The Walking Dead: 12 Moments That Pissed Off The Fans

6. The Governor Almost Rapes Maggie

The Walking Dead Pissed Off Fans
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The Walking Dead hasn't veered into Game of Thrones territory when it comes to using rape as a narrative device, but it did come close on one occasion, which pissed off a lot of viewers and earned the show plenty of criticism.

Up until this point the Governor had been bad, but not Worst Guy In The World. So they decided to use the threat of rape in order to show his true colours, with him forcing Maggie to strip, threatening to kill Glenn if she doesn't, and then taking off his belt and bending her over the table.

Although he doesn't go through with it, the threat is very much there, and handled pretty badly, with the 'striptease' coming in for criticism for being exploitive and made sexy.

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