Then don't watch it?

@@hannahw7023 But yet he did anyways lol

The reason they kept Judith alive and gave him RJ was to replace Carl.

​@@ShadowSonic2 Hi! I will confess I'm not 100% what your intentions are on your comment, but I'll go ahead and elaborate on my point just in case. Yes, on paper Judith and RJ were used as attempts to replace Carl. However, there are three massive differences between Carl and Judith & RJ: 1. The show spent far more time with Carl than with Judith and RJ combined, meaning that the audience had much more time to become emotionally attached to Carl and for Carl to be fleshed out as a character. Carl was being written as an actual character with dialogue and plot relevance since season 2, contrast this to Judith who spent 6 seasons being essentially a prop because she was an infant. Way more effort was put into Carl than Judith, so after Rick was removed from the show, the writers were suddenly asking audiences to care just as much about Judith, who they were basically just meeting, as Carl, a character they had watched grow and evolve over 8 years. This is not how one writes a passing-of-the-torch to keep an audience invested. 2. Rick's motivations have always been Carl, both specifically and explicitly. In season 2 Rick states outright that Carl is "the one thing he doesn't want to fail," and he confirms that "everything" was for Carl in his bedside monologues in both seasons 6 and 8. Hell, he says in no uncertain terms that he wanted to "show you the new world, Carl. I want to make it a new reality for you." And yes, he does mention his family in other lines, but these are all general references; Lori nor Judith nor Michonne get singled out specifically, just Carl. The writers did not bury the lead as to what Rick's motivation was, we hear it from his own mouth multiple times. 3. Finally, when I said that Carl was the "moral and thematic foundation of the narrative," I wasn't kidding. Carl embodies the core theme of the show, that being hope prevailing over despair. Rick convinces Lori to keep Carl alive despite the horror of the ZA because Carl was still able to see the beauty in the world ("he talked about the deer.") Carl also is responsible for bringing or keeping individuals in the group, Michonne, Gabriel, and Enid being the obvious ones. His statement that "everyone can't be bad" was important, and built the philosophy that is the whole reason Rick and co didn't decimate the Saviors, because growth and second chances are vital to humanity. Carl was no pacifist, but he was practical, and embodied hope. What is the show trying to say when it kills off its embodiment of hope? That hope is dead and nothing matters. I understand and on some level respect the gut reaction to say "Oh, well Judith and RJ are alive so it's all fine!" and I would agree if this was real life. TWD is no documentary, though, it's a TV show designed to tell a story. Narratives need things to matter, themes need to matter, motivations need to matter, characters need to matter. Otherwise it's not a story, it's just things happening, so why should anyone listen or care?

Most people are stupid and will mindlessly consume, and people are just happy to see Rick again.