yeah but if you look at his "growth" throughout the series, he's pretty much been one dimensional. That can be seen as a positive and a negative I guess but in terms of character development he was going no where. He was going to stay at the hill and never come back. Might as well make use of him and prove a point if you're never going to see him again.

I was really upset when it happened but the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was necessary. Where did you read that Kirkman regretted Rick's hand? I don't really follow anything outside of reading the comics.

We need a walking dead comic thread..

Are there any moments from the comics you guys are not willing to do on the show? Robert has mentioned before — spoiler alert! — not wanting to cut Rick's hand off.
Kirkman: Yeah, and as we get closer to the story line, I don't want to remind people that I set things in stone like that. Constantly, we're up against things in the comics where it would be awesome if Rick could... oh, Rick can't do that, he only has one hand. That is something that I regret, but I wouldn't put it past us. I'm not ruling anything out. Season 3 is going to be pretty nuts.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Walking-...n-1049457.aspx

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