I thought the showrunner said this 2nd half to season 8 would be fast paced and a lot of storylines would be tied up. You had someone that's been part of the show since day one and a important part and you expected them to fast pace his death? Three storylines were cleared up last night.

Carl's death
King Ezekiel was freed
Morgan is completely back

I would be interested to hear what you though would go down last night? When the first half of season 8 ended you had Rick and 15 or 20 others from Alexandria escape to a tunnel and Carl bitten. You had the Saviors in complete control of Alexandria and burning it down

You had King Ezekiel's compound in control of the Saviors and half of the compound dead and Ezekiel captured

Hilltop was the only compound still together

So how could have this been shown any different?

Did you want them to just kill Carl off in 5 minutes? Did you want the 15 or 20 down in the tunnel to walk out and fight 30, 40, 50 of the Saviors without the weapons to do so? I think the only fight Rick's group could have fought was the one they showed....Carol & Morgan freeing King Ezekiel. I would think most fans of the show knew Carl's death was going to be slow paced.

Now they really do need to wrap up the fight with the Saviors in the next two or three shows since almost every compound is destroyed and the Saviors are weak.