Author: Cameron Bonomolo / Source: The Walking Dead
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Following the revelation chief content officer Scott Gimple is shepherding a series of Walking Dead projects centered around characters both alive and dead, spinoff Fear the Walking Dead may have hinted at the return of Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz).
June’s Season Four mid-season finale revealed a tape in the possession of video journalist Althea (Maggie Grace) labeled “Abe / Doctor,” later confirmed on live aftershow Talking Dead to contain an interview with Abraham and traveling companion Eugene (Josh McDermitt).
“When Madison is rummaging through Al’s tapes, we see they’re all labeled,” showrunner Ian Goldberg said.
“And each of those tapes, each of those labels, will tell a story. They’re all stories that Al has captured at one point or another in her travels, and if you look closely, some of those names might ring a bell. If you’re a fan of the Walking Dead universe, you might get excited about some of the stories that she’s captured.”
The tape could be a simple Easter egg paying a nod to Abraham and Eugene’s travels through Texas — where the majority of Fear Season Four was set — before they later assimilated into the group led by Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) on The Walking Dead.
Or the tape could be a planted hint that audiences have not yet seen the last of Big Red, who was brutally bludgeoned to death by villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in that series’ Season Seven opener.
Gimple, when announcing…
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