30 Totally Reasonable Reactions to Watching The Walking Dead's Terrifying Season Finale

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After weeks and weeks of anxious speculation, wild theories, and more than a few emotional roller coasters, The Walking Dead's gruesome sixth season finale has finally arrived. The 90-minute-long episode was basically one long, terrifying game of cat and mouse that saw Rick, Abraham, Sasha, Carl, and Aaron desperately trying to get a very sick Maggie medical attention while being continuously stalked by the Saviors. Between the highly anticipated reveal of Negan and a very questionable ending, let's just say that TWD made each grisly second count. Keep scrolling to see every appropriate reaction to watching the finale, and check out what Norman Reedus had to say about the big episode. Major spoilers ahead!

01

When You're More Than 7 Seconds Into the Episode and Daryl Still Isn't on Screen

02

When Enid Asks Carl, “What Happens If You Don't Come Back?" and He Says, "Just Survive Somehow"

03

When Father Gabriel Promises to Keep Alexandria Safe, and You Go Along With It Since He Looks So Damn Wise in His Sweater

04

When Morgan Is Casually Riding Through the Streets on a Horse . . .

05

. . . And Then He Finds a Seriously Injured Carol, and It's All Too Much

06

When Rick Tells Maggie, "As Long as It's All of Us, We Can Do Anything," and You Know Someone Is About to Get 50 Shades of Dead

07

When Rick Starts Mouthing Off to the Saviors Like a Big Dummy

08

When the Saviors' Response Proves They Aren't Messing Around

09

When Abraham Says "B*tchnuts," and You Can't Decide If You Love Him or Just Wish He'd STFU

10

When Morgan Puts That Gnarly, Hanging Walker Out of His Misery

11

When the Saviors Are Always 1 Step Ahead of the Group, No Matter What

12

When Our Faves Come Across the Zombie "Chain Gang," With Walkers Tied Up Wearing Pieces of Michonne's Hair and Daryl's Arrows

13

When It's the Fourth Commercial Break, and No One Important Has Died Yet

14

When Carol Rips the Face Off of That Zombie

15

When Suddenly the Guy Who's Been After Carol Appears, Starts Slowly Shooting Her to Death, and She Begs Him to Kill Her

16

When Morgan Literally Rides In on a White Horse to Save Her

17

When Abraham Says, "We Are Neck Deep up Sh*t Creek With Our Mouths Wide Open," and You Know He's Right

18

When Eugene Shares a Truly Tender Moment With Rick and Abraham Before Trying to Divert the Saviors Himself

"You're a survivor, you always were," Abraham tells him. "We just didn't know it."

19

When You Think Everyone Is in the Clear, but Then the Ominous Sound of Whistling Starts Pouring Out of the Woods

20

When a Giant Group of Saviors Surrounds Rick, Abraham, Sasha, Carl, and Aaron and Makes Them Get on Their Knees

21

When They Drag Michonne, Daryl, and Glenn Out From the Back of a Truck to Join the Party

22

When Negan Makes His Grand Entrance, and You Have to Will Yourself to Forget That Jeffrey Dean Morgan Is Fine as Hell

23

When He Says That He's Going to Kill Someone, and You Pray For God to Send a Lightning Bolt Down and Put You Out of Your Misery

24

When Negan Threatens to Murder Maggie, and Glenn Jumps Forward to Protect Her

25

When Negan Starts Reciting "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe" Instead of Just Getting It Over With

26

When Negan Finally Starts Beating the Hell Out of Someone, and You Hear Every Sickening Crunch

27

When the Show Ends Without Revealing Who Negan Killed

28

So You Promptly Curse the Writers of the Show

29

And Vow to Never Watch It Again

30

Even Though You Know This Will Be All You Can Think About Until Season 7

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