Subdomestic Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Honestly if glenn isn't dead I'll be pretty pissed. Don't get me wrong, I obviously don't want him dead in the long run but to put in such a lame red herring into an early episode is just such cheap writing. Imagine if he comes back as described above and is revealed to be alive, there is no way to show that without being above and beyond cheesy. I thought the episode was handled well and had the effect on the audience it was supposed to, it was a huge reminder of how much these characters mean to us and how much we connect with them and produced an exteme emotional reaction. To pull that carpet out from under our feet with an "actually he survived!" moment would just be so totally elementary and below this show. My two cents. I completely agree. I feel they're not being terribly respectful to their fans by pulling this kind of stunt and then being all "look how clever our editing and camera angles are!" That said, I watched a gif someone on reddit had made of the death scene. I watched it like 20 times and I'm now pretty sure he's not dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I completely agree. I feel they're not being terribly respectful to their fans by pulling this kind of stunt and then being all "look how clever our editing and camera angles are!" That said, I watched a gif someone on reddit had made of the death scene. I watched it like 20 times and I'm now pretty sure he's not dead. I've got a theory and it would piss everyone off more than this last episode. It's in spoilers in case someone doesn't want to read it.. Glen isn't dead. No one will find him either. Likely they will assume he is dead, like us. It will take him until the mid season finale to make it back to Alexandria, however as he gets back, Neegan is coming into the picture, and kills him (like the comic book). This allows all that finale stuff he did in the episode (like the final speech to Rick) to make sense. It's a stretch, and I think people would be more mad at that than then are now. But I could see it happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Ooooooo I like that theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monklover Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 i dont want him dead either, and especially don't want his death to come in such a lame, unheroic fashion.... but..... if they say he survived that I will be pissed. having him live sends it into really bad, super lame and unrealisitc (yes even for a zombie show) tv trope territory. It is by all means possible that was the other guy on top, but... he wouldnt have realistically landed on him in a way that covered him completly. He'd have some legs or arms or feet munched on at mimium if those weren't his guts they was all up in. I didnt want him dead, but I really dont want him back based on some lame way of him not getting devoured with hunderds of zombies all around him. That is an interesting theory up top that leads it back into comic book territory for him to survive then die, but.... i hope they don't start going down the miraculous unbelievable survival rabbit hole, it's a lame road to walk down.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breezus Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I've got a theory and it would piss everyone off more than this last episode. It's in spoilers in case someone doesn't want to read it.. Glen isn't dead. No one will find him either. Likely they will assume he is dead, like us. It will take him until the mid season finale to make it back to Alexandria, however as he gets back, Neegan is coming into the picture, and kills him (like the comic book). This allows all that finale stuff he did in the episode (like the final speech to Rick) to make sense. It's a stretch, and I think people would be more mad at that than then are now. But I could see it happening. Damn, that's straight-up savage and it'd be one of my personal worst TV moments ever. But I can see it happening. I just heard another theory that Glenn could survive because he's covered in Nicholas' blood and his body parts and no one's gonna eat him. Glenn and Rick did that with a dead walker (in an episode titled 'Guts') and it worked but since Nicholas was just killed, I don't know if this makes sense. Sounds like a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aflycon Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I think Negan could very well rescue Glenn and still murder him. Black Phillip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swisherprice Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I've always thought that Glenn's fate in the comics would happen to another character on the show, and Glenn would be there to witness it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aflycon Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I've always thought that Glenn's fate in the comics would happen to another character on the show, and Glenn would be there to witness it. I don't think that'd be beyond the writers either. I think I'd like that, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftCat Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Glen was good at the beginning, but then he got some and became pretty boring... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick6ten Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Is this guy Steve from The Drew Carey Show? batman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTacoMunster Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Welp, the "boring dead" is back Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Yeah this was hard to watch. I get the point of it, but damn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantdance Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Hm, I loved it. Been a really strong stretch of episodes minus all the Glenn stuff but up reserve judgement on that front until we see what happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I enjoyed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Well, Steven Yeun's name was removed from the opening credits in this episode... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Good character building ep, but THIS is the one they need to make extra long? Not special enough to warrant an extra 30 mins. Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breezus Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Good character building ep, but THIS is the one they need to make extra long? Not special enough to warrant an extra 30 mins. I have to agree with this. However, it did take balls to bring a flashback episode after leaving all those insane cliffhangers. It wasn't what I wanted but I enjoyed it; such a slow ep was kinda expected after three fast-paced ones. And JCL's character was pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinacaper Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I feel like some of you guys are the reason Michael Bay keeps getting to make movies. Duff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I really dug last night's episodes. Every once in a while you need those character-building episodes or arcs to better understand what's been going and the people involved. And c'mon...we were all wondering what happened to Morgan after Rick & Co. left him hunkered down in that apartment and when he started showing up before Terminus and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTacoMunster Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 not I, unfortunately I think Morgan is an expendable character. More so than Glenn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stranaspank Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I liked the episode for sure, just don't know why it was a special 90 minute one. But, in typical WD fashion, they can't resolve a major bomb in the next episode. Might not reveal Glenn's fate until the season break. Or never, because he was eaten up and life is cruel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
himynameisShane Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 That would be amazing if they just never mentioned Glenn again. Besides people freaking out where he could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I agree the episode was a bit tedious overall, but I did end up feeling for the Eastman character. Hard to make you feel anything for a character in one episode but I genuinely said out loud "Noooo" when he got bit. That was a fucked up story of what happened to him pre-outbreak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I feel like some of you guys are the reason Michael Bay keeps getting to make movies. SERIOUSLY. Loved it, and helps explain how a paranoid killing machine could become so reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 I didn't even understand that comment the first go around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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