The Walking Dead premiere reveals Negan's victim
WARNING: Story contains spoilers from The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere
SPOILER ALERT: Story contains major plot details from The Walking Dead Season 7 premiere
The Walking Dead has returned with a bloody bang as the victim of bat-wielding bad guy Negan was revealed in the seventh season's premiere.
The sixth season wrapped up with Negan, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, using a game of "eeny meeny miny moe" to determine his victim, and the episode closed with him swinging his barbed-wire laced bat.
Sunday night's premiere revealed the victim to be regular character Abraham Ford, played by Michael Cudlitz.
Negan wasn't finished. He later took his bat to the head of Steven Yeun's character, Glenn Rhee, matching the devastating, watershed plot point of the graphic novel from which the TV show originates.
Thank God there's no tribute video w/Sarah Mclachlan's "I will Remember You." Unless you want to see me really lose it <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWalkingDead?src=hash">#TheWalkingDead</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/twd?src=hash">#twd</a> <a href="https://t.co/fskdpqEfYO">pic.twitter.com/fskdpqEfYO</a>
—@thekathysmithThe killing of two fan favourites on one of TV's most popular shows predictably became a trending topic on Twitter.
Hands down, Glenn was the heart of the show. <a href="https://twitter.com/steveyeun">@steveyeun</a>, everybody's first pick in the zombie apocalypse boyfriend draft. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TWD?src=hash">#TWD</a> <a href="https://t.co/H3xLF67xCC">pic.twitter.com/H3xLF67xCC</a>
—@jennyhanWhoever had the idea to make that scene: there's a special place in hell for you. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWalkingDead?src=hash">#TheWalkingDead</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TWD7?src=hash">#TWD7</a> <a href="https://t.co/p5qR5dM4It">pic.twitter.com/p5qR5dM4It</a>
—@LisaaFerrerEmailing my professors about a family death and mourning all day tomorrow <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TWD7?src=hash">#TWD7</a>
—@ZakTerziniGuys, Glenn is not dead. Didn't you see him hide under Lucille?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWalkingDead?src=hash">#TheWalkingDead</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TWD7?src=hash">#TWD7</a>
—@Dragon_FeedAfter waiting 7 months for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TWD7?src=hash">#TWD7</a> I honestly can't believed they had the balls to drag who Negan killed out for half the episode.
—@tripgoreThank you <a href="https://twitter.com/WalkingDead_AMC">@WalkingDead_AMC</a> for making me forget about politics and the state of the world for an hour. That was a nice, morbid escape.
—@kcbruhahaOne user even thanked Negan for helping cutting down on political chatter on the social media platform.