anyone else pick this up last night?
'The Walking Dead' spinoff may have just confirmed how the zombie apocalypse started and it's a nod to a joke creator Robert Kirkman previously made
- On Sunday's episode, a marine tells his comrades he heard the zombie virus was started because of a space spore.
- Creator Robert Kirkman joked in January that the virus was started by the very same thing.
- Kirkman has previously said he knows exactly what started the zombie outbreak in "TWD," but he never planned to reveal the answer because "it's dumb."
It's taken 10 years, but we finally may know how the zombie outbreak started on "
The Walking Dead."
During a flashback on Sunday's "
TWD: World Beyond," a marine named Owens shares how he believes the zombie apocalypse happened to his comrades.
"I heard it came back in a rocket, that it started in space," Owens said. "Somebody breathed it in, it turned their stomachs and then they got on a plane."
owens is told to "shut up," and the "space spore" theory isn't mentioned again. It's not clear whether the marine's gossip was just a rumor or the actual cause of the zombie virus. Earlier in the episode, a marine leader says the "
source and nature of the current crisis could not be confirmed," so the space spore theory could be just that, a theory.
Regardless, fans may have noticed the significance of this small moment on Sunday's episode. It's a direct nod to something "TWD" comic creator Robert Kirkman said earlier this year.
The significance of the "space spore" line: Creator Robert Kirkman said the same thing earlier this year.
In January, a fan tweeted at Kirkman asking "what caused the zombies." The "TWD"
creator gave a simple two word response: "Space spore."