The Walking Dead: Season Six

[YoungOnce]

It just feels like the story was more about Nicholas than Glenn... That just seems to defy the fact that Glenn died in this episode. I just don't think he will be confirmed dead until he has had his "tribute" episode.

Add to that that he wasn't on the couch on Talking Dead (where dead characters go to talk about their time on the show), and he wasn't acknowledged in the memorium segment either. And too, no one will come out and say he's dead. If he was dead, would they be so coy?

[hedrap]

From Hollywood Reporter interview with Gimple

Is Glenn dead? How soon will his "death" be addressed?

We saw what we saw onscreen. I had an innocuous statement on Talking Dead that said it better than I can say it here. [His "death" will be addressed] this half-season. I'd say sooner rather than later. We're ripping through this season pretty damn quick. People will know pretty damn quick. Even getting into the thematics, it tips it one way or the other.

What can you say about the next time we'll see Glenn?

We will see Glenn, some version of Glenn or parts of Glenn, again, either in flashback or in the current timeline. We will complete the story. That's the important thing. That's what people are feeling, and it will be this half of the season.

When you say "complete the story," do you mean Glenn's current arc with Nicholas or his entire character journey?

That's where I must be ambiguous.

If he is, indeed, alive, how might this change him? This is a character who has never killed a human before.

On the show, the fact that Glenn has never killed a human before has been a very quiet but big part of his character in my mind. If he were alive, how would this change his character? We have a little time to think about that. I shouldn't speculate one way or the other.

If this is indeed reality and not some sort of hallucination, is there any way he can get out of this?

Everything onscreen we see is information for the viewer one way or the other.

That said, is there a world in which any of these theories, including that Nicholas is checked out and this is some sort of hallucination, are correct?

Some of those theories could be correct. I read all sorts of things about this, and some of it is right and some of it is wrong. But I love that people are this passionate and engaged and are looking at this like a CSI thing. It's incredible. But back to Nicholas: He did put a gun to his head. We did hear a trigger go off and we saw a lot of blood go. I'm a lot more comfortable saying Nicholas is dead.

But you won't say definitively about Glenn.

I can only go with what's onscreen.

Game of Thrones is very likely faking out its audience with Jon Snow's "death." What do you guys have to gain from doing the same with Glenn? What do you want the audience to feel or learn from this episode?

Everything that has been going on this season — and we've only seen three episodes so far — everything is part of a greater story for these characters. Everything. No matter what happens to these characters — any of these characters — it's not like, "This thing happened and we'll figure out what it means." We mapped these characters' lives out and we map their deaths out. Sometimes those deaths can be meaningless in as much as how abrupt they can be and how harsh they can be and how they haven't been built to. Sometimes we do build to these deaths. But even the things that happen outside of life and death — the things these characters do, the choices they make — all of it is a piece of telling this story of this world and these people.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i think he will be in some flashback moments and then show up as a walker and Maggie will have to kill him

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

The garbage bin is surrounded by concrete on all sides except the front. They could crawl under there if they see him but if he is covered in blood, they may not notice.

[CrimsonGhost]

Well, if it's anything like my dumpster it's all rusted out on the bottom.

Glenn could probably kick out a hole and slide on up into the dumpster.

Then (since the dumpster's on wheels) he could Flintstone car it right past them all

If they do it that way I hope they remember the Benny Hill music

HAHA!! Well, that would be a nutty episode! I imagine it Robot Chicken style.

[Sideshow Spock]

Watching the clip again, I see no conceivable way Glenn survives other than "shenanigans", as Lindelof said disparagingly on Talking Dead..

[Mikey]

Ok, but then what? I would think the zombies would crawl after him from all directions.

Well, if it's anything like my dumpster it's all rusted out on the bottom.

Glenn could probably kick out a hole and slide on up into the dumpster.

Then (since the dumpster's on wheels) he could Flintstone car it right past them all

If they do it that way I hope they remember the Benny Hill music

[CrimsonGhost]

I do kinda like the idea of slithering under the dumpster while their eating the other guy.

Glen is lanky enough to possible do it.

Ok, but then what? I would think the zombies would crawl after him from all directions.

[Mikey]

I do kinda like the idea of slithering under the dumpster while their eating the other guy.

Glen is lanky enough to possible do it.

[Starroid Raiders Dagon]

I did note while I was watching the second time through was Glen' head seemed to be close to the bottom of the dumpster. I think he is still alive but may be just hopeful thinking on my part.

[Mikey]

I think if Glen really does somehow survives it would make everybody temporarily happy but it would diminish the show in the long run.

Gone would be the ANYONE CAN DIE premise.

Without that premise the show would be way too tame and predictable

[hedrap]

It's hard to process what happened.

When you look at the angle they chose....you can see nothing specific.

You know Nicholas is in top of him, but even then, parts of him are exposed. So one hand, we're given a possible out, but on the other, the producers could have done it so G couldn't move. He's got a corpse on top of him.

But yet, anyone else whose bit it they show some direct contact. He has been on set, and supposedly we got three episodes before we get some resolution.

As for Rick, man, they resolved that Wolves issue real quick. If Enid was a member, she should have been shot outside the camper.

So Enid could be the connection to Hilltop, or maybe she is a Whisperer. Whisperers could be how Glen survives. If Glen wasn't already spotted on set, it would be awesome to bring him back a season later as a Whisperer.

Ya know, it's crazy but if only one or two Alexandrians survive, it really can be seen as Rick's Crew fault. I remember Darryl gets abducted in the comic.

Lindelof was on Talking Dead crapping on the idea of burning them. Couldn't explain why it was a bad idea, but obvious he's been marinating in fan venom, blaming them for his constant strike outs.

[Sideshow Spock]

I imagine he's going to be around in the form of flashbacks or dreams for Maggie. I'm not looking forward to her inevitable breakdown.

Maggie's still on this show?

[Mikey]

Kinda surprised none of them thought of at least trying to go inside the dumpster while on top.

[CrimsonGhost]

Glenn's been dead in the comics for 4 years so I was expecting that to happen eventually. I don't think there's any way he could have survived what happened. I thought they might try to climb into the dumpster, but they didn't and I can't see crawling under it working at all.

I imagine he's going to be around in the form of flashbacks or dreams for Maggie. I'm not looking forward to her inevitable breakdown.