--- ---  # _Walking Dead_ Fans Left Horrified by Most Gruesome Deaths Yet by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 24, 2016 12:02 PM UTC  The Walking Dead — Season 6, Episode 16 The Walking Dead — Season 6, Episode 16Gene Page—AMC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 24, 2016 12:02 PM UTC Fans were left aghast by the _Walking Dead’s_ [seventh season premiere](http://time.com/4542150/walking-dead-season-7-cliffhanger/), which saw two of the show’s favorite characters killed in gruesome detail. In what has been called the series’ [most painful episode](http://time.com/4542150/walking-dead-season-7-cliffhanger/) to date, Glenn (played by Steven Yeun) and Abraham (played by Michael Cudlitz) are seen bludgeoned to death by the sadistic Negan (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) with a baseball bat wrapped in razor-wire. The unrelenting and painful scene went as far as showing Glenn with one eyeball dangling from its socket. > [](https://twitter.com/chris73320/status/790456257790566400) > [](https://twitter.com/WalkingDeadLife/status/790515952660209664) > [](https://twitter.com/TheWalkingDead/status/790379269977350144) [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2016/10/23/the-walking-dead-season-7-episode-1-review-the-wrath-of-negan/#1772d74b4a0c) called the killings “gross” and likened it to Shireen Baratheon’s burning at the stake by her father in _Game of Thrones_. Other Twitter users shared the sentiment: > [](https://twitter.com/scottmeiz/status/790459962501713920) > [](https://twitter.com/julella1028/status/790375648875405316) > [](https://twitter.com/francis%5Fmaxwell/status/790411706820288512) > [](https://twitter.com/samuelbettley/status/790453915972087808) While one fan has written-off the show altogether. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnHocevar/status/790365836728860672) Walking Dead Fans Express Their Disgust At Brutal Episode ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4542337/walking-dead-season-premier-seventh-disgust/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4542337/walking-dead-season-premier-seventh-disgust/"},"headline":"Walking Dead Fans Left Horrified by Most Gruesome Deaths Yet","datePublished":"2016-10-24T12:02:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:22:06.146Z","description":"SPOILER ALERT The show's seventh season premiere had a bloody impact","url":"https://time.com/4542337/walking-dead-season-premier-seventh-disgust/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c68d5607ab97698/6988a739cd1bba8530702705/negan-kill.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c68d5607ab97698/6988a739cd1bba8530702705/negan-kill.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"negan-kill","caption":"The Walking Dead — Season 6, Episode 16","creditText":"Gene Page—AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4542337/walking-dead-season-premier-seventh-disgust/","name":"Walking Dead Fans Left Horrified by Most Gruesome Deaths Yet"}}]}] ```