[Cozener]

I too was a tad put off by how easily Walter went down and I did expect a showdown with Roland. I actually liked the way that the Crimson King was taken out though.

As far as the ending...well...I can't say that I didn't like it. It was horrific which is what one goes to Stephen King for. I also can't say that Roland didn't deserve it. I never forgave Roland for letting Jake fall. Not saying I didn't like his character (I kept reading after all) but I was angry with him and I very much took on an Eddie Deanesque love/hate view of Roland. Besides, he could have caught up to Walter again. And I think that Roland is going to keep being put on square one until he realizes when its time to cry off. That time was after the breakers were set free. After this was done the nobler purposes of Roland's quest were fulfilled. There was no real reason to continue on to the Tower after that. He'd saved the universe, All-World...including Gilead, was regenerating, and the Crimson King was harmlessly trapped on a balcony of the Tower. But no, he just kept on going, kept risking those close to him just so he could satisfy his own obsession. Until he finally "gets it" I say Roland be damned.

Now...another thing I didn't like was Callahan's death. I didn't mind the setting but what I did mind was that he only took out one vampire. I would have liked to have seen him take out a couple more. I would have liked to have seen the power of the white flow through him to bring down mass devastation to the Grandfathers. You see...I was always ticked at what Barlow did to him and I wanted to see Callahan come down on those blood sucking bastages with some real righteous vengeance.