After the season 11 episode 8 “For Blood” trailer dropped, many people are speculating if the photo above is Michonne and she will be returning for season 11 of The Walking Dead. Michonne was last seen on episode 13 of The Walking Dead season 10 as she ventured off in search of Rick Grimes after finding evidence that he might be alive. In the episode, Michonne and a character named Virgil search a naval base for supplies but she quickly realizes that it’s actually a trap and she manages to stab Virgil before she’s harmed. While chasing Virgil, Michonne finds Rick’s boots in a storeroom, as well as an old phone which had Rick’s name and an engraving of Michonne scratched into it. Michonne makes the decision to go and find Rick and she heads north to begin her search. The last we see of Michonne is when she finds two stragglers who are hoping to catch up to a larger group of survivors. Michonne offers her help and she joins the group on their journey. She is supposed to return for the Rick Grimes movies. They were first announced in 2018 but we have not learned of anything in quite sometime. Virgil being back in season 11 makes things a little interesting. However, many fans believe this is her in episode 8, but here is why I do not believe this is the case.
After Rosita, Carol, Magna, and Kelly return with Connie and Virgil from episode 6, walkers get into Alexandra and you see Rosita run out and try to kill them all. I believe this person that is looking like Michonne is really just Rosita after she killed a ton of walkers. I think this is positioned in the trailer to get people talking and speculating if a fan favorite is returning to the show. I could also see the person being Lydia because of the staff that the person is holding. The weapon that the person has is too short to be Michonne’s weapon, the katana. It wouldn’t make sense if she returned now, since they have given her comic book storyline to Yumiko. In the comic book Michonne reunited with her presumed dead daughter, Elodie at the Commonwealth, but they replaced it with Yumiko reuniting with her lost brother, Tomi. A little hope in me is that Michonne returns in the last episode of season 11 to close the show before they do the Rick Grimes movies. I believe that Rick Grimes will return in a similar fashion, so why can’t another character do it. Just the look on Judith’s, RJ’s, Daryl’s, or everyone else face will be worth it. The shock value alone will make the internet go nuts and explode. However, at this time, Michonne will not returning anytime soon in The Walking Dead.