First, not a fan of Negan pronunciation. Sounds much better with long A sound over E.
I don't get the decision to end the 1st half like that. Since this is the spoiler thread, the consensus seems to be that it follows that porch **** younger son gets attacked, Jessie won't let go of Coral and son as they get attacked. Rick cuts off arm of Jessie to save Coral, Porch **** older son shoots Coral in the eye and Michonne kills older son.
Cutting off as the idiot son is crying mom just doesn't do it for the suspense. Seemed a very anticlimactic way to end the first half of the season. Have the younger son at least getting attacked and cut it there for the suspense.
It seemed like this episode should have been 90 min, but something changed to end it at 60 min (maybe too many 90 min episodes already). Would have been better to have Morgan back story shortened to keep more in the mid season finale.
Of course this could make for one intense start to the second half of the season.