'The Walking Dead' Fans Lose Heads Over Violent, Gruesome Death

Brandon Davis

03/04/2019 02:44 pm EST

The Walking Dead packed a shocking and gruesome death into Episode 9x12 which has fans losing their heads.

Spoilers for The Walking Dead Episode 9x12 follow. Major spoilers!

After being challenged as the leader of the Whisperers, Alpha showed her strength and ability when she quickly decapitated a woman who had been a part of her group. The death was shocking despite being a brand new character no one had seen before. Alpha severed the woman's head, leaving her body on the ground only to have the head handed over to her boyfriend (who was also executed).

Below are some reactions to the violent and shocking moment...

Hershel

Hershel Greene knows a thing or two about losing one's head... The irony in this tweet still hurts.

ComicBook.com's After the Dead host Janell Wheeler did have a bit of difficulty stomaching the violent death, as seen in the video below.

Shocked

Some fans were so shocked they literally jumped while watching the sequence unfold.

Some literally didn't believe it.

Alpha

It was a true show of Alpha's mentality and strength.

Gross

For some, the moment was simply outright gross.

Too Much

One fan thinks the show went a little too far with the violent execution scene.

But they seem to be the minority here, considering Alpha and Samantha Morton are getting a tremendous amount of praise from both fans and critics. At least Crystal was able to predict such complaints.

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