Walking Dead: How It's Gotta Be

"How It's Gotta Be" is the eight episode of season eight of the zombie survival horror television series The Walking Dead, and the one-hundredth seventh episode of the series overall. It was directed by Michael Satrazemis with a script written by David Leslie Johnson and Angela Kang. It first aired on AMC on Sunday, December 10th, 2017 at 9:00 pm. Helped out of the walker-laden Sanctuary by Eugene Porter, Negan and the Saviors exact their revenge on the Hilltop Colony, Alexandria and The Kingdom.

Co-Stars
Traci Dinwiddie || Regina

Crew

 * Robert Kirkman - Executive producer
 * David Alpert - Executive producer
 * Greg Nicotero - Executive producer
 * Tom Luse - Executive producer
 * Gale Anne Hurd - Executive producer
 * Scott M. Gimple - Executive producer
 * Bear McCreary - Composer
 * Avi Youabian - Editor
 * Grace Walker - Production designer
 * Michael E. Satrazemis - Director of photography
 * Jolly Dale - Producer
 * Caleb Womble - Producer


 * Paul Gadd - Producer
 * Heather Bellson - Producer
 * Matthew Negrete - Supervising producer
 * Channing Powell - Supervising producer
 * Corey Reed - Co-executive producer
 * Angela Kang - Co-executive producer
 * Seth Hoffman - Co-executive producer
 * Denise Huth - Co-executive producer
 * Christina Perez - Associate producer
 * Amy Beth Barnes - Associate producer
 * Alex Coley Brown - Associate producer

Notes & Trivia

 * The Walking Dead was created by writer/executive producer Robert Kirkman and developed for TV by Frank Darabont.


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 * This episode is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language and acts of extreme violence.


 * Co-executive producer Denise M. Huth is credited as Denise Huth in this episode.

Body count

 * Natania - Shot to death by Enid.
 * Neil - Shot in the head by Simon.
 * Dean - Shot to death by Maggie Greene.