Heads on sticks walking dead

The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 15 finally delivers a moment from the comics that fans have been waiting for since the introduction of the Whisperers: heads on pikes at the fair.

By Josh Wigler. Winter is coming — and not just to Game of Thrones. Hot on the heels of losing Henry Matt Lintz , Tara Alanna Masterson and Enid Katelyn Nacon in one of the deadliest acts of violence ever committed on The Walking Dead , the world of the walkers is about to get painted with a coat of white to go with its signature red, all thanks to a stormy season nine finale. In the original telling of the tale spoilers ahead from the comics , Ezekiel Khary Payton and Rosita Christian Serratos wound up with their severed heads on spikes. In the AMC adaptation, their lives are spared, but at the expense of two other series regulars in the form of Masterson and Nacon, not to mention a legacy castmember in the form of Lintz, whose siblings Madison and Macsen both previously appeared as Sophia and Young Henry, respectively. Click here to read how it all went down.

Heads on sticks walking dead

As the fair at the Kingdom begins, Alpha leads an attack on a caravan from the Hilltop going to the Kingdom. Michonne brings all the leaders from the communities together to apologize for Alexandria forgoing its relationships, to announce that Alexandria will give asylum to Lydia, and to establish a mutual protection pact knowing that Alpha will likely retaliate. To affirm the pact, Ezekiel has the communities sign Michonne's charter and then starts arranging for a small combined force to travel to the Hilltop to make sure it is secure from an attack by the Whisperers. As the fair continues, Alpha poses as one of the Alexandria fairgoers from the caravan and gathers information. Earlier that day, Daryl's small force leaves for the Hilltop and meets up with the Highwaymen en route. The Highwaymen point them to the group of Hilltop residents that were killed by Alpha. The group decides to split up to look for any survivors. That night, Daryl, Michonne, Carol, and Yumiko are attacked by walkers, and take them out one by one until the Whisperers surround them. Beta emerges from the trees and tells them to drop their weapons, saying, "You just had to give me the girl. No one else had to die.

Some of the heads were made from molds of the actors and given limited animatronics to make their mouths move.

Some quick differences: in the comics, the Fair is held in Alexandria, not the Kingdom. In the show, Alpha murders a cute Hilltop couple so she can scalp the woman and cosplay as her at the Fair. Once she makes it to Kingdom, Alpha checks out the booths, chats up Ezekiel, and eventually finds Lydia at the movie. She tries convincing her to come back with her but Lydia refuses. Feeling betrayed, Alpha disowns her and leaves. Alpha and her people ambush Daryl, Michonne, and Carol and warn them not to threaten her.

Unlike the victims in the books, who were abducted or otherwise lured away from a community fair before their murders, Tara, Enid, and the others are seen in flashback engaging in an ultimately futile last stand against an overwhelming number of Whisperers before their deaths. The Walking Dead issue sees Rick Grimes, accompanied by son Carl and recently rescued former Whisperer Lydia, stumble across the horrific display erected by Lydia's mother, Alpha. They're then joined by Michonne, Dante, and Andrea, who asks, "What do we do now? In the show, the above minor characters are either long dead Olivia, Ken, Carson, Erin , little-seen Amber , or uninvolved Josh, Larry. Rodney and Addy are also exclusive to the show, with the latter inspired in part by Anna, a teen who had a crush on Carl, Henry's comic book counterpart.

Heads on sticks walking dead

While maybe not as overtly severe as the season 7 premiere in which Negan Jeffrey Dean Morgan beat Abraham and Glenn to death with his baseball bat, it certainly beat that episode in terms of quantity — this episode saw ten protagonist characters murdered and their heads placed on spikes. And as they head home they encounter said border markings — ten spikes, each with the zombified head of a protagonist character on it. It turned out that Alpha and presumably other members of the Whisperers had infiltrated the trade fair and snatched these folks, with some others being added later when they made a rescue attempt.

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Some of the heads were made from molds of the actors and given limited animatronics to make their mouths move. Back in her camp, Alpha, in private, begins to cry over the loss of her daughter. What did YOU think of all the comic comparisons this episode? When we spoke about the Whisperers , you described seeing them in the comics for the first time as an indelible image. Tools Tools. Later, at the Whisperers' new camp, Alpha, now out of disguise, joins her people, and approaches Daryl and company, who are captive. Your email address will not be published. Rick comes to save him like Daryl did in the show and they decide to take Lydia along for the ride. But really, he says how brave everyone was and how they should all remember the fallen. First, there was Maggie, who left with baby Hershel to join another group.

The names of who got killed on The Walking Dead are tough to remember when 10 characters ended up dying during the fair. Though the characters whose heads were on pikes at the end of the episode slightly differed from the comic books, it was still a dramatic ending to Season 9, episode

Laura Belsey. It was a moment where you want to end the show with people reeling and recovering. Fill the forms bellow to register. Alden scanning the crowd for Enid as he performs his number with Luke was probably the most devastating. How are you going to follow it, then? Reading Time: 5 mins read. At dawn, Alpha forces Daryl at gunpoint to the top of a cliff where a gargantuan horde of walkers and Whisperers walk beneath them. Toggle limited content width. When they came upon the heads, they see the first few, which are non-articulated. Retrieved March 26,