When it comes to The Walking Dead [1], we — and by "we," we mean the audience and the characters and everyone else in between — have really gone through the ringer. Case in point: the horrifying season seven premiere [2], which sent the Internet into a full-tilt meltdown [3]. When you take a look at how much the cast has changed over time [4], it becomes clear that yes, everyone is very dirty, and yes, everyone has really been through a lot. Keep reading to see all the show's most haunting moments.
When Glenn, Michonne, Rosita, and Daryl Get Captured By That Trash Monster Dwight
When Rick, Aaron, Abraham, Sasha, Eugene, Carl, and Maggie Get Captured By the Saviors as Well
When the Crew Gets All Lined Up and Negan Introduces Himself
When Negan Starts Playing "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe"
When He Picks Abraham and Starts Beating Him Mercilessly
When Daryl Punches Negan, and Negan Starts Killing Glenn Too
When Glenn's Eyeball Is Hanging Out and He's Trying to Talk to Maggie
When Negan STILL Isn't Done, and Almost Forces Rick to Cut Carl's Hand Off
When Denise Gets Shot Through the Eye With an Arrow, Literally Out of Nowhere
When Carol Almost Gets Shot and Killed By That One Savior
When the Group Is Raiding the Savior Compound and Killing Everyone
When Jessie's Whiny Son Sam Draws the Attention of the Walkers and Gets Eaten
. . . and Jessie Gets Eaten Too as a Result
When Carl Gets Shot in the Eye by That Garbage Person Ron
When Deanna Goes Crazy and Hurls Herself Into a Hoard of Walkers
When You Think Glenn Is Getting Ripped Apart by Walkers
When the Terminus Gang Eats Bob's Leg
When You Find Out Eugene Is a Liar and Everything Is a Lie
When You Realize Terminus Is Chock-Full of Cannibals
When Noah Literally Gets Ripped in Half in the Revolving Door While Glenn Watches
When Lizzie Kills Her Sister Because She's Not All There
. . . and Then Carol Kills Lizzie
When the Crew Finally Gets Beth Back, and She Immediately Gets Killed
When Karen and David Are Found Dead and Burnt to a Crisp at the Prison
When Everyone in the Prison Is Sick and on the Brink of Death, Glenn Included
When Rick Tells Everyone They're Already Infected and They'll All Become Walkers Someday
When Shane Becomes a Walker and Carl Ends Up Killing Him
Any Time Rick's Infant Daughter Judith Almost Dies
When the Governor Chops Off Herschel's Head
When Andrea Gets Infected and She Decides to Shoot Herself
When They Have to Amputate Herschel's Leg So the Disease Doesn't Spread
When Laurie Dies Giving Birth, and Carl Has to Stop Her From Becoming a Walker
When the Governor Beats the Sh*t Out of Glenn While Interrogating Him
When You Find Out the Governor Keeps Heads — and His Undead Daughter — Stored Away in His Lair
When Daryl Has to Kill His Brother Merle, Who's Turned Into a Walker
When Rick Kills Shane
When Dale Gets Disemboweled Because Carl Is a Clumsy Mess
When Carol Finally Finds Her Daughter Sophia, Who Is Now a Walker and Has Been Locked in the Barn
After Every Damn Season Finale, When You're Wondering Why You've Subjected Yourself to This
