i remember the first time I watched this episode - the night it aired. and i still remember sitting curled up on the couch watching every detail of the plot unfold while wishing to god it didn't. this episode is the perfect blend of psychological horror and blood/guts/gorey horror and it's precisely what makes TWD such a fantastic show.
i was so damn excited to have JDM joining the team. as a supernatural fan i was all for the decision to cast JDM as negan and I knew that was going to be a match made in heaven, but alas it was bittersweet to also say goodbye to my favorite character in the entire show. I had literal tears streaming down my face after this episode.
this episode makes me think that the previous episode where glenn nearly died was a test run to see how the audience would react to such a major death, and for the life of me i don't understand how so many people talking about it wasn't a hint that maybe you shouldn't kill off one of the best characters of the show. from this point on, although negan adds a lot of flavor to the upcoming seasons (and he's one of my favorite villains ever) i think this show started to take a deep dive off the side of a cliff.
in any show, there's a fundamental core group of characters that you cannot kill off. TWD has historically said 'fuck it' and ignored that completely, and that's part of what made it such an intriguing show in the beginning (and why i was continually excited for each new episode coming out - 'who's dying tonight?') but there's also a crucial balance to that. in these high stakes, high emotion type of shows, the audience builds strong attachments to the characters they really like. glenn, maggie, carol, daryl - they're so fundamental to the cast that getting rid of any of them would be a major mistake. and getting rid of glenn after six solid seasons was a mistake i don't think this show ever really came back from.
that being said, of course i continued watching it then and i'll continue with my re-watch, but the show isn't the same after this episode and i still have a bitter taste in my mouth that they gave him such a poor death.
Review by ShayVIP 3BlockedParent2021-10-15T03:35:54Z
i remember the first time I watched this episode - the night it aired. and i still remember sitting curled up on the couch watching every detail of the plot unfold while wishing to god it didn't. this episode is the perfect blend of psychological horror and blood/guts/gorey horror and it's precisely what makes TWD such a fantastic show.
i was so damn excited to have JDM joining the team. as a supernatural fan i was all for the decision to cast JDM as negan and I knew that was going to be a match made in heaven, but alas it was bittersweet to also say goodbye to my favorite character in the entire show. I had literal tears streaming down my face after this episode.
this episode makes me think that the previous episode where glenn nearly died was a test run to see how the audience would react to such a major death, and for the life of me i don't understand how so many people talking about it wasn't a hint that maybe you shouldn't kill off one of the best characters of the show. from this point on, although negan adds a lot of flavor to the upcoming seasons (and he's one of my favorite villains ever) i think this show started to take a deep dive off the side of a cliff.
in any show, there's a fundamental core group of characters that you cannot kill off. TWD has historically said 'fuck it' and ignored that completely, and that's part of what made it such an intriguing show in the beginning (and why i was continually excited for each new episode coming out - 'who's dying tonight?') but there's also a crucial balance to that. in these high stakes, high emotion type of shows, the audience builds strong attachments to the characters they really like. glenn, maggie, carol, daryl - they're so fundamental to the cast that getting rid of any of them would be a major mistake. and getting rid of glenn after six solid seasons was a mistake i don't think this show ever really came back from.
that being said, of course i continued watching it then and i'll continue with my re-watch, but the show isn't the same after this episode and i still have a bitter taste in my mouth that they gave him such a poor death.