
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Walking Dead: World Beyond Extended Trailer | Premieres Oct 3 on AMC ()

With the long-running AMC series set to return on February 20, 2022, here's a look back at the first official teaser for The Walking Dead Season 11: Part 2: Because if that show delivers on even 10% of what fans are expecting, the temptation to tattle might prove to be a bit too strong for some. I'll be looking to next week and the series finale of TWD: World Beyond as a test. Maybe the "spoiler walls" can hold, even with something as monumental as that. We pushed back against those who wrote off the series with their "show's been bad since the _ season" bullshit as it went through a renaissance at a point when other shows would be folding up their creative tents and coasting by now. We've felt the joy they felt as they found a way to live on for just one more day, and felt the heartbreak they felt, as the world around them continued eating away at their basic humanity. Because that final episode is going to be an emotional one for millions. So out of respect for the millions of faithful out there looking for a community experience as they say goodbye, going same date/same time must happen. And it has nothing to do with playing the clips, with the spoilers already in the video titles and preview images. And then there's the YouTube factor, which spoils episodes more for me than Twitter does. With it being the final episode, we'll have those curious returnees looking to see how it all wraps- folks who sometimes aren't quite as concerned about spoiling things for the diehards as the diehards might be. Why's this important? Because it has me thinking back to what we discussed in August when I expressed my concerns about the series finale of The Walking Dead being spoiled if it's released early and urging AMC Networks to drop the series-ender for everyone at the same time.

So if there's anything even remotely connected to the films happening during "The Last Light," we'll know soon enough how it will all play out. Because as most of you already know, the series finale will be hitting AMC+ this Sunday- a week early. By this time next week, we'll know if the "canary" survived the "coal mine"- and by that, I mean that we'll know if fans could keep from spoiling any major revelations. But that's not the only importance that next week holds. This time next week, fans of AMC's The Walking Dead: World Beyond will only be about 24-hours away from not only finding out how the two-season epic ends but also if all of this serious CRM business & the addition of Jadis ( Pollyanna McIntosh) will result in any teaser/cliffhanger connection to the upcoming Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln) films.
