AMC have gifted us with a first look at Samantha Morton as the show’s new villain, Alpha.
Alpha is the leader of the Whisperers, a villainous gang who stalk their victims by disguising themselves as zombies. In the poster, Alpha holds her finger to her lips, foreshadowing her stealthy arrival. On The Waling Dead official Instagram account, AMC promise that our new villain will be “MUCH more dangerous than Negan.”
The new villain has been accompanied with a plot synopsis for the second half of season 9:
“The second half of The Walking Dead season nine finds our groups of survivors, both old and new, continuing to deal with the impact of events that took place during the six years that have passed.
“Since the disappearance of Rick, many of these characters have become strangers to each other, and in some ways, strangers to themselves. What they do know is that they are in undeniable danger. They will soon realize the world just beyond does not operate as they thought.
“The groups’ rules and ways of survival no longer guarantee their safety. A whole new threat has crossed their paths, and they soon discover it’s unlike any threat they have encountered or endured before. The group will start to question what they think they see.
“What may appear to be normal in this post-apocalyptic world could actually be more disturbing and terrifying than when the apocalypse first broke out. All that is certain is the stakes are high and numerous. “
The show will return in February 2019 after the winter break, and we can’t decide if we are more excited or anxious to see what’s in store.
