You know you’re always in for a wild ride when we get to the finales of The Walking Dead, and it was no different with the mid-season finale for season 8. Previews running non-stop on AMC promised a ‘shocking moment’ that would blow us all away, and many expected that to involve a major character’s death. They were almost right.
Rather than watching someone get torn to shreds by the undead, we instead learned that Carl had been bitten earlier in the season, which certainly explained why he was staggering all over Alexandria for the majority of the episode. He’s not dead … but he will be, and the emotional moment where Rick learns of the bite had people expressing all the feels on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/940061413308952576
Anyone else wanna join? #TheWalkingDead #TWDMidSeasonFinale pic.twitter.com/3rEQbFxI8x
— TWD Support Group (@TWDSupportGroup) December 11, 2017
Me rn😭 #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/AhNOqlmws2
— Ally DaNae (@allydanae_32) December 11, 2017
Carl had been there since the very beginning.
This one really hurts… 😪#RIPCarl #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/qaWpPlrFNO
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) December 11, 2017
Carl Grimes got bit.
The Walking Dead won't return until 2018.
Tomorrow's Monday.WORST. DAY. EVER.#TWD #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/nzVp8sMwbT
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) December 11, 2017
The episode didn’t waste any times kicking things off with Rick under fire from the newly liberated Sanctuary. Oh, and as usual the Junkyard Gang betrayed him the second things got the slightest bit hairy. Rick, when will you learn?
These junkyard hooligans are the most flip floppingest, untrustworthy mofos. #TheWalkingDead #DemDeadz pic.twitter.com/vIOXK9zaky
— ESSENCE (@Essence) December 11, 2017
The trash people abandoned him again? #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/MSMNDzyaJN
— Caitlin (@CJMasessa) December 11, 2017
And then we got a conspicuous flashback to Carl and his dad Rick from the start of season 8. It was around that point that people started to have a bad feeling, man.
Coral: are we just gonna kill all of them?
Yeah that was kind of the fucking plan… #TheWalkingDead
— Rick Fuckin’ Grimes (@RickFucknGrimes) December 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/940040709574234114
https://twitter.com/HershelGreene1/status/940040078784479232
And then things started to go very badly for the good guys as the Saviors rolled up on all their communities that attacked them.
“It worked.” – Daryl
DID IT DARYL? DID IT REALLY!? 😩#TWD #TheWalkingDead
— follow @twdufans (@FTWDFans) December 11, 2017
Negan showing up to Alexandria like
“Here’s Negan”#TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/z3oIrkbCBN
— TWDJunkie (@TWDJunkie) December 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/940045087911710721
Negan out here hosting the Alexandria open mic night. #TheWalkingDead
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) December 11, 2017
“This is my show.” – Carl Grimes#TWD #TheWalkingDead
— follow @twdufans (@FTWDFans) December 11, 2017
Negan to Carl #TWD #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/JAgRTT2FLP
— ☆Robbi€☆ (@_Robbie_Rob) December 11, 2017
People still can’t get over how Eugene could screw things over for Rick and the gang so badly. I mean, so does Daryl but at least his catastrophic actions are screw-ups and not betrayals.
I can't believe that there is still room for further disappointment in Eugene…#TheWalkingDead #TWDMidSeasonFinale
— TWD Support Group (@TWDSupportGroup) December 11, 2017
Eugene this how you play back Abrahams by serving the man that killed him #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/GjxZwYe2dV
— Sueboohs Corner (@SueboohsCorner) December 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/BrainsGoneBad/status/940050392087388161
So many explosions you’d think Michael Bay directed this episode. #TheWalkingDead
— Rick Fuckin’ Grimes (@RickFucknGrimes) December 11, 2017
Carl right now.#TWD #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/UR1MQtecxJ
— Daryl Dixon (@ImmortalDixon) December 11, 2017
And let’s give Dwight a hand for all that ridiculously dangerous double agent work, culminating in his killing of an entire team of Saviors.
https://twitter.com/RickAndThangs/status/940053220008718345
https://twitter.com/chrisitiankale/status/940059710715191297
"You'll float too" – Carl Grimes #TheWalkingDead pic.twitter.com/OH7BUQ1neP
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) December 11, 2017
