The Walking Dead will air its eighth season finale this Sunday, but it’s not just war at stake. According to cast departures and a new quote from exiting showrunner Scott Gimple, Sunday’s finale will be “the conclusion of the first eight seasons,” and lead to “a bigger, new narrative” next year.
In the season premiere this past Sunday, Carl Grimes (played by young actor Chandler Riggs) chooses to shoot himself to save his father and his friend from having to do it.
Soft ratings on The Walking Dead Season 8 have raised questions of the series longevity, and we at last have an answer. The flagship AMC drama will return for a ninth season with (most of) its cast intact, though Angela Yang will take over for Scott Gimple as showrunner.
We’re accustomed to death on The Walking Dead, and doubly-so when the comics provide a road map. That’s what made that climactic bite in Sunday’s midseason finale such a shocker, and – before you ask – both producers and the actor in question confirm the character’s exit, noting “[That bite] is a one-way ticket.”
Before ‘The Walking Dead’ begins anew with Season 8, we look back on some of the series’ worst deaths and most ignominious ends over the first seven years.
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 finale starts all-out war with “The First Day of the Rest of Your Life,” but was THAT notable death way too predicable? And how will Season 8 sustain this level of conflict? Find out in our full review!
The Walking Dead has only two episodes left in Season 7 to kick off the “All Out War” between Negan and Rick, but theirs may not be the only conflict ahead. A new clip from next week’s penultimate “Something They Need” sees Gregory extending an ominous olive branch to Maggie, though we suspect some treachery afoot.
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 sets off on another suicide mission to kill Negan with “The Other Side,” but does building up Sasha and Rosita almost guarantee their imminent deaths? And is Daryl the saddest puppy in all of Hilltop? Find out in our full review!
Death is something of a constant on The Walking Dead, but its ends are certainly hastened when actors take on projects outside AMC. So it is with a new clip from next Sunday’s ante-penultimate “The Other Side,” as Sonequa Martin-Green’s Sasha might be preparing for a warp-speed departure.
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 tips some long-awaited dominoes with two “Bury Me Here” deaths, but will Morgan, Carol or Ezekiel survive taking up arms against the Saviors? And is the return of Crazy Morgan our best wild card yet? Find out in our full review!
‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7 makes “New Best Friends” with a colorful junkyard gang to recruit against Negan, but is Daryl making any likewise progress with his stay in The Kingdom? And is the next notable death still way too obvious? Find out in our full review!