The Walking Dead mortified fans on Sunday night when Negan unceremoniously thumped Abraham and Glenn over the head with a barbed baseball bat.
The Walking Dead airs in the UK on FOX on Mondays at 9pm.
Many argued that the opening season 7 episode was just too bleak, but executive producer and episode director Greg Nicotero has defended the bumping off of the major characters.
[and especially] if that’s really what’s going to happen [and they’ll stop watching], because the show still has a lot to offer!”