Similarly to previews we’ve seen already, with lots of new footage in display, this trailer successfully gets us pumped up for the explosive conflict happening between the communities.
But it also balances the jubilant pep talks with members of Team family looking far more worried and concerned than anyone looked in the premiere.
The Walking Dead’s Season 8 premiere hinted at this season taking a different route with laying out the timeline of the All Out War between Rick and Negan, and the trailer above seems to justify some assumptions that at least the first half of the season takes place over a limited number of days.