The Walking Dead Is Finally Bringing Back Season 1's Zombies!
Daryl Dixon and friends better start hitting the treadmill, because The Walking Dead is (re)introducing evolved zombies. The Walking Dead's zombie hordes overwhelmingly follow Romero rules. They're slow, lumbering, mindless reanimated corpses that possess zero cognitive function beyond devouring flesh. If a wall stands between them and a snack, The Walking Dead's zombies will stumble into that wall until losing their target, getting distracted, or their bodies decay. That status quo changes with The Walking Dead season 11, part 3's trailer, where Aaron reveals, "I've heard stories of walkers that can climb walls and open doors." Clips of zombies climbing walls and opening doors duly follow his warning.
This huge twist was set up by the post-credits scene of The Walking Dead: World Beyond's series finale, which reveals the zombie outbreak began in a French laboratory. A video message recorded by Dr. Jenner (the CDC scientist from The Walking Dead season 1) asks about reports of "variant cohorts" before a nearby scientist's corpse reanimates and runs directly toward the lab door, demonstrating itself to be both speedier and smarter than The Walking Dead's average biter.
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In his video, Jenner says zombie variants haven't appeared in the U.S. yet, but that's not strictly true, as The Walking Dead season 1 included several subtle examples of advanced zombies. Morgan Jones' reanimated wife, for instance, tries turning the handle of her front door, while others are shown using rocks as weapons. Although behind-the-scenes factors are very probably to blame for these inconsistencies (The Walking Dead had a different showrunner in season 1), The
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