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Top 5 Moments From The Walking Dead Season 8B Premiere




















WARNING: This blog contains spoilers!

They’re back, and they’re ready to finish the fight.

The Walking Dead wasted no time putting things right back in motion with the episode “Honor.” The war is still testing the survivors’ will to live and their desire to retain their humanity. Meanwhile, one of the “Atlanta Four” says goodbye.

Here are our picks for the premiere's top five moments. 

05. Morgan’s Gut-Wrenching Kill


Looking back, it seems funny that Morgan was once criticized for being too passive. This episode saw him pull off one of the most brutal kills in the show’s history. While battling Saviors to rescue Ezekiel, Morgan reached into a man’s abdominal wound and literally pulled his guts out. We thought he'd go for an Eastman-style armbar counter, but disembowelment works just as well.

04. Morgan and Carol Clear The Kingdom


While not as brutal as Morgan’s big finale, this series of scenes saw two of the show’s most badass characters trekking through the shadows, strategizing, and slowly taking out Savior after Savior on their way to save Ezekiel. Now THIS is what we love about the show!

03. Carl Says Goodbye


Well, we love this aspect of the show too. Carl’s death was sad, beautiful, and gripping all at once. He showed courage and hope in his final hours, reminding us all how great his character really was. Sometimes a heartbreaking loss needed to reinvigorate stories. As odd as it sounds, Carl’s death may be enough to motivate Rick to keep going – toward a future that’s more than war, bloodshed, and killing. Major props to Chandler Riggs for his performance on the show. We’ll miss you, man.

02. We See More Visions of Old Rick – and Old Negan!


We got to see old Rick once more, walking through what looked to be a relatively harmonious and prosperous community. He was with Judith, Eugene, Jerry and…Negan?! It seems the peaceful world possibly in the show’s future somehow includes our primary antagonist. Only instead of swinging Lucille he was – picking tomatoes? Alright writers, we want to see how this plays out.

01. Henry Kills Gavin


The show has a tradition of kids doing gruesome things just as well as adults. We saw it with Lizzie, we saw it with Ron, and now we see it with Henry, the staff-wielding younger brother of Benjamin, who was killed by Jared from Gavin’s pick-up group. The show teased Gavin’s death while Carl spoke about mercy and being more than a killer. After Morgan gave an impassioned speech about how he had to end Gavin’s life, we thought he did – only to find out it was young Henry who was wielding the weapon. It was somewhat predictable that a major Savior would meet their end in the premiere, but the kid being the killer? That’s a dark twist! Well done, writers. Well done.

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