The Walking Dead. Courtesy of AMC. When I was a little kid, I used to be extremely particular about water.
Whether it was my bathwater or the drinking water that mom poured into my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cup, it always needed to be just right. As I got older, I became less tyrannical about the water around me, but I still have my preferences. But it’s a big reason as to why this one specific walker from The Walking Dead still gives me nightmares.
From the set up, you can probably already guess which walker I’m talking about. Out of the thousands of walkers featured across over 170 episodes in The Walking Dead, the bloated well walker from “Cherokee Rose” is the one that has stuck with me after all of these years.Before I dive into the reasons why this disgusting walker has been forever burned into my mind, I should mention that The Walking Dead has featured some pretty iconic creature designs throughout its 11-season run.
Straight out of the gate, we were introduced to Summer (Addy Miller), the little walker girl clutching her teddy bear. With her jaw nearly completely ripped off, viewers quickly got a sense of the kind of show that they were about to watch. After that, we’ve seen impactful nightmare-inducing walkers such as the lone walker that Shane sees in “Better Angels,” Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) jawless, armless walker companions, and the gluttonous walker that snacked on Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) in “Say the Word.
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