'The Walking Dead' Season 9 Finale "The Storm" Live-Blog [Bring Out Your Dead 916!]

Welcome back to Bring Out Your Dead: Bleeding Cool’s The Walking Dead Live-Blog where this week we look at the season finale of the long-running AMC series’ ninth season, “The Storm.” /// With the smoke cleared from last week's “The Calm Before” … that feeling of dread that’s been building in viewers since the introduction of Alpha (Samantha Morton) and the Whisperers was proven tragically prophetic. Bad enough Daryl (Norman Reedus) was literally forced to confront a “big bad” the size of which they have never faced before - but then they left a "reminder" to the communities that the Whisperers set the terms now. /// After a season that at any one time was an emotional rollercoaster on any number of fronts – and with a righteous amount of well-deserved credit to Angela Kang and her team for breathing new life into the series both in front of and behind the camera – we were delivered constant one-two punch combos to our hearts, minds and nervous systems… and it’s all led up to the season finale “The Storm,” as our heroes face a situation we haven’t seen before a raging snowstorm. With their survival on the line, how long can they maintain their “peace accord” with the Whisperers – and are they ready to deal with what it means by breaking it? /// The Walking Dead s09e16 “The Storm”: In the aftermath of an overwhelming loss, the communities must brave a ferocious blizzard; as one group deals with an enemy from within, another is forced to make a life or death decision.