SPOILER WARNING!: Major spoilers ahead for "The Walking Dead," both comics and TV show. Do not read if you haven't read past Issue 100 of the comic or seen the season six finale, "Last Day on Earth."

It’s been a little over a week since the Season Six finale of "The Walking Dead," “Last Day on Earth”, aired on AMC. If you haven’t read "The Walking Dead" comics, this season finale was a big shock. Viewers were finally introduced to the comic’s -- and now show’s -- most notable villain, Negan. The episode ended with one of the show’s biggest cliffhangers of all time, and has left everyone asking the same big question: The audience sees the deathly blows be delivered from the victim’s point of view, so who did Negan -- using his bat, Lucille, and a twisted game of eeny meeny miny moe -- pick to kill in the episode’s sickening final moments? Let’s consider the options.

Option 1: Rick

As the leader of the group and star of the series, Rick is probably the safest of the entire group. Negan makes it clear that he “want[s] [them] to work for [him]” and getting the members of the Alexandria Safe-Zone to do so would be harder without their leader. In addition, one of Negan’s last lines before he starts swinging Lucille almost guarantees not only Rick’s safety, but also Carl’s, as he says “Anybody moves, anybody says anything, cut the boy’s other eye out and feed it to his father, and then we’ll start.” The way this line is delivered sets the two up as spectators to the atrocity, instead of as the victim.

Option 2: Carl

As I just mentioned, I really think Carl is in the clear this time. That being said, Negan killing Rick’s son would be a way to break down Rick’s character even more than he already has, and thus is a strategical way for Negan to assert his dominance and position of power. It should also be considered that, when the group first encountered the leader of the Hilltop Colony, Gregory, in the episode “Knots Untie”, Gregory explained Negan’s ruthlessness to the group through an example of Negan killing a teen boy in front of the boy’s entire group, something which could be seen as possible foreshadowing to Carl’s demise.

Option 3: Maggie

The death of Maggie would be a really hard pill to swallow, primarily due to the fact that she’s a few months pregnant with her and Glenn’s child. It seems unlikely that this would happen, but Maggie and her child’s death would really add to the devastation of the killing, especially because this season has seen Maggie grow into much more of a leader within the community.

Option 4: Daryl

As the most prominent star of the series who is not a character in the comic books, there are no real clues to the possibilities of Daryl’s storyline. As such a fan favorite, it really wouldn’t be a smart move to kill him off though, as I’m sure the show would lose a fair amount of viewers as a result. However, "The Walking Dead" hasn’t utilized him and developed the character of Daryl nearly as much as they have in previous seasons. Could this be a way of phasing him out?

Option 5: Michonne

With the recent development of a relationship with Rick, the possibility of Michonne meeting her demise seems much more likely, as the “Rick Grimes kiss of death” seems to be quite the pattern (RIP Lori and Jessie). In addition, the finale featured multiple point-of-view shots throughout the episode from inside the van in which Darly, Michonne, Rosita, and Glenn were being held. Based on Michonne’s position from within the van, it seems like these shots were from her point of view, and since the final point-of-view shots are the ones in which we see Negan killing someone, this could be a hint to Michonne’s death. It would be quite a shame to see everyone’s favorite katana-wielding badass bite the dust, especially because Michonne’s death would also mean the loss of one of the most captivating and powerful female characters of color currently on television.

Option 6: Abraham

Denise’s death in the episode “Twice as Far” mirrored Abraham’s death in the comics, with an arrow through the eye, possibly opening up the possibility for Abraham to now die in the season finale. "The Walking Dead" has a tendency to kill characters after we’ve recently seen become more developed individuals, so it could make sense that we say goodbye to Abraham now. His death wouldn’t influence the show as greatly as the deaths of some others, so the show could write him off to lessen the blow (no pun intended), but this would also be a disappointing result to the way in which the series has built up the promise of delivering a devastating season finale.

Option 7: Aaron, Eugene, Rosita, or Sasha

Speaking of disappointment, as much as I’d hate to see a more prominent character exit the series, having one of these supporting characters be the one to die would be incredibly underwhelming. Part of the purpose of Negan’s kill is that it will rock the members of the Alexandria Safe-Zone to their core, and with how many people regularly die on this show, the other characters, let alone the audience, wouldn’t be left nearly as phased.

Option 8: Glenn

Glenn is my favorite character on the show, and as it deeply pains me to write this, I’ve saved for last my argument about Negan’s most likely victim. Negan promises to “beat the holy hell outta” one of Rick’s group, and it really seems like the series is going to follow the way of the comics and have Glenn be the one to receive a face-to-bat introduction to Lucille.

The show already toyed with the possibility of Glenn’s death in this season’s episode “Thank You," a fake-out which angered many viewers, as they felt the show was toying with the audience too much for the sake of creating suspense. Having Glenn be killed now could be seen as a sort of apology for the earlier deception. There have also been various instances of foreshadowing Glenn’s death throughout this season, most notably in the episode “Not Tomorrow Yet”, in which, after completing his first human kill (he’s the only main character who hadn’t done so up to this point), he looks on a wall and sees Polaroid images of others who Negan has killed using Lucille.

In this sense, it can be seen that him losing an aspect of his innocence in turn seals his fate to die. Like many others, I would absolutely hate to see Glenn depart from the series, but this time it really seems like that’ll be the case.

To conclude, many fans of the series were disappointed by the finale, feeling that the show once again cheated them in a way similarly to what was done in the episode “Thank You.” However, fans aren't the only ones left in the dark, as the reveal has yet to be filmed, and the actors themselves haven't even gotten the script for the season seven premiere.

I wasn’t as upset by the episode as most though, mainly because I felt that show absolutely nailed the introduction to Negan, which was crucial as he is the most important villain of the series. Jeffrey Dean Morgan was a fantastic casting choice, bringing the Negan from the comics to life in both appearance and mannerisms.

Lastly, to once again touch on the episode’s ending, I feel that the cliffhanger was appropriate, since the nature of a season finale is to leave the audience hanging so that they will want to tune in for next season. Negan says, “I gotta pick somebody. Everybody’s at the table waiting for me to order.” It seems that we'll be waiting until next fall.