"The Walking Dead" Season 7 premiere episode revealed Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) two victims, Maggie's (Lauren Cohan) partner Glenn (Steven Yeun), one of the original casts of the TV series and Abraham (Michael Cudlitz). The episode picked up where Negan was mocking Rick (Andrew Lincoln) about what he had done. Rick then told Negan he is going to kill him which did not make Negan happy so he continued Rick's torture.
"The Walking Dead" Season 7 Episode 1 followed Negan as he tortured Rick to submit to him. Negan threw him out of the van where walkers quickly surrounded Rick. Rick then fought them one by one until he reached the top of an RV and the flashback of what happened earlier began.
"The Walking Dead" Season 7 new episode flashback showed how Negan killed Abraham and Glenn. Negan initially played the kids' Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe as he chose who among Rick's friends to kill. He picked Abraham who pleaded for Negan to take his nuts before he died.
Negan then asked the rest not to make any moves or even talk. However, Daryl (Norman Reedus) was not able to keep his cool and attacked Negan on "The Walking Dead" Season 7 Episode 1. Because of Daryl's action, Negan was forced to take another victim and it was Glenn he chose this time, Yahoo! TV reported.
Glenn was badly beaten by Lucille until his head was unrecognizable on the first episode of "The Walking Dead" Season 7 . It was a very hard moment for Maggie to watch. Additionally, Glenn told Maggie that he will find her before he died which caused Maggie to burst loudly into tears.
After the killings, the scene went back to the present time of "The Walking Dead" Season 7 Episode 1 where Negan continued torturing Rick. This time, he asked Rick to cut Carl's arm or he will kill all of his friends, including him. Rick pleaded for Negan to just take him but Negan did not listen.
Just when Rick was about to do what Negan asked on "The Walking Dead" Season 7 Episode 1, Negan surprisingly stopped him, ComicBook reported. Negan was contented to see that he finally broke Rick. He went away and took Daryl as his hostage, telling Rick that if he comes after him, he will kill Daryl or have him do it.
"The Walking Dead" Season 7 Episode 1 ended with the devastated Maggie making a stand and wants to go after Negan but the team did not agree to let her go. It remains to be seen how Rick and his friends will cope after the killings that happened in the premiere episode. In the meantime, let us know your thoughts on this episode of "The Walking Dead" Season 7 after checking a preview of the next episode below.
