The bleak first eight episodes aside, overall it has been a good season of The Walking Dead that has seen dramatic improvement over the last five episodes, as alliances come together to take on Negan. Think about everything we’ve seen this season. We saw Negan bash in the brains of Abraham and Glenn. We saw the introduction of Ezekiel and, more importantly, Jerry.
We had the privilege of watching Spencer die. Morgan is not only a killer again, but he did it the Mads Mikkelson way: He murdered with his bare hands. Carol is back into fighting shape. Rick and Michonne are madly in love. We got to see Carl’s eye underneath the bandage. We got to see Eugene play with fire; Rick and Michonne decapitate 500 zombies with two cars and a chain in the coolest action sequence of the series’ run; we got to hear “Easy Street” over and over and over again; we witnessed Negan iron a man’s face; we saw Carol regain her bloodthirst; and we met Winslow, the coolest zombie in The Walking Dead history.
The season has been an eventful one and we still have three episodes to go, three episodes in which we will be shot “through a lot of big events and things become quantum intense,” according to showrunner Scott Gimple. I have no idea what “quantum intense” means, but there is one thing that it better include, because if it doesn’t, viewers are going to feel sorely disappointed.
I am not talking about the death of Sasha; or Rosita’s redemption; or Eugene’s ultimate betrayal. I am talking about the death of rat-faced Jared, which should be satisfying in and of itself. However, it’s important that Jared — one of the most obnoxious, cruel, loathsome side characters in The Walking Dead history — die in a certain way.
There are only two acceptable deaths for a man is horrible as Jared: Either Jerry must split him in half with his battle axe or, preferably, Jared is mauled to death by Shiva.
This scene from the comics must be duplicated, and it must be Jared who is the victim. Jared killed Benjamin. Jared is indirectly responsible for Richard’s death, and most offensively, Jared stole Morgan’s stick. Death by tiger is the only suitable outcome.
We’re not the only one who wants to see it. Josh Mikel — who plays Jared — would also like to be killed by Shiva.
@Joshua_Mikel If you had a choice, how would you prefer Jared die: At the hands of someone from The Kingdom, Gavin, Negan, or a walker?
— Zombie Claw (@TheRu1es) March 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/Joshua_Mikel/status/842035165157314561
Make it happen, Gimple.
