Warning: Full spoilers for the episode follow…
First up, it’s good to be able to write a spoiler-filled Dead review again. Last week’s advance review of the Season 9 premiere almost killed me. So, having this stored up, WOOOO-HOOO! GREGORY’S DEAD!
Speaking a little more seriously about Xander Berkeley’s departure from the show, it was a good death. Naturally, not the biggest death, but it was fortunate to happen on an episode that also featured the very non-impactful death of a new person we’d just met. Which has become, sadly, a Walking Dead trait throughout these later seasons. It’s the dramatic equivalent of filling yourself up on the free bread at a restaurant. When the meal finally arrives, you want none of it.
Source: IGN.com The Walking Dead: "The Bridge" Review