7 characters who prove why kids are untrustworthy on The Walking Dead
By Paul Zuniga
7. Lizzie Samuels (The Walking Dead)
Originally introduced in the fourth season of The Walking Dead, Lizzie Samuels (Brighton Sharbino) should’ve raised red flags from the very beginning. Her first scene in “30 Days Without An Accident” actually gave fans a glimpse at the insanity boiling underneath the surface.
In her introductory episode, Lizzie can be seen naming walkers gathered at the Prison fence. The other kids alongside her join in the game but they do so in jest whereas Lizzie takes it seriously. She believes the dead are still alive — despite their appearances — and wants them to have names so they’re not easily forgotten.
When Carl sees this happening, he corrects Lizzie and reassures her that the dead are in fact gone. They’re not in some sort of chrysalis or transformative cocoon, the dead are just “dead”. Lizzie, however, never seems to fully grasp this concept.
The reason we know Lizzie never accepts the reality of her new world is that she kills Mika. Lizzie doesn’t kill her friend out of anger or need — she merely believes Mika will come back just like everyone else does.
Once Carol (Melissa McBride) and Tyreese (Chad L. Coleman) discover what Lizzie has done, they come to the conclusion that the young girl will only continue to kill. So to prevent Lizzie from causing further harm to herself or others, they give her the most peaceful farewell possible — a bullet to the head from behind. This may not seem all too kind, but when you have a child suffering from PTSD and killing other survivors, the only thing that can be done is to send them off as peacefully as possible.