The Walking Dead: 8 Characters Who Died Too Soon
6. Axel
As mentioned earlier, after the chaos at the prison that left Lori and T-Dog dead, Oscar and Axel found themselves folded into the group, and while Oscar went off to help in the conflict with Woodbury, Axel stayed behind.
Pretty quickly, Axel began bonding with Carol, and once Glenn and Maggie were back home, it seemed like Axel would get to step up a bit and become a larger part of the group, particularly as his comics counterpart played a decent role in the prison arc.
And then, just like that, Axel was sniped out by The Governor while in conversation with Carol, and the last of the prisoners was dead before the season had even moved into its final act. It was an effectively shocking moment, but losing a character who had already started winning people over and had a lot of room for growth ahead of him was a huge disappointment and a disservice to a character who should've been more than just a redshirt.