The Walking Dead; Season Five Finale Predictions

OK, so it is upon us; The Walking Dead season five finale looms around the corner like a roamer you never knew was there until it takes a hefty chunk of your face off, or something along those lines.

Now, my fan-boy-ish-ness for TWD is no secret, this is my second post about the show in a row and it's basically only a matter of time before this entire Blog becomes The Misadventures of a TWD Geek – although with Game of Thrones vastly approaching I'll probably be on that bandwagon next month. I'm fickle. But these are my predictions for the final episode of the season.

***Possible Spoilers***

Predictions

Major Character Death:
Look it's the finale and in the immortal words of Notorious B.I.G.; “Somebody Got To Die”. It's likely a few characters will shuffle off their mortal coil before the credits roll, but one of them has to be a key player within the show, it just has to happen.

There's fear that fan favourite Daryl Dixon will soon be having a family reunion with brother Merle, but as the most popular character I think it would be a foolish mistake to kill off the most original character the TV show has spawned.

So my prediction is that Carol will be the one 'looking at flowers' before the season ends.

The way I see it is that since arriving at Alexandria; Rick and Carol have been vocal about their mistrust of the people inside the Safe-Zone and their actions and are basically on the cusp of a coup. While the other members of their ragtag crew have entered Alexandria and quickly arose to powerful positions in a democratic fashion; Maggie [Deanna's aid], Abraham [leading the construction team], Glenn [taking charge of runs], Sasha [constant look out], Daryl [now teaming up with Aaron], even Rick himself was outright given an important role within the community – along with Michonne – but that's not enough for him.

So why should Carol die?

Carol is the embodiment of Rick's unwillingness to budge his strong-handed techniques. Oh, they think Pete's beating his wife... he must be killed. If it wasn't for Carol sharing the views of Rick, he may have taken note from his other friends and simply fallen in line with those in Alexandria and more than likely took control diplomatically. I mean his 'window theory' literally went out the window... with Pete.

Carol almost seems as if she's too far gone. I've seen a few comments online likening Rick to The Governor, but it's Carol that shares his excellent trait of putting on a fake demeanour for the public while underneath it all beats the heart of a cold blooded psychopath that would tie a child to a tree and let the 'monsters' feast upon him. Yet in episode 15 [“Try”] we see that this has been done [likely by the shows next villains].

Mainly I want to see Carol go, so I don't get confused when Rick screams his son's name.... “CORAL!!!”

I think Pete will probably beat her to death. Pete = wife beater. Carol = battered wife. Makes sense to me.

Morgan:

Morgan has been teased a few times this season and if it doesn't culminate in him entering the cast for real, I fail to see the entire point of it.

Obviously, I've spoken at length of the roles of African American males within the show and following my theory we've been left with a gap that needs filling - after the revolving door of black actors entering as one leaves came around again - with Noah dying... in a revolving door of all things. So this would be the opportune moment for Morgan to finally enter the show properly. Plus Father Gabriel... or as I now refer to him; 'T-Dog-collar'... is a return to the boring black male bit-parts from the first three seasons, we need a strong African American character back in the show ASAP.

And what's going off in ASZ regarding black folk? Where they turned away up until Rick's group rocked up, because that place seems to be full of white folk. Where the fuck is Heath?

Rumours online;

1) The first rumour is Morgan is the man marking zombies with the 'W' on the forehead, it's an upside down 'M'... apparently. I don't buy this at all. These 'M' walkers have been around Alexandria since about the time Rick arrived, it'd be impossible for walkers that had come in contact with Morgan to have caught up with them already.

2) Morgan is already dead! I know, it's a shocker, but some TWD fans are claiming we could have already seen Morgan's limbs decapitated in an earlier episode this season [episode 9; “What Happened and What's Going On”]. I've seen the evidence, but I don't buy into it. If it is true it'd be a shame a character some fans have been yearning for dies off screen.

Now Rick seems to be teetering on the edge of sanity [again], it'd be nice to see Morgan come into the fold and calm Rick down.

Attack on Alexandria:

This has to happen.

Since their arrival Rick has been constantly telling Deanna and co. they aren't safe from the people on the outside and although he seems a little unhinged lately, it's time for Grimes to be proven right and Deanna to get her comeuppance.

Drawing from the comics and other people's views online I'm firmly in the 'Wolves' camp.

In the mid-season return [“What Happened and What's Going On”], we discover that Noah's community has been totally ran-sacked by a group. In the background is some graffiti;

Not saying it's obvious, but it is written on the wall for you.

This could just be nothing, but I think the foreshadowing in this season has been extremely good; Rick tells Gareth how he's going to kill him, Rick's window theory-throwing Pete through the window, Carol's threat to Jesse's son-Daryl and Aaron find a woman tied to a tree as zombie bait; once the finale airs I'm looking forward to going back and seeing if I can spot any others.

Around this time in the comic we are introduced to a gang [The Scavengers] that live on the road looting any other camps they come across. When they finally appear in the comic the leader gets the attention of the Alexandria population and when Officer Rick Grimes approaches the gate, the leader says;

I just said it was obvious in the last picture's caption, Derek!

Now, even a child could tell you what kind of animal what have that dialogue.

I also think this is the group carving W's into the foreheads of zombies, it's just the type of thing a hardened group of reprobates would do in an apocalypse.

In episode 15 [“Try”], there's a red balloon that features a couple of times. When Rick and Pete are exchanging blows, the balloon is released. I think this could be the signal that the Wolves have been waiting for. It's safe to say they're in the area; Daryl and Aaron seem to be close to them, so it's not unimaginable that one of them would spot a red balloon floating away.

Nicholas Will Die

“Who the fuck is Nicholas?” is probably what you're asking.

He's the snivelling piece of shit that got Noah killed and didn't even want to try and save his mate... and he also wanted to leave Glenn behind. These are all valid reason as to why he should die.

Due to him having a gun stashed I can picture him attempting to kill [or maybe even killing] a member of Rick's group. Although he's such an idiot he'll probably shoot someone else. Them a someone [likely/hopefully Glenn] will beat him to death.

Pete Pleads

Now we all want to see that wife-beating son-of-a-bitch get what he deserves, but he seems like the type of weasel that'd try anything to stay alive. I think that anything will be Tara. We haven't seen her since she was involved in that explosion but we assume she's in a bad way and low and behold Pete's a surgeon.

I could easily see some dialogue being; “If I die, she [Tara] dies [without my help].”

So they're my predictions. One of them has to be correct, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Although my last prediction is that the episode will be great, this season has been extremely good, could even be the best yet and hopefully the finale will be the cherry on top.