I had the exact same feelings. At first I was all:



And then I was all:

 

The episode really changed me on the whole Tyreese story line. I wanted the big bad ass thumping walkers with the hammer. Man the F up Ty!! Before it didn't matter if he died, now I miss him.

 

That's what this show does though. You don't like a character, then they have a character have an episode where you grow to like them, and then kill off. I don't know if it's a compliment or critisicm to the writers. They make most of the characters redeemable in their dying moments. But at the same time, you could argue they just couldn't be bothered/didn't know how to write Tyreese anything interesting enough.

Having said that, I liked Tyreese in 4B. His group was my favourite. He saved Judith for a start. But prior to 4B - and after 4B - the character was all over the place.

I'm not sad Tyreese is dead. But it's a shame. Chad did a great job. But if the writers feel like they can't do anything with his character (and that his death can help develop Sasha) then I'm not complaining!

 

Tyreese was a victim of the bad writing a few seasons ago, and there being too many badasses in the group. They had Rick, Michonne, Carol, Daryl, Abraham and Rosita. There was nothing for him to be or do. I don't think it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to have some event shock Tyreese into being the character he was in the book, possibly something happening to Judith whom he obviously cared about. But considering there were so many other badasses in the group, there was no point.

 

One person who didn't have mixed feelings was Chad Coleman. On TD he said that he felt that Tyreese's character had run its course. Of course, he has a show coming up so has something positive to look forward to. But on the whole he has always seemed to be happy with his character's arc.

 

They had to do it to my man Tyrese. Why not kill off 'Everybody hates Chris'?!??

 

Noah's time is coming and probably fairly soon. Didn't he sign for a different show starting soon?

I disliked the difference of comic Ty versus TV Ty but I liked Chad's acting (TWD & The Wire). By the time the episode was over I was already missing him. At the end, that beanie on that cross got to me.

 

I was a Tyreese fan in the beginning, but he fell out of favor with me when he refused to accept their new reality. I've watched the episode 3 times now, and it wasn't until my third viewing that I got the feels and finally shed a few tears over losing him.

 

That's how i felt, too. I don't tend to favor the "softer" characters, but once they're gone i miss them. It was the same with Hershel.

 

Honestly, I never really liked Tyreese. I really wanted to like him, but I just think that he didn't really belong in this zombie apocalytic world. Not like his sister does.

 

I'm Canadian. It's a toque, not a beanie.

 

I don't miss Ty. He was not accepting the new reality in which they were living. His relentless, unrealistic desire to not kill those who deserved it, put the team in jeopardy.

I mean this guy (Tyreese) didn't even kill Martin?(Terminite) who threatened to kill baby Judith after sharing that no life matters more than his own, was losing his sanity. Martin threatened to kill an infant? How much more evil can a human being become? Kill him!!

The weakest links won't survive the ZA. Tyreese was a very weak link.

 

I don't think I'll miss Tyreese too much, but I sure felt bad for Sasha. First Bob, then her bro. I did shed a few tears for her.

That being said, I worry about what they're going to do with her. For a lot of people, those kind of losses would be crippling. But if she's not going to become one of the walking dead (i.e., emotionless and broken), someone's going to have to give her some uplifting, life-affirming, rah-rah speech to justify her carrying on, and I'm just not that interested in sitting through that kind of scene. What's wrong with me?

 

ty pretty much always stayed on my nerves.. not chad's fault, BTW.. honestly i thought he pulled off being a teddy bear trapped in a middle linebacker's body quite convincingly.. him not killing martin & then lying about it was definitely epic fail.. to much at stake for that kind of sentimentality for my tastes..

guilty pleasure, in his death scene when martin was talking spit to ty i was like, see what you get dummy??

LOLz i do kinda miss the big softy though..

 

I was not a fan of Ty in S3. Having read the comics, I had different expectations.

I enjoyed S4 Ty- fighting with Rick, stepping into the herd and his arc with the girls. Him being the caregiver and enjoying it, got me. The Grove and No Sanctuary gave me the warm fuzzies, for his role of being the protector.

 

I didn't care for Dale's preachy approach, but he had a good heart. He cared a lot, his approach was just annoying, at times. He could read people for who they really were, ie Shane.

 

I've never read the comics. But based on how he was described by those who had I was extremely excited when his character first premiered on the show. I expected emotional and caring. But also strong and charismatic. And definitely not incompetent. So, I always felt a disconnect between who I thought Tyreese should be, and how he was depicted in the show.

I can respect that changes need to be made to plot and character development in order to gain surprise and entertain an audience that is familiar with the source material. Even though Tyreese was portrayed as more sensitive and morally conscious than I imagined, I was still disappointed that he never emerged as a leader, or even prominent member of the group. There was no reason he couldn't both fill the Dale void as the moral center of group, and still take care of business when necessary.

So, even though I enjoyed the episode as a whole. I see his death as a disappointing end to a disappointing character.

 

I always thought that Daryl fulfilled Tys comic role and tv Ty was never really able tp fully develop into A leader type character who was like ricks deputy in command. He became a rather emasculated, oversensitive, anti killing pacifist once he got to the prison and karen died. So if we'd had less daryl we would've had more of Tyreese and other characters

*waitsfor Daryl fangirling onslaught of disapproval*