ASK A LONG-TIME THE Walking Dead fan for a specific scene that broke them and the season seven premiere, “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be,” is likely to be cited.
Not only did it usher in the brutality of villainous Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and the Saviours, but it also featured the horrific exit of fan favourites Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) and Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun).
The comic book readers knew that the seminal moment of Negan putting his baseball bat, Lucille, through Glenn’s head was coming, and would be the pivotal catalyst in Maggie’s (Lauren Cohan) arc as a leader and single mum. But watching it play out with the actors so viscerally remains an all-time darkest entry in 11 years of storytelling.
So much so that, seven years later, the impending spin-off series – featuring Maggie and Negan on a mission to New York City together – has left plenty of fans aghast at the very notion of the two co-starring in a series.
