I felt the same way about the puppy Hocksetter tortured. I almost didn't finish It.
The Walking Dead ***please use SPOILER tags***
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I guess I have an Annie Wilkes wordview when it comes to stories. What happens has to make sense, or it drives me nuts. I HATE to see kids hurt (or even sad), but if that's what the story calls for, so be it. Even though the end of Cujo destroyed me (and I didn't even have kids yet! I haven't read it since I became a mom--I just can't.), the end of the movie made me mad. It was a dirty cheat. (now where did I put that axe? ;D)
I can't watch Cujo because of the scene in the back of the car when the kid's screaming because a rabid dog's mauling his mother. I can't watch Sophie's choice because a mother has to decide which one of her babies gets killed upon arrival at a concentration camp. And, if TWD kills off a little baby girl just for thrills, I won't watch that, either. I don't care how much sense it makes to the story. Older kids are heart-wrenching, but not babies. That's just me.
Shasta
On his shell he holds the earth.
I agree. It may be heart-wrenching but it has to make sense.
Like, a baby sitting in the middle of a zombie infestation alone is probably not going to make it. I appreciate honesty above all.
I didn't like that the baby was (comic spoiler)
so I wouldn't mind if Judith was kept alive in the show. But I'm sure there were many unfortunate babies and other children worldwide who were killed as a result of the apocalypse.
killed in the comics
Have you read Apt Pupil?
[I think that if you slow down the episode you see Tyreese carrying something]
That was one one the most heartbreaking (but realistic) parts of CELL, as well. Clay observes a few times the empty strollers, torn clothes, etc, and also that little kids are few and far between. Alice's baby Nike tied to her wrist was a constant reminder that kids are all but gone in this type of situation. So, so sad.
Still, this is US TV, so
the baby is likely alive. American TV and movie viewers, on the whole, like a happy ending, even if it makes no logical sense.
I posted a picture of that. 
While I certainly do hope little Judith is ok I am mainly interested in where they will go now. Also maybe now that the woman who was with the Governor and her sister are on their own again maybe THEY will meet up with Carol. That would help them a ton.
I thought that Judith would have the cure or somethin... now she's dead?
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Yes, but I read it a long long long time ago... so long ago, I don't remember enough to catch the connection.
[I think that Judith is not dead]
I had forgotten about Clay's observation in Cell. On TWD, in the search for medicine, clothes, etc. along the highway earlier on, an empty and bloody baby carrier seat was found...
who's blood was all inside of that seat in the prison yard, if not Judith's? There were no other remains nearby of anyone else it could have been, someone falling over upon the seat would have left a trail where they'd perhaps been dragged away to be finished off, at the very least, like it was with Lori. I think the zombie stepping on the Governor's chess piece was definitively symbolic that it's over for him on the show. Also, in the Talking Dead interview segments, David Morrissey clearly doesn't expect to be back, either.
i think it could have been Tyreese. He was bleeding but not zombified.
David Morrissey lied to Hardwick in a previous interview and Hardwick totally bought it lol. I don 't want to believe the Gov is dead. Like some of y'all, I don't think Lilly actually killed him. I can't even think of a reason for her to kill him. I think if the Gov was killed, the glory of the kill would have gone to either Maggie or Beth and there would be no doubt about his death.
Shasta
On his shell he holds the earth.
The reason she would want to kill him is because she was perfectly happy but he wanted more and her daughter died because of it.
That's a good reason... I kinda think the writers have something else in mind though lol.