The Walking Dead (no comics spoilers)

I'm actually nervous, lol.

Somebody is going to have a very bad ending

 

That pissed me off, wtf.

 

Seriously dark episode.

 

Honestly, as much as that sucked, its totally overshadowed by the other loss, for me anyway.

 

Man, that was just brutal.

 

I'm calling it now. Andrew Lincoln for Best Actor Emmy. That was amazing work.

I've known for months who was getting Lucilled (both victims, or at least both deaths allowing for maybe one to die some other way). As I said the night of the cliffhanger: "We're going to KNOW who isn't showing up for work!" Neither Steven Yeung nor Michael Cudlitz had been seen on set since the first week of filming back in June!

The rest I found out a few days ago. Reading it, I said "wow, this is dark. They're actually going to pay off that cliffhanger." Mind you, I still think the cliffhanger was a bad idea. This premiere should have been the finale last year. But there is going to be a well crafted payoff...

Watching it happen? That's a whole different thing. I knew what would happen, and it still was gut wrenching. My poor wife, who I kept in the dark, left her fingernail marks in my forearm on a few scenes.

This was TWD's Red Wedding. I have to give them credit. I thought they'd mess it up, and it turned out even worse than I imagined (in a good "story" way).

Yes, Glenn died this way in the comics as well. And Abraham was already dead by this point in the comics. I'm still sad to see them go. At least Abraham had a better death (defiant to the end) than he did in the comics. Without spoiling anything, the only consolation I can give to Glenn fans is this: He pretty much HAD to die. His death moves the story overall, and specifically Maggie's character in very interesting ways. We already saw the genesis of Maggie's future tonight.

 

That was great. All of it. And for fans who were mourning, it definitely helped lighten their spirits.

 

Maybe I'm alone in this view, but I LOVED the episode last night. Best episode ever x 100 IMO. Yeah, it's sad to see both characters go, but to make an omelette you've got to break a few eggs. We've got one hell of an omelette coming up for this season.

 

Man, thats some man crush you have there

Glenn has been there since the beginning, 7 years, a total selfless character. His lost is a much bigger impact, IMO. He's the one character that I always felt should survive the zombie apocalypse. And he had a baby on the way! I liked Abe but man, his loss isn't even a blip on my radar after they knocked off Glenn.

I kind of feel they made a mistake in that regard. They should have ended last season with showing Abraham getting killed and then this season pick up from the same scene and do Glenn. But I guess they felt after the long layoff, it wouldn't have had as much impact. Ray is probably right, this episode should have been the season finale.

What do you mean? They've been doing that. The Governor? Terminus? And if people were wondering what the difference would be between the Governor and Negan, they found out.

 

In a fist fight? Abe. Fighting the zombie apocalypse? Glenn, 100%. He proved his usefulness a 1,000 times over. Brains vs brawn, I'm going with the smart guy who just happens to be a pretty good fighter against zombies too.

Losing either sucks though. They should have taken Aaron

I dont know how much fighting is going to be done in the next several episodes. The only one not mentally defeated was Maggie. New leader of the group? There have been signs of that in recent episodes. I always thought she was a very strong character, even while Glenn was getting his head bashed in, she remained strong.

I get your point though, feels like it will take a major backseat to the Negan storyline. Im sure they will work it in there somehow.