TAGGED AS: Horror
If you’re a West Coast fan of The Walking Dead, and you thought you could hop on the internet the evening of the show’s season 7 premiere without it being spoiled for you, you were wrong, wrong, so very, very wrong.
https://twitter.com/Giancarlo_Volpe/status/790396563067514882
The news rippled across the U.S. via Twitter and other social media sites following the show’s East Coast-Central time zone airing. We’ve collected some of best social media reactions that hit the interwebs after you-know-who (not Voldemort) killed that guy and then — suprise! — the other one.
First, a message from Chandler Riggs who plays Carl Grimes in the series.
https://twitter.com/chandlerriggs/status/790353333336829952
And executive producer Scott M. Gimple.
https://twitter.com/ScottMGimple/status/790253199265443840
You’ve been warned. Tears ahead.
Early on, reactions mostly reflected the episode’s structure, which didn’t immediately reveal who Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) brained. First, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Negan went on a road trip.
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/790359405837578240
And the show was all like…
https://twitter.com/VernNotice/status/790362649636794369
And flashback, flashforward, flashback, wayback black-and-white flashback, flashforward, it’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right…
While fans were all like…
https://twitter.com/keljayy/status/790358284410744833
https://twitter.com/_JeliM_/status/790357975324033025
And then…
Eugene tried to prepare you. (Thanks for looking out, Josh McDermitt!)
https://twitter.com/JoshMcDermitt/status/790340834197504000
https://twitter.com/CMRichardson89/status/790362875772694528
But not everyone was all…
https://twitter.com/WrittenByTerry/status/790362872429838336
And THEN…
“Maggie, I’ll find you.” – Glenn (Steven Yeun)
Gruesome violence continues. Negan remains upbeat.
“You bunch of pussies. I’m just getting started. Lucille is thirsty. She is a vampire bat!” – Negan.
It was too much for some.
https://twitter.com/TheJFKGamer/status/790369566497054721
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/790369717785600002
https://twitter.com/mrBobbyBones/status/790374590107168769
https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/790364364935233536
https://twitter.com/MrEricLange/status/790404502343913472
There were other Negan threats of violence that didn’t come to fruition.
https://twitter.com/ILLCapitano94/status/790370182036271105
After all was said and done, even some fans tried to remain optimistic.
https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/790363828643037184
https://twitter.com/KasperShow/status/790404832771309569
Others pleaded for Carol (Melissa McBride), who, next week’s preview showed us, is off with Morgan (Lennie James) and King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) at The Kingdom.
https://twitter.com/ZumbawithCat/status/790366634926047232
Don’t worry, she’ll be back next week when The Walking Dead returns…
…and it will look nothing like that.
“Bet you thought you all were going to grow old together…sitting around the table at Sunday dinner in the happily ever after. No. It doesn’t work like that, Rick. Not anymore.” – Negan
The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on AMC
– Social reporting by Zoey Moore
