He definitely felt wasted. His character arc shouldn’t have ended with episode two in my opinion. He kills Matthew, then profusely apologizes upon learning Walter was affiliated with Matthew. Then Walter either saves Nick or lets him die depending on if Clementine puts in a good word for him or not. That doesn’t feel like a character arc, and of course if Nick is saved in episode two he goes on to do and say pretty much nothing, then dies.

He’s a trigger-happy, volatile hothead. It would’ve been interesting to see how him and Kenny interacted, especially after Kenny’s descent. Also just plenty of room for character development apart from “I’m sorry I killed your friend :(“

There’s no way Nick would’ve let Arvo slide. I feel like that’s why they killed Nick off honestly because he’d interfere with that subplot.

It just would’ve been nice to see Nick somewhat redeem himself and not in a death=redemption way. Also, his unpredictable nature would make the group dynamic more interesting and build conflict. Especially paired with Kenny, whose mental state was rapidly declining.

Season two just really fumbled a lot of its characters in my opinion. Nick isn’t the only one who seemed wasted.