The Walking Dead Season 8 Premiere Recap
30 GIFs That Sum Up Watching The Walking Dead's Brutal and Bloody Season 8 Premiere
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Spoilers for The Walking Dead below!
The Walking Dead is back, baby. Season eight drops us right into the battle between Rick and Negan, features a few mysterious flash forwards in Rick's life that may or may not be hallucinations, and has some serious zombie gore (because of course). From Rick's first inspirational speech to that shocking moment between Negan and Father Gabriel, read on to see every reaction we had to the season eight premiere's wild opening.
1 When Rick Kicks Things Off With an Inspirational Speech
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2 But Then Things Flash Forward to Rick as an Old Man in a Hospital Bed
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3 When Carl Is Wandering Around an Abandoned Gas Station by Himself
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4 And Then a Mysterious Person Starts Spouting Nonsense Behind a Car
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5 Then Rick Goes Into Overprotective Dad Mode and Shoots at the Guy
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6 When the Crew Starts Killing Negan's Lookouts One by One
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7 Which Involves Morgan Viciously Stabbing Someone to Death With His Spear
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8 And Rick Letting a Walker Tear One of Negan's Men Apart
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9 When Rick and Michonne Share One Seriously Hot Kiss Goodbye
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10 When Maggie Says She's Going to Keep Fighting Even Though She's Pregnant
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11 When Rick Promises to Follow Maggie After the War Is Over
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12 When Daryl, Carol, Tara, and Morgan Blow Up an SUV and Attract a Huge Horde of Walkers
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13 When the Crew Comes Rolling In to Negan's Sanctuary With the Cars Covered in DIY Armor
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14 When Negan Casually Strolls on to the Balcony, Cocky AF
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15 When Rick Tells Negan's Saviors They Can Surrender Now . . . OR ELSE
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16 When Gregory Comes Out Saying Hilltop Stands With Negan and Threatens the Hilltop Citizens
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17 When the Hilltop Soldiers Still Side With Maggie
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18 When Simon Just Throws Gregory Down a Flight of Stairs Because His Threat Didn't Work
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19 When Rick Starts Counting Down For the Saviors to Surrender . . .
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20 BUT THEN STARTS SHOOTING AT NEGAN WHEN HE GETS TO NUMBER 7
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21 But It Doesn't Matter Because Still NO ONE Is Able to Shoot Negan on the Balcony
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22 When Carol Gives Daryl a Sweet Goodbye So He Can Go Distract Some Walkers on His Motorcycle
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23 And Then Rick Blows Up the Beloved RV!
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24 And Then Rick Stops to Snap a Polaroid Photo of the Carnage
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25 When Gregory Comes Stumbling Back Into the Fray, and Father Gabriel Actually Stops to Help Him
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26 And Then OF COURSE He Steals Father Gabriel's Armored Car and Leaves Him For Dead
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27 When Carl Goes Back to Leave Food For the Guy Rick Scared Off at the Start of the Episode
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28 So Gabriel Climbs Inside a Dark Trailer to Escape the Horde, and Negan Ends Up Being Inside
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29 When Rick Has Another Mysterious Flash Forward, and Judith Is a Few Years Older
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30 And Then Rick Gives Another Rousing Speech in the Present Timeline to Get Everyone Fired Up
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