The Walking Dead just did their version of Who Shot JR and now fans are angry they'll have to wait till October to find out who.
AMC and Robert Kirkman should have ended the season showing us which of Rick's group met their end at the barbed-wired end of Lucille, because after making viewers wait to meet Negan till the final moments of the episode, the death of the character will not have the same emotional impact next season.
It's similar to when we were set up to believe Glenn had been killed, and forced to wait several episodes before we knew his fate. Then to be teased when they didn't put Steven Yeun's name in the next episode's opening credit. Fans quickly responded that they didn't like waiting, and then seeing Glenn crawl to safety confirmed confirmed what people had speculated.
Now the viewers will have all summer to let their reaction to the season 6 finale simmer and it could go bad for the show, if after all that time it's the a death of a minor character. Speaking for myself, I would stop watching right then and there.
Also making us wait to reveal which major character has been killed won't get the response AMC could have gotten if they showed it last night.
What they've could have done is after Negans first hit, and the person looks up to see and hear 'You're taking it like a champ.' the camera cuts quickly to the chosen, and we see their skull half crushed, blood pouring their face. Then back to Negan and the rest of the beating as it was shot. That would have been brutal.
You don't take all season to build to a moment like that and not deliver, it's not good story telling because fans were left angry and disappointed.
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