I personally think this was one of the best seasons (except for the hospital arc). It did have some terrible episodes but it's still really good. I'd say the last episode, especially, was brilliant. Since Scott took over it's become so much better. Since Darabont was fired the show really just... dipped in quality (especially with Mazzara making a huge mess of everything). The plot didn't make any sense, a lot of stuff was stretched out over way too many episodes, the staff had to deal with the smaller budget because AMC was being stupid... but since Scott took over, I'm starting to have some faith again. It's great to see a story that isn't riddled with plotholes and stupid characters doing stupid things.