The Walking Dead returned for Season 7 last night and we are still trying to hold back the tears about how it all played out.
We knew we were losing one much-loved character, but we had no idea there would be a second just mere moments later.
The scenes were nothing short of gruesome. Steven Yeun’s character, Glenn got one of the most violent deaths to ever be televised.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character, Negan, bashed Glenn’s head in with such force that his eye popped out.
Gulp.
In advance of the new season debuting, we were promised that what went down would change the show forever.
However, we didn’t quite expect the show to alienate a lot of fans.
Social media was ablaze last night with viewers taking aim at the producers for airing the scenes.
Have a look at some of the responses below:
Basically, fans are not happy with the way it all played out and they may well begin boycotting the show.
In the midst of the backlash, Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne on the AMC hit has opened up about how she feels about the backlash.
Danai took to Good Morning America to chat about her thoughts on how it all played out.
She started things off by opening up about what it was like to keep quiet about who was murdered by Negan.
“It was a lot. It was a pretty long time that we had to hold that in. There were folks who were playing Inspector Gadget with us. They’re like, ‘So you’re in Atlanta…’ When you’re in New York or in L.A., they’re like, ‘So you’re in New York. But are you shooting? It shoots right now!’ So you’re dodging it all the time.”
The show went back into production months ago, and given how producers did not want it to leak who died, they filmed more than one person being attacked.
Those scenes were spliced through the episode, but it was a good tactic so nothing actually was revealed.
Amy Robach then spoke out about how the violence made her feel sick.
I thought it was very, very powerful to lose characters that we love that dearly, who are such astounding characters, who are, in so many ways, the heart and soul of the show,” she explained.
“To lose them, I thought it was very important for us to see and feel that loss, because that loss transforms everybody. It’s devastating.”
Maybe the reason Gurira sees the whole thing differently is that she was there when all of the fake blood was around, but viewers got to see the finished product and nothing else.
Still, what did viewers expect?
The show does pride itself in being one of the most gruesome around.
Have a look at the full video of the interview to find out what else Gurira had to say about the new season.
What do you think about all of this?
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