Gabriel's Iconic Walking Dead Death Must Still Happen (Even Without Beta)

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Some of The Walking Dead's most memorable deaths have been inspired by the comic book and there is still time for the show to replicate Father Gabriel's grim fate. Gabriel first appeared in Season 5 and has grown from a cowardly burden in Rick's group to a strong protector of the Alexandrians. With the exception of Carol, Gabriel is The Walking Dead's most improved character. But Robert Kirkman's comic book version of Gabriel doesn't develop into a battle-hardened fighter and instead suffers a humiliating death during The Whisperer War storyline.

Issue 158 of the comic opens with Gabriel desperately attempting to flee from his lookout position at the water tower after he spots a huge herd of walkers coming towards Alexandria. In his rush to get down, he falls, only to get his foot stuck in a lower rung of the ladder which snaps his leg in half and leaves him suspended upside down. As the herd approach, the Whisperer's second-in-command, Beta, steps out of the pack and guts Gabriel, which attracts a group of zombies who devour his flesh and leave his skeleton dangling from the ladder.

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In the TV show, the Whisperer War is over and Beta has died, but Father Gabriel's comic book death must still happen because it is too gruesome to leave out. Manyof The Walking Dead's iconic deaths have been taken directly from the source material, most memorably Glenn's brutal demise at the hands of Negan and Lucille. Gabriel's grim end would give the show's final season an all-time classic visual that could be as gory as Noah's savage death when he was ripped apart whilst trapped in a revolving door.

Part of the problem of bringing Gabriel's death to life in the show