i agree it was pretty anticlamatic without a big shoot out. i was atleast expecting Hearst to burn down some of the town. The killing of Leon was pretty surprising but i knew they wouldn't kill Trixie, she was too important. also strange to see NG still hanging around carting Steve the drunk to cast his vote. the Aunt Lou and Richardson exchange was pretty good too.
overall it was a great season and i can't wait for the movies.

Such is the way of their season structure. Big bangs at the start of the season, anti-climatic endings.. I wasn't shocked. Big things still happened. Hearst left. Alma left. 2 very big things right there.

I would have loved to see a shoot out myself, yet I'm still satisfied with the conclusion of the season. However, i'm not satisfied with the conclusion of the whole tale, if the movie don't end up being made.

I believe the body Charlie had was Odell.

Hmmm... Outraged? We're mostly talking about plot device, dialogue and cliffhangers here, not the ethics and morality of a fictionalized television character. Perhaps a better way to discuss this is whether you think this action was consistent with Al's previous behavior. That is a point of debate, I suppose, but Al is no nice guy and never was. Maybe the writers felt that the audience was becoming too fond of Al. Although one could argue that killing the whore in place of Trixie demonstrates a dangerous sentimentality on his part. Or maybe the intention was to illustrate the ruthlessness of the old west Catch-22 in which Al found himself. Regardless, the action caused us to squirm but was not inconsistent with previous murders on the program, let alone the same episode (Cy killing Leon, e.g.).

Are you upset that none of the characters in the show was outraged, because I think that wasn't the case. The situation just lays bare Johnny's true powerlessness as a henchman.