Fans of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comic series rightfully predicted that Alpha was going to take out several main characters during last night's episode of the AMC series, but if they thought the show would follow the comics when it came to who ended up losing their heads, they would have been way off.
As the episode progressed, flashbacks to what was going on at The Fair appeared to drop some hints as to which characters would ultimately suffer Alpha's wrath, and while Ezekiel and Rosita seemed like strong candidates at one point, this turned out to be a swerve.
Viewers were spared witnessing The King and a pregnant Rosita ending up as zombified heads on pikes, but they were replaced with Highwaymen Ozzy, Alec and DJ; Frankie; Tammy; Addy and Rodney; as well as more prominent players Enid; Tara; and, perhaps most surprisingly, Henry.
It looked like Ezekiel and Carol's adopted son was going to take Carl's place in the inevitable "Whisperer War" storyline, but the showrunners obviously had other ideas.
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