Content Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the AMC series The Walking Dead.After 12 years and 11 seasons Walking Dead said goodbye to AMC with a special one and a half hour episode that concluded the stories of several characters, and also created the long-awaited spin-offs of fan favorites such as Daryl, Maggie and TWD super couple Rick and Michonne.
As one of the series’ longest episodes, the finale is full of special Easter eggs, unexpected cameos, and special cast requirements that made the final episode perfect. From Daryl’s special line to the real cause of Rosita’s death, there are many final facts each time. Walking Dead fan must know about.
Chandler Riggs makes a cameo
Chandler Riggs left Walking Dead in season 8, when his character Carl was bitten by a walker, he emotionally said goodbye to his father Rick before taking his own life before he could succumb to the bite. But this season 8 episode isn’t the last you’ll see with Riggs.
After Riggs’ comeback rumors began to surface when a group photo from the last day of filming surfaced online, Riggs finally confirmed it on the channel. talking dead The peculiarity of the ending is that he made a cameo appearance as a laborer in the background of the hilltop scenes towards the end of the episode.
Rosita shouldn’t have died
Not many lives died in the series finale, but of the few, Rosita’s death was the most devastating for all but her character. Christian Serratos. In an interview with Entertainment Weeklythe actress admitted that it was her own proposal to die for her character.
Serratos revealed that after realizing that no major character was planned to be killed off, she fought for her character’s death. “I just really thought we owe the show and the audience to break their hearts one last time,” she told the showrunners.
Makeup for Yumiko and Magna
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Even though many of their queer characters were destroyed, Walking Dead has always been great with the representation of LGBTQ+ on the show. Yumiko and Magna were a lesbian couple who arrived on the show in season 9 but unfortunately ended their relationship the following season.
After spending the entire last season apart, the heroine Yumiko Eleanor Matsuura admitted during the special final talking dead that the reason why Yumiko and Magna kiss in the ending is because she advocated for them to get back together at the end when the showrunners didn’t plan for it.
Khary Payton’s son guest stars
When the ending is pushed back a year after Rosita’s death and Eugene is seen with Max and their new daughter, whom he named Rosie after his deceased friend, the child portraying Rosie is actually Ezekiel. Khary Paytonreal son Eli Nkrumah.
This won’t be the first time members of the cast’s family have appeared on the show. In season 10 Jeffrey Dean Morgan wife Hilarie Burton Morgan from One tree’s hill fame came as his on-screen wife Lucille and their son August Morgan guest-starred as a young walker in season 11.
Greg Nicotero special screen moment with Norman Reedus
Showrunner Greg Nicotero appeared on Walking Dead as a walker several times, including as the very first walker to Norman Reedus Daryl kills. Because of this story, Nicotero appeared in the last episode as a special guest along with Reedus.
As Daryl hops on his motorcycle and drives off - with clear plans to explore France, according to his upcoming TWD spin-off - he drives past a walker emerging from the woods, played by Nicotero, becoming not only the first but also the last walker that Daryl interacts with in the series.
Symphony Orchestra
the walking Dead title sequences have always been unique, notable for disappearing with each season. But all this is united by a terrible musical theme created by the composer. Bear McCreery for the show’s premiere in 2010, and was used to headline every episode for 11 seasons except the last one.
To hit the mark, McCreary recorded the last episode with the Los Angeles Symphony. McCreery pointed to Twitter co-author joined in July 2022 Sam Ewing and three players who worked on the main game back in 2010.
Dinner table
After killing Pamela, the entire group is seen together and eating at a Thanksgiving-themed dinner table. As if the scene wasn’t touching enough, it’s also a direct reference to two previous moments in the series.
Not only did Carl tell Rick that he hoped for such a moment one day, just before his devastating death in Walking Deadbut the season 7 premiere ended with a “what if” dream scene with the group sitting at the dinner table with a happy Glenn and Abraham, showing what might have been if Negan hadn’t killed two beloved characters.
Episode title meaning
Episode titles sometimes play a key role in Walking Dead, and when it comes to the title of the series finale “Rest in Peace”, it not only mimics the title of the latest book in the comic book series, but also potentially hints at Rick’s return.
In season 5, Rick shares a memorable story with the group about his grandfather, who, like Rick at the time, went to war every day but reminded himself every night to “rest in peace”. The story ends with Rick telling him that his grandfather came home after all, which is what Rick portrays. Andrew Lincoln did in the series finale.
Rick and Michonne are back
Some of the finale’s final scenes jump back and forth between Rick and Michonne, but the scenes can be hard to decipher on first viewing. Writer Angela Kang explained insider exactly what the audience sees in these final moments.
“It’s a story of the past and present living at the same time, but it just shows that their intentions are emotionally the same,” Kang said, revealing that Rick is seen at some point between the last episode of Andrew Lincoln in Season 9. Danai Gurira the last episode of season 10 while Michonne is looking for Rick after her character’s last episode.
Daryl says the name of the show
It’s always an exciting, special, meta-moment when a show or movie purposefully throws its name into its last moments, and in the walking Dead In the series finale, that honor went to one of the show’s main players, Norman Reedus.
Near the beginning of the episode, when Pamela is determined not to save her community from walkers, the group intervenes and Daryl epically tells Pamela, “You built this place to look like the old world. It was a fucking problem.” … We have one enemy. We are not the walking dead.”
Source: Collider
