This is what I’m hoping too. I have a friend who is a huge fan of the comic, and for her Negan is her favorite villain of any media. I’m hoping I see what all the fuss is about as the season progresses.

Agreed. The premiere worked for me for two reasons:

Counterpoint : if you don’t read the comics, avoided the chatter and conjecture all summer and just watched the show last night, like I did, it was totally worth it.

They could have pulled this off so much better by killing Abraham last season, putting everyone off guard under the idea that “hey they killed a main character but not the one we expected.” Leaving you to wonder how the rest were getting out of this, and then OPENED with Glenn becoming roadkill.