Walking Dead's Oceanside Scene Makes Luke's Absence Even Worse

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Warning! SPOILERS ahead for The Walking Dead season 11 part 2.

The Walking Dead season 11 part 2 finale ends at Oceanside, and it makes the absence of Dan Fogler's Luke even worse. Following the part 2 finale, The Walking Dead season 11 will move into its final stretch of episodes. As such, it makes sense for this episode to end on a cliffhanger — in this case, one featuring the people of Oceanside being rounded up by the Commonwealth's soldiers. But by choosing to show Oceanside in the final scene, The Walking Dead is drawing attention to the fact that audiences don't really know any of these residents, and anyone who might be familiar, like Luke, is conspicuously absent.

Dan Fogler made his debut as Luke in The Walking Dead season 9, arriving alongside Magna, Yumiko, Connie, and Kelly. Before too long, these newcomers became regular faces among The Walking Dead cast, and currently all but Luke are appearing in the final season. He was last seen in The Walking Dead season 10, episode 16, taking part in the plan to destroy the Whisperers' horde. Recently, Fogler addressed Luke's absence from Walking Dead, remarking that the character is probably "with Jules" and "at Oceanside, just living it up on the beach." Jules is a woman from Oceanside with whom Luke started a relationship, so Fogler's guess at his character's current whereabouts makes sense. That is, until The Walking Dead season 11 returns to Oceanside and Luke is nowhere to be seen.

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At the very end of The Walking Dead season 11, episode 16, «Acts of God,» the Commonwealth takes over Alexandria, Hilltop, and Oceanside. At Oceanside, Commonwealth soldiers forcibly gather the whole community. Lance