How do you figure? We now what Abraham and his group are trying to do. Rick and his group are heading to Terminus - and that's the first bit of hope we've seen of anyone reuniting with other members of the group (besides Michonne already reconnecting with Rick and Carl). I thought the time in the house with the Sons of Anarchy was good and tense. I think it shows what kind of people are out there, still alive. There isn't a lot of good people like Rick's group left. Rick knows how vulnerable he is/was in that situation and he's going to have to toughen up because of it.
Plus Rick finally got his bomber jacket from the comics. Nice addition to his outfit changes - and instantly making any custom Rick or McFarlane Rick outdated yet again
Sure it wasn't the best of episodes the show has had, but it wasn't as pointless as the origin of Jack's shoulder tattoo on Lost.