The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Warning : spoiler ahead for The Walking Dead : The single Who Live episode 1 .
Summary
There is no shortage of undead for Rick Grimes to down inThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Liveepisode 1 , but it is n’t at once vindicated whether the flame zombies from the opening sequence are another variant or something more quotidian . The concept of " variant cohort " first appeared inThe Walking Dead : World Beyond ’s endingbefore hemorrhage into both the main show andDaryl Dixon . The Walking Deadseason 11 ’s variants manifested exclusively as zombies that could climb ladders or use tool , butDaryl Dixonwent further by introduce Burners with acidic blood , as well as a version that possess super - posture and could escape .
Many questions about variant zombies remain unanswered inThe Walking Dead , with one of the biggest being why a sudden influx has appear 10 years post - outbreak . Apocalypse old hand like Negan and Daryl go a decennium without noticing variants , then multiple super - zombie began showing up all at once inThe Walking Dead ’s termination . As such , it is entirely plausible that AMC ’s Rick Grimes and Michonne spinoff , The Walking Dead : The single Who Live , will also feature variants to some level . The closest affair episode 1 delivers is the wafture of flaming living dead Rick deals with , but whether this is an actual new variant remains contest .
The Walking Dead’s Flaming Zombies (Probably) Aren’t A New Variant
The CRM looks like sending Rick and the other consignees to defend Civic Republic district from a pocket-size ruck travel towards the community ’s crops . The zombies in said herd are on fire and a blazing construction can be seen from the focus from which they are coming . The most logical explanation is that a fire occur at a CRM food adeptness and attracted nearby zombies , which were then ready alight but proceed marching onwards disregarding . The zombies do not appear to be inherently ablaze , meaningthese are even zombies that just reel too close to a fervour , not fire - establish variation . The CRM look up to the oncoming wave as " ignited " further supports this .
Nevertheless , the idea thatThe Walking Dead : The ace Who Live ’s light zombies signal a unexampled discrepancy can not be rule out definitively . Without extra inside information about how the blast started , it is possible that the flaming building was countersink alight by the zombies rather than the other way of life around , meaning the undead were on fire first . Again , this seems unlikely . Fire discrepancy would have left a lead of scorched ground behind them , whereas the blazing seen duringThe Ones Who Live ’s ethereal whirlybird crack is trammel to a single area .
The Ones Who Liveintroducing fire zombies also would n’t tally withThe Walking Dead ’s timeline . The scene is sustain to take place five years on from Rick Grimes ' presumed death , arrange it several days before when variance first start becoming a problem inThe Walking Dead ’s final season . A fire - establish variance emerging in Pennsylvania before zombies near Alexandria had even get down picking up knives seems implausible .
Fire Zombies Would Still Be A Great Walking Dead Variant
Rick may not be fighting fire snake god inThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Live , but the sequence does highlight how peachy a flaming stochastic variable could be . Daryl DixonpushedThe Walking Dead ’s snake god into more grotesque territory with the burner ' acidic lineage equipment and Genet ’s superintendent - corpses , meaning the impression of zombies that internally combust is not as outlandish as it might have been circaThe walk Deadseason 3 .
Variants have been an on-going mystery in The Walking Dead , but Daryl Dixon ’s spinoff in conclusion shows where these stronger , faster zombies come from .
AsThe Walking Deadexplores newfangled ways of keeping the undead as sweet as their rotting dead body will allow , a zombie that spontaneously ignites and position anything it touches on flame would be an excellent way to add an extra layer of threat . These zombies would inevitably be harder to kill , since their fiery organic structure would prevent subsister using melee weapons and even a single touch could prove fatal . Whether inThe Walking stagnant : The one Who Liveor another approaching project , fire zombies might just represent the next rude evolution for the franchise ’s ever - change dead .
The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Livecontinues Sunday on AMC .
Episode #
Episode Title
Release Date
1
" Years "
February 25
2
" run "
March 3
3
" Bye "
March 10
4
Unknown
March 17
5
March 24
6
March 31
