Imagine if on Game Of Thrones, the Red Wedding...the band stopped playing, pulled their crossbows and.....FADE TO BLACK.
Or the end of Season 2 of TWD, the mid-season finale....they spent the last 6+ episodes looking for Sophia...all the walkers pour out of the barn and....FADE TO BLACK.
"Who was in the barn? Is their search over? Who can handle what's to come? Come back in February...same Dead Time....same Dead Channel!!!"
The best television doesn't save their payoff, dangling it like a carrot, to get their ad dollars first. They tell their damn story...beginning, middle, end.
We know that because TWD has done that more successfully, season to season and without cliche and trope, than almost any show ever made. This, the dumpster, Denise for Abe...cheapens the entire experience and reduces the show's stature incredibly.
I couldn't agree more.