Character Deaths in Tonight's Walking Dead

Apparently, The Walking Dead is shaping up to be like LOST in at least one regard: no one is safe. If you've read the comic series you certainly know that's true, and the series may just be no exception, if we're to believe E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos, who teases tonight's episode, "Vatos," with some pretty cryptic clues. And these clues put the 'crypt' in 'cryptic.'

We don't see Merle (Michael Rooker) next week, but his relic on the roof comes in handy (sorry) when the crew is jumped by another gang of survivors. The handcuffs come out again to stop Jim (Andrew Rothenberg) and his shovel from digging up the entire camp in some kind of psychotic break, but Shane (Jon Bernthal) frees him (with both hands intact!) when Jim comes to his senses. You should know by now not to become too attached to limbs and characters on The Walking Dead, because by the end of next week more than one of the stars will be buried in Jim's holes. (Have some Kleenex ready.)

Now, I always hate to sound elitist when I write The Walking Dead articles, but I have to tell you: the comics kill off several characters within the first six issues. Now, the show has done fairly well to diverge from the comics, but considering that comic creator Robert Kirkman is penning tonight's episode, I'm not exactly sure that we'll be seeing too much of a divergence. Perhaps Kirkman has even killed off a few of those extra characters who weren't in the comic! (Having said that, we're slated to meet a lot more survivors in Atlanta tonight.)

Who is going to die? Well, it certainly wouldn't be fair for me to take a guess, but you guys can go right on ahead in the comments section of this article.

Check back in after tonight's episode for my review of what went down.

"Vatos" airs tonight at 10/9c on AMC.

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