Who did Negan kill?
The answer wasn’t without its twists
Eenie, meenie, miney, moe.
Where Lucille stops, now we know.
Well, dont kill the messenger, but our worst fears were confirmed: Negan had two victims.
Heres how we got to this point.
Negan just smiles and asks one of the Saviors (Simon) to fetch Ricks weapon, a hatchet.
I mean, what do you have without it?
He knocks Rick to the ground and gets back into the drivers seat.
A mist descends upon the road as Negan drives ahead.
Walkers smash against the windshield like mosquitos while Rick begins to have flashes of Rosita and Glenn.
The Saviors drag him back in line, but their leader isnt done.
Im a man of my word, he says.
First impressions are important.
Thats when he turns to strike Glenn, the first surprise blows popping his eye out of the socket.
With Glenns on-screen death came the reintroduction of life-and-death stakes.
Negan gives Rick one more chance to fight through the walkers and get the weapon.
He does, but Negan shoots most of the undead before Ricks forced to scramble away.
Rick finds the weapon in the grass and uses it to hack his way back to the trailer.
This time, he sees flashes of Negan hitting other members of the group with Lucille.
But he says Rick can still have a productive life providing for him and the Saviors.
He holds out the axe to see if hell accept these terms, and Rick does.
He has no other choice.
The pair reunites with the rest of the group, but Negan is still not happy with Rick.
He explains he took him on the trip because he didnt like the look in his eye.
And thats not gonna work, he says.
Despite Ricks cries, Negan doesnt think he gets the message.
He commands the Saviors to point guns on all members of the group before turning to Carl.
He ties his belt around the boys left arm and forces him face down on the ground.
Now completely broken, Rick raises the axe to amputate Carl… Today was a productive damn day, he says.
Now, I hope for all your sake that you get it now.
Before the Saviors depart, Negan tells Dwight to load Daryl into their black van: Hes got guts.
As they band together to dispose of their deceased, Rick hears the voice of Negan in his head.
Rick picks up the axe and gets into the trailer, but spots a walker emerge from the woods.
The camera ends the hour on Ricks quivering, scared stare.
I wasnt too emotionally devastated, probably because of the drawn-out cliffhanger.
What if Glenn had been forced to watch the death of a pregnant Maggie?
What if fan-favorite Daryl was the one to perish?
This is one of those cases where too much suspense may not have actually helped the end goal.
