Walking Dead: How It's Gotta Be

"How It's Gotta Be" is the eighth episode of season eight of the survival horror television series The Walking Dead, and the 108th episode of the series overall. It was directed by Michael E. Strazemis with a script written by David Leslie Johnson and Angela Kang. It first aired on AMC on Sunday evening, December 10th, 2017 at 9:00 pm.

Notes & Trivia

 * The Walking Dead was created by writer/executive producer Robert Kirkman and developed for TV by Frank Darabont.


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 * This episode is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language and acts of extreme violence, which may be too intense for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.


 * This episode had a special ninety-minute running time.


 * This episode had a viewership of 7.885 million people, which is up by .417 from the previous episode. It rated 3.36% in the 18-49 viewing demographic.


 * This is one of the few episodes where all of the main cast members and the also-starring cast make an appearance.


 * Actor Peter Luis Zimmerman is credited as Peter Zimmerman in this episode.


 * This is the first time that residents from all six communities are seen together in one episode. This includes the Alexandrians, the Hilltop Colony, the Saviors, the Kingdom, the Heapsters, and the women from Oceanside.


 * Actress Chloe Garcia-Frizzi plays the role of Judith Grimes. She is uncredited for her participation in this episode.


 * This is the first and only appearance of Natania; dies in this episode.


 * This is actor Chandler Riggs' 75th appearance on The Walking Dead.

Plot elements

 * This is the episode where Rick Grimes leads the Scavengers in an assault upon the Saviors, only to be abandoned by the Scavengers.


 * This is the episode where Simon and the Saviors seek retribution against the Hilltop Colony.


 * This is the episode where the Saviors attack Alexandria, driving all of the survivors underground. Many houses are burned.


 * This is the episode where Carl Grimes reveals that he was bitten on the side by a walker while saving Siddiq.

Quotes

 * Carl Grimes: If you care, you do something; you don't just... hope.