The Walking Expressionless's 8th flavor hasn't exactly been a joy ride. But it has offered some amazing twists and huge battles between Rick and Negan. On April 13, the season finale will air. And according to the cast and crew, fans can await an explosive cease cap to a season that's already been mind-blowing.

Here's everything nosotros know about the insane Walking Dead Season 8 finale.

1. The All Out State of war will come to an finish

Rick and Negan on The Walking Dead
Rick and Negan will come to blows. | AMC

It seems like Rick and Negan's fight has been going on for years (well, technically, information technology has). And then it might come as a relief to fans that nosotros will finally see a resolution to the seasons-long carnage in the Season viii finale.

Co-ordinate to former showrunner Scott Gimple, "Nosotros volition run across a resolution of the state of war. Information technology might not be what people are expecting. It might not be what some of the characters even want. Simply it is a decision, and they have to deal with its aftermath."

But before the grit settles, information technology seems, we're going to have to endure a scrap more tragedy.

Side by side: Fans who want to know more shouldn't look to the comics.

ii. The All Out War's conclusion will play out differently than in the comics

The All Out War in The Walking Dead comics
The TV series often strays from the comics, and this volition exist no exception. | Image Comics

In the by, fans accept ofttimes turned to The Walking Dead comics when they want some insight almost how things will play out on Television. Merely as far equally the last confrontation betwixt Negan and Rick is concerned, nosotros'll all be in the dark.

Gimple spoke to Entertainment Weekly about what fans can expect. And he said the comic and TV versions of the end of the All Out War volition play out "very differently."

He explained that the changes take a lot to do with how the series has evolved away from the comics over the years.

Gimple said:

"From the butterfly effect and unlike characters effectually that weren't and vice versa, and even just the thrust of the story, how things play out are quite different in a lot of means. There are some big changes that change the very outcome of certain aspects of the story — still trying to be true to the emotions of the story, merely changing some big parts of it."

Next: Volition TWD fans take to live with some other big cliffhanger?

3. Twists and turns will grow

Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead
McBride (equally Carol) gave fans a little tease. | AMC

Even if you're not a Walking Dead comic reader, you can wait a few surprises in the finale. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Melissa McBride, who plays Carol, hinted that even she was shocked with how the finale pans out.

She said, "It'due south a little unexpected… when I read it I was like, 'Well, that's a turn, that's a twist.'" McBride also hinted that fans might be left with some unanswered questions when the credits roll on Season 8.

In other words, they're doing everything they can to make sure we tune in for Season ix.

Next: Go ready to say goodbye to more characters.

4. More characters are probably gonna die

The Walking Dead
A significant amount of death is in the allies' future. | AMC

It wouldn't be a Walking Dead finale without some bloodshed. And since the characters are in the midst of a brutal battle, it only makes sense that a few more than volition perish earlier it's all said and washed.

According to Gimple, these losses might be especially painful. When TVLine asked if fans that long for vengeance for Glenn and Abraham will be happy with the end of the war, he didn't mince words. He said, "I pray to God that they are satisfied. I really hope they are."

But he also had this ominous warning nearly what'south still to come. "It is a war. There are casualties along the way, and it is incredibly tough business. But it but shows just how securely connected these characters are and how their fates are tied together, even if some of them don't want them to be."

Adjacent: There will be more than one large event to scout for in the finale.

v. At that place's going to be a lot going on all at in one case

Zombies on The Walking Dead
Get fix for zombies anda lotmore. | AMC

Certain, some of the cast and crew have made information technology audio similar the Flavor 8 finale could pack an emotional wallop. Simply Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, swears that it will all exist satisfying.

He also thinks fans will be shocked by just how much they manage to pack into the finale. He told Entertainment Weekly, "There are four things that happen that could be the finale, and they all go off at in one case at the same time. They head in different directions, and they're all individually equally good as the next."

Next: We got a bone-chilling clue near the fate of Rick's allies from a surprising source.

half-dozen. Ane grapheme's deviation has offered an ominous clue about the finale

Morgan Jones
Morgan will be leaving on a violent note. | AMC

The Season viii finale won't just mark the end of a volatile year for The Walking Dead. Information technology likewise signals the end of Morgan's tenure on the series, equally he jumps into a starring part on the spinoff, Fright the Walking Dead.

Fans got their get-go glimpse of Morgan in his new role when FTWD dropped a Season 4 trailer. And we as well learned why he may have parted ways with Rick'southward crew. In the trailer, we hear Morgan in a voiceover. And he says, "Back east, there was a fight — a big fight. I didn't know how to make it terminate. Skillful people died. I lose people, and then I lose myself."

Morgan's description isn't definitively about the All Out War. Simply if it is, his clarification what could exist the final boxing should strike a sense of foreboding for fans. From the sounds of it, regardless of who wins, it won't be pretty.

Side by side: Fans will take a unique opportunity to run across The Walking Expressionless in an entirely new way.

7. The finale is going to be huge — in more ways than 1

Rick, looking sweaty and disheveled, looks directly into the camera
Just how big volition it be? | AMC

When the bandage or crew of The Walking Expressionless talk about the finale, the word "big" tends to pitter-patter into the conversation. Gimple says, in fact, that in terms of what they're trying to attain, the last Season 8 episode might be "too large."

Merely if that's the case, they're doing everything they can to match the story's scope. First off, the Flavour viii finale will lead into the Fright the Walking Expressionless premiere, which marks the kickoff official crossover between the two series. If that super-sized dose of Walking Expressionless drama isn't plenty, fans will get a hazard to see information technology all play out in the biggest way imaginable. That'southward considering AMC will be screening the finale and premiere at 750 movie theaters across the United States.

The "Survival Sunday" double feature gives fans the take a chance to savor The Walking Dead in a supersized format, plus xxx minutes of bonus content  And if nix else, they'll also have the opportunity to collectively throw their popcorn if information technology ends with a tragic graphic symbol expiry or another agonizing cliffhanger.

The Walking Dead Flavor 8 finale airs Dominicus., April 15, 2018, at nine p.m.

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