As for all the fans shouting "WHHHHYYYYYYY?!" at their screens last night, Hurd had this to say about why Tyreese had to go:
"[Executive producer] Scott Gimple basically said to [Chad Coleman], ‘Is there anything we haven't really touched on in Tyreese's journey?' And they truth was ,it went from A to Z. They are at a point of total and ultimate despair. And if this really would happen, you can't just spread it out and say, ‘OK, we've lost a significant character in the last episode. Let's wait.' Tyreese had embraced forgiveness and he'd embraced all of the positive qualities as opposed to despair and rage, and in a moment of pondering that, he was vulnerable. And in this world you can't let your guard down even a split second."
The moments before Tyreese's passing were especially poignant to grieving fans, hinting at the possibility of afterlife as Beth, Lizzie (Brighton Sharbino) and Mika (Kyla Kenedy) told him, "It's OK Tyreese. You gotta know that now: It isn't just OK. It's better now." Were they solely hallucinations? Or might there be a "better place?"
"The show doesn't have a stance on whether there's an afterlife," Hurd explains." It's character-dependent on their belief system. And I think it reflects each of our individual journeys with faith. Some characters, like Maggie, lose their religious faith and some gain much more peace in it. ‘Til the very end, Hershel maintained his belief and his gentleness. And even though he knew the end was there, he had faith that he would go on to a better place. He'd be reunited with the family that he had lost."
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