The Walking Dead season 9 episode 9 set up show’s most distressing death since Glenn

Warning: major comic book spoilers follow

Jacob Stolworthy
Tuesday 12 February 2019 11:48 GMT
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The Walking Dead might have just killed off one of its main characters but that hasn’t stopped it from setting up the death of another.

The AMC drama returned from its mid-season break with a tame outing that finally introduced Alpha (Samantha Morton), the leader of the terrifying Whisperers (catch up on our talking points here).

With Alpha’s arrival comes fresh danger for our characters, but none more so than for one in particular.

*Warning: comic book spoilers follow*

One moment in the ninth episode, titled “Adaptation”, set wheels in motion for the distressing death of a longstanding character.

We say “distressing” because the twist could be the most devastating death away from Glenn getting bludgeoned by Negan, which was immortalised in the series back in season seven.

The character in question is Rosita (Christian Serratos). Viewers learned in the latest episode that the character is pregnant, a moment that also occurs in Robert Kirkman’s comic book series before the Whisperers start, not only killing off members of Alexandria but placing their decapitated heads on spikes to mark their territory. It’s the discovery of Rosita’s head that sparks war.

Serratos has been on the show since its fourth season and, following the departure of both Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs, Lauren Cohan and Danai Gurira – who will leave in season 10 – will be one of the series’s oldest characters.

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