One of the most talked about scenes in the new trailer for the eighth season of The Walking Dead is the very last one, where we can see Rick as an old man waking up in what looks like a hospital.

There have been infinite theories about this weird scene, most notably that he could be waking up from a coma after the accident he had on the first episode… or maybe it’s just a dream sequence.

Either way, we will find out in the season premiere, executive producer Robert Kirkman has confirmed. “I’m pretty sure you’ll learn in the first episode what that means,” he said, at the Television Critics Association.

“Or was it the time jump,” asked Kirkman, “I don’t know, maybe it was Rick waking up from his coma. Wouldn’t that be weird? That is an intriguing tidbit that we did throw out there on purpose, and we’re hoping that people continue to question how it is that fits into the story line and what it is. Comic book fans know where a scene that kind of looked like that would fall, but it also doesn’t seem like we would be getting to that just yet if you were a comic book fan, so there’s a mystery to that.”

Season 8 of The Walking Dead will premiere October 22.

Source: Comic Book Movie.