SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t seen last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, turn back now because we are going to be dissecting, dismantling, and disemboweling some super-spoilery content in today’s episode of Nerdist News.
Okay, are we safe? Great. GLENN WHY?! WHY GLENN WHYYYYYY?!
Last night’s Walking Dead was nothing short of brutal, and it truly seems that everyone’s favorite pizza boy-turned-supply runner, Glenn, has gone to that great, flesh-eating beyond. But is he really dead? Are we being tomfooled?! Is this just Jon Snow by way of Robert Kirkman? Join Dan Casey and Kyle Hill on today’s Nerdist News as they break down every single piece of evidence we’ve seen so far that Glenn is dead, alive, or just waiting to get a sweet pair of robot legs (it could totally happen).
Although, to be fair, maybe that isn’t the point of it all. In an interview with Vanity Fair, actor Steven Yuen had some strong words for people only watching The Walking Dead to see who bites it:
“I donât particularly want to subscribe to the idea that this show can kill off anybody it wants. Yes, it can. Yes, thatâs a thing. Thatâs definitely a thing. But I think thatâs not the point of the show. Game of Thrones kills people left and right and yet thatâs not the point of the show. Sometimes you look at the viewers and you feel kind of bad because theyâre watching the show like an episode ofSurvivor. Theyâve picked two people or one person and if that person continues to live, theyâre happy. If that person wasnât in an episode, theyâre unhappy. But when you watch the show like that youâre missing out on such beautiful storytelling.
We talk in terms of âare you afraid to get killed off?â And for me, if it serves the story, Iâm game for anything. I hope people can watch the show in that same regard. Stop watching it to see if your favorite character is still alive. Thatâs kind of been on my mind lately because you notice a lot of fans saying âwe want you to live, or we want this person to dieâ and itâs like, thatâs not what the showâs about.”
Well said, Steven, but who are we kidding? Of course we care about the character deaths! Or the supposed deaths! Or the fake-out deaths! So much to theorize about, so little time…
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