Five Predictions for ‘The Walking Dead’ Episode 8×04

When The Walking Dead returns with a new episode on AMC tonight, fans are sure of one thing: Ezekiel and his soldiers are in trouble.

At the end of last week’s episode, The Kingdom marched toward a Savior outpost that appeared to be abandoned, but they were sadly mistaken. Just as they all arrived in the middle of a clearing, bullets rained down on them and caused quite a panic.

Hopefully this week we’ll get a chance to see what happened to the soldiers after the ambush, and what Ezekiel plans to do next. Let’s also remember that Rick is about to take off on some kind of mysterious quest, and Hilltop is trying to decide who among them is a mole for Negan.

The possibilities for tonight’s episode are endless, but here are a few of our best guesses.

Fate of The Kingdom Revealed

While The Walking Dead is known to take a week off after a big cliffhanger, we don’t think that will happen this week.

Instead of taking some time to explore another group of survivors, tonight’s episode will probably keep up with Ezekiel and his Kingdom soldiers following the ambush.

It may take a while to resolve the cliffhanger though, as this could be one of those situations where the intro to the episode is some kind of flashback, and the sets the stage for a character before getting back to the present.

Rick Confronts Daryl

Daryl has been a bit of a wild card this season. Twice last week he went off the rails, killed someone Rick was trying to reason with, and didn’t give either situation a second thought.

As Rick’s face clearly showed, he’s had enough.

Look for Rick to finally confront his right hand man this week, despite the history the two have together. If Rick wants to try and rebuild this war, and establish himself as a just leader rather than another version of Negan, he’s going to have to put a stop to the kind of unnecessary violence coming from Daryl.

Carol Runs the Table

The Kingdom is in trouble right now, but don’t expect Ezekiel to be the one to save the day.

As we saw last week, Carol kind of went off on her own around the time of the ambush. What could she be doing?

With everyone else caught in the crossfire, Carol is about to go save their lives. Remember that badass version of Carol that tore the Wolves apart in Alexandria? Expect another outing like that this week.

Negan Returns

Another week, another Negan prediction.

It’s not been three weeks since fans saw Negan locked away in a trailer with Father Gabriel. The character is easily a favorite among audiences, and it’s likely they won’t hide him away for too much longer.

Let’s cross our fingers and hope this is the day we finally get Negan back.

Death of Shiva

In the comics, Shiva was killed when Ezekiel charged into a battle without enough information, and his people were slaughtered.

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

If Ezekiel tries to make an escape, and he’s not going to make it without any help, Shiva will be the one to come to the rescue and save his hide. Unfortunately, it’s going to cost the tiger her life.

If this happens, it’ll easily be the saddest death of the season so far.