Shawn Van Horn has been a Senior Features Writer for Collider since 2022 with a focus on horror, and 90s TV and movies.
The Big Picture The Walking Dead might have been a series about zombies, but it was the living human characters that kept us coming back week after week. We were invested in their lives and their survival. Just how would Rick and company get out of the latest walker attack or escape the newest evil human villain? As favorite characters died and newer, more bland ones came in, audiences tuned out.
Andrea had a good soul, which was shown often. She loved her younger sister, Amy , and our hearts broke with hers when Amy turned and Andrea had to be the one to put her out of her misery. Then there was her relationship with Dale . They had a sweet friendship, but it's also where Andrea's character started to alter significantly from Robert Kirkman's comics. Andrea and Dale had a different relationship on paper than what we got onscreen.
Andrea Was Very Different in 'The Walking Dead' Comics The frustration of the failed direction of Andrea's character grows much worse for those who read The Walking Dead comics. She starts off the same as she did in the TV series, as a smart and resourceful woman with a sister named Amy who will tragically die. Her relationship with Dale, however, is different. In the comics, their relationship turns sexual and they become a couple.
Laurie Holden Doesn't Like Her Character's Arc Laurie Holden hasn't been shy about giving her opinion on Andrea. Back in a 2013 interview, she spoke about the fan backlash against her "extreme" character change, saying, “Now, it was never supposed to, it is what Season 3 is all about, but I did not expect or anticipate such incredible backlash. That’s been upsetting at times.