The Walking Dead’s All-Out War Finale: A Strange and Surprising Tease of the Future

With the conclusion of The Walking Dead‘s epic “All-Out War” storyline today, there is a new and surprising status quo in place for Rick and his group of survivors — albeit one that builds organically on what Robert Kirkman has been trying to do with the characters for nearly fifty issues.The “Larger World” that Rick Grimes sought out after the fall of the prison and the attacks from The Hunters seemed for most of this arc like it was a mirage in the desert, but the ultra-violence of “All-Out War” goes out in such a way that, for those left standing, it seems there may yet be some hope for normalcy.