Ngaphambi kokuba ngiqale lesi yisixwayiso nje esincane, kukhona abaphangi be-The Walking Dead comic ngaphambili futhi mhlawumbe nombukiso uma uchungechunge lunamathela kokuqukethwe kwalo emasontweni azayo, engikuphakamisa kakhulu. Kulabo kini abangazange bafunde amahlaya, ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwejele iqembu liphihlikile. URick noCarl bazulazula bezama ukuzihlanganisa, ekugcineni bagijimela eMichonne obajoyinayo. URick, Carl noMichonne bakhululekile lapho bebona uGlenn noMaggie befika begibele ihhashi. Ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa uGlenn, Maggie noDale (uyaphila isikhathi eside kakhulu kumahlaya, ukufa kwakhe ekugcineni kwasetshenziselwa uBob) uhlala epulazini likaHershel. Kanye noSophia (useseduze naye) othathwe nguGlenn noMaggie njengoba engenamndeni wokuzalwa osele no-Andrea. Bathuthele lapho ngaphambi kokuthi konke kwehle ejele, ngakho-ke abanalo ulwazi ngokuhlaselwa, uRick kufanele azise uMaggie ngokushona kukayise, yize uHershel afela ejele ekufeni kwakhe kokubili kulo mdlalo kwakungeyona indlela eya ngayo amahlaya. Eqinisweni uMbusi usika ikhanda laseTireese hhayi elikaHershel.

U-Abraham ufika ePulazini likaHershel neqembu lakhe labathathu, umhlambi wama-Walkers ungena uqhamuka ngaphesheya kwezinkundla ephoqa iqembu lezigelekeqe ukuba zilayishe ukuthi zinaziphi izinto zokuhamba bese liphuma. Ngaphandle kweTerminus nesibhedlela okuke kwavela kuso muva nje, inkambo obekuqhutshwa ngayo lo mdlalo icishe ifane nakumahlaya. Ukuvela kukaGabriyeli oFanayo kuyafana nakumahlaya, imfihlo yakhe ezincwadini iyafana nombukiso. Kodwa-ke kumahlaya u-Abraham akazange enze iqembu elihlukanisayo ukuze lidlulele eWashington DC neqembu likaRick elisalele emuva, kwakuneqembu elilodwa elikhulu kumahlaya. Yize u-Abraham enenkinga yokuthi uRick abe ngumholi ekuqaleni ekugcineni ugcina ekwamukela ukuthi uGrimes ubiza isibhamu futhi wanelisekile ngokuba ngummeli wakhe othembekile.

Ibhizinisi elisesibhedlela liwahlukanisa la maqembu, ngethemba lokuthi lapho leli qhinga selixazululiwe uRick uzothatha isinqumo sokuqhubekela phambili eWashington DC njengoba no-Abraham ezokwenza. Uma sengikhona ngithemba ukuthi uchungechunge lwe-TV lulandela inkombandlela yamahlaya kulesi sigaba sendaba. Kumahlaya kunemiphakathi eminingi endaweni yeDC, iqembu likaRick lijoyina indawo enkulu yokugcina engcwele, iqoqo lezindlu ezivikelwe ngocingo, linakho konke; ukudla; imithetho; imisebenzi yelungu ngalinye. Kuphelele, ngeshwa izinto azihlali kanjalo njengoba zingakaze zenzeke ku-The Walking Dead. Kugadla umhlambi, ungena ezindongeni zendlu engcwele futhi kubulala amalungu amaningi omphakathi ngaphakathi. URick uphoqeleka ukuthi athathe izintambo njengomholi.

Kugcina sekucaca ukuthi akuwona wodwa lo mphakathi oseduze, kukhona nomphakathi onqenqemeni oluqinile, laba bantu banokuthula. Ngeshwa abantu ababaphangayo abayona. Kuneqembu elibizwa ngokuthi Abasindisi eliholwa ngumuntu ophambene ngokomqondo ogama lakhe linguNegan. Uma ngithi i-psychotic maniac ngiqonde, angahle abe mubi kakhulu kunoMbusi. Kungaba okuthokozisayo ukubona umuntu osile esikrinini, i-AMC kuzodingeka ithole umlingisi onobungozi obukhulu ngokomzimba kanye nethalente lokujova ukwesaba emigqeni yakhe. Isenzo sokuqala sikaNegan sibulala uGlenn, ngenxa yokuthi umlingiswa uthandwa kangakanani ngabaningi kungasabisa ukubona lokhu kuchungechunge lwe-TV, ikakhulukazi ngendlela okwenzeka ngayo. Kungaba nesibindi ukusho okungenani ukuya lapho ohlelweni lweTV.

Okulandelayo izingqinamba ezimbalwa ezishubile lapho uRick ephoqeleka khona ukuthi athobele imithetho kaNegan, kumele anikeze abaSindisi uhhafu wakho konke; umuthi; ukudla, ngaso sonke isikhathi behlela ukulwa nokulwa uma isikhathi silungile. Isigaba esilandelayo bekungaba yinto ehehayo ukubukela esikrinini uma ngabe i-AMC ikwenzile ngempela lokho, uRick uyiswa emphakathini omkhulu obizwa ngeThe Kingdom, owesilisa ubusa lapho obizwa ngeKing Ezekiel ... unengwe. Angazi ukuthi bazoyithola kanjani ingwe ku-The Walking Dead, kungadingeka ukuthi bayishiye leyo ngxenye. Okunye ukulingiswa kweNkosi u-Ezekiel kuyamangalisa kodwa futhi kusukuma ngaphandle kukaShiva, ukuthi nje ukutholakala kwengwe yesilwane esilanyiwe kuphole ngendlela emangalisayo.

Konke lokhu kwenzelwa umcimbi omkhulu emlandweni wencwadi yamahlaya ethi “All Out War”, angikasifundi leso sigaba okwamanje kepha ngicabanga ukuthi sonke singacabanga ukuthi lokho kuhlanganisani, lo mcimbi uzodinga isabelomali esikhulu kakhulu futhi amahora okusebenza kepha ngokuqinisekile kuzokhokha. Noma ngabe i-The Walking Dead inamathela kulesi sakhiwo sencwadi, iboleka izinto zayo noma iyishaya indiva ngokuphelele akunakuphikwa ukuthi uchungechunge luzoletha.