New ‘World Beyond’ Season 2 Trailer Has A Crazy ‘Walking Dead’ Crossover

The Walking Dead has been a lot better lately, though it’s still pretty hit and miss. Fear The Walking Dead has been downright terrible, relying more and more on gimmicks and melodrama rather than decent storytelling.

World Beyond, on the other hand, just got better and better as its first season went on, ending with a crazy twist and a cliffhanger and a really strong season finale. I, for one, am excited to see where the show takes us in its second—and final—season (if only they’d shown such restraint with Fear and ended after Season 3!)

The new trailer for World Beyond’s second season is pretty epic, actually, and it definitely has me looking forward to October 3rd when the premiere airs. There’s also a cameo at the end of the trailer that should make Rick Grimes fans happy or, well, at least get their attention.

Check it out:

Yep, that’s Jadis—Pollyanna McIntosh—the last character from The Walking Dead to see Rick Grimes alive. She essentially saved his life by having the CRM swoop in and pick him up in one of their helicopters, though it’s possible Daryl and Michonne would have found him in time otherwise.

“I know that the Civic Republic is the last light of the world. My purpose is to create a new era on this planet,” Jadis says at the end of the trailer, all decked out in CRM black. (Can I just note here how much less ridiculous the CRM troopers look than the Stormtroopers of the Commonwealth?)

We may not see Rick Grimes in Season 2, but Jadis’s inclusion is sure to drop some hints and perhaps even whet our appetites for the long-overdue Rick Grimes movies. Indeed, Scott M. Gimple has teased that the show will offer up “hints of what happened with that fateful helicopter ride” though whether those hints will be satisfying, or just another Michonne-on-a-boat moment remains to be seen.

World Beyond’s season 2 synopsis reads:

Season two of The Walking Dead: World Beyond concludes the epic story of Iris (Royale), Hope (Mansour), Elton (Cantu), and Silas (Cumpston) — four friends who journeyed across the country on a mission that transformed everything they knew about themselves and the world. As they face off against the mysterious Civic Republic Military and fight for control of their own destiny, goals will shift, bonds will form and crumble, and innocence will be both lost and found.

As always, I’ll be reviewing the show here on this blog as well as offering early sneak peak reviews on my Substack. Stay tuned.