The late trailer for the next time of year of The Walking Dead left fan with a ton of question — chiefly , what the hell was going on at the end of it ? lover of the original comic have a clue what ’s go on , and soon the rest of us will too … by the end of the first installment .

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At the end of the season eight lagger , released during San Diego Comic - Con , we see a bearded , older , and softly lit variation of Rick wake up in bed , echoing his wake - up to the zombie apocalypse during the series premiere . This leave audiences with a short ton of questions . Are we getting a time jump ? Will Rick exist the war with Negan ? Or , worst of all , is this just a dazed aspiration sequence ?

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Executive producer Robert Kirkman revealed that audiences will find out the verity ( or something very close-fitting to it ) in the very first installment of the season .   Speaking with reporters at the Television Critics Association press hitch ( as shared byEntertainment Weekly ) , Kirkman teased out that answer are on their means and we wo n’t have to wait until the end of the season to see sure-enough humankind Rick come forth from his slumber .

“ I ’m pretty sure you ’ll learn in the first episode what that means , ” Kirkman said .

Kirkman added that laughable book buff should have a secure sense of what ’s going on , even if may not fit into the plot line as they eff it . For those who are rummy , the comic book jump onward two class from the conclusion of the All - Out War . Rick is hurt from a crossbow bolt of lightning to the back , as well as Negan fucking up his peg , hence why he apply a cane ( which you may see in the trailer ) . Kirkman indicated that he ’s sample to keep comic leger fans on their toes .

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“ That is an intriguing tidbit that we did make out there on intent , and we ’re hop that people proceed to question how it is that fits into the storyline and what it is , ” he say . “ Comic book fans know where a scene that kind of look like that would come down , but it also does n’t seem like we would be catch to that just yet if you were a comic book fan , so there ’s a whodunit to that . ”

The Walking beat returns October 22 .

[ Entertainment Weekly ]

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