If you were an actor in the 2010s looking for employment security, “The Walking Dead” was not the show for you. The series was famous for having killed major characters in a way that makes the recovery of the first seasons very depressed. You will take advantage of a scene of season 1 with Andrea (Laurie Holden), Dale (Jeffrey Demunn), Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Shane (Jon Bernthal), only to remember that no of them spent season 3. Some characters have managed to stay surprisingly long, Like Carol (Melissa McBride) or Daryl (Norman Reedus)But most people on the show only stayed for two or three seasons.

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Example: Tyreese (Chad Coleman) was presented in the middle of season 3 before being killed in half season 5. Certainly, although occasional fans did not have much hope for Tyreese in particular, given the suspect trend of the first seasons to kill black-established black characters, as well as new black characters have joined the crew. (Rest in peace, T -bone of Robert Singleton and Oscar by Vincent M. Ward!) Be as it can, even the man largely – but not entirely – Responsible for the disappearance of Tyreese on the television program has regrets on this subject.

Like the other viewers, those who had read the comics “Walking Dead” had no great hopes for Tyreese on television adaptation, since it was presented at the same general point in the story that he was killed in the comics. It’s true: in the comics, Tyreese is presented Just after Shane’s death, which occurs in the very first volume. He then serves as Rick’s right hand to volume 12, where his head is decided by the governor’s katana, much like Hershel (Scott Wilson) in the television show. When Tyreese’s television version survived the whole war against the governor (David Morrissey), the fans hoped that this meant that he would remain in the long term.

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Instead, Tyreese ended up dying during the first of the 5b season, and in a fairly random way as well. “What happened and what is happening” is an unpretentious episode until Tyresese is stuffed by a common walker. It is something that Tyrese would normally manage with ease; Too bad the walker attacks during the rare handful of seconds where the character drops his guard.

When asked if he regrets the deaths he wrote at Comic-Con 2022 (as indicated by Movie theater)), “The Walking Dead” creator of comics and producer of shows Robert Kirkman replied: “I would always like to write Tyreese. Yes, he is a character that I really appreciated. You know, I would always like to write Tyreese in the series. But, that didn’t keep him alive.” Of course, the most responsible person of Tyreese’s death on the television series “Walking Dead” was Scott Gimple, who was showrunner in seasons 4 to 8.

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When Variety Asked Coleman about Tyreese’s death in 2015, the actor recognized the common feeling of fans that the character’s television version was on “Time borrowed” because of his early death in comics: “I am such an experienced veterinarian on this subject, I am never in a place of” It’s Gonna Come One Day “”, said Coleman. me, it is when Stringer Bell was killed on ‘The Wire“It was like” OK, all bets are disabled, anyone can go. “He was the most popular character in the series.”

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Coleman also mentioned that Daryl (Norman Reedus) was a televised “Walking Dead” character who assumed a lot of role of Tyrese of comics, who limited what the series could and could not do with Tyreese. However, it seems that there was no grudge, although Coleman joked the showrunners to try an even more daring death at the time:

“Here is my stroke at Scott Gimple and Robert Kirkman: I challenge you to kill Daryl. Or kill [Andrew Lincoln’s character] Meule. Take them really on the head. [laughs] It will not happen. But I really felt someone else, we are all sensitive. “”

So who had the best death: Tyreese in the comics or the show? The obvious answer is the first, which died at least in a dramatic way which was linked to the wider scenario. However, I appreciate the death of this latest version to know how it underlines a central lesson in the series: anyone can really die at any time, even if there is no great war. His death is frightening that you can be vigilant in this universe for 99% of your watch hours, but everything you need is to drop your guard for two seconds to lose everything. Poor Carl (Chandler Riggs) would learn the same lesson Three seasons later.

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