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[Doom]

In a show about the dead, it might work to have a thread about characters who died, and some who died twice.

So for the first beloved zombie, Morgan's wife Jenny. For Andrea's younger sister Amy. For Dale's previous buddy Jim, poor Otis, and the ones who will die in the future.

In the Pilot, Morgan talks about how Jenny got hurt (by a zombie presumably) and got the fever, and died. Then came back as a zombie. On the show, she still has memories of where she was last so she goes up to the house and tries to open the door and get in (which is the creepy doorknob turning shot in the walking dead intro). Later, Morgan calls to Jenny as he tries to shoot her and put her out of her misery. She was a beautiful lady (Morgan looks at pictures of them) before she turned. As far as we know, she's still out there, wandering around. Morgan can't bring himself to put her down.

Amy's death(s) are the most striking pictured thus far. She leaves the campfire to use the Winnebago restroom and emerges to get bitten on the arm by a walker. She then gets bitten really bad on the neck, as a stumbling, screaming big sister Andrea watches. Andrea cradles Amy's body through the night and to the next day when Amy comes back alive as a zombie, then shoots her only sister through the head, killing her for good.

Later on, we find out that camp member Jim got bitten during the attack. Jacqui busts him and he is forced by the group to reveal bit marks on his chest. He gets the fever as they rush to the CDC, and they end up leaving him by the side of the road to die as he looks up at the sky.

Otis is an EMT living on Hershel's farm. He is shooting at a deer and fragments of the bullet that take down the deer strike Carl in the torso. Though it was an accident, Otis takes full responsibility for this and fashions a plan to help save Carl's life, by scavenging medical supplies needed to complete Carl's surgery. On the way back with the supplies, a wounded Otis is shot in the leg and left for dead by a wounded Shane, who uses Otis as zombie bait to safely escape with the equipment. Otis' wife back at the farm is devastated to learn of Otis' death.

Other deaths were less ceremonious. Jacqui notably 'opted out' with Jenner during the CDC explosion. Sexually and physically abusive Ed was killed by walkers during the Camp Zombie Dinner Bell walker attack, then 'mulched' by his wife Carol.

[Vaya]

For Andrea's younger sister Amy

Dearly Departed or Delightfully Done?

[irishmaple]

You know what would have been great? If the zombie who walked into the RV, wandered around like he was vaguely familiar with one and then tried to snack on Andrea had been Jim! That would teach them to leave him lying under the tree without finishing him off. He's left the show but, as far as we know, he's still out there shuffling around. Still can't believe Daryl walked away from Jim. He put that anonymous tree poet out of his misery, but wouldn't do the same for Jim?

[diebartdie]

Let's hear it for the zombie in the well! Bloated to the point he probably couldn't even bite anyone, swollen fingers couldn't grab and a belly full of foul worms! Way to be splendidly grotesque well zombie!

[Doom]

I never did clarify that it should be about named characters, but I guess as long as the moderator is okay with it, it's all good.

ETA: I had forgotten that Amy got killed on her birthday - how much does THAT suck?!

Edited by Doom, Nov 9, 2011 @ 10:59 AM.

[agora]

I think I miss Dr. Jenner the most, the CDC was only one episode and yet he mad an everlasting impression to me.

[captnamerca]

Poor Dangly McTastylegs....

He was at the end of his rope.

[diebartdie]

captnamerca..........thanks for the chuckle........heehee! And Doom should be please that one has a name now!

[HelenBack]

I miss Amy. She was just a regular girl, innocent, trying to find her place, and she died because she was that.

[blackwing]

I miss Jacqui. It strikes me that during the Camp Dinner Bell attack, she was the only one of the women who even bothered to arm herself and do anything. I think she was shown with a big stick or a bat or something. All the other women just sat there and screamed.

Plus she was some kind of city administrator and had a tough personality. It pisses me off that she was the strongest woman and that of all the people, they chose her to be the one to opt out. The rest of the female characters just suck.

While I appreciate the inclusion of Glenn and T Bone, it kind of sucks that they had one strong black female character and they killed her off.

[HelenBack]

Jacqui was terrific. I loved her intelligence and genuine, unassuming toughness.

Unfortunately, I think those very qualities led her to opt out. I kind of resented losing her, too, but it helped a bit that I do believe it was consistent with the character.

[Doom]

I rewatched some of the episodes today and Jacqui was indeed awesome. She had some really good lines! I still don't buy her opting out the way she did. The thing with her having a stick is bogus though. She really wasn't shown doing anything, and her possibly having a stick was really just a blur in the background for a nanosecond.

And while we're talking about the deceased and sexism - Jenner came at our lovely bunch of morons with a military grade weapon. When they asked him what was up with that, he said there were a bunch laying around and he quickly familiarized himself with them. Andrea has a law degree. :dons Vizzini hat: and in getting that degree she must have studied, and in studying wouldn't she have the skills to be able to learn things quickly? So Jenner can be safely inside the CDC doing experiments and learn how to use a military issue gun, but Andrea has had all this time and can't use a fucking handgun are you kidding me?

[lawless]

I hear what you're saying about Andrea and the gun thing, BUT, they have been fleeing, and maybe everyone who knows how to use the guns has been busy driving or sleeping? And they can't waste bullets? Maybe? Anyway, I DO miss Jenner, he was funny and charismatic in his brief appearance. But as a CDC doctor, he knows too much so the writers couldn't let him live! I barely remember Jacqui, I am sad to say, except that she sweetly took care of Jim to the very end. Maybe the prolonged observation of his decline influenced her suicide decision.

[HWavoidance]

How to use a handgun:
Step 1: Aim
Step 2: Shoot
There are obviously nuances and a learning curve, you don't become a good shot without training and practice, and clearly Andrea needs to learn gun care and maintenance, but in the heat of the moment, facing down a walker, she's got a good chance of killing it off for real, or at least slowing it down. No reason why they can't teach as they go as opposed to waiting for some lovely perfect downtime when they can spare trainers and bullets at group target practice.

I deeply miss Jacqui, just for the sake of having a strong, smart woman on hand. And a shout-out to Morgan's wife and Dwayne who's last name I don't remember (the zombie that Glenn and Rick wore as a disguise in S1/E2). They were briefly mentioned, but scored millions in humanizing the walkers, and reminding us and the characters that these monsters were once people with jobs and hobbies and loved ones. Touching moments, but never saccharine.

[bosawks]

Trigger/Mr. Ed deserved a much better fate than to be turned into a zombie lunchable because of Rick.

[Milan23]

I liked Morales and his family from the little we saw of them. He seems pretty level headed and intelligent but the scene that clinched my love was when he told Rick he had to do what was best for him and his family...blindly following these fools back into Atlanta was not in their plans.

[Heatrae]

I'm glad Jacqui "opted out"" she looked like some kind of Alien-Human hybrid. Slim Jim was good at diggin graves, that's about it. Amy was to prissy for a ZA.

I miss some of the notable Zombies the best, such as Stumpy from the Gym, Pinata Guy, Bloatis, Sammy Hagar(Daryl's Dissection Project) Popeye the RV Man and Baseball-Arrow Head.

Edited by Heatrae, Nov 11, 2011 @ 8:05 PM.

[agora]

I liked Morales and his family from the little we saw of them.

But they aren't dead, are they?

They were supposed to leave on a different direction so I assume they are safe.

[Milan23]

Ah...I guess I misunderstood, I thought this was for all characters that were no longer on the show. Ooop...Please disregard.

[Doom]

Yeah, I couldn't put dead, for obvious reasons, and I thought "dead dead" would look weird.

[agora]

I got scared for the Morales for a bit (I'm glad they are alright).

[Rosiemom112629]

Sophia finally goes on the list. I'm not happy she's gone, but damn was that storyline starting to drag ass.

[agora]

Sophia finally goes on the list.

I'm so, so sorry for giving up on her. I just knew she was dead since the moment Daryl found that doll, yet I can't help but to feel sorry for the confirmation, regardless if this seemed the only logical outcome to me.

Edited by agora, Nov 27, 2011 @ 11:18 PM.

[Milan23]

Poor Sophia. I've seen some comments wanting to see what happened to her in a flashback but I'd rather not see it...it was heartbreaking enough to see her death without knowing how she was turned.

[Lillywhite]

The saddest part is that she died all alone, scared out of her mind, clutching her little doll and probably crying for her mommy.

Oh God.

[spineofsnake]

The saddest part is that she died all alone, scared out of her mind, clutching her little doll and probably crying for her mommy.

And that's after her short, sad life witnessing abuse and possibly being abused herself. One thing this show does really well is to show the enormous sadness of the ZA, you don't really see that in other zombie films. I noticed it first with the Bicycle Girl, and now with Sophia. It's beyond tragic to contemplate that they were all just ordinary people who died hideous deaths, and are now doomed to walk around as soulless husks feeling nothing but confusion and hunger.

[Doom]

And what's even sadder is that it could have been Carl. I would have truly been stunned if it was Carl and Rick had to shoot his own kid between the eyes.

And somewhere, Morales' daughter who tearfully gave Sophia the doll is probably safe and sound, watching old DVDs. She must have known Sophia would end up dead with only these dummies to protect her.

[captnamerca]

On the plus side, Sophia had the best zombie shamble out of the entire series so far.

[that one guy]

Sophia had the best zombie shamble

It looked awesome as shot/edited for the final cut! There's a "making of" clip online and it turns out her shamble is all about trying not to step on the extras without looking down. Apparently the first few takes she kept stepping on people and saying, "sorry!" which is very un-zombie-like. It was very funny. She seems like a great kid, kind of a shame she essentially got laid off.

[willowgerl]

She seems like a great kid, kind of a shame she essentially got laid off.

Maybe not though! There's always the possibility of flashbacks, or dream sequences, etc. She is a great kid. When the season premiere was coming up she tweeted about how she'd found a dress for her "date" with Norman Reedus. Too cute!