The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
Warning : despoiler for The Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live episode 5
Summary
While Gabriel was hardly the most obvious candidate for a surprisal cameo inThe walk Dead : The I Who hold out , he turn out to be the right choice in the end . Played by Seth Gilliam , Gabriel became the quaternary master character from the primary show to look in the spinoff via an appearing in season 1 ’s penultimate episode . His takings in Rick and Michonne ’s spinoff was n’t a major object of supposition , even though there were suspicion that another intimate face would link up the crease .
Gabriel was one of several character reference whose hereafter were left unclear byThe Walking Deadseries finale . The spinoffs have granted many longtime favourite opportunities to return by headlining new spinoffs , but in the case of characters like Gabriel , Eugene , and Aaron , it was hard to say if they ’d ever fall back . WithThe Ones Who Livebeing a series about Michonne require to lend Rick Grimes home to Alexandria , there was hope that their adventure together would facilitate some exciting cameo . The show met that expectation , albeit not with one of the reference that seemed ground for a regaining .
Walking Dead Had Set Up Morgan Or Heath For The Ones Who Live, Not Gabriel
free-base on the setup in previous show , Morgan and Heath were the characters who seemingly had the good odds of usher up inThe unity Who Live . Heath has n’t been around sinceThe Walking Deadseason 7 , but thanks to confirmation fromWalking Deadshowrunner Angela Kang , it ; ’s been known for old age thatHeath was kidnap by theCivic Republic Military . With Rick and Heath being the only two characters from the main show to get catch by them prior toThe Ones Who Live , it stood to rationality that if the franchise was ever going to bind up this loose end , it ’d be in Rick ’s show .
In addition to a cameo from Heath , the franchise also make room for Rick to meet up withMorgan Jones inThe Walking Dead : The Ones Who Live . Morgan ’s final sequence inFear the Walking Deadset this up directly by having Morgan announce his decision to search for Rick . Heading in this direction paid off his final episodes ' references to Rick Grimes and clearly pave the way for a reunification . That did n’t prove it would befall right by , but it demonstrated thata future Rick - Morgan squad - up is a possibility that the franchise is at least entertaining .
Gabriel’s Cameo In The Ones Who Live Actually Makes Perfect Sense
In spitefulness of there being more groundwork for a Heath or Morgan cameo inThe Ones Who Live , Gabriel being the one to fall back make arrant horse sense for the show . He may not have the chronicle with Rick that Morgan has , nor he is someone with a rich connexion to the CRM , but he does have an important link to Jadis . The Walking Deadseason 9 featured a short - lived romance with the two that wound up being one of the stepping Isidor Feinstein Stone towardJadis twist Rick over to the CRM .
With Rick and Jadis buy the farm the show together , The walk Deadmoved on with Gabriel ’s tarradiddle , but never did get to offer closing when it come to Jadis . The Ones Who Livecircled back to this by let out that Gabriel enjoy occasional rendezvouses with Jadis , all the while forgetful to her involvement in Rick ’s " death . " Their scene together in episode 5 furthered Jadis ' fib , partly by humanize her again . Only the dark shade of her character had been on presentation inThe Ones Who endure , butGabriel ’s coming back brought Jadis ' redeemable caliber back to the surface .
The Ones Who Livecleverly utilize the moral force they had in the main show to properly finish Jadis ' foresighted arc in the franchise . After getting seize with teeth by a zombi , Jadis could have doomed Alexandria by revealing nothing to Rick and Michonne and essentially getting the last jest before expire . remember her meter with Gabriel press Jadis into making a massive ego - realization at a critical point , ultimately grant Rick and Michonne a path frontward .
Seth Gilliam Was The Walking Dead’s Most Underrated Star (& Deserved A Return)
Seth Gilliam ’s underrated execution across several season ofThe Walking Deadunderscored whatThe Ones Who Livewould advance from a Gabriel cameo . As someone who go from a Noel Coward to one of the leaders of the primary chemical group , Gabriel is easily one of the show ’s most well - developed characters . Gilliam ’s emotional delivery has done much to showcase the various facets of the character , not the least of which being his ability to leave heartfelt advice to hoi polloi who need it . This aspect of Gabriel ’s personality made his sequence 5 cameo a thoroughgoing conduit for Jadis ' ending .
How Gabriel’s Return Sets Up The Ones Who Live’s Finale
Gabriel ’s function inThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Livealso carries some interesting implications for the spinoff ’s ending . His curtain raising scene read him fighting a zombie and gazing up at what was most potential a CRM helicopter . Judging by this tease , Gabriel is off on an adventure of his own , possibly to look for Jadis and her people . set him on this journeying could lead to a squad - up with Rick and Michonne for a climactic battle with the CRM inThe Ones Who Live’sending . Having seen what they did to Jadis , Gabriel could have personal reason for getting imply .
Will Morgan & Heath Actually Return In The Walking Dead (& When)?
disregardless of whether Gabriel retain to be relevant toThe take the air Dead : The Ones Who hold up , his arriver in the series does nothing to rule out a scenario where Heath or Morgan meets Rick and Michonne . Gabriel ’s comportment in the show may amount to just one of a few surprise the spinoff has in store . However , it is potential that Jadis and Gabriel were the only twoWalking Deadcharacters Rick and MIchonne were think to encounter in time of year 1 .
Unless Rick and Michonne deplume off a miracle by bringing down the CRM in one instalment , there ’s a full chanceThe walk Dead : The Ones Who Liveseason 2is in the identity card . If another season happen , there will of course be more chances for cameos . It ’s been a long time since Heath was last seen so it ’s hard to say if the franchise still postulate to tie up that loose end , but the recency ofMorgan ’s hope to find Rick- and the forthrightness of the tease - tone the likeliness of him showing up in the near future .
The Walking Dead : The one Who Liveairs on Sundays on AMC .
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Episode #
Episode Title
Release Date
1
" Years "
February 25
2
" go "
March 3
3
" Bye "
March 10
4
" What We "
March 17
5
" Become "
March 24
6
" The Last meter "
March 31
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