Season 7 of The Walking Dead had some ups and downs. Ratings were low, likely because of a combination of violence that was extreme even by TWD standards, the death of some crucial characters, and a sense of “same story, different setting.” However, the character development and the moral complexities remained.
Season 7 featured a character named Negan, a dictatorial
megalomaniac with a remarkable capacity for violence. One of the most chilling
aspects of his cruel rule is how he forces all those who follow him to identify
themselves as Neegan. “I am Negan” becomes a phrase that we dread.
That chilling phrase keeps ringing in my head. There is
something about it that captures the true horror of The Walking Dead: not the
undead, but the living who had died inside long ago.
