I had no real issues with the finale myself, other than Andrea taking 10 minute breaks between freeing herself. I mean, let's be real here. It was a couple dozen people, all armed to the teeth with guns and rocket launchers, verses seven and a half people (sorry Hershel) with a baby, a few guns and a crossbow. There was no way they would be able to make an epic battle out of that. It would have been a slaughter, especially with the larger group being lead by a sadistic madman who would sooner kill his own people rather than admit defeat. His two flunkies were pretty damned stupid for not killing him when they had the chance. There's no way he's going to amass another army, so I don't know why they didn't kill him off in this last episode. There's really nowhere else to go with his character, other than him getting in one final kill before Rick and company blast his shit back to the stone age. They'll probably have him capture Michonne somehow so he can get his revenge.