‘The Walking Dead’: Yes, Glenn Is Alive and We All Just Got Trolled

DECEPTION

AMC’s hit zombie series hoodwinked its viewers with a bogus scene (and loads of false suspense), and to what end?

Published Nov. 22 2015 10:00PM EST

articles/2015/11/22/the-walking-dead-yes-glenn-is-alive-and-we-all-just-got-trolled/151122-leon-walking-dead-tease_vt9tts — Gene Page/AMC

Cop-out. Cheap trick. Rip-off. There are lots of ways to describe what happened in the first five minutes of Sunday’s Walking Dead episode, “Heads Up,” in which Glenn, who appeared to meet his doom in this season’s third episode, “Thank

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‘The Walking Dead’: Yes, Glenn Is Alive and We All Just Got Trolled

AMC’s hit zombie series hoodwinked its viewers with a bogus scene (and loads of false suspense), and to what end?

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