The Walking Dead Season 5 Spoilers: Andrew J West Talks Gareth's Iconic Comic Scenes

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FROM THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE WALKING DEAD

The Walking Dead continued its excellent start to Season 5 with another brutal episode in which Rick and his crew finally finished off the Terminus people and their leader, Gareth. The episode featured two iconic scenes from the comic book, both of which were rather disturbing when played out on screen.

Andrew J. West, who plays Gareth, spoke to EW.com about his character's demise and his reaction when he first read the script.

"There are so many iconic scenes from the comic book that have been translated so well for the screen version. You have the scene at the end of episode 2 with 'If it makes you feel any better you taste much better than we thought you would.' That's directly from the comic book. I read the comics before we went into season 5 and I was very familiar with the Hunters arc, but I did not know going into season 5 that Gareth would be so closely inspired by that character.

So just to go back to episode 2 for a minute, when I was reading 2 and I saw that monologue pop up at the end of 2, I jumped off the couch in my apartment. I was reading a script and I couldn't stop pacing back and forth because I was so excited to go in and shoot that scene because of the language, which is so good and so intense.

And then to go in there for episode 3 and have the whole tainted meat scene, which, again, is taken directly from the comics - it was just too much for me. It was too good to be true. I was like, I don't just get the one amazing scene form the comics, but that whole sequence! And yeah, I felt pretty lucky."

West also revealed that showrunner Scott Gimple informed him that Gareth would go out in Episode 3. For more from the actor, check out his lengthy interview here.