No, The Walking Dead hasn’t gone too far with the Season 7 premiere. In the end, fans got the answer they wanted, even if it was hard to watch.
Okay, maybe Glenn’s eye popping out of his skull was a little much, but the scene was pulled straight from the comic books. ComicBook.com even released a great frame-for-frame breakdown of the scene here. Even Glenn mumbling Maggie’s name was part of his comic book death. As always, the internet didn’t take long to come up with the great memes of the event.
how me and @neganthot will be sitting when we see Glenn's eyeballs all over the floor pic.twitter.com/E6IZvvw3nF
— salissa is tore up): (@andysnegan) September 28, 2016
god im suicidal #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/kYVQhhYHBq
— maddie (@gInnsrhee) October 24, 2016
Don't worry, guys. Glenn isn't dead. He dies every other episode, remember? It was an illusion. I'm pretty sure he hid under that bat... pic.twitter.com/ElbmYJ12Ix
— Carl Grimes (@TheCarlGrimes_) October 25, 2016
#TheWalkingDeadUK me after seeing Glenn's eye getting popped pic.twitter.com/Z4OcEJLZS3
— Kieran (@KlER4N) October 24, 2016
Glenn's eye is lower than my will to live pic.twitter.com/Nufi0g0mTJ
— Pain, duh! (@grahamslexa) October 24, 2016
Me when Glenn's eye said "nope" pic.twitter.com/dTqtxbPDsS
— Samantha (@sammie11b) October 24, 2016
The show won’t be the same without Glenn and Abe, but that’s not a bad thing. Let’s face it, Rick’s group had too much power by the time The Walking Dead Season 6 midseason finale came around. There is a sharp change in the power dynamics to show fans anything can happen in this world.
Will Rick ever recover from the mindfuck Negan played on him in the RV? Probably not anytime soon. Things will get a lot worse for Rick before they get better. Rick needed a reminder that he’s only as strong as the people around him. Without Glenn and Abraham, the group will have to find more creative ways to dealing with threats.
So no, the show hasn’t gone too far with the blood and guts. It needed to brutally establish why fans should hate Negan and the showrunners did just that. Bet that jail cell Morgan built looks pretty great now, right Rick? The Walking Dead S eason 7 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
