After a long absence in the series, morales briefly returns in the eighth season as a member of the saviors. The walking dead offers up a much better episode than the first two this season, but morales was a big mistake. Spotlight on morales the cast and creators discuss morales return and dramatic character arc. The walking dead season 8 episode 2 has arrived making good on showrunner scott gimples promise that new episodes charting the all out war between our heroes and negans saviours. Nothing is known about elizas life prior to or as the. Developed for television by frank darabont, who wrote or cowrote four of the seasons six episodes and directed the pilot episode, days gone bye, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic. Seriously, there was an awful lot that happened on this weeks. Morales the walking dead wikipedia republished wiki 2. The walking dead reveals what happened to morales from season. This story contains spoilers for season eight, episode two, of amcs the walking dead, titled the. Morales first name unknown is a survivor of the outbreak and later an antagonist in amcs the. After the camp was overrun, the morales family left for birmingham, alabama and parted ways with their companions.
Morales return on the walking dead could have had a much greater payoff if a fan of the series had his way. In tonights episode of the walking dead, the damned, morales juan gabriel pareja makes his return to the series, appearing for the first time since the fifth episode of the first season. Tweets about morales on the walking dead are very confused. The first season of the walking dead, an american postapocalyptic horror television series on amc, premiered on october 31, 2010, and concluded on december 5, 2010, consisting of 6 episodes. Gimple appeared on the walking dead aftershow to explain why they brought back the character after seven seasons. According to the latest spoilers about the walking dead season 7, there are a few things that seem possible. The walking dead season 8 episode 2 has arrived making good on showrunner scott gimples promise that new episodes charting the all.
Filming for season 7 began in georgia on may 2, 2016 and concluded on november 18, 2016. The last season or 2 has begun to take a downward turn, but the first part of season 7 is awful. This walking dead character is probably coming back. Morales and rick were once pals, but the tables have turned. The walking dead has fans wondering why they bothered to. Warning spoilers for the walking dead season 8, episode 3 ahead amcs the walking dead went for a deep cut last week when rick came face to face with morales an original member of that atlanta survivor group who hasnt been seen or heard from since season 1. They came across a camp of survivors and join their group. Gimple will return as the series showrunner and executive producer, along. The crazy way the walking dead handled morales story. And the actor hinted he would be back for season 5.
The walking deads latest episode reached back into season 1 to answer a longstanding mystery. In a blast from the past, morales from way back in season 1 returns as a. In the walking dead season 8 episode 2 the damned, group members struggle with when to kill and when to show mercy. Of course, the first one is that fans will finally find out who negan killed in the season 6 finale. Surprising blast from the past puts rick in danger. In an interview with yahoo, the walking deads executive producer greg nicotero revealed that there would be a character coming back to the show. Monsters, the 3rd episode of walking deads eighth season, will. Morales, a season 1 regular, returns on the walking dead inverse. Fans of the walking dead were shocked when a character from season 1 turned up at the beginning of season 8. During the initial outbreak, she, her father, her mother, and her brother escaped from atlanta. While it could have been any number of characters, the general consensus is that its likely glenn, whom negan also takes out in the comic book series. Its been an adventure for pareja to go from a minor character in four episodes of the walking dead in season one to a major player years later when its a worldwide phenomenon. It was last week when the walking dead reintroduced morales, an ally of ricks from back in the early days of the show, when anxious survivors of the apocalypse cared only about getting to the.
And immediately, tweets about morales on the walking dead took over social media. Morales is an original character in the television series and has no counterpart in the comics. Ironically, in season 1 morales tells rick that hed face the wrath of daryl for leaving merle behind. The walking dead fan creates much better morales story. Actors jeffrey dean morgan, xander berkeley, tom payne, and austin amelio were all promoted to series regulars for the seventh season, after having recurring roles in the sixth season.
Rumors have been circulating for a while involving morales possible return to the walking dead, though fans have been thinking that itd be for season 5, currently on winter hiatus. Episode two of the walking dead, the damned, surprised viewers with the return of a character fans havent seen since the first season of the series morales. Business insider points out that maybe fans have a reunion a long time coming with those boots belonging to morales. To top it off, audiences also get some classic rambo carol, and the episode ends with a wicked cool car chase. Oh, hey, morales from season 1 about whom i remember nothing. Its no secret that rick grimes has a serious soft spot for children on the walking dead. Morales, a season 1 regular, returns on the walking dead. It was last week when the walking dead reintroduced morales. Sundays episode of the walking dead showed the return of a familiar face fans never thought theyd see again as rick and daryl brutally fought their way through one of the saviors safe houses, rick was brought to a standstill when he caught sight of a photo of a couple. Morales return on the walking dead was literally shortlived when daryl barged into the conversation between the old friend and rick grimes, so why bring the. Is the walking dead about to repeat one of its worst. Eliza morales is a survivor of the outbreak in amcs the walking dead.
Morales, played by juan gabriel pareja, last seen in the fifth episode of the first season of the series. He was created by series developer frank darabont and portrayed by juan pareja. This is a man who hasnt appeared on walking dead in almost 100 full episodes. Season 8, episode 3 see how the crew coordinated the downhill walker attack and the epic fight between tom payne jesus and lennie james morgan in the woods. Morales and his family headed off in a completely different direction from where the group is headed now. Indeed, morales came back only to take side with the bad guys during episode 2 of the eighth season of. He has got two kids of his own, has a great shot at being named godfather to maggies bundletobe, and. The walking dead was renewed by amc for a 16episode seventh season on october 30, 2015. For anyone who doesnt remember, morales was part of the main group of survivors in season 1 of the walking dead. Morales was a straightup good guy who was once trying to save his family, but now seems to have crossed over to the dark side. The first, most obvious motive for revisiting morales who last appeared in season 1, episode. Morales is a fictional character from the horror drama television series the walking dead, which airs on amc in the united states and is based on the comic book series of the same name. Say what you will about season 8, but this episode is truly an underappreciated gem.
It was an odd callback, challenging even the most diligent of viewers to recall just who he was, but it hinted at an. His family was a part of the original atlanta group but decided to branch out on their own rather than join ricks group as they traveled to the cdc. Bringing back morales was the most pointless stunt in the walking. Morales juan gabriel pareja was a character seen in season 1 of the walking dead. Our recap of season 8, episode 2, of the walking dead reveals which character returns to give our heroes a blast from the past. Morales was originally a good guy in amcs the walking dead a survivor who, along with his family, had avoided being turned into a walker, aka a zombie. Its a fair question after sundays episode, which ended on a cliffhanger. The blacklist season 7 episode 17 brothers sneak peek in sundays episode of the walking dead, rick andrew lincoln reunited with somebody that he used to know back in the day. And both rick and morgan encounter men from their past. Last weeks walking dead was capped off with the return of atlanta survivor morales, whose surprise reappearance was coupled with the shock that he was now within the ranks of negans saviors. Our recap of the walking dead season 7, episode 9, details ricks efforts to recruit fighters and asks why in dire straits is he smiling. Its interesting speculation, but there really isnt anything to back this up or support your theory.
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