Merle Handcuffed To Roof

Merle is limited to using one hand to operate the saw.

Merle handcuffed to roof. It was because of rick that merle was left behind which cost him his hand. It was one of rick s first difficult decisions to make in this new world. Rick showed an immediate dislike of merle handcuffing him to the roof of a building in atlanta to prevent him from being a risk to the group merle had been berating them and had beaten t dog to the point of near unconsciousness. Remember when merle was left handcuffed to the roof in an effort to stop attracting walkers.

They follow merle s blood trail through the department store but are unable to find him. Suddenly he snaps back to reality and begins panicking as some walkers start to clamour at the padlocked stairwell door. Returning to the department store roof the four see that merle has severed his own hand with a dull hacksaw. Of course walking dead fans know that merle escaped from being handcuffed by.

The episode gave rooker s merle several moments to wax on particularly when. If we assume he s a righty he is even worse off because it is his right hand that is chained to the roof he can only use his weak hand to try to cut through hardened steel with a dull saw. In the next episode vatos the four find evidence that merle survived the self mutilation by cauterizing the wound. It would be extremely difficult even for a person using both hands and a sharp hacksaw.

As you recall merle eventually managed to escape by sawing his own hand off and running. In guts merle s moronic and racist actions against t dog cause rick to handcuff him to a pipe on a building s roof. During season 1 of the walking dead michael rooker s character merle was left handcuffed to a drainpipe on a roof. They meet up with the rest of the survivors where they have to leave merle handcuffed to the roof to stop him attracting walkers.

Merle becomes hysterical desperately trying to break free.