Mid-Season Mayhem!

Atlanta, GA

Last week I made a bold prediction as to which character would bite the dust for the mid-season finale of The Walking Dead.  I gave reasons as to why I believed that Carol, Beth, Rosita, or Tara would be saying their farewell to the show.

After seeing last night’s episode, the inevitable happened.  I wasn’t surprised at all when the person that did meet their end was offed.  Heck, I wasn’t even as shocked as a lot of other people apparently seemed to be.  Just peruse any social media site and you’ll see that the death in the episode was shocking, touching, and very sad for anybody that witnessed it.

BEWARE:  SPOILERS FOLLOW!!!  STOP READING NOW IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE MID-SEASON FINALE!!!

Okay, now that the warning is out of the way, I’ll say that the way that poor sweet Beth met her end was very heroic.  She knew that Dawn was fighting a losing battle for control of the hospital, and when the “swap” was made and Dawn then demanded the return of her “ward,” Noah, I knew that Beth was about to make her move.

It was a very sad moment for many people, but I guess that I had just prepared myself for the end of Beth and I felt almost nothing when Dawn shot her (and I do believe that it was a reactionary shot that Dawn took but she still deserved to die).  I had friends in Southern Geek go ballistic about the death and others pointing fingers at Beth for her own demise.

What was really emotional for me, though, was the Talking Dead episode that followed.  When Emily Kinney broke down multiple times throughout the episode, I could tell that she genuinely loved not only the character of Beth, but the series and her fellow actors as well.  I hope that I get to meet her one day, as Beth slowly grew to be one of my favorite characters.  I’d love to personally thank her for bringing Beth to life.

Even though Beth was my second choice to die in the show (I figured Carol would go out first), I think I did a pretty good job of predicting that she would die

So, with the major death out of the way, what’s next?  It looks like a lot of zombie killing awaits Rick and company after the mid-season break.  I believe another major character is going to die as well, and maybe Morgan will finally catch up with Rick.

Until next time, thanks for reading.  Comment below if you are so inclined!