The Walking Dead is a series with an iconic cast. Christian Serratos played Rosita Espinosa since the fourth season and became one of the most beloved characters. Rosita makes it to the last episode of the series, after facing all kinds of challenges. However, she dies in the end, and all the fans were devastated by this fact.
Her farewell in the last chapter was very sad and emotional. This showed us once again that this series could not come to a close without breaking our hearts, even if it was just one more time. But that's not all, as the actress also talked about the fate of her character shortly after. We've outlined all the details about Rosita's last stand below.
What Happens to Rosita?
It all starts with the final episode when Rosita is desperately looking for her daughter, baby Coco. In the end, she manages to find her and saves her. However, Rostia falls down a pipe when she tries to escape with Gabriel and Eugene. There were many walkers, and she manages to get out of there in a seemingly victorious way.
When they manage to stop them to save Alexandria and are at a celebration, Rosita begins to adopt a bit of a somber attitude. It's not until Gabriel approaches that she tells him that she wants to remember "this perfect moment" and reveals a bite on her shoulder. This is the warning of the character's impending death. Subsequently, Rosita begins to burst into tears and draws the attention of Judith, who realizes that something is wrong and ends up deducing what happened.
Rosita's Last Moments
After everyone knew about Rosita's bite, Carol and Maggie take her to her bed. She's already weak and dying. Thus, each of the characters that were still alive begin to embrace her, say goodbye to her, and make her feel loved in her last moments of life.
Maggie kisses her goodbye as she cries, while Carol does the same, to make way for Daryl, who watches through the door. Gabriel does his thing by giving her her last funeral rites, and telling her that they will meet in the afterlife in a while. Likewise, Rosita asks for Coco to give her a last kiss, and then he takes her away.
However, the most painful farewell comes from Eugene, who sits by her bedside, and confesses to her that, had it not been for her, he would not be the man he is today. Rosita tells him that she is very glad that he is the last thing she will see before the end. Eugene ended up being her oldest living friend at the end of the series. Subsequently, he makes sure that Rosita is not reanimated as a walker.
Finally, a commemorative plaque with her name on it can be seen one year after the funeral. Eugene leaves some flowers to his lost friends.
Christian Serratos Asked For This Ending
Although at first viewers hated the producers of the series, because they believed that they had decided to kill Rosita just like that, this changed later. Christian Serratos revealed that she herself had asked for her character to die before the end of the series.
According to what she explains, Serratos had the belief, when she made this decision, that the series was not only about science fiction and walkers, but that there was something beyond that, touching on feelings, emotions, bonds, family, heart, and survival. In addition to the possibility, often imminent, of having to lose your loved ones. In her words, Serratos decided to "break the fans' hearts, at least one last time", since "it was something the series owed them."
Serratos also commented that there was a mixture of emotions and thoughts throughout the process, from the time she came up with the idea until they carried it out. Since there were certain changes in the details, there was the feeling that the show was going to end. She also says that both the filming of her character's death scene and the farewell on the set was the most painful part of the whole process. Not only she cried, but so did all the cast and the people responsible for the production.
How Did Fans React to Rosita's Death?
The public was very shocked by the death of this character since she was very loved since her appearance in Season 4. In fact, many users on the network believe that Rosita should not have died and that she was even a solid character to make a spin-off starring her. She became one of the characters with the most appearances in the entire series, being present in 94 episodes, only below Daryl, Carol, Rick, Maggie, and Michonne.
Christian Serratos also opined that she felt her character needed a conclusion. For that matter, the best closure she could have had, under the context of the universe of the series and the personality of his character, was this. It does not leave open the possibility that Rosita could appear in a spin-off of The Walking Dead in the future.