The fourth season of AMC’s popular drama “The Walking Dead” has come to an end, promising exciting things to come.

This season saw the fall of the prison, the survivors’ home for the past season and a half. Ravaged by a strange sickness that killed many huge zombie herds, it was finally attacked by The Governor, who drove off with his two cronies in the season three finale.

After the survivors fled, they were split up and on the road, looking for a sanctuary, and more importantly, each other. Signs and messages from a proposed sanctuary were scattered along train tracks, leading the survivors to the mysterious Terminus, seeming too good to be true.

The final episode of the season, titled “A,”  ended on an intense cliffhanger. No major spoilers, but it does show a return of the hardened Rick Grimes that we saw at the end of season two and into season three.

The finale also gave answers about Terminus, the mysterious “sanctuary” the survivors were working towards. Depending on what you were predicting, it may or may not have played out the way it was supposed to.

“It was so predictable,” freshman David Birts said.

There was one widespread observation: this season, especially the second half, has stayed much closer to the comic book series the show is based on.

The best example of this was the midseason premiere, “After.” This episode was essentially a few issues (#49 and #50, to be accurate) of the comic book as a TV episode. There were some added scenes with the character Michonne, but other than that, it was nearly panel-to-screen.

Overall, the season’s was well-received. The episodes with the most positive reception have been “Internment,” “Too Far Gone,” and “The Grove.”

“Too Far Gone,” the finale of the prison arc, has been especially praised. Critics say it had a much bigger impact than the season three finale, which many considered underwhelming.

The fourth season was not without its criticism, however. Some have said that the second half of the season dragged without progressing the story or that the character development was something we have already seen.

Longtime fans of the show were certainly entertained by season four and will definitely  find difficulty in the wait for season five.