A great episode. It is good to see how Negan became himself. Jeffery Dean Morgan does a superb job of revealing past hurt, which creates the Negan we know today - and to some viewers - the Negan we love.
One thing to note however, is that this episode delivers a greater emotional experience than previous 'story-telling' episodes. And by that I mean the old catch phrase of: everyone loves a person to hate, and the emotions involved in assembling that character are therefore more appreciated.
Negan is someone who creates, for most of us, a love/hate relationship. We hate his previous violence towards beloved characters, but we love the creation of 'I did this, because...'
Great story-telling, great acting, and the end delivers what should be accepted as a possible foregone conclusion to the series.
I just reflect that in previous 'story-telling' episodes the fans have been less appreciative. But surely, as I have pointed out in the aforementioned explanation, people may start to realise the reasons they gave the earlier S10 episodes a bad rating.
You've got to love the bad characters, being a possible, if perhaps unsuitably simple, explanation.
Bravo to TWD team for such a great season finale, and one can only hope for a series ending season being as impressive.