The Walking Dead has added an important new member to its cast. Negan’s wife Lucille, who died before the events of the show, will appear as part of the the remaining season 10 episodes set to air next year.
In a brilliant piece of casting, Lucille – as a reminder, the person, not the baseball bat – will be played by Hilarie Burton, real-life spouse of Negan actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan (via ComicBook.com).
With Lucille having died years before the events of the series, it stands to reason that her one-off appearance will likely be tied to either a Negan flashback/prequel episode (think the Governor’s own introspective origin story half-a-decade ago), or some sort of Rick-style hallucination. Maybe Lucille can even meet Lucille.
Beyond that, the franchise lives on. A Carol and Daryl spin-off is in the works and an anthology series, Tales of the Walking Dead, will be “focused on new or existing characters, backstories or other stand-alone experiences.”
If you ask us, that sounds like the perfect place to explore Negan’s origins and domestic life some more – and the seeds could be sown at the end of The Walking Dead season 10.
