>I was willing to overlook the Saviors being at every spot
>before them, but that ending man.
>

what was the problem with this? there were only a few routes to get to the Hilltop, which the Saviors definitely had covered, and Rick's group was being herded like cattle. Like the guy said, "You'll get to where you're going." Every obstacle they ran into was larger and more intimidating. It was like a rope slowly being tightened around the group's neck. I'm pretty sure they would've been grabbed immediately if they tried to return to Alexandria, just like Eugene was. There was no way they were not meeting Negan that day. That being said, they shit the bed with the ending.