"The Walking Dead" will change things up. And this time they're going adapt a death scene from the comics but give it to another character.
Scott Gimple, the showrunner for "The Walking Dead," talked to Comic Book and said that Andrea's (Laurie Holden) early death in the TV series has allowed them to use her comic book death and translate it to the small screen. Only this time, it will happen to someone else.
In the comics, Andrea spotted Eugene cornered by walkers and went to save him. They managed to escape, but she took a walker bite on her neck. Before she died of the infection, Andrea went home to say her final goodbyes to her loved ones. That included Rick Grimes, with whom she was romantically linked to. She died on her bed and before she turned into a walker, Rick was forced to plunge a knife into her head and kill her.
With all of the changes made regarding Andrea's death scene, who then gets to die like her in the TV version? While Gimple did not reveal or hint who will suffer Andrea's death scene on TV, viewers and fans of the show have quickly theorized that Michonne (Danai Gurira) may get to die like Andrea in the comics.
Fans have all the right to get scared for Michonne. The samurai-wielding survivor has filled the role of Andrea as Rick's lady love in the series and fans will just have to wait and see if she suffers the same fate as the comic book iteration of Andrea.
For several seasons now, the writers of "The Walking Dead" have come up with a myriad of ways in order to find the right mix of adapting from the comic books and presenting their original ideas on television.
The results of that creative balance have been gender-swapped characters like Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh) who was Douglas in the comic books. Another outcome of that is an original character written for TV, the fan-favorite Daryl (Norman Reedus). Lori's iteration in both TV (Sarah Wayne Callies) and comics died around the same time but due to different circumstances. Carol (Melissa McBride), in the TV version, survived the zombie apocalypse much longer and has become a badass.
On the contrary, there are characters who died much sooner in the series compared to their comic book version, like Andrea.
The show has used this trick of keeping the manner of death in the comics but use it for a different character in television. This technique has allowed the show to retain the more visual and engaging death scenes while still keeping its audience on the edge of their seats.
Being too faithful to the original source material makes the series predictable while deviating too much will lose the essence of "The Walking Dead."
"The Walking Dead" will return on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 9 p.m. EDT on AMC.
