Given a chance to kill another man - whose house he had broken into - Chris didn’t hesitate. Given the opportunity to join a new crew of deplorables, he jumped. Travis decided to leave the comfort of his group behind in order to save his son from himself, but it was a pointless endeavor. His father Travis - God bless him - did not abandon his irredeemable son, however. The lives of others mean nothing to Chris. After that, he ran away and he took a little boy hostage because he could. Days later, Chris walked into Alicia’s room while she was sleeping, pulled out a knife, stood over her like a creepy stalker and would have stabbed her and Madison had they not woken up and caught him in the act. He later stood over Madison apathetically while a zombie tried to kill her, and he offered no assistance, only a shrug. Killing people is to Chris what frog baseball was to Beavis and Butt-head, something he does for kicks. Barely concealing a grin, he put the life of his entire family in danger and killed a hostage for no reason other than he thought it would be cool. Dead-eyed, Chris started killing zombies for thrills. It has not been a gradual transition, either. Now, he’s a full-blown sociopath, and he’s not even the fun kind we love to hate, like King Joffrey. It was bad from the beginning, when he was only a creepy character who might have had romantic feelings for his would-be stepsister. As the second season wore on, however, a few began to break out - Strand, Nick, Alicia - while others like Travis, Madison, and Ofelia continued to be met with shrugs.Ĭhris is an unholy amalgamation of Lori Grimes, Andrea, and Homeland‘s Dana Brody. They all simmered at a low level of irritating or annoying. Through the first season of The Walking Dead spin-off, none of the characters managed to lift off. The only semi-unpopular character we have left on The Walking Dead now is poor Enid, last seen locked in a closet. By the end of the sixth season, however, Morgan had finally broken his no-kill vow and put a bullet through someone to save Carol. In the sixth season of The Walking Dead, fans’ irritation turned toward Morgan, a once popular character whose belief that every life matters tried our patience, especially after that belief nearly got Rick and Denise killed when a Wolf escaped on Morgan’s watch. Not only did Sam waste a perfectly good cookie, he eventually got himself and his mother killed in a chain reaction that would also cost his brother his life and Carl his eye. We flirted with a hatred of Sam’s father, Pete, and we strongly disliked Sam’s brother, Ron, but Sam was the absolute worst. After Carl grew up and developed some badass skills, the audience eventually came around on him, but then turned on Father Gabriel, who was not only useless, but sold Rick out to the leaders of Alexandria.įather Gabriel eventually redeemed himself as well, but by then, The Walking Dead audience had moved on to a new least favorite character: Sam Anderson. (She is still alive in the comics.)Īfter Lori’s death, there was a spell where fans decided that they hated Carl Grimes and his pudding because he too often fit into the spoiled brat TV trope. At some point, I think, the showrunners realized that they’d inadvertently assassinated Andrea’s character, and they were left with no choice but to kill her off to appease the fans. She even turned on Michonne in order to stay behind, and unlike Lori’s character, Andrea’s arc was not dictated by the comics. Lori’s death did not bring relief from unpopular characters on the show, however, because Andrea - a previously beloved character - sprung up in Lori’s place to take the mantle of least liked character in part because she decided it was a good idea to sleep with The Governor. (Grimes was so unpopular that fans were even irritated when Zombie Ghost Lori showed up.) The gruesomeness of her death notwithstanding, The Walking Dead fans were happy to see her go. She cheated on Rick with Shane, then she turned on Shane, then she asked Rick to kill Shane, and then she turned on Rick when he did exactly what he asked her to do. To her credit, Callies leaned into it, because she knew Lori had to die. Even Steven Yeun - who plays Glenn in the series - hated Lori Grimes, and Sarah Wayne Callies (who played Lori) knew it. Until recently, Lori Grimes held the unofficial title of the least popular character in The Walking Dead history. To be honest, rooting against particular characters on The Walking Dead is a tradition that’s almost as fun as rooting for our favorite characters to survive. The many who have been character assassinated along the way. I’m talking about the inconsistent characters. I’m not talking about the villains, either. The Walking Dead universe has a checkered history with unlikable characters.
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