The Walking Dead s Heath Is Still Missing 4 Years After His Last Episode

Get the Full StoryOne of the biggest mysteries in the history of The Walking Dead is what the heck happened to Heath. The survivor, played by Corey Hawkins, disappeared way back in season 7 episode Swear , which as of this weekend, is officially four years old it originally aired on November 27th, 2016. And in all that time, we ve yet to find out what happened to Heath after his disappearance.

In Swear , Tara and Heath become separated after an altercation with a horde of walkers. Tara ends up knocked off a bridge and washed ashore by Oceanside, which leads her to a whole heap of fresh trouble as the secluded community s leaders want her killed so as to keep their secret. Thankfully, she is freed and makes her way back to where she last saw Heath on the bridge, but he is nowhere to be found.

In his place, she spots the tire tracks of their now-gone RV, Heath s broken glasses and a mysterious discarded key card marked PPP . With all that we ve found out since, it s easy to assume that Heath is one of those unlucky folks to be kidnapped by the Civic Republic Military, just like Rick was a couple of seasons later PPP must be part of their A B classification system . But while we know to expect the next chapter of Rick story in Andrew Lincoln s upcoming movies, there s still no word on when we ll see Heath again.

Hawkins left TWD to explore other acting opportunities, but then-showrunner Scott Gimple promised at the time that Heath would definitely return. Over the years, we ve had additional promises that this plot-thread isn t abandoned but is just on the back-burner. There are just 30 episodes left of the parent series, though, so time is closing in on the potential for Heath to return. It s probably more likely that he ll feature in the Rick films or else an episode of anthology spinoff Tales of the Walking Dead will explain where he got to.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC for six new episodes on February 28th, 2021.

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