***Spoilers***
If you are not
all caught up on The Walking Dead, you may want to stop here.
The Walking Dead
truly needs to get professional screenwriters. What looks good on paper or
sounds good in talks, doesn’t necessarily translate onto screen in an exciting
manner. Too many characters, too many stories, divided episodes, with anti climatic
endings. They have lost focus. Who drags stories on for six months to barely touch
upon them? Not to mention trite dialogue that is also nothing but forced
foreshadowing and a way to mention off screen happenings. (IE: Lilly’s death,
passing the bus). Daryl Dixon is supposed to be this amazing tracker, right?
Yet how does he miss a dirty diaper? Even I could sniff out a fresh shit diaper
and I don’t track.
Speaking of
cool characters, hate me for saying it, but Daryl Dixon is gonna die. One of
the last episodes this season. And I present the eight reasons why I THINK he is going to die.
8. He was not meant to be in the show. Norman Reedus auditioned for the part of Merle and they created his character. They
have shaped him, molded him, gave him his due last season but what now?
7. What has he done for us lately? Nothing. A
few lines, arrow shots. His bestie, Carol was kicked out and we never really
got to see him to react. That storyline seems buried. It seems to me that the
writers, who look at the comic books and figure a way to change them, keep
forgetting about Daryl because he’s not in there. So they are like, “Shit, we
forgot Daryl. Oh, yeah, just have him shoot an arrow, fans will like that.”
6. They have taken him out of character. How
much have we seen Daryl this season? His recent 15 minutes with Beth were
stupid. Lame tracker missing those rabbits and diaper. Is this the same Daryl
that went to look for his brother in Atlanta, for Sophia half of season two? Yet
we are to believe Daryl wouldn’t go
back to the prison for Judith or Carl and choose to run with an annoying
teenage girl. Yeah, right. Again, they don’t know what to do with him. Merle is
gone.
5. He’s getting his own episode. Yeah, an entire
episode, like the Governor. Sound familiar. Granted Beth is in the episode and it’s
the bait and switch. Make us think they are killing her, but they aren’t. Does
anyone really care about Beth? We’re rooting for her to die, and we all know WD
never kills the ones we want.
4. Daryl has already been replaced. In the
comics, after Tyrese dies, Ford becomes Rick’s right hand man. Tyrese never
became the right hand man on tv, Daryl did. So … out he goes. Plus, we will
soon forget about him because Morgan returns (IMDB) episode 15 this season.
3. They already played their high card this
season. Walking Dead can’t survive by simply killing red shirts (A term for
characters brought in to die). They survive by shocking us and killing people
we love. When killing Hershel, they crushed us. Sorry to say, they now must top
that. Who is left? Who will the fans really clamor about? Who is that high
ended that people would riot over … Daryl. He is the only one that can top Hershel’s death.
2. They won’t kill him. That is almost my top
argument as to why they will. People are so convinced the show won’t kill Daryl,
that I think they will. The show can and will survive without him. Again, I
refer you to Number “What has he done lately?’
And finally, Number
one … the guilt move. I can see it.
Ring. Ring.
Norman Reedus:
Hello.
Robert
Kirkman: Uh, hey, yeah, Norm, I’m like really sorry I killed you off this
season.
Norma: Sucks,
dude.
Kirkman: Yeah,
I know, anyhow … to make it up to you. How about... uh a starring role in my
new sci fi dystopia movie? (Winks to Gail Hurd with a look that says, we got
him)
The movie is
all true. Read Here. Robert Kirkman called Reedus to co produce and star in the
new thriller AIR. Production has been kept secret. Probably to hide the fact
that production on the movie coincides with production of WD. Confirming that
Daryl Dixon won’t be back for season 5.
