8 Biggest Questions 2018 TV Shows Must Answer
7. Walking Dead: How Will It Continue Without Carl?
The Walking Dead hit the audience with a shocking twist in Season 8's mid-season finale, revealing that Carl Grimes suffered what will almost certainly be a fatal zombie bite when the Alexandria Safe-Zone was attacked.
This caught everyone off guard, and not just because Carl has been a key part of the show since the beginning. At a time when the series has been sticking closely to the comics it's based on, this was a deviation straight out of left field.
No doubt Rick's son will be given an emotional, and probably gut-wrenching, send-off in the next episode, but after that, The Walking Dead has some clarifying to do regarding its long-term plans. In the comic books, Carl is a fundamentally important part of the events which directly follow the war with Negan.
The youngster's strange relationship with the Lucille-wielding baddie takes centre stage while the latter is incarcerated in Alexandria, and The Whisperer War event that follows kicks off when Carl strikes up a relationship with girl from a rival group.
Towards the end of Season 8, the show needs to reveal its hand and demonstrate how these storylines are possible without Carl. Perhaps another character deputises for him in these scenarios, or maybe the show will skip The Whisperers entirely.