The Walking Dead Season 7 Episode 1, "The Day Will Happen When You Won't Be"'s controversy is the whole point of the episode

So they started off this episode with this Jeffrey Dean Morgan playing someone. He wants to  or be some sort of tester or something. Not sure what his whole plan is.

So he kills of one of the main characters.

If you don't want to hear who it is, don't read further and watch the episode first.

He kills off Glenn.

And I have problems with this.

Glenn's been on the show for 7 seasons.

He's the Chinese American actor who's portray a non-stereotype in comparison with Nickelodeon's superhero family suburban show, the Thundermans.

There's been a lot media regarding how he was a Chinese American who was on a big TV show but can't find a lot of work.

Now, he'll have to try and find a lot of work.

If you've never watched the Walking Dead before, would you care that he got killed off? Aren't you going to be annoyed about these fans saying all these things about Glenn?

Sure, he gets a flashback.

But most of the characters can't even talk about him since they'll get killed if they react.

I get that the whole point is, "wow, they killed off a main character."

But even with my background in Power Rangers and soap operas, I prefer story first: why was it a good reason to kill off Glenn? Did it give closure to the character? Is there a thematic reason for his death, etc..

Not the worst thing in the world, but extremely disappointing from a story perspective.