Negan Provokes Maggie in The Walking Dead Talked About Scene: "Like Glenn Was"

Negan nearly pushes Maggie too far in the talked about scene from The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 1. Spoiler warning for the season premiere, "Acheron: Part 1." Tension between the two enemies comes to a head in subway tunnels beneath D.C., where Negan guides Alexandrians through the city on a crucial supplies mission to Meridian. But Negan suspects Maggie has ulterior motives, wanting to lure him to his final destination so she can at long last avenge the husband that Negan murdered years earlier. In this extended clip from "Acheron: Part 1," watch what happens when Negan accuses Maggie of leading him on a death march.

"She brought me here to die. If we get through this, I'm not coming back," Negan tells the scavenging survivors when excusing himself from the dead-end undertaking. "She'll find a way, she'll find a reason. She'll do it herself, away from the prying eyes of Alexandria. Here in the jungle."

A glaring Daryl and accusations of paranoia do nothing to deter him: Maggie can't lead these people. "Her head isn't even in the game because I'm in her head, living rent-free," he snarls, poking and pressing to get it over with right here and right now. "Because I am not gonna let you drag me through the mud, filth, and slime to put me down like a dog. Like Glenn was."

"I fought it! That's the one line that I immediately called [showrunner Angela Kang] and I was like, 'I can't say it. I can't f---ing bring up Glenn's name here,'" Morgan told Entertainment Weekly about the going-too-far reference to Glenn's death at the end of Negan's baseball bat. "And I was like, 'Any goodwill that Negan has gotten on his side is going to go out the window the minute I say Glenn.' I tried to nix the line completely."

Morgan argued the line was unnecessary and experimented with different takes, replacing "Glenn" with "your husband" and other substitutions to keep the name out of Negan's mouth.

"But ultimately, it was like, 'Well, let's just try the f---ing Glenn line.' And then, of course, when I saw the cut, I was like, 'Oh, f---ers!' [Laughs] They had to put it in," Morgan said. "But look, I get it. I know why it was there, to elicit the reaction exactly that you and I felt in seeing it."

Here's how Walking Dead viewers reacted to the jaw-dropping exchange:

Crossing a Line

"To put me down like a dog...like Glenn was."

YOU CROSSED A LINE, NEGAN.#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/SbUA7m69jj

-- The Walking Dead World (@TWalkingDWorld) August 23, 2021

Okay Negan bringing up Glenn like that crossed the line #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/OwV9n8WRg5

-- Sarah Soll (@vintagewritten1) August 23, 2021

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You Don't Speak His Name

Negan mentioned Glenn...

I felt our whole fandom stand up and say pic.twitter.com/C6bDJozUK1

-- Walker Talker (@walkertalker222) August 23, 2021

Why did you say glenn's name negan? #TheWalkingDead . pic.twitter.com/Zq9OvV3kkA

-- Nicholas_Sye (@NicholasSye1) August 23, 2021

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Take a Swing

#twdwatchparty

Everyone in #TWD fandom when Negan said Glenn's name: pic.twitter.com/ompwvW2sr0

-- mischief unmanaged. ? (@_skiptothelou) August 23, 2021

My face when negan said Glenn's name: pic.twitter.com/bXHc2GCxaY

-- Buff Black Babe (@BuffBlackBabe) August 23, 2021

I can't believe Negan had the nerve to even say Glenn's name. I'm glad Daryl hit him

-- Tahlor ?? (@EliGoldsworthys) August 23, 2021

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Lucille, Give Me Strength

Negan: having a point

Negan throwing Glenn's name into it

Me: #TWD pic.twitter.com/xLxvS2PVJ9

-- T? (@TGyton) August 23, 2021

Keep Glenn's name out of your mouth Negan! #TheWalkingDead #twd #TWDWatchParty pic.twitter.com/z62GyC02Rn

-- rachel (@jaaryls) August 23, 2021

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"He's Out of Line, But He's Right"

negan was making some valid points until he mentioned glenn... the audacity

-- sof? ? (@ahsofka) August 23, 2021

Negan you did NOT have to mention Glenn though that crossed a major line! #TheWalkingDead #TWDWatchParty

-- Taylor Quinn (@_taylorquinn) August 23, 2021

you see i didn't have a big problem with anything negan said until he brought up glenn ?

-- steevi (@diIfgrimes) August 23, 2021

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Keep Pushing Me, Negan

Daryl punches Negan 2.0
Goddamn....I know that shit hurt.
But he kinda had that coming....dayum. Don't speak about Glenn Negan.#TWD pic.twitter.com/tNAUopuNcC

-- JDM Fan (@HooliganHeathe1) August 23, 2021

Negan: "like Glenn was"

Me about to cry: pic.twitter.com/NFNSGVxS7W

-- Meghan Hounsell (@Redpandameg) August 23, 2021

NEGAN was making a little sense...
...then he mentioned GLENN!????#twd #thewalkingdead pic.twitter.com/V4tPmUeqjU

-- Ikyhanna Harris (@IkyhannaHarris) August 23, 2021

Follow the author @CameronBonomolo on Twitter for all things TWD Universe. The Walking Dead Season 11 airs Sundays at 9/8c on AMC.

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