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The final episode of the final season is another well-written episode with some good tense and exciting moments, some poignant character development, and a feeling of weightiness (whether real or imagined) to the choices you made throughout the season. It also serves as a conclusion to both the season and the series as a whole. That conclusion left me with mixed feelings. In the final act of this episode, they set you up for a gut-punch ending but don't have the stomach to follow through on it. This creates a plot hole large enough for a herd of walkers to pass through, but on some level, I get why they chose to end the series that way. It just feels like the ending didn't earn its payoff, and by not closing that plot hole, they missed out on what could have been some compelling gameplay. It might have been enough for a fifth episode and would have provided a more satisfying ending. TellTale was having issues then, so perhaps I'm being too critical. And almost nobody closes out a well-loved series in a way that feels satisfying to everyone. I see a missed opportunity, and I can't help but feel a bit disappointed. It's good for what it is, but it could have been better.