The Walking Dead will return for its ninth season in the fall, but the zombie apocalypse won’t be all business as usual in the next batch of episodes.
News broke earlier in the summer that series star Andrew Lincoln will depart The Walking Dead at some point in the first half of the season, with reports indicating that he could be gone as early as six episodes in.
Unsurprisingly, details are scarce about how and why Rick will depart, and theories range from basic to wildly fantastical.
Rick may have killed his last zombie before the midseason finale even airs!