The Walking Dead kicked off its season 8 premiere with a lot of fireworks, but if you were worried things might slow down moving forward, now you know that they are most certainly not. As you might expect from a story arc described as all out war, things continued hot and heavy from the opening scene right until the final credits. It all started with another assault on a Savior compound, with a group of Alexandrians rolling up in cars armored with sheet metal.
I wouldn't answer the walkie talkie either if someone called me "Little Roy" or "J-Top." #TheWalkingDead
— Dalton Ross (@DaltonRoss) October 30, 2017
God, I love these hillbilly drive bys #TheWalkingDead
— Ricky Dicky Do Grime (@AnnFangirl000) October 30, 2017
Making that entrance like…#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/RxHpTFFcaU
— TWD Support Group (@TWDSupportGroup) October 30, 2017
And why only show one battle when you can split the tension across three? You’ve got the Alexandria Mad Max brigade, Rick and Daryl hitting what they thought was a weapons depot, and then Tara, Jesus, and Morgan wiping out yet another Savior post. It was madness, and fans loved it.
On this episode of The Walking Dead #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/VkczqH638N
— Gaëlle ♈️♊️ (@VoiciGaelle) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/HollowSense/status/924806007641006080
Ammunition does not seem to be a precious commodity in the apocalypse. #TheWalkingDead
— Dalton Ross (@DaltonRoss) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/lilmissHoneyb/status/924806381164785664
https://twitter.com/DeputyNStuff/status/924810676404662273
That one dude is shaky as fuck. He should've stayed home. #TWD #TheWalkingDead #DemDeadz #DeyWalking pic.twitter.com/aQUwgRVeKs
— Brilliance Deferred (@DrkNemesis) October 30, 2017
up, down, left, right, circle, triangle, triangle, square.
INFINITE AMMO CHEAT ACTIVATED.#TheWalkingDead
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) October 30, 2017
And then Morgan claimed he couldn’t die, which just seems like a good way to jinx yourself in the zombie apocalypse.
https://twitter.com/TWDBUZZ/status/924805840124641281
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We also got a refresher on what happens when you show mercy on The Walking Dead.
"I got it Jesus, step aside" – best new motto #TheWalkingDead
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) October 30, 2017
I can’t believe I just said “shoot him Jesus!” #TWD #thewalkingdead
— Alan Qwerty🇺🇸 (@fritter500) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/hedda1113/status/924814324262195201
And who would have expected Morgan to go full Terminator by the end of the episode?
Morgan CLEAR them all, we can’t leave them alive #TheWalkingDead
— The.Bryce.Phillips (@TvWithBryce) October 30, 2017
Morgan is on a 25 man killstreak right now.#TheWalkingDead
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) October 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/BlkNrdProblems/status/924813457177923584
Morgan in 3 minutes. #twd #thewalkingdead pic.twitter.com/BYZ7F2hI7O
— Boom In The Shot (@BITStstv) October 30, 2017
Morgan right now…#TheWalkingDead #DemDeadz pic.twitter.com/vnCVyYep6X
— Pieter J. Ketelaar 3 💉💉💉 💉 (@PieterJKetelaar) October 30, 2017
Seriously, there was so much packed into this episode in between the bullets that it’s hard to recap it all, but Twitter sure tried…
Rick Grimes breathing heavy and covered in blood right after he kills a man is my new sexuality. #thewalkingdead #twd
— Caprice✨ (@CapriceZombie) October 30, 2017
I got $5 that says this is Shane's baby. #TheWalkingDead
— Rick Fuckin’ Grimes (@RickFucknGrimes) October 30, 2017
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https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/924817502969974786
https://twitter.com/papi_halal/status/924819104929861632
King Ezekiel is happy. Something is about to go wrong.#TheWalkingDead
— The Walking Dead World (@TWalkingDWorld) October 30, 2017
At this rate, season 8 is looking like it may be a 16-hour long action film. That’s not great for all the characters, who are starting to sprout bullet holes and find themselves in some very precarious situations. The first two episodes have had Rick and his gang largely victorious, but it seems like things are about to start turning against them, and it’s not going to be pretty.
