The Walking Dead: 9 Comic Book Moments The TV Show Totally Butchered

Oh boy, they really messed this up, didn't they?

For a time, it looked like the season 6 finale was going to do the long-awaited introduction of Negan justice. After a season of building suspense and getting all the ducks lined up, Rick and his ambushed group finally came face to face with the Lucille-wielding villain. 

After quoting the comic more or less verbatim, Negan begins a terrifying game of "eenie meenie" that promises to end with the brutal death of one of our beloved heroes. However, once he finally chooses his victim, the show cuts to a point-of-view shot, ending on a cliffhanger where someone has been killed, but the audience doesn't know who.

In 30 seconds, The Walking Dead managed to undo all the potential the episode had built until then. By not showing who was killed, the scene was robbed of its emotional core and completely wasted the pitch-perfect suspense that was built for a whole season until this point. The finale should have ended on the death of a fan-favourite character, showing us just how much of a threat Negan and his Saviours are to our group.

Unfortunately, fans are going to have to wait seven months to see who was on the receiving end of Negan's bat. And for as much as it will try, there's no way the show will be able to put fans back into the moment and recapture the sheer intensity of that finale, meaning the eventual reveal is going to feel all the more lacking because of it. 

Are there any other moments from the comics that didn't make the translation intact? Let us know in the comments!