Walking Dead’s Final Season Teases A Bigger Conflict Than Negan's All-Out War
The final moments of The Walking Dead season 11, part 2 set up a conflict bigger than AMC's zombie apocalypse has ever seen before — even including Negan's «All Out War.» The Walking Dead's survivors are no strangers to confrontation, going to war against the Governor, the Saviors, and the Whisperers across various seasons. By far the most expansive and bloody of those conflicts was Negan's «All Out War,» in which the allied forces of Alexandria, Hilltop and the Kingdom (later joined by Oceanside) waged war against Negan's Sanctuary. The campaign lasted several weeks of in-universe time, and comprised multiple violent battles before Rick Grimes emerged victorious during the final stand.
The next fight is never far away in The Walking Dead, and season 11's «Acts of God» acts as the prelude to a way bigger clash than our protagonists will be accustomed to. The Commonwealth's Lance Hornsby — acting entirely on his own — forcibly occupies Alexandria, Hilltop and Oceanside, declaring all three official Commonwealth territory by hanging flags that evoke strong imagery of Nazi Germany. Whether Lance is just a power-mad villain or serving a larger purpose (the CRM, for instance) remains to be seen, but his invasion surely sets up the biggest battle The Walking Dead has ever seen for season 11's final episodes.
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When Maggie returns home to find Hilltop under Lance's thumb, she'll likely not be pleased. The same goes for every Alexandrian currently dwelling at the Commonwealth — Eugene, Aaron, Rosita, etc. - who believed Lance was helping fix their home, not declaring it his own territory. The Walking Dead season 11 could, therefore, see the heroes band
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