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[@NickPR87]

I was pissed off when they killed his character, but I'm glad he was able to parlay his success into furthering his career. His movie gigs have been phenomenal!

[@AmberAmber]

Agreed ‐ *NOPE* = OMG so GOOD!!

[@eltravos99]

I mean Oscars Oscars Oscars. I love that is able to make new things that are amazing.

[@rickandnaruto]

I honestly stopped watching the show about a few episodes after he got killed off.

[@Stuart267]

@@rickandnaruto You & Millions of others myself included. Was insane drop off immediately after his brutal exit from the show. When you remember the Season 7 premier was watched by 17 Million people & by the shows end they were lucky if they could pull 3 Million viewers. I did go back to watching it the following year, but there was a lot lost with his death & the viewing figures show that.

[@svenheimes2494]

Comic death = TV show death. Still sad to this day, though 😢

[@JBM1428]

I didn’t want Glenn to die, but having read the comic beforehand I saw it coming. he’s one of the only characters that gets the exact same death at the same part of the story as in the comic. The show changed a lot about the characters and their deaths so it’s kinda cool that they in a way honored Glenn’s character by giving him the same death scene because he’s an OG

[@crazychic210]

I read the comic too and i knew he’s gonna die but when i saw the actual death, i was traumatized. JDM did great acting Negan but it was traumatizing seeing Glenn’s face..

[@mrbeans2425]

hit so much harder watching it tho!

[@jstuckless]

Glenn was the show for me, after his death the show completely soured for me, wasn't until later that I made the connection. Just wasn't the same. The relationship of Maggie and Glenn was just so beautiful and real in a completely unreal world.

[@dustin2207]

Now it's all about Negan. I don't care about the dead korean.

[@lashropa]

We miss Glenn. He was a persuasive guy.

[@goldenyuri3556]

Glenn was the real moral compass and heart of the group. He wasn't like Morgan or father Gabey trying to be good for some ideology, he just was such a hero...its a shame he had to go.

[@TheCNRProject]

That ep of Glenn’s death was pretty much when I stopped watching completely. I was starting to lose interest in the show prior due to other reasons but his death was the nail in the coffin. I didn’t realise how much I loved his character and what a heart of the show he was until he died. Glad he’s moved onto to different things- he was great in Nope!

[@DeliriantOne]

i quit the show when they killed him off.

[@daoyang223]

@@DeliriantOne you and 10 million viewers did honestly.

[@thereelpineapple]

Between this, and the fact they made you wait months just to confirm what you knew, just......uhhhhh

[@MakoSucks]

@@thereelpineapple Not only that, but they killed him off twice. Once with Negan, and before that, you think he gets devoured by zombies but he gets saved by a magic dumpster, so you don't expect them to pull the same off camera cliff hanger to Glenn twice, but they do, except he dies.

[@noiamhippyman]

@@DeliriantOne Then you missed the best seasons of the entire show.

[@ikoyDaPnoy]

The world needs Conan & Steven to do another travel series! Please?! Take Kevin Hart and that Asian girl who got her driver's license & make a collab with Sonny from "The Best Ever Food Review Show" KZbin channel.

[@looneytoon76]

Throw in Jack McBrayer and make it a threesome like the Three Stooges

[@ikoyDaPnoy]

It's the series we need but don't deserve!

[@calvee1100]

Negan killing Glenn was the last episode of TWD I ever watched. Didn't care about the show or the other characters after that. Plus it was the same stuff over and over and over again every season! "Look we found some new people! Maybe they are good! Nope. Killing begins, repeat next season." 🤦‍♂️

[@desertchild17]

Glenn felt like family at that point. It’s as if someone lost a part of themselves

[@mikelaw5965]

Agreed

[@MK-gv1wd]

I stopped watching after Glenn died when I first watched the show. Then tried to binge the entire series and STILL stopped immediately after Glenn died. Glenn was the heart of that show.

[@julesnominal1804]

Same. Also I have no idea how neegan stayed on the show and now has a spinoff with Glenn's wife? Like wtf happened

[@RyxFPS]

@@julesnominal1804 negan had an arc

[@DaisyM]

It took me until last year to finally catch up with TWD. I stopped watching after Glenn's death, it was so brutal. It's still a good show, but it's certainly a rollercoaster.

[@Venizeliko_fanboy]

​@Stugna Bulah bro everything OK at home?

[@daoyang223]

Glenn and Daryl having bromances with Maggie on the side as a romantic interest had me rooting for them. When Glenn died, they kinda killed off Daryl too because he just got stuck to the confines of some stupid character arc and then they made him the main character but without any of the writing they were giving him prior to season 6 mid season finale.

[@eshna2012]

In hind sight, killing off Glenn was THE BEST thing to ever happen to “Sorry to Bother you”, “Nope”, and Oscar nominated for “Minari”, actor Steven Yeun 😎✌️😉

[@k.a.johnson213]

And now his accolades with Beef... 🏆😇 Though I stopped watching too after he died, just couldn't go on.

[@Austin-316]

Glenn was the pillar of TWD. The views plummeted down ever since HE left the show

[@drunkpaulocosta9301]

Yeah tbh i dont even know how Rick dies

[@cleverusername9369]

Idk man, Glenn was absolutely a pillar of the show but TWD lost me somewhere between the prison and the Terminus storylines. Way more walking than dead. Pardon the pun but I'm of the opinion that they really beat that show to death.

[@Austin-316]

@@cleverusername9369 True but seeing the viewership drop off after his exit really showed me that the series was dead. I personally stopped watching after the Rick exit

[@Pythonzzz]

True, I started losing interest after that season because I didn’t really feel invested in most of the other characters after that. Btw the word “skyrocketed” is always upward, like rocketing up toward the sky. Plummeted would be a better option.

[@Austin-316]

@@Pythonzzz oh I guess I got it backwards lol thanks for the comment man

[@MyBenjamin73]

Steven probably knew Glenn was going to die before his debut, so he put his absolute every ounce of everything into every scene he had. Glenn was the GOAT, and Steven is a phenomenal talent

[@ctrainbeats]

LMAO Conan getting to the joke first on a guest he doesnt like. I WANT MORE OF SLIGHTLY UPSET CONAN

[@jimmyrodriguez5670]

He's always slightly upset. You haven't noticed?

[@3rdEyeWide]

@@jimmyrodriguez5670 Yeah, misanthropic and easily irritated is a part of his comic persona.

[@officermills]

He low key called Glen the foundation of the show 💅

[@stefanmaurer8536]

That episode was incredible on so many levels. Acting, storytelling, editing, music, atmosphere, directing. Absolutely brilliant.

[@taco911]

His death was in the comic, I knew he was gonna die long before that, I read it it was amazing. So much more juicier gnarly details about other characters and storylines.

[@AssCrown]

I stopped reading TWD comic after that issue and I was hoping the show would go a different route with Glenn like they did with Carol who died early on in the comics and became a badass on the show.

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

no one knew that he was going to die. it's exceptionally rare for the show to follow the same timeline as the comics.

[@GreedRunsall]

@@EnembieTWD show was very good at not following the deaths of characters exactly, making the viewer believe it could be anyone. For instance, Abraham, in the comics, was killed by Dwight. In the show Dwight kills Denise. I think TWD was genius to have Negan kill Abraham first. For a moment people think maybe it won't be Glenn, just to have that hope ripped away and make the loss hurt even more than it would already.

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

@@Enembie no, they didn't. there are dozens of major plot points in the comics that never happened in the show. anyone claiming otherwise has clearly never read the comics and is lying.

[@mstunameow]

The comic was pretty weak after the first 20 issues or so. Art changed too. Tony Moore's departure from even doing covers was when I lost interest. The comic got more repetitive and gratuitous even earlier than the show because horror comics had blown up and become very genre-fied

[@pyramidhead6998]

I don't know if that's true but I've read that they actually tried to find a way for Glenn to not be killed in this episode but Steven insisted that Glenn's death was to important for the storyline and that they have to kill him.

[@diegotm4365]

Yeah it's true

[@IvanRingle]

Yeah I read it too or even watched it. I remember Steven said that he doesn’t want that death to be given to someone else but him. Now I can’t find it anymore.

[@Bitshitter]

I'm glad to see that Glenn was able to parlay his job in Walking Dead into more jobs. Hope Glenn continues to have success......

[@crustywhitedog9223]

I hope you know his name isn't Glenn irl

[@redrain9578]

I've been trying to finish the series but it just hurts without Glenn and Rick's son and now negan is slowly becoming the new rick from videos I've seen, it just hurts too much

[@angeladonato5096]

One of my favorite duos! 💗💕

[@michaelharris6463]

I dare anyone that stopped watching when glen died to go back and finish series. I enjoyed it more than I ever would have thought

[@plutonian0612]

Ahh it's nice to see Steven with Conan again

[@harveydodd8803]

He was the best part of Nope and he’s extraordinary in Beef. He’s a much better actor than Walking Dead showed him to be.

[@jimmyrodriguez5670]

Such an odd sentence.

[@xrphoenix7194]

Glenn's death marked a MASSIVE drop in quality, he was one of very few interesting characters left, and the way he died made it much worse

[@maggie198333]

I’ve only watched some of the beginning episodes of the first season. I knew enough of his character and the tone of the show. Then i watched his death scene. And that’s one of the most brutal scenes I’ve experienced ever. It’s a pretty traumatic experience. I can’t even imagine how an actual fan of the show can digest the scene. It was wild.

[@elijahneal5286]

That’s cool that he is so at peace with the way the walking dead ended

[@sally-3830]

As much as I hated that Glenn died… I have LOVED his other movies & series. He is an absolutely brilliant actor! Hope to see more of him

[@Zombie_Trooper]

It drives me nuts when people say they stopped watching and Yada Yada. I get being upset, that's the goal, make you feel the hit, but his death is what sets off the entire story arc both in the show and in the comics. It needed to happen for characters to grow and for the stakes to matter. If you can't accept that stories have to do these things to progress, then why even bother consuming long form stories?

[@yahoo_vevo]

Preach, I really like Glenn but him dying isn't enough to stop me from watching the show. Honestly his death serves such good purpose for the entirety of the story for the main line series. He's even mentioned in the last ever episode!! That's how much of an impact it made! It does upset me people just don't seem to appreciate like you said, long form stories.

[@corpsefoot758]

Maybe the rest of the show just got really boring People watch shows they’re interested in, not filling out plot logic on a spreadsheet like it’s algebra problems

[@Zombie_Trooper]

@@corpsefoot758 Sure, but who says the people who can "read" the visual arts are doing that? If you know, you know, it's not rocket science and yet it eludes the laymen.

[@MeganSin]

I stopped watching at the 6th season finale because I knew what was gonna happen and I couldn’t handle it and still can’t. But it worked out for the best because Steven is an Oscar nominated actor

[@dewolx7411]

@Mr. King sigh

[@yew2oob954]

I like the fact that Conan's Irish side shows up when it comes to vengeance and friendship.

[@lachauntiswashington231]

great episode

[@Stuart267]

Glenn's death in the show was a contributing factor to the fans tuning out in their Millions. At the shows peak it was getting 14-17 Million viewers, by the shows end it could barely get 3 Million each week.

[@machbass]

I yelled "Don't die" at him during a comic con after I awkwardly walked away from him politely walking up next to me. I'll never live that down.

[@narusasu136]

after reading the comment section it's funny to see I'm not the only one who stopped watching TWD after Glenn's death. And for me it wasn't even a conscious decision out of spite or anything, it just naturally happened as I lost interest in it

[@sofiab2920]

Me too. And the show suffered greatly for it. The viewership absolutely plummeted. It was my favorite show, but I haven’t watched since…

[@Chimchimchu]

One guy said viewership dropped as much as 14 million people after that episode. The people felt a strong connection with Glenn and wanted him to be the savior in my opinion.

[@TheJohnny928]

That was the SADDEST moment for me on TWD😓 i haven't watched since...

[@siddharth6940]

Anyone remember how Negan brutally murdered the cameraman ?

[@rockerdude725973]

It’s still weird hearing Conan drop the F bomb. I forgot this is his podcast and not his TBS show

[@luvtotrade2009]

After Glenn died TWD started its downhill trajectory into becoming something almost unbearable to watch.

[@zCopyCatz]

The thing is, the tv show did change some stuff from the original comic, i don't think the producers understand how much Glenn is loved by the viewers, to the point of willing to stop watching the show because he died, he started out as a side character, but grew into one of the main draws of the show, especially for Asian male representation, in the 2010s there wasn't really a Asian male star in Hollywood that isn't playing a goofy or nerdy smarty pants role.

[@bornindissonance]

That scene will haunt me for a long time

[@takeaguess08]

Me too😆. As far as the show goes, we KNEW it was possible because of how Glenn dies in the comics. But GAT DAMN it was the way Scott Gimple pump faked us about his death, it gave us hope. Ultimately, it was a great television but traumatizing for the viewer. Conan was right, still one of the most shocking things I've seen on TV. It's been nice to see Steve Yeun in other things!

[@DylanFromAZ]

Conan and Steven are the best buddy cop duo

[@bahiya94]

I'm here cause it's time for the video of the day 🥰

[@TheASSedoTV]

Glenn’s and Carl’s death are the biggest deaths in the series. With Carl’s probably being on top. I still can’t believe they did it. It wasn’t necessary

[@phaedrawidney5246]

I love these 2 together. Time to dust off the Korean spa episode

[@ocsmichaelanthony]

The fact that I’m watching this after I finished the first two episodes of 11C 😭😭 the show is really ending 🥺🥺🥺

[@QueerlyBeloved386]

I can't wait for the sun to go to down to watch.

[@gawthic1]

😂😂 The way that Conan describes his struggle not to have attitude with JDM irl for what his character did on-screen reminds me of how I felt about David Morrissey after The Governor killed Herschel. Thankfully David played a good guy (in a great performance) on Doctor Who, so I could watch him there and de-escalate. Otherwise, not that I was likely to run into him, but I could imagine crossing paths with him at an airport or coffee shop and yelling "Herschel-killer" before launching into him.

[@tindustries]

I Love Him and This

[@RedGirl006]

Glenn's death was brutal and I loved it. A great ending for a great character.

[@hollowpointgaming6097]

I wouldn’t say a great ending lol

[@Rohwit]

Guest: Conan: Delightful man this Conan

[@Jay41]

Unless they “kill” one of his friends then he’ll cut them off 🤣

[@jodychilds6619]

So he was pushed out, but accepted it.

[@Anasyub]

Its so funny seeing te hate jeffrey got after glenns date, jeffrey really is such a great actor too

[@futureshocked]

He's an ACTOR in other words.

[@esiedits14]

Time to get Jeffrey Dean Morgan on the podcast!

[@bettysmith4641]

Definitely!

[@akat3628]

I started watching the show when Negan first appeared. 👍

[@jimit.4220]

Your loss I guess, best character in the show and performed very well by JDM

[@patreekotime4578]

I stopped watching not long after this. Not because they killed a beloved character off. But because they TEASED his death in the previous season after essentially proving that the showrunners were chicken to kill off any core characters. And then they made his onscreen death literally traumatizing. To me that was just emotional abuse playing as "clever" writing. Secondly, Negan went from being hyped by all the comics fans as the best baddy to swiftly after this brutality becoming the most boring and dull baddies of the series up to that point. This was a turning point for the show, and not in a good way. It had already been getting long on the tooth, but this cemented it. Didnt care what happened to any of the characters after that and dont even care to rewatch now. 🤷

[@andidreyes5323]

I'm sorry my guy, but I keep trying to watch the show past Glenn's death...and it tears me up again. He was my hero. He was the saving grace...each time there's been a piece of good positive mentality, just torn away.

[@jmctigret]

Jaws hat! Love it

[@michaelweston2285]

"friend-killer" Conan knows how to salt the wound

[@shaylelarue787]

He’s cappin he wanted out

[@TheRealBlackarrot]

"Taking it like a champ!"

[@stonytrees8573]

He was one of the best characters on the show

[@sofiab2920]

It’s crazy. TWD was my favourite show back in the day, but I stopped watching the minute they killed Glenn that way. I know it happened in the comic, but i loved him too much. It was brutal and I just couldn’t go on after that. And when I found out they later killed off Carl, I was happy I quit…

[@noiamhippyman]

The Negan seasons were hands down the best seasons.

[@masspyro5167]

Steven is such a cool dude

[@Apropoetic]

Idk why but hearing Steven Yeun has kids seems strange to me. Maybe I still picture him as being really young or something.

[@Nounearthlyglow]

"Neither, it was written in the comic. Have a good hike and rest of your day"

[@Phenom0100]

I would have just said that Glenn's death was part of the story and even happened in the comics

[@BennieWilliamsFilm]

Weird that this post doesn't mention the fellas name anywhere. Just the character, Glenn

[@Guanjyn]

When someone gives you this long of an explanation, it means it wasn't their choice to leave.

[@GrayFox_74]

I went to lvlup expo as Negan and whenever people called out “Why’d you kill Glenn” I’d reply “Daryl forced my hand”

[@timbuzick8778]

sky refers to up not sure how you skyrocket down

[@elijones854]

Not gonna lie Glenn's death hit hard

[@mackenzieehrgood6173]

Not as hard as some may think, because the first one was free.

[@elijones854]

It still hit hard

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

'It's literally just in the comics dude you should read them' would have been a decent answer

[@xrphoenix7194]

Comics and show are almost entirely different

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

@@xrphoenix7194 except when they are not

[@redrain9578]

They need to rewrite the comics then because Glenn won our hearts over in the show 😅

[@emeraldcelestial1058]

@@redrain9578 Glenn was literally the heart of the comic so idk about that bro ahaha

[@vXIR0NMANXv]

I think this really speaks to how well JDM played his character.

[@MaxMawGames]

You KNOW if they didn't kill Glenn in that Negan scene as done in the comics people would be complaining anyway "you copped out of an amazing death scene" etc... there was no winning in this situation with the TWD crew.

[@karebear8412]

I agree with Conan❤️‍🩹

[@playmaker3901]

His death scene in TWD is brutal and truly messed up. It’s like they deliberately give a fan favourite character an unnecessarily violent death, along with all the emotions that come with it. I can never forget his eye popping out while everyone is crying…

[@yoman3857]

It's comic accurate, it was shot for shot what happened in the comic. They didn't "unnecessarily kill a fan favorite"

[@kotb2000]

glenn was killed in the comics too

[@Adriangabs]

His death was one of the few things the show was faithful to the source

[@playmaker3901]

@@yoman3857 unnecessarily violent death, not fan favourite. And yeah, even though I didn’t read the comics I understand his character did die. Just that I also heard that the show itself doesn’t necessarily follow the comics script by script so it kinda feels like they wanted the shock value by making Glenn die the exact same brutal way comics portrayed it and not change anything during that particular scene, especially knowing that he is a very popular character

[@itsonlysound]

That was the last truly shocking moment on that show and even before that, its all just such a meaningless slog to watch.

[@timkasansky2528]

he had years of notice to know that he could be written off around that point in the storyline. Impossible to be annoyed by it. Unlike some characters there were killed out of nowhere purely for shock reasons.

[@OMrkithO]

Good to know it's not just me!!!

[@Lanooski]

I WANT THAT HAT

[@user-kd5en7dm9e]

Omg twd crew 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺👍💗

[@danimorales20]

Glenn was always the best

[@jamieb9573]

Plot twist Negan killed Glenn’s twin

[@fapadapalis2525]

It shows that most viewers haven’t read the source material

Now Norman and Morgan those 2 guys my bros from the Walking Dead series do you know why? Coz they're both rockers man, they listen to Motorhead, hell yeah, ı consider those as soul bros, much love.

[@RelicM18]

To be fair Glenn brought all those Walking dead actors to Invincible as voice roles and then immediately in a horrific fashion that would make Negan blush absolutely massacred them ep. 1 LOL

[@peacefulmaroon]

I was a loyal fan. I paused it in the middle of the episode where Glenn is hit with the bat. I never watched the rest of the scent. I pre purchased the season but never watched further episodes. Until now.

[@chronogamer7901]

I stopped watching The Walking Dead after Glenn died. I can't believe that show is still on.

[@hello1721]

Answer, it's in the comics

[@AmberAmber]

I STILL gripe about Negan killing Glenn!! I couldn't continue watching cos my parasociality runs deep with characters... But then? We got *NOPE* !! Which was *AWESOME* • so I'm slowly recovering... 🤣💗

[@MrGuitaristgamer101]

It's very clear from these comments how few people actually knew about the comics before the show. If you knew anything about Negan before he appeared on the show, you would've known that he beat Glenn to death with a baseball bat.

[@xrphoenix7194]

They changed dozens of major plot points, deaths and characters. The show is a *seperate entity* to the comic

[@Havanorange]

Don't feel bad Conan. I hold a grudge against that Jeffy D Morgan too.

[@kazuhirala]

It was the ending to his character. The ark of his story was to set those characters up for their next chapter in their messed up life due to his death. If they kept him on and change elements sure it wouldn’t kept things safe, but the show would have suffered

[@keltarking]

I already expected Glenn to die because I saw it in the comic. Killing off Abraham *there* took me by surprise though, but he was supposed to die earlier in the story so I got over it quickly. Good stuff. Brutal. lol

[@DJones-uk3hg]

I wasn't pissed off when they killed Glenn, i was pissed about a season before when they pretended to kill off Glenn

[@brainlock72]

Cuddles reading comments on this video like, I DIED, TOO, GUYS! 😢 #JusticeForAbraham!

[@Universemasterj]

Hey this guy sounds like that Invincible guy

[@AndyTaken]

I always said once they kill Glenn I was done witht the show, and given that I knew the comic book story meant that the moment I knew Neegan was soon to appear I stopped watching. I missed out on maybe 1 or 2 good seasons but I didn't want to watch my favourite get done like that.

[@LuisRodriguez-oc8hg]

The single most influential reason for the show’s quick demise.