 Some commentators were less enthusiastic about the episode than the general consensus . Although Josh Wigler of MTV declared " TS @-@ 19 " a " compelling hour " , he professed that it was lacking for a season finale . " While there was a massive fireball and a decent amount of zombie action , " explained Wigler , " not to mention some concrete information regarding the outbreak , there are still several plot threads that haven 't come close to resolution . " Vanity Fair 's Mike Ryan argued that in contrast to a " great season " , the episode was a mediocre conclusion to The Walking Dead 's first season , writing that " this might have been the silliest hour of television that I 've ever watched " . Leonard Pierce of The A.V. Club issued " TS @-@ 19 " a B – grade : despite proclaiming that " there was some good stuff " in the episode , Pierce opined that it fell below his expectations . He denounced many scenes in the episode — notably the explosion sequence — as he felt it was a waste of cinematography . " The fact that almost all the scenes played out in dark , closed quarters wasted The Walking Dead 's gorgeous cinematography ; the pacing was again off beat , with far too much padded scenes of people looking at one another in shock ; and , though I 'm usually not bothered by plot contrivances , there 's no way anyone in a vehicle that close to such a huge explosion would have lived through it . " Writing for Cinema Blend , Nick Venable said that it was an interesting episode , although it could have been executed in a better manner . 
