WARNING: MAJOR WALKING DEAD SPOILERS. Do not read ahead if you haven't seen the latest episodes...unless you don't care about surprises.

Walking Dead fans are still recovering from the assumed death of undoubtedly one of the show's most beloved characters, Glenn.

His demise comes as nearly all of the show's characters are seemingly at the end of their rope. The loss of Glenn, who's been a consistent pillar of strength, serves as a personification of the near obsolescence in the context of the show's post-apocalyptic setting. With the majority of season 5 and 6 revolving around the group's dark but necessary emotional descent, Glenn's death will only further perpetuate feelings of hopelessness and leave the other characters (and viewers) close to exhausting whatever mental stamina they have left.

The episode, "Thank You,” in which we think we see Glenn die, aired on October 25th and left viewers with loads of questions. But the following three episodes have given very few trustworthy answers.

What must be acknowledged, despite our shock and hysteria, is that TV has recently taken to throwing curve balls at fans, whether that involves killing off the most unlikely characters or flat out lying. It's high time we stop trusting anything other than our own senses, because it seems like anyone in the business of television is just downright pathological when it comes to keeping spoilers under wraps.

Fans of the horror series are not over the sudden demise, and we want answers. And mixed in with the heaping pile of media speculation and fodder are some notable facts and details that we can use to possibly parse out Glenn's exact fate.

We know via Hollywood Life that the actor who plays Glenn, Steven Yeun, was pictured on set on September 16, 2015, alongside regular and yet to be introduced characters. Although Glenn does, in fact, die in the Walking Dead comic books, his death occurs under drastically different circumstances. With a show that often deviates from the narrative of the books, it’s hard to say how AMC’s interpretation of the story will play out.

After last night's episode, one thing is surely resonating with viewers: the voice uttering the word “help” over the walkie talkie as Daryl, Abraham and Sasha drive back to Alexandria following the unexpected ambush. Despite it being eerily similar to Glenn’s voice, Norman Reedus (Daryl) has since told The Hollywood Reporter “It’s not Glenn – but it’s somebody at Alexandria.” Uh okay, Daryl, whatever you say.

If there's one thing viewers can learn about The Walking Dead and from The Walking Dead, it's to trust no one; not the creators, not the books, not AMC and certainly not the show's actors, who are all in the business of pretending. Regardless of anyone's denial, the hard evidence shows us this:

The Walkie Talkie

Glenn did have a walkie talkie on him at the moment of his and Nicholas' fall into a sea of hungry zombies, making it increasingly likely that it was Glenn's voice creaking "help" on the other end.

The Camera Angle


Nothing is accidental on excellent television, and a highly ambiguous camera angle capturing Glenn from the neck up, screaming in horror, makes it highly likely that the zombie disembowelment was of the reviled, Nicholas, who has been screwing things up for everyone from the start.

The Possible Hiding Spot

The dumpster Nicholas and Glenn were perched on top of just before their fall has a whole lot of hiding spot potential.

Above all else, when Glenn returns to the show in what the show's Executive Producter Scott Gimple refers to as "some version of Glenn, or parts of Glenn," he will have learned a valuable lesson he should have gathered in his first traffic jam: refrain from giving free passes to directionally challenged, trigger-happy squealers.

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Tv shows, AMC, Zombies