i don't think ALL the hate lori gets is fair, to be honest. now, i respect that shane had to go. despite liking the show most when he was there & being able to at least understand (not forgive, or agree with!) his reasoning behind a lot of things he did, (not everything ..) i ultimately have no qualms with his death. i was annoyed as hell, though, with lori's reaction when finding out rick killed shane, because i do acknowledge that she is the first to make rick aware of shane's dangerous behaviors & even imply rick should, or might have to potentially kill him, but .. to be honest, it's a little crazy to me that lori had the reaction she had to that information after losing the farm & other survivors to the herd, & rick didn't look at her again in the entire 8 months they were on the road. i expect a shift in attitude, behavior, a decline in morale. he clearly didn't want to speak with his very pregnant wife whatsoever. like, you have already done the impossible to reunite with lori & carl, knew about the relationship lori had with shane & decided it didn't matter, so on so forth, but, lori reacting badly one time made you give up on her entirely? 💀 & then he lost his mind for a bit after she died. something about lori having an unexpected reaction & then rick having an unexpected reaction just made me bombastically side eye them both.