The season 7 premiere shocked fans around the world, leaving them anxious for more episodes.
There is definitely a difference between violence against walkers and human on human violence, but truthfully, we’re serving our story.”
By introducing villain Negan, an unforgiving and violent gang leader, The Walking Dead also subjected its viewers to some particularly unpleasant deaths.
The awfulness of what happened to the characters was very specific to that episode and the beginning of this whole new story.