Last night's episode was pretty shocking as Shane met his demise, not only once, but twice. First Rick guts him like a pig, and then Rick's son, Carl, unloads on zombie Shane. I'm not happy that the actor Jon Bernthal and his character are gone from the show, but his death and Dale's now leave the viewer with that sense of real dread that someone else could kick the bucket at any moment. And that is the charm of the comic books as well, they don't hold onto characters forever. No matter what death could be around the next corner.
The Walking Dead airs Sunday nights at 9/8c on AMC. The show stars: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Sarah Wayne Callies, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus, and Melissa Suzanne McBride.