Finally, after six long, grueling months, The Walking Dead on AMC returns for it’s eighth season and fans are pumped to see this latest season adapt the All Out War storyline from the comics as the survivors of the Alexandria Safe-Zone, the Hilltop Colony, and the Kingdom all join forces to take on Negan and the Saviors.
Now it’s no secret that one of the biggest reasons fans keep tuning in year after year to The Walking Dead is because the show features some of the most unexpected deaths on television. Some of those deaths affected us emotionally, and some of them were just so gruesome they felt seared into our brains for days after seeing them. So grab your tissues or maybe a barf bag because we here at Comicbook.com are gonna recount the 10 Best Deaths on The Walking Dead.
Who do you think had the best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) death on The Walking Dead? Check out the video at the top of the article to see if it made the list or simply scroll on down to read about our choices.
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10. Andrea
Starting off our list is Andrea. While we don’t physically see Andrea kill herself, the moment her neck becomes a walker snack, everyone knows Andrea’s time is up. After an emotional goodbye with Rick and Michonne, they give her a gun, and watching them sadly wait outside is almost worse than seeing the actual death.
9. Jessie, Sam, Ron
At No. 9 we grouped together the deaths of Jessie, Sam, and Ron. For a minute there, all signs were pointing to Rick and Jessie becoming a happy couple, but alas, it was not meant to be, all thanks to Sam freaking out in the middle of a herd of zombies. Naturally, seeing your son get devoured by walkers is tough, so Jessie breaks down and then also gets eaten, but not before Rick has to chop off her arm to save Carl. Then Michonne kills Ron to save Rick. That’s what we call a bad day.
8. Dale
Out of everyone on the list, we might miss dependable Dale the most. His death is probably one of the reasons so many fans hate Carl, since it was Carl who inadvertently caused Dale’s death when he accidentally freed the walker who would go on to attack Dale. As Dale is laying there with his guts all hanging out, it’s Daryl who takes Rick’s gun, says “Sorry brother,” and mercy kills him.
7. Shane
In the seventh spot is Shane. Now that Jon Bernthal is killing it for Marvel as The Punisher on Netflix, it’s easy to forget just how much we hated Shane on the show. At first, it seemed like Shane might be an OK dude, but nope – after falling in love with Lori, his insane jealousy over Rick slowly takes control and Shane’s true colors show, leading to one the series’ most tense moments, and someone had to die.
6. Lori
Another death that proved just how resilient both Rick and Carl truly are. Now obviously I don’t know from personal experience, but pregnancy in the modern world seems tough, so I can’t imagine how bad it must be in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Sadly, it proved to be too much for Lori and she dies during childbirth due to a loss of blood, and Carl has to do what he’s gotta do.
5. Abraham
No one rocked a fu manchu and a wifebeater better than tough guy Abraham, so is it any wonder that he’d have the best last words of anyone on the show? He takes a barbed wire bat to the skull courtesy of Negan but still manages to spout off one more classic one-liner. Abraham is, or was, awesome.
4. Hershel
We’ll hate you forever Governor for taking Hershel from us. Up until his death, Hershel had had quite a few close calls, even losing his leg after a zombie bite because he was a tough old dude. Hell, even a full on katana blade swing to the neck didn’t fully behead him because Hershel was the man. His demise was one of the toughest deaths on the show and it affected everyone in the group.
3. Noah
Coming in at No. 3 is Noah. Emotionally speaking, everyone was way more concerned about Glenn here, but Noah’s death is probably a top candidate for the most viscerally gruesome death in the series as a whole. While Glenn is trapped in that revolving door, we’re forced to watch zombies fish-hook Noah’s face off which was pretty much the stuff nightmares are made of.
2. Lizzie and Mika
The unexpected deaths of both Lizzie and Mika is our runner-up for the best death on the show. There were tell-tale signs early on that Lizzie was a little psychopath but viewers never anticipated the show was going to go to such a dark place. After killing her little sister, Lizzie also planned on killing Rick’s baby, leaving Carol little choice but to put her down. At least Carol let her look at some pretty flowers in her final few seconds.
1. Glenn
And the top spot goes to GLENN. I mean, who else could’ve taken this spot. No other death on The Walking Dead has been as emotional, gruesome, or true to the comics. We waited for 6 months to find out who Negan killed, and most of us assumed the worst was over when he cracked Abraham’s skull. But the worst was not over, and Glenn’s eye-popping death (pun intended) was all the more devastating when he tried to say goodbye to Maggie.
Out of everyone on the list, we might miss dependable Dale the most. His death is probably one of the reasons so many fans hate Carl, since it was Carl who inadvertently caused Dale’s death when he accidentally freed the walker who would go on to attack Dale. As Dale is laying there with his guts all hanging out, it’s Daryl who takes Rick’s gun, says “Sorry brother,” and mercy kills him.
