Chris Hardwick On The Walking Dead Cliffhanger: "It's Not Poor Writing, It's Exceptional Storytelling"

To say Nerdist creator and Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick is passionate about The Walking Dead would be an incredible understatement, and that passion was heavily exhibited on his recent Live Q&A after the season 6 finale.

In response to a comment that stated the finale was an example of poor writing, Hardwick counterpointed with some great observations.

"The cliffhanger was not poor writing. Here's what I would say. Just because you don't see the purpose doesn't mean it doesn't serve a purpose. I think people need to stop projecting that onto, it's not poor writing, it's exceptional storytelling because you're going to be talking about this for seven months and if you had seen who it was, how would that have changed things?"

Hardwick goes on to point out that if it were a series finale as opposed to a season finale, then you might have something.

I would say the same thing if it, let me give you a perfect example. Love the first few seasons of American Horror Story, but I felt like they kind of started weenieng out at the end because they never really explained anything in the end. The Asylum season I thought was incredible. So well acted, so many great storylines, but in the end, they were just like (shrugs) "I don't know". If this were a series finale, then you might have a gripe, but you cannot say what has happened on this half of the season is poor writing. That is f****** assinine to say that.

He also cites the care and effort that goes into building and developing the characters and storylines of the show, something that not every series gets later in its run.

"For this show to have these kinds of storylines and this kind of character development and this kind of drama this far into a series where they still give a s*** is epic. It is not poor writing, it is the f****** opposite of poor writing and I will defend this show until I'm blue in the f****** face and my eyes are crying tears of blood. This is exceptional writing. You don't have to like it, of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion but you cannot make a statement that's some kind of attempt at an objective universal statement that the show is, I mean that's just crazy. It's your opinion, it's not poor writing."

For me, I happen to agree with many of his points, including that just because you don't see a reason for something happening doesn't mean there isn't a reason. It accomplished exactly what it set out to do. Get everyone talking, and keep them talking until season 7 premiers later this year.

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