How the Glenn incident ruined The Walking Dead’s midseason finale

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With Glenn’s recent non-death followed by last night's death, says Alan Sepinwall, "you aren't just undermining the illusion of life and death stakes; you're actively telling the audience not to worry about this or any future peril in which our heroes find themselves. You're just inviting the audience to stand around, slack-jawed, like Rick and the gang on Jessie's porch, marveling at the spectacle but untouched by any of it.” PLUS: Walking Dead's latest casualty speaks, this episode was a full of delayed gratification, Coming soon: villain Negan, and the midseason finale was the perfect mix of hope, despair, and a seemingly endless number of zombies.