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Walking Dead mid-season 8 trailer is pretty bleak

Photo credit: AMC
Photo credit: AMC

From Digital Spy

Things look pretty bleak for Rick, Maggie and their allies in a sneak peak at The Walking Dead's mid-season return.

The theme of a new teaser is 'No Guarantees', and the meaning of that phrase is hammered home with Carol (Melissa McBride) offering a bleak view of a possible victory over Negan and the Saviours.

"Winning just means we get to tomorrow," she says. "Maybe one more night. After that, no guarantees."

In brief shots throughout the 30-second clip, we can see Tara (Alanna Masterson) turning a gun on Saviours double agent Dwight (Austin Amelio) while Rosita (Christian Serratos) takes down a gross swamp walker.

What's left out of the trailer is the highly controversial creative choice to have original cast member Chandler Riggs leave the show in the upcoming episodes, after his character Carl was bit by a walker.

There's been a huge backlash to Scott M. Gimple's choice to presumably kill off Carl, but The Walking Dead's creative team continue to stand by their decision.

Photo credit: Gene Page / AMC
Photo credit: Gene Page / AMC

"This [next episode] sets very important ideas for the rest of the season," he said, "very important motivations, and it re-contextualises everything that's been going on and gives it a perspective that just can't be denied. It scrambles some things.

"But Carl's presence is felt very deeply in the story, throughout the story. It's a critical aspect of the season."

The Walking Dead is due to return for the second half of its eighth season on Sunday, February 25 in the US on AMC and on Monday, February 26 in the UK on FOX UK.


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