The Walking Dead season 6 finale in 90-minute airing on Sunday night and it's looking like it'll be a particularly tense one. Considering this season's been fairly low on character deaths than usual, it's a fair bet to assume that someone will be dispatched of in a gruesome manner - quite probably tied into the arrival of new villain Negan or, we should say, his weapon of choice: a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire he names Lucille.<
Using the penultimate episode as a basis, we look at where each character is situated to work out who's in line to die.
Daryl's current situation is morbid; he's just been shot by Dwight, a member of The Saviours who wants him dead. Considering Negan's arrival has been teased for what feels like an age, the one way to posit him as the fearsome antagonist the producers desperately want us to view him as would be to kill off the ultimate fan favorite.
Glenn's been captured by The Saviours which may have be no surprise to readers of the graphic novels the show is based on he's the one who falls victim to Negan. The Walking Dead's previously made a point of switching character deaths so as not to make the shocks too obvious for viewers, but considering Glenn was 'killed off' earlier this season - only for him to be brought back - perhaps this was the writer's way of calling our bluffs. It could well be time to write Glenn off.
Rosita may not be the biggest of characters but she's had more to do than ever before in season six's later stage - which, let's face it, isn't the greatest sign. Having now been captured by The Saviours, Rosita's death wouldn't be the shock a season finale usually warrants; could it be that Rosita and another bites it? As well as being fairly traumatic, it'd give Abraham some heavy lifting to do next season.
Michonne may have been caught by The Saviours but we can't see the writers killing her off although it's never prevented them from killing off characters we assumed were safe before. The fact she is now in a relationship with Rick whose past love interests haven't fared too well - is slightly worrying, though.
Carol's thrown dust in our eyes this season; rediscovering something resembling a conscience, these past few episodes have seen her go AWOL. Is she sick of Alexandria's routine, or is she on some kind of guilt-induced suicide mission? Her reckless behaviour and unknown whereabouts - makes us extremely worried for our favourite unhinged cookie-baker.
Morgan is currently outside the walls of Alexandria looking for Carol, the evident notion that places Morgan in danger is his refusal to kill. He might be a dab hand using that staff to knock people out but should The Saviours come across Morgan, unless he can talk Negan down, we don't rate his chances.
Anybody who has ever watched an episode of The Walking Dead will know that Rick will go looking for his friends next week. If caught, Rick would be top of Negan's list to kill - after all, he was the mastermind behind the siege which saw the group dispatch of sleeping members of Negan's clan.
