonne and Siddiq and Aaron and Jesus just cemented one of the series' enormous’vast’massive’tremendous gest issues, as characters who should fairly eliminate’remove ly know each others' viewpoints spout exposition and motivation in at each other in a way that screams Actors Reading Lines rather than real individual . And of course Jesus got a chance to explain his worldview one last time.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous final scene with Eugene, Aaron and the ill-fated Jesus was actually the most effective of the episode, and one of the better action sequences the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue has staged. For all its pulling from some intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully obvious zombie movie/horror film tropes, it worked, creating an atmospheric way out in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the long-haired hero. It also allowed in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a proper look at our first "Whisperer", the group from the comicreserve 's storyline known in/with regard to’concerning’regarding disguising themselves as the dead and merging with zombie herds to nudge them towards their own goals.###And at least it felt like Jesus went out fighting, even if there's the creeping sensation that our heroes still make intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully, intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully stupid decisions in the style of Rick Grimes. Still, nothing plunged the needle of the Stupid-O-Meter quite as far in the direction of "Imbecile" as Henry's awful Very Special Episodes with some of the kids from Hilltop. Drinks? Bad choices? Peer pressure? Terrible security from the community? Check them all off the list and add in a bonus entry of Henry Learns A Lesson And Feels Bad. It's abundant’ample’plentiful to make you want to hammer some steel in frustration.###It's always misgiving’fret ing when The Walking Dead cooks up an episode that has one or two effective scenes to recommend it, but that is drowned in either pointless chatter among characters who should all know better, convenient plotting and terrible ideas.###Evolution was a real example of this – while there are still alleyways to be explored with regards to’concerning’with respect to the suspicion between the communities, a lot of the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous ger, scene-setting stuff came off as extremely fundamental , at least until the finale. And please, manufacture rs, don't reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous cliff-hanger with heroes in peril and then (in the States at least) possess’own’nurse a trailer where they've eliminate’remove ly gotten out of it. That's surely a no-brainer. Which won't delight anyone, living or dead. It remains to be seen how the Whisperers storyline plays out, and it'll be interesting to see an actor such as Samantha Morton take on a role like this, but the jury remains out as to whether her group will be a worthwhile, and more notably, different threat.###Highlight: The graveyard smash-em-up.###Lowlight: Henry's After-school Special.###Kill of the week: Jesus, who promised he would come again, but is unlikely to resurrect from this.###Quote of the week: "I possess’own’nurse to clean up your shit, but that doesn't mean I possess’own’nurse to listen to it" – Gabriel, to Negan.###Zombie of the week: Pit zombie. Taracquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure in/with regard to’concerning’regarding darts and all manner of teenage shenanigans.###MVP: Jesus. He gave his life so others may live.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous question: Aside from what the Whisperers will actually bring, we're wondering just how their little trick works. Do the dead actually listen to them? That actual answer, on TV at least, may possess’own’nurse to wait until the next season, which kicks off on 10 February in the US and 11 February in the UK.###Read this season's reviews###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 1: *A New Beginning###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 2: *The Bridge###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 3: *Warning Signs###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 4: *The Obliged###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 5: *What Comes After###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 6: *Who Are You Now?###The Walking Dead* Season 9, Episode 7: *Stradivarius###Read last season's reviews below…###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 1: *Mercy###The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 3: *Monsters###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 9: *Honor###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 10: *The Lost And The Plunderers###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 11: *Dead Or Alive Or###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 12: *The Key###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 13: *Do Not Send Us Astray###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 14: *Still Gotta Mean Something###The Walking Dead* Season 8, Episode 15: *Worth###The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9pm on AMC in the States and Mondays at 9pm on Fox.