Hello, it's me, the old man who yells into the internet about The Walking Dead even though few seem to be watching anymore. One thing I've learned is there's a very specific reason many folks gave up on it.
It was the death of a character during Season 7, Episode 1, "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be." This came after a Season 6 cliffhanger that already had many people frustrated, and it was the moment that many people decided they were done with The Walking Dead.
There are plenty of shows known for killing off characters, like Game of Thrones, where nobody seemed to be safe.
Or Grey's Anatomy, where they've proven they're willing to take out big names.
When you grow attached to a character, sometimes it's so intense that them being killed off makes you say, "I'm out too."
