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The Walking Dead fans got their hopes up when they saw two hours dedicated to this week’s episode, but the lie detector determined that was a lie.

After last week’s episode of The Walking Dead, I searched for the episode summary on my DVR to see what next week’s episode would be about. To my surprise, I saw a two-hour episode of The Walking Dead was in store for today, Sunday, March 25. I got really excited because we’re on the precipice of the all-out war between Negan and the Saviors and Rick and The Hilltop from reaching a climax. I thought we were going to be in store for a rebound effort for the AMC series that’s been slow out of the gates in the back half of season 8.

As the week went on, I was envisioning all sorts of storylines and potential character deaths that could take place over this extended two-hour episode. For the first time in a while, I was looking forward to an episode of The Walking Dead after I’ve grown disillusioned in recent seasons.

But it wasn’t until Saturday that I discovered that my guide was lying to me this whole time. There won’t be an extended two-hour episode today.

The guide looked like this because after the episode ends, there will be a special sneak peek at AMC’s new series The Terror.

One frozen world. So many ways to die. Just for #TWD fans, embark on a new adventure into @TheTerrorAMC with a special sneak peek tomorrow night at 10/9C. pic.twitter.com/LxL16iEc9S — The Walking Dead AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) March 24, 2018

This was totally misleading and I am directing my outrage at AMC for getting my hopes up for The Walking Dead only to be duped into seeing a sneak peek of a show I don’t want to watch. And the more I thought about it, why wouldn’t they want to promote a special sneak peek of their new series instead of tricking viewers into thinking they’re seeing The Walking Dead.

This doesn’t make me excited to see The Terror. If anything, I’ll not watch it out of spite for this deceitful bait and switch.