It makes it pretty hard to bond emotionally with new characters on the show when it's all too clear that a few episodes later they'll go the way of the Dale. One of the central premises of the whole Walking Dead franchise including the comics and Telltale games is that any character can die at any time. It can make the actions very exciting when characters snuff it. However, its not quite as interesting when we know the short-list of characters they're willing to kill off. The show's creators know all too well that there'd be riots if they were to really shake things up and kill off a fan favourite like Daryl Dixon. Instead, they introduce these minor characters they barely bother developing like poor old Axel to take to the chopping block for a cheap gasp. A different but fairly similar issue is the show's peculiar habit of killing off black characters before introducing a fairly similar replacement. We've all noticed this guys, please give it a rest. Granted, Tyrese's spot on the show seems to be fairly secure for now, but it's still odd.