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Originally Posted by FlyWf
Again, it's the commitment to getting everything wrong that brings me back to this show.
What if, instead of breaking his neck, Shane would've just stabbed Randall to death?
1) Would've been more obviously murder when Daryl and Glenn found his zombie corpse, you can't accidentally get stabbed.
2) Would've been plausible for Daryl to identify the cause of death as stabbing, instead of the ****ing ridiculous bit where Daryl diagnosed a broken neck and then started groping the corpse looking for bite marks
Shane stabbing the kid would have made no sense and been terrible writing. How would Shane explain the stabbing to everyone else - claim that he was able to get close enough to the kid who just shot Rick to stab him? That would have been ridiculous.
By breaking his neck, Shane can just shoot the kid a few times and no one will notice the broken neck. Unlike a huge knife wound, you won't notice a broken neck unless you closely examine the body (and once they see the gun shots they would have no reason to check his neck).
Also, stabbing the kid likely gets blood all over Shane's hands and clothes - how is he going to explain that?
Finally, a stabbing death is pretty slow unless you cut their throat - they weren't that far from the farm, so if Shane stabs him, there is a good chance the kid screams and someone hears them.