“Jesus”) effectively took over from its cowardly leader Gregory – who, in retaliation, has been feeding intel to the Saviors.

–The Hilltop, which Maggie and Paul (a.k.a. But there’s also a little foreshadowing of where all of these battles royale smay be headed. “Mercy” picks up after the explosive skirmish and retrenchment that ended last year’s finale, and features still more stand-offs and shoot-outs. Without giving too much away, the Season Eight premiere – which has already been provided to critics – does a little bit of both. Gimple has occasionally zoomed through Kirkman’s plots, and sometimes slowed things waaaaay down to spend more time with the characters, charting their individual journeys through the post-apocalypse. The TV TWD‘s current head writer Scott M. In the comics, this fight lasts for a long while, with twists and turns aplenty. Right now, we’re at the beginning of the plot-line that the comics dubbed “All Out War,” where Rick Grimes and the various residents of the Alexandria Safe-Zone/Kingdom/Hilltop Colony join forces to resist the tyranny of Negan and his Saviors. The show has never been a beat-for-beat adaptation of writer Robert Kirkman‘s comic book, but it has followed the original story-arcs fairly closely. Get ready for what could be a grueling “all out war.” So for those of you who might want to jump back into the dangerous, zombie-strewn streets of AMC’s signature hit, here’s what you need to know about what may be ahead in the next 16 episodes. In other words: There’s plenty to look forward to as The Walking Dead‘s Season Eight gets set to premiere, with a tight one-hour episode called “Mercy,” premiering on October 22nd. But last year also brought exciting new characters (hello, tiger-owning badass King Ezekiel!), and some refreshingly accelerated plotting. That’s too bad: Yes, there was plenty to gripe about with the previous season, like the overlong episodes, pointless detours and frustratingly abrupt deaths.

Long-time fans – and even a handful of haters – tuned in to see the resolution to the “Who did Negan bludgeon?” cliffhanger, in one of those rare 21st century TV moments shared by over 15 million people at once.Īfter the premiere, however, the show’s usually noisy buzz quieted down to something like a faint hum – which grew even softer as the winter’s batch of episodes gave way to spring’s bounty. Last October, The Walking Dead‘s seventh season debuted with one of the most-watched episodes of the entire series.

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