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- What's up, deadies, BD here with your Recap to the Rescue,
Walking Dead edition,
breaking down everything you might have missed
in the 100th episode, that season eight premiere.
This was a milestone episode for the AMC zombie show
and, thus, was loaded with callbacks and Easter eggs
for longtime fans of the show.
For example, one you may have caught
was a shot for shot recreation of the very first scene
from the very first episode,
when Rick Grimes parked his sheriff's car
next to an overturned truck
and carried his gas can into an abandoned gas station.
This time around, it was his son, Carl,
taking those footsteps, walking past a dead woman's body,
and even wearing that same sheriff's hat.
In the same scene,
we even had an awfully familiar-looking zombie
make an appearance, with this walker
bearing a striking resemblance to Addy Miller's little girl
from the pilot episode.
Oh, by the way, Addy Miller is alive and well,
and looking at colleges now.
You feel old yet?
Sticking with the first episode,
there were two more nods
to Rick's earliest days in the apocalypse,
with one coming as a slight reference to Glenn.
Glenn was killed off almost exactly a year ago,
one day short, with the season seven premiere
airing on October 23rd, 2016,
and episode 100 Airing on October 22nd, 2017,
but this callback goes to Halloween of 2010's episode one.
The moments which saw Rick Grimes trapped in a tank,
surrounded by walkers in Atlanta
was recreated by this shot from the season eight premiere
when Father Gabriel was trapped in the trailer with Negan
and they were completely surrounded by walkers.
Fun fact: I happened to be on set
for the filming of the exchange between Negan and Gabriel,
and Jeffrey Dean Morgan peppered in more than a few f-words
to some of his takes here, suggesting Gabriel
was about to head to Poo-Poo Pants City for real.
The third episode one reference
arrived in the San Diego Comic-Con trailer
and finally played out in 801.
Old man Rick waking up in bed beside a bouquet of flowers,
of course, these flowers were alive and very colorful,
as is the world around Rick,
unlike the awakening from his coma
to a desolate and terrifying hospital.
This sequence played out throughout the episode,
showing a grown up Judith,
possibly hinting towards a four to five-year time jump
after the war, but also a thriving Alexandria community,
headed towards a festival,
which was a major event in The Walking Dead comics,
and even saw more than a few unexpected and shocking deaths,
as the Whisperer War was already on the horizon.
Also in Rick's flash-forward scene,
a potential reference to Lost, the clock beside Rick Grimes
was set for 8:23, two numbers from the iconic ABC show,
which contains the same flash-forward storytelling device
in its fourth season, and The Walking Dead showrunner,
Scott Gimple, is constantly praising that show.
How about the moment which saw
Rick taking a photo of Negan's Sanctuary as it burned?
This is a little jab at the group
which photographed the deaths of Glenn and Abraham
in episode 701 last year.
As for the other timelines shown,
one may have introduced us to Siddiq,
a friendly character from The Walking Dead comics
who once called Oceanside home.
This man we met at the gas station is played by Avi Nash
and first appeared in the season eight trailer.
Executive producer, Greg Nicotero, tells me
we will certainly be seeing more of him.
But then there's this funky timeline
where Rick looks really worn down.
Before the episode concluded,
this version of Rick whispers,
"My mercy prevailed over my wrath."
It's the same thing the Avi Nash character told Carl earlier
in this episode.
What's this mean?
Well, spoiler alert here, but in The Walking Dead comics,
the war between Rick and Negan
results in Negan breaking Rick's leg,
which explains the cane Rick was walking with
in the old man Rick scenes,
but also sees Rick capturing the villain
and throwing him in jail instead of killing him.
Mercy over wrath.
Civilization over savagery.
Rick over Negan.
The stage is already set for The Walking Dead
to follow such a path,
considering Morgan did build a prison in Alexandria.
And, finally, how about that call out to Shane Walsh?
Did you hear the way Negan said,
"Let me ask you somethin' Rick."
Sure sounded like an echo of Jon Bernthal's character
from seasons one and two, huh?
That's because it was.
Greg Nicotero tells me it was completely intentional.
And one more fun fact before we go, with all that gunfire,
bullets really do fly from the guns' chambers
as blanks are dispatched on set.
Here's one right here from the set of episode 100.
The recoil on the gun helps the actors deliver
on the tough action scenes,
which episode 100 was loaded with.
Let's not forget,
one of these is probably lodged in Negan's leg
after Rick took all of those shots at him.
The leader of the Saviors was definitely seen hobbling a bit
when he scrambled for safety in Sunday's night episode.
Did you catch any Easter eggs references
or important story points in the season eight premiere
of The Walking Dead?
Leave them in the comment section
or send them to me on Twitter @brandondavisbd
and make sure you head to comicbook.com/thewalkingdead
for all sorts of exclusive Walking Dead content.
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