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Social Media Explosion as The Walking Dead Reveals Who Negan Killed

by | October 24, 2016 | Comments

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Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in AMC’s “The Walking Dead” Season 7. (Gene Page/AMC)

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.

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.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

STOP HERE IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE WALKING DEAD’S SEASON 7 PREMIERE


First, a message from Chandler Riggs who plays Carl Grimes in the series.

And executive producer Scott M. Gimple.

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.

And the show was all like…

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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…


And then…

The Walking Dead's Michael Cudlitz asSgt. Abraham Ford (AMC)

 

Eugene tried to prepare you. (Thanks for looking out, Josh McDermitt!)


But not everyone was all…

The Walking Dead's Sonequa Martin-Green as Sasha Williams (AMC)
Daryl (Norman Reedus), for one, threw a punch.
Some people, though — just cold.


And THEN…

The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee (AMC)

“Maggie, I’ll find you.” – Glenn (Steven Yeun)


Gruesome violence continues. Negan remains upbeat.

The Walking Dead- Season 7, Episode 1 (Gene Page/AMC)

“You bunch of pussies. I’m just getting started. Lucille is thirsty. She is a vampire bat!” – Negan.

It was too much for some.


There were other Negan threats of violence that didn’t come to fruition.


After all was said and done, even some fans tried to remain optimistic.


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.

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