Last night’s The Walking Dead, “The Cell,” was a tough episode to watch for everyone, but especially Daryl Dixon lovers. They’re a dedicated bunch, third only to the Beyhive and Cumberbitches in creepy passion. So they probably weren’t thrilled to see their beloved Daryl, the redneck with a heart of gold, eating dog food sandwiches, looking at pictures of Glenn’s baseball bat-beaten corpse, or listening to the same song on repeat (which Charlie Daniels Band song do you think was the most played on Daryl’s iTunes before the world was overrun by zombies? I’m thinking “The South’s Gonna Do It”).
In his post about The Walking Dead‘s “Negan problem,” our own Dustin Rowles wrote that “The Cell” suggested that “being dead was better than living under the thumb of Negan. Hoping that characters will die just to save them from their misery should not be the point of a television series. While Negan is in the picture, that’s exactly where my head is at. I like Daryl so much that I wish him death just to spare him from more of Negan’s cruelty.” It’s similar to how Six Feet Under viewers felt after the infamous and painful “That’s My Dog” episode, which I love but never want to see again. Anyway, remember that scene from Alice In Wonderland where Alice cries so much that she nearly drowns the doorknob? That’s what Twitter looked like when Daryl lost it.
So many sobbing emojis.
#TWD #TheWalkingDead #TalkingDead
When Daryl cries, millions of girls across the US cry too
— Gina Marconi (@gina__m__) November 7, 2016
Daryl is naked. And it's so heartbreaking I want to cry. I never thought this would be my reaction to naked Daryl 😭💔 #TheWalkingDead
— Lexi James (@LexiJamesMusic) November 7, 2016
OMG DARYL CRYING MAKES ME CRY STOP 😭😭😭😭#thewalkingdead
— Taylor (@DarylDixonSwag) November 7, 2016
Seeing Daryl like that literally makes me want to cry. And kill all the saviors. #TheWalkingDead
— Shandi (@ShandiShakalaka) November 7, 2016
#TheWalkingDead I think we all teared when Daryl started to cry 😭
— Trista (@trista_m16) November 7, 2016
@WalkingDead_AMC when daryl starts to cry pic.twitter.com/z9x9OUwgR7
— any (@irwinssx) November 7, 2016
When Daryl cries, we all cry 😭#TWD
— TWD_USA(#TWDFamily) (@TWD_USA_) November 7, 2016
IF DARYL CRIES WE CRY WITH HIM
— R̲a̲c̲h̲e̲l̲ (@Rachel_kilgore) November 7, 2016
Seeing Daryl cry over Glenn broke my heart. You best believe when Daryl cries, I cry too. #thewalkingdead
— ♥️ (@CamillaMaria95) November 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/ClintMagada19/status/795621207173255169
https://twitter.com/MoutheySouthey/status/795615180596084740
https://twitter.com/linalan96/status/795559659285385216
Imagine if The Walking Dead actually killed Daryl. The world would flood.