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"A Certain Doom"
Series The Walking Dead
Season 10, Episode 16
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Air date October 4th, 2020
Story Jim Barnes; Eli Jorné; Corey Reed
Teleplay Corey Reed
Director Greg Nicotero
Producers Christian Agypt; David Alpert; Jim Barnes; Brian Bockrath; Ryan Buffa; Ryan DeGard; Kevin Deiboldt; Scott M. Gimple; Julia Hobgood; Gale Anne Hurd; Denise Huth; Joseph Incaprera; Eli Jorné; Angela Kang; Robert Kirkman; Oleg Livits; John Marler; Nicole Mirante-Matthews; Greg Nicotero; Corey Reed; Julia Ruchman; Vivian Tse; Caleb Womble
Starring Norman Reedus; Melissa McBride; Josh McDermitt; Christian Serratos; Seth Gilliam; Ross Marquand; Khary Payton; Ryan Hurst; Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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"A Certain Doom" is the sixteenth episode of season ten of the zombie survival horror television series The Walking Dead, and the 147th episode of the series overall. It was directed by Greg Nicotero with a teleplay written by Corey Reed based on a story treatment by Reed, Jim Barnes, and Eli Jorné. It first aired on AMC on Sunday, October 4th, 2020 at 9:00 pm.

Cast[]

Starring[]

Actor Role
Norman Reedus Daryl Dixon
Melissa McBride Carol Peletier
Josh McDermitt Eugene Porter
Christian Serratos Rosita Espinosa
Seth Gilliam Gabriel Stokes
Ross Marquand Aaron
Khary Payton Ezekiel
Ryan Hurst Beta
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Negan

Guest Starring[]

Actor Role
Callan McAuliffe Alden
Eleanor Matsuura Yumiko
Cooper Andrews Jerry
Nadia Hilker Magna
Cailey Fleming Judith Grimes
Cassady McClincy Lydia
Lauren Ridloff Connie
Dan Fogler Luke
Kevin Carroll Virgil
Paola Lázaro Juanita Sanchez
Kenric Green Scott
Angel Theory Kelly
Avianna Mynhier Rachel Ward
Kerry Cahill Dianne
Karen Ceesay Bertie
Lauren Cohan Maggie Rhee

Co-Starring[]

Actor Role
Alex Sgambati Jules
Briana Venskus Beatrice
Gustavo Gomez Marco
Anthony Lopez Oscar
Anabelle Holloway Gracie
Antony Azor R.J. Grimes
Grace Toso Rotted female whisperer

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Actress Lauren Cohan is given a "Special Guest Star" credit in this episode.
  • This episode was intended as the original season finale, though plans were announced to book-end it with a series of specials spotlighting individual characters. This episode brings to "The Whisperer War" storyline to a close.
  • This episode was postponed from its original projected airdate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused mitigating delays in post-production.
  • This episode sees the return of Lauren Cohan in the role of Maggie Rhee. Cohen had departed from the series during the first half of the Whisperers storyline to work on Whiskey Tango, which was cancelled after a single season in 2019. She appeared last in "What Comes After".

Allusions[]

  • The song that is played on the boom box as the survivors lead the herd away is "Burning Down the House" by the Talking Heads, which debuted on their 1983 album Speaking in Tongues.
  • Reference is made to Michonne in this episode.
  • The armed soldiers in white body armor represent a community known as The Commonwealth, who appeared in The Walking Dead comic book series as the final major storyline of the title.
  • The skin mask that Lydia is forced to wear is the same one worn by her mother, Alpha.
  • The tactic of smearing walker blood across one's body to mask their scent goes all the way back to the season one episode "Guts" when Rick Grimes and Glenn Rhee had to do this in order to navigate their way through Atlanta.

Quotes[]

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Body Count[]

  • Beta - Stabbed through both eyes with large knives by Daryl Dixon.
  • Beatrice - Torn apart by walkers.
  • Oscar - Stabbed by a whisperer; finished off by walkers.
  • Zombies - Numerous zombies take the deep plunge off a cliff.

See also[]

The World of The Walking Dead

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External Links[]


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