Monday, 4 April 2016

The Walking Dead Bosses Defend That Finale Cliffhanger

The season six finale ended tonight with one hell of a cliffhanger, all thanks to the arrival of the bat-wielding Negan. Jeffrey Dean Morgan made his grand entrance and wasted no time in terrifying us all and ruining our lives by lining up all of our favorite Walking Dead characters and choosing one to hit with his barbed-wire bat. We didn't see who he chose, but we did get to watch from their perspective as their head was brutally bashed in.

While we were too stunned to even move our fingers, many fans took to Twitter to express their anger at yet another cliffhanger and yet another reason to argue for the next six months.
Talking Dead host Chris Hardwick addressed this anger during tonight's finale aftershow, and it's clear that comic creator Robert Kirkman and executive producer Scott M. Gimple aren't on board.

"As a fan, I love cliffhangers," Kirkman said. "I love that tension. If you read the comic books, pretty much every issue ends with a cliffhanger. I think that's a lot of fun."

"When they opened up the hatch and we had to wait to see what was in the hatch, I liked thinking about it," Gimple said, giving an example of one of Lost's most famous cliffhangers before citing Star Trek and Grey's Anatomy too (sort of). "When Commander Riker told Worf to fire at the borg ship while Locutus is in there, I liked that. When McDreamy was left at the alter, I liked talking about that. I probably made that up, but I know something like that happened!"

At this point, it's hard to tell if what we're feeling is actually anger as opposed to shock or just relief from how tense we felt during those final moments. We may have to wait until October for a new season, but it may also take us until October to get those head bashing sounds out of our own heads. 

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