The Walking Dead, Ghosts: Things To Note
By Liam O'Leary
6) During the meeting between Alpha, Michonne, Daryl, and Carol, Alpha admonishes them for the three times they crossed into Whisperer turf: One, obviously, when the communities crossed over to put out the fire, the second being the exodus from the Kingdom in the Season Nine finale, “The Storm”, where we saw Whisperers watching (Specifically, when Daryl warns Alden off lashing out at Lydia), and the third being when Aaron and Michonne attacked a trio of walkers on the bridge in the season premiere, “Lines We Cross”, something Michonne, in fact, yelled at Aaron about when they did it.
7) Carol attempting to shoot Alpha is very reminiscent of Rosita trying to shoot Negan in the Season Seven midseason finale, “Hearts Still Beating”.
8) While trying to find a place to sleep inside the Barnett Academy, Carol finds a home economics book. After looking away, she looks back to find the mother on the cover is replaced by her (Complete with her short hair from Season’s One and Two), and the family replaced by Sophia, Lizzie, Mika, Henry, and Sam, all with wounds on their necks as resembling Henry’s after his decapitation. Of the five, Sam was the only one not be a child (Either biological or adopted) of Carol’s, though, Carol clearly felt responsible for his death, her threat when he found her stealing guns (In Season Five’s “Forget”) causing him to lose composure the last time Alexandria was besieged by walkers in Season Six’s “No Way Out”.
9) While holing up in Barnett Academy, Daryl recounts to Carol that his father was a trucker. Even though this is part of Carol’s hallucination, and totally false, it’s the first we’ve heard about Daryl’s dad since he told Beth about he and Merle’s childhood in Season Four’s “Still”.
10) As Carol roams the halls of the school looking for the source of a noise , she passes a billboard which prominently features the words “BRAIN” and “Eat right”. Is this a subtle reference to the 1985 zombie classic, “The Return Of The Living Dead” which introduced the cliche of zombies eating brains?