The Walking Dead Season 8: 5 Ups And 3 Downs From 'Some Guy'

1. Shiva Dies

The Walking Dead Shiva
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Oh man. Ezekiel had already been saved twice by people from the Kingdom in this episode, so the rule of three suggested this one was coming - though it didn't do too much to lessen the impact.

Shiva was one of the characters fans truly came to care about, despite the fact it was a CGI tiger who only had a few minutes of screen time. It helps that almost all the humans on this show are utter garbage, whereas the tiger was pure and only wanted to protect Ezekiel (and tore humans and zombies apart in glorious fashion).

Still, props go to the show for managing to turn this into a moment of actual weight and emotion, the first time a death has managed it in the All Out War storyline so far.

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