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What Really Happened to Glenn on The Walking Dead?
What Really Happened to Glenn on The Walking Dead?
By E. Alex Jung
Major spoilers ahead for last night's episode of The Walking Dead.
Whew. There's a lot to recap on last night's episode of The Walking Dead, but there's only one thing to talk about: Glenn. Last night, it appeared the show killed off one of the last original members from the season-one crew, feeding him to the encroaching zombie horde. The foreshadowing was there from the beginning. The show opened on Glenn, which was an ominous sign, sort of like finally giving the backstory to a reality-TV contestant. He took a heavy look at Hershel's watch — that symbol of love and legacy — and he decided that, yes, he would undertake a foolhardy mission to burn down the feed store instead of running back to Alexandria. But his dumbest, and ultimately fatal, decision may have been the one where he lets Nicholas, the coward who almost killed him multiple times, come along with him.
They find that the feed store has already burnt to a crisp, and following Nicholas's bad instincts, they end up in a dead end, with walkers surrounding them on both sides. The final shot is an overhead shot of zombies chowing down on viscera. But is Glenn really dead? There's some reason for some wishful thinking.
On The Talking Dead, the show's post-mortem hosted by Chris Hardwick, the show has an "In Memoriam" segment where they recap all of the deaths. They showed the various Alexandrians, the walkers, and of course Nicholas, but instead of showing Glenn, they had this:
Is this just some expert trolling? Hardwick read the following statement from showrunner Scott Gimple:
Dear fans of The Walking Dead, this is a hard story to tell, and when we were planning to tell it, we knew our friends over at Talking Dead would be talking to you about it, and knowing you’d talking and feeling and commiserating, I knew we should say something about it, lest our silence say something we didn’t mean to say or not say so I will say this. In some way, we will see Glenn, some version of Glenn or parts of Glenn again, either in flashback, or current story, to help complete the story.
You guys are sick: "Parts of Glenn."
All right, so there's the possibility we might get sepia-soaked flashbacks of Glenn or zombie Glenn. But is it possible that Glenn might actually be alive? We've obsessively replayed the tape over and over again like we were watching a sporting event. Let's review what happened:
Glenn and Nicholas find themselves at a dead end, with walkers on both sides, so they get up onto a Dumpster with walkers grabbing at their feet. Nicholas is very clearly losing it. I mean, just look at this zombie:
He does not handle this very well.
Glenn, champ that he is, tries to tell him to get it together.
Nope. Nicholas shoots himself in the head instead.
Now, here's the important part. You'll see that as they are doing their trust fall into the zombie horde, Nicholas is on top of Glenn.
And when the zombies start feasting, it's very clear from multiple playbacks that it's Nicholas's body they're eating.
After all, very basic anatomy should tell us that the viscera is located below the diaphragm.
That said, even with the zombies eating Nicholas first, is there any way that Glenn gets out of this?
Glenn is resourceful and has escaped a number of times. (We know this is of little consequence, but it's definitely not how he goes in the comics.) So what do you think? Is there any way that Glenn Rhee, pizza delivery boy extraordinaire, gets out of this alive? Is The Walking Dead pulling a Jon Snow? Will Maggie just tow around zombie Glenn on a leash? Let's commiserate in the comments.
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Permalink Reply by James Robert Smith on
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It's been a while since they've killed a major character. Killing off someone like Glenn was overdue. But we'll see. He looked pretty doomed and eaten to me.
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Permalink Reply by saint.357 on
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i think he'll survive this somehow make it all the way back and then die in Maggie's arms at the last moment, that seams like a more fitting end to glen as a character, rather then what happened. either that or Maggie will get offed in front of him. i really dont think we have seen the last of our favorite delivery boy just yet.
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Permalink Reply by Brian de Castro on
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Well, obviously, we are meant to think that Glenn dies initially, and that is to invoke a strong reaction to possibly losing a fan favorite, and as mentioned, one of the last remaining original cast members. But presented with the evidence, there seems room for Glenn to escape, under the dumpster, and also, he had a flare gun which he might be able to use to create an opening amongst the walkers. I'd hate to see Glenn go, and I don't like the message being sent over and over that if you retain your humanity and show mercy to others, you have to die - Dale, Herschel, Tyreese - enough with that already. And would they really do that to Maggie?
However, **** comics spoiler ****, hearing that he does die horribly in the comics, albeit in a different way, it would seem as though his number would come up eventually on the show. The cast is unusually large, and getting rid of an original cast member would probably save some money. And, if Glenn is indeed gone, being as beloved as he is, and knowing how they treat such characters when they meet their demise (Herschel), we can expect someone to eventually happen upon half-eaten, zombie Glenn, which I don't think anyone wants to see.
But I don't think we'll find out right away what actually happened. Maybe at some point, they'll pick up right where they left off at the dumpster, or maybe a battered Glenn will just appear in Alexandria and they'll give us a flashback. The Walking Dead is masterful at time-jumping. But they also never cheat the audience either. We'll find out eventually. But, here's hoping Glenn survived and lasts a good, long while further.
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Permalink Reply by Wicked Death☭ on
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Thanks for the video! Very reassuring, though just because the show has always handled deaths a certain way, doesn't mean they can't deviate from that. Sucks that we'll have to wait at least two weeks to find out. 90 minutes seems like a lot to center on a single character, but Morgan is an interesting one, and if he continues on for some time, it'll be good to know what got him here since the episode, "Clear."
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Morgan needs to get with the program and kill or be killed!
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Another thing...was Rick bitten on the hand? After his encounter with the three zombies that he kills, he seems to be agonizing over his hand. Was he bitten? Is this how the TV Rick will become like the Comic version of Rick and have only one hand?
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I was thinking that maybe he cut his hand with the knife that had some walker blood on it. Not sure what happened in the comics, but it could be the show's way of giving Rick the same end result with regards to the hand.
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i dont think he's gonna lose his hand they kinda already did that with merle, he took ricks place with the whole lost hand thing.
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And Hershel lost his leg.
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Permalink Reply by Nigel Arnold on
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Just watched it, glenn alive I think and rick, hand off. We'll see....
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Yeah, I think Glenn is alive. He'll get out of the situation. It's Nicholas' guts being pulled out.
And, yeah...Rick's gonna lose that hand.
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