The Walking Dead Season 6 Finale: 10 Things To Expect When Negan Arrives

"Hi, I'm Negan." 

Gone is the whole 'I'm Spartacus' element to The Walking Dead's incoming Big Bad, as the teaser for the Season 6 finale reveals exactly who Negan is, and there's definitely only one of him. Which is good news for Rick and co; or at least as good as the impending arrival of the comic's biggest and baddest villain can be.

It's something fans have wanted to see on the show ever since the character was dramatically introduced in issue #100, and the tension has been building all this season as we approach his introduction. We've already met his loyal group of followers, The Saviours, and most notably - and devastatingly - his right-hand man, Dwight.

Now, though, it's time for the main man himself to make his mark, and he'll be doing so in brutal fashion. He's a foul-mouthed, über-violent psychopath, albeit one with an actual moral compass, and he should be taking the show to new heights, at least if they do his character justice. 

He may be well-known for one singular moment from the comics, but he's much more than that, and is a long-running character throughout the series after his arrival, pushing Rick's group to places they haven't been yet, and testing them in every way possible. 

With a wealth of source material to draw from, there's a lot to expect once Negan finally gets here, and this is a comic spoiler filled look at what's to come in the Season 6 finale and beyond.

Negan is a character they absolutely need to get right, and all the signs are pointing towards a faithful adaptation of the villain. Both showrunner Scott Gimple and actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is playing the bat-swinging maniac, have gone on record to say that they'll be serving the comic counterpart as best they can. However, with the show being on AMC, there is one aspect they're likely to have to change: his language. 

His use of profanity is a big part of the character, but they probably won't be able to have him dropping the F-bomb repeatedly on the show, so that's the one part they're probably going to change, although apparently it is something they're working on, with Morgan telling EW: 

"It’s a speed bump. I’m not going to say it’s an issue because they’re working on it. We’re going to push AMC — the plan is to push them as far as they can because it’s who Negan is. He uses some colourful language. And I use some colourful language. And reading the comic, it’s important. So we’ll see where that lands."

So, it may be a compromise is reached, but even if the language is toned down, he's still going to be an intelligent, violent, weirdly-humoured, bat-wielding badass, which isn't bad.