The Walking Dead: 8 Plot Twists Nobody Will See Coming In Season 8

8. Babies Born Post-Apocalypse Are Immune To The Virus

Who knows how much life The Walking Dead has left in it? AMC's top brass have made it clear they want it to run and run, but with viewership declining throughout season 7, is decomposition finally setting in?

There is an outside chance season 8 will offer a hint about the show's endgame, and this fan theory could be the big twist that puts it on course for its final destination.

Reddit users have thrown their weight behind the idea that children conceived after the apocalypse are immune to the zombie virus. This is a bright, optimistic prospect that would suggest the remnants of humanity have a future ahead of them, but to test the theory the show would have to go somewhere darker than ever before.

Subscribers to this school of thought reckon Rick's baby, Judith, will perish at some point, and when her unturned corpse is discovered, the immunity will come to light.

The theory certainly has merit. There have never been any walker babies (or should that be crawlers?) in the show or its companion series Fear The Walking Dead, and there's real-life precedent for nature fighting back against disease.

Fans are expecting to see casualties in season 8's all-out war, but killing off an infant would be shocking even by Walking Dead's standards. The nature of her death giving humanity fresh hope for the future would be little consolation in the short term.

Granted, this is a popular theory, but even its most avid subscribers would be surprised by the timing if it came to pass in the next season, and is there anyone who wouldn't be aghast if AMC actually dared to sacrifice Judith?