Together, we will fight. And thats how we will survive: together. This unconvincing promise of survival is heard being delivered by Father Gabriel during the tense opening of A Certain Doom, the long-awaited season 10 finale of The Walking Dead.
Set to premiere in early October six months on from its intended release date (a delay caused by what else? the coronavirus pandemic), the AMC series is finally ready to close out its strongest season in years with a concluding episode which, if the various excitable clues that have emerged from Walking Dead HQ are anything to go by, will see at least one of the shows major players exit the zombie-ravaged stage for good.
In case you need a quick catch-up ahead of the premiere of 1016, heres the set-up: numerous survivors from Alexandria, Hilltop, Kingdom and Oceanside, as well as some assorted stragglers (including the returning Maggie!), are poised to do battle with Beta, the remaining Whisperers and a thousands-strong horde of undead walkers. The carnage will commence at an abandoned hospital complex (dubbed the Tower) that a number of our heroes are already holed up at. Rest assured, in keeping with Walking Dead finale tradition, all hell is about to break loose.
The season finales not-at-all-subtle episode title A Certain Doom is actually lifted from an instalment of the original Walking Dead comic, which saw Andrea (remember her?) killed. But as she died way back in season three of the TV version, someone else from our current crop of characters has surely to receive their marching orders instead and whos to say that there will be just one victim?
To get you in the speculatory mood for the upcoming season 10 finale, weve gazed into our trusty crystal ball in a bid to ascertain which of the key characters could meet their end in A Certain Doom and given them each a rating out of 10 based on their chances of survival. Its also worth reminding here that AMC have been kind enough to share the first three-and-a-bit minutes of the finale, so check that out below first and then read on
Seth Gilliam as Father Gabriel Stokes (Picture: Jackson Lee Davis/AMC)
Is Father Gabriel livin on a prayer? The priest has come a long, long way from his season five introduction as a snivelling, cowardly and utterly shifty piece of work (never forget that he left his congregation to die by selfishly barricading himself in his church at the time of the outbreak), and he is now one of the major forces for good to root for on The Walking Dead. However, not only does he signpost his own (possible) imminent death in the opening scene of A Certain Doom by banging on about how theyre all going to survive Betas assault, hes also a major victim of the skin mask-wearing baddie in the comics. Speaking of whom
Ryan Hurst as Beta (Picture: Jackson Lee Davis / AMC)
Given that the dawn of the Commonwealth era of The Walking Dead is almost certain to begin with season 11, A Certain Doom looks set to bring the curtain down on the Whisperers storyline for good. So will this also be Betas last hurrah? Were going to stick our necks out and say that: yes, yes it will be. But hell almost certainly go out with a bang, taking as many of our survivors with him as possible. In the comics, Jesus (RIP) and Aaron have the honour of ending Betas reign of terror so might the show follow that route by handing the responsibility to Aaron? Or will Daryl get the satisfaction of putting an end to Beta, and therefore the Whisperers, by getting the kill?
Kerry Cahill as Dianne (Picture: TCDProd / Alamy)
Dianne is clearly a pretty decent survivor to have made it this far, but how many of us are able to instantly recall her name whenever she pops up on screen? Her death in A Certain Doom would, were sorry to say, probably be Diannes most memorable moment on the show should it happen.
Nadia Hilker as Magna (Picture: Gene Page / AMC)
Having recently split from Yumiko (who has since gone off with Eugene and Ezekiel on their Stephanie/Commonwealth fact-finding mission see below), where next for Magna? While it does seem unlikely that her run on the show will come to an end during A Certain Doom, Magnas role and indeed future in The Walking Dead is uncertain at this point might she go out in a blaze of glory and die a heros death during the Beta battle?
Khary Payton as Ezekiel, Eleanor Matsuura as Yumiko, Josh McDermitt as Dr. Eugene Porter (Picture: Jace Downs/AMC)
These three are off to meet Stephanie (with new pal Princess in tow) and trigger the Commonwealth storyline, so its unlikely that any member of this trio will encounter a grisly end in A Certain Doom especially as they wont be taking part in the Tower battle. But then never say never on The Walking Dead
Side note: might the discovery of the Commonwealth provide the seemingly terminally ill Ezekiel with the kind of medical treatment that he so desperately requires?
Christian Serratos as Rosita Espinosa (Picture: Gene Page / AMC)
This would be a bit of a shock choice, especially given the trauma that TWD showrunners have already put her through in season 10. But there are very few people in The Walking Dead universe who the showrunners wouldnt dare kill off (more on that later) and, having been on the show since season four, maybe Rositas time on The Walking Dead is beginning to run out?
Lauren Ridloff as Connie (Picture: Jace Downs / AMC)
Given that shes been missing since the cave collapse in Squeeze which, lets not forget, was the season 10 mid-season premiere back in February itd be mean for the producers to bring Connie back from the wilderness in the season finale to then just kill her off. Her death at the hands of Beta in A Certain Doom, though, would almost certainly result in Daryl flying into a fit of murderous rage, as would a possible reveal of Connie in a zombified state shuffling along as part of the head Whisperers horde.
Aaron / Alden in The Walking Dead (Picture: Jace Downs / Gene Page / AMC)
Dismayed by Beta and his hordes sudden change in direction from Oceanside to the Tower, Aaron and Alden (or AA, as well call them) were then surrounded by Whisperers and, curiously, a mysterious, masked and dual blade-wielding new person (who might that be?). So could AA become just A? Alden looks the more likely candidate for the chop here: we can just picture him fighting Whisperers to the bitter end as he avenges his late girlfriend Enid, who was one of the victims of the Alpha-orchestrated Kingdom fair massacre.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan (Picture: Jace Downs / AMC)
Dont be silly. Negan cant die.
Daryl and Carol (Picture: AMC)
See above.
The Walking Deadseason 10 finale A Certain Doom will air in the UK on FOX on October 5.
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