Rick’s BFF-turned-baddie Shane is returning in The Walking Dead season 9 – but how?

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Walking Dead season 9 has already gone down a puzzling route by announcing Rick will be leaving the show after only six episodes, but things are about to get more head-scratching (or should that be ?). That’s because joining Andrew Lincoln during his last hurrah will be Jon Bernthal. That’s right: Shane is back for one la🌟st time.

According to , Shane is back for ♑just the one episode in The Walking Dead season 9. Which can surely mean only one thing: Rick’s biting the dust, right? Let’s look at some of the ways Shane could (realistically) return.

Rick's death hallucination

Shane already showed up post-being stabbed in the chest during a Rick hallucination in season 3. The Walking Dead season 9 can go one better by killing off Rick and having one brief reunion between Shane and Rick. Maybe we’ll finally find out who Judith’s real dad is?

Shane returns as a walker

Unlikely, but you never know. Seeing the gross, gruesome face of Shane would probably the best way to go shock-wise while still remaining grounded in the reality of the show. How ironic would it b🌠e if Shane’s decomposing walker jaw was the one who took a bite out of Rick to kill him off?

Is a flashback on the cards?

I really hope they dꩲon’t bring back Jon Bernthal just for a flashback – we’ve had plenty of those over the years – but, if we must, it’d be nice for the show to go full circle and head back to those season 1 Georgia days where everything seemed so calm and peaceful. There was a lake and everything. A short, sweet scene between the two former best buddies would be a nice capper for both Bernthal and Andrew Lincoln on the show.

Rick snaps. Finally.

Or, The Walking Dead season 9 could go the other way and show Rick completely losing it, seeing visions of his dead ex-BFF. The show has alwayꦇs teased Rick having more than a few screws loose, and Shane taunting him🔜 to finally send ol’ Grimey over the edge would be poetic, if nothing else.

How do you want ✱Shane to return? Let us know in the commꩵents!

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