Of the last episode's deaths, it would be Tara's.
Tara has been there since season four, and she was the last remaining connection to the whole Governor storyline, as well as the one who discovered Oceanside.
Plus, her redemption from being one of the Governor's unwitting minions to a key member of Rick's group was always heartening.
In hindsight I don't know if just one of them was most upsetting...I hadn't cared about Tara or Enid much in the past but had finally found them at a point where they had evolved, seemed content with life and finally deserving of an interesting arc..
But that's always when they rip side lined characters away.
Henry was annoying but I still care about Carol and I like the King so that made his death so tragic. Carol has lost so much. On and on with no end..
The highway men seemed cool and should've been hyped up long before their slaughter..And I had been hoping for a little more from DJ. But so it goes..
Everyone loved this episode, it seems...but it's just more of the same futility of anyone trying to survive..
I guess no one is going to make it ...so how can we even bother to care?.
Confused why only 2 of the highway men were the ones to get to the barn and die, didn't they have at least a dozen men and always move as a group, even earlier in the episode? They also had guns? That was so weird seeing just 2 of them show up and start meleeing left and right? Where were the rest of their men? Where was the backup? Why didn't they send for help from Kingdom? Like, any smarter move on their part would have resulted in a better outcome, or is this typical TWD writing just to make things happen while tossing logic out the window?
shareA lot of people seem to agree that Henry was annoying, but like you say, we care about Carol and Ezekiel, and so it's sad to see what kind of impact losing their surrogate son will have on them.
share... but it's just more of the same futility of anyone trying to survive.
I guess no one is going to make it ... so how can we even bother to care?
Of course no one gets out of life alive but are you expecting that everyone you know and care about to die tomorrow...or today? And are you just waiting for them to be slaughtered? Very few people die by murder in the real world (with the exception of 3rd world and war torn countries maybe)..
If you think it totally mirrors real life then consider it the accelerated form of life minus much of the actual living part.. Real life should have a journey that exist of something besides misery.
Personally I'm at a point in life where viewing loss after loss may not feel very entertaining. I've had my share in the real world.
There's definitely a lot of loss on the show. But it's also about triumph of the human spirit. One of my favorite scenes in the last episode was Siddiq's speech at the end. IMO....the tragedies on the show are done with an artful and respectful touch. You'd think a show like TWD would be run by people who just get off on the gore, but watching Scott Gimple or Angela Kang on Talking Dead, they seem....intellectual, thoughtful of the subject matter, artful in their approach, and respectful of the characters (and their fates). They're also respectful of the audience. I know there are many who would argue with me on this, but it's just my opinion. After hearing Scott G on the last Talking Dead, it really gave me a different perspective on that last episode, and on the tragedies on that show in general.
But yes, ultimately....it's every bit as much about finding humanity, and strength....in the midst of constant tragedy. It must be (somewhat) like being in a war zone. Even though death could happen at any moment....and even though you're surrounded by it, surrounded by savagery, you have to find enough strength in your heart to push on and stand up for what you believe in. Siddiq's speech was crucial to that last episode. It really made verything else work for me, even though I will really miss Enid and Tara.
Speaking of artful, there's something extra forboding and "chilling" about the blizzard rolling in next week on the show. Scott G said he had been trying to get snow on the show forever. Now that they are finally doing "winter" scenes, it looks pretty haunting and awesome.
Apparently Rick's theory expressed to Shane in season 2 that cold weather would slow the walkers down and make them less of a threat was wrong. Oh well, Shane didn't look too convinced either.
Of course no one gets out of life alive but are you expecting that everyone you know and care about to die tomorrow...or today? And are you just waiting for them to be slaughtered? Very few people die by murder in the real world (with the exception of 3rd world and war torn countries maybe)..
If you think it totally mirrors real life then consider it the accelerated form of life minus much of the actual living part.. Real life should have a journey that exist of something besides misery.
The whole thing happened because Henry went after Lydia and Daryl went to save Henry.
Teenager boner resulted in the death of many people and the start of a war. This was stupid as fuck. If Henry died at the Whisperers camp it would have saved so many. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's dead either way - that annoying, little Carl wannabe, self entitled brat troublemaker.
The writers should have come up with a better reason to clash new group.
I agree to some extent, but to be fair, Daryl could also have ended it all by surrendering Lydia back to her mother.
shareIt's got to be Tara for me. They should have gone with Rosita.
shareOh no!
That would have been even more upsetting for me.
I really hope Tara and Eugene last until the end.
You mean Rosita..;)
and I do too... but mainly because someone needs to last..
Whoops!
Yeah, I mean Rosita, who is, by the way, one of my favourite characters (even if I did just get her name wrong).
As an aside, I have a particular affection for that whole group of characters who joined the series in season four, particular the Abraham-Rosita-Eugene troika.
I would love it if Eugene kept the animated head of Tara on a shorted pike and carried it around all the time as a reminder to what the whispers did.
shareI was awful mad how they had to kill that tree to make all them pikes. Barbarians!
shareEnid or Tara
shareEither Tara or Henry. Both were incredibly shocking to me. I feel like I should definitely say Tara as she has been on the show much longer, whereas Henry (the grown up version) has only been in what, like 9 episodes? But i dunno, he just did such a great job in such a short time and it really feels like he's been on the show longer. Will miss them both.
shareI was shocked when I saw Tara and Enid. I thought they'd get a special parting moment at least, like a flashback or something. Tara didn't even have a good final line. Something about doing a training seminar for the communities.
But I like that they didn't prepare us. I don't like that they're gone, as Tara and Enid contributed so much. But the showrunners chose not to telegraph any of this really makes that moment hit hard. I assume only comic book readers knew about this part, but I sure didn't.