Review of Service

Can someone explain to me why someone hasn't killed Negan before this episode? I mean his lieutenants seem loyal but don't really have much incentive to be, especially considering what we've seen of Dwight and I think it's Fat Tom? Negan doesn't take his own personal safety all that seriously either. He walks up to the gate himself, and while he has guys around him, a marksman (or woman) could have easily picked him off. So, if he's like this all the time, why hasn't someone killed him yet? Either one on his lieutenants, feeling a little shorted, or someone grabbed and enslaved but fast and sneaky. It was President Kennedy who said that he could be killed and that "all a man needs is a willingness to trade his life for mine." Surely in the Walking Dead there are several willing to take that deal.

Rick seems to think that Negan has some invincible army that, even if you killed Negan, would just promote one of their own to seamlessly fill the role. This is patently not true, as what would happen is twelve would quickly proclaim themselves 'The true, new Negan," and begin killing the others to determine their dominance.

I'm sorry, but I just can't believe that no one would have killed Negan within a year of him assuming power - he's got a lousy structure and power base. Walking Dead is descending into nonsense as we still haven't had an explanation of how Negan knew where they were going and when they would be there.