Kevin

Killing Troy is a MAJOR mistake. Probably the biggest one yet the show has made to date. Yes, he's done some awful things and is a racist (in the words of Dave Erickson, the showrunner of FTWD). But you'd have to be blind not to realize his potential. He's done some 'awful things', so has Daniel. Yet you brought him back. His racist side is a gold mine for character development. Troy is a character that has developed the most throughout the course of the season (besides Ofelia, who is dead too), and he had continued growing beyond his original arc. There were even signs of further growth and development in the last two episodes he was in.

But noooo. Dave Erickson had to screw up one last time before he leaves the show, this time in biblical proportions, taking the show's most interesting and compelling character with him. God. Not to mention that we're walking into S4 with 5 major characters (possibly 6 with Luciana, but she's been gone a long time). We started S3 with 12. Six dead, one missing. Killing half of your main cast in the span of a single season is way too much but whatever.

It's more intriguing that all of the remaining characters are from S1: Madison, Nick, Alicia, Daniel & Strand. ALL of them. So what is the point of getting attached to new characters? They'll just kill them anyway. Hell, they introduced an entire family of major characters in S3. All dead! At least the S2 La Colonia storyline gave us Luciana (although she's missing and will probably die in the next 2 season if she reappears). Broke Jaw Ranch gave us NOTHING. Sure, there's Walker and Crazy Dog. But a) they're hardly even mildly interesting b) they take literally every chance they get to take off and leave the group (which is a wise decision since knowing Madison, they'll just end up dead. She's got that charm). The girl with the pickaxe? It's only been like 2 minutes since she was introduced and she's already got a broken leg. Who knows if she'll even return. And if she does, she's probably just gonna die.

And next season they'll introduce new major characters. They'll develop them, grow them, and try to get the audience attached to them as much as possibly. But what's the point anymore? They're all just a bunch of thinly veiled redshirts.