[CatherineofAragon]

"Yes. Losing Herschel was devastating (in the sense of a tv series). Losing Beth is sad, but not as much of a loss. Kwim? I think she was considered expendable. Unfortunately. May we all never be considered expendable in a TV series (or in life)."

LOL

There were certain things about Beth which irked me. I think I like the actress more than the character.

I'm still trying to figure out why Beth thought it was a good move to try and stab Dawn with a pair of small scissors. There they were, with two factions on hairtriggers and ready to kill each other. She could have precipitated a firefight that would have left all of her people dead. It was just very stupid. And the scissors didn't even go in---they were hanging off Dawn's uniform.

[Ransomed]

That death was el stupido. I don’t mind her croaking, but they could have done just as well having a tree fall on her while she sleeps or something.

‘Rick, these people rape and beat people, this guy comes with us.’ Instead, she stabs their leader with scissors in the shoulder. OK then.

Freegards

[Hot Tabasco]

I'm still trying to figure out why Beth thought it was a good move to try and stab Dawn with a pair of small scissors.

First my disclaimer: I haven't watched the episode yet nor do I seldom ever without reading the threads first. It gives me insight into what to look for as the episode progresses.......

I can watch an entire episode before reading the thread synopsis and find myself being completely blind to what happened in certain circumstances....

But back to Beth, she never became a warrior as the others have and now in a hostile environment, she obviously did what she thought she could with what she had....and it didn't work out. In other words, she had the survival spirit but not the knowledge that the scissors (from what I've read) she was using would not do the job she intended.

She did what a kid of her age would do and kudos to the writers who recognized that fact.