Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Invincible season 3, episode 8, "I Thought You'd Never Shut Up."

Invincible season 3 finale would serve as a The Walking Dead reunion between Morgan and Steven Yeun, with the former playing a formidable Viltrumite warrior, Conquest. With the battle between the two characters lasting for most of the season’s final episode, Conquest was finally defeated by Yeun’s Mark Grayson. However, his body is later revealed to be held by Cecil in an underground prison.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Kirkman spoke about the Invincible season 3 finale and confirmed that Morgan’s Conquest is not yet dead. Suggesting that it is “safe to say that Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Conquest will return,” Kirkman also floated the possibility of a future interrogation seen between his character and Walton Goggins’ Cecil. Kirkman also hinted that some of Conquest’s future scenes may have already been recorded by Morgan. Check out his comments below:

It's entirely possible that there are scenes from season 4 that Jeffrey has already done.

I think a Cecil interrogating Conquest scene, with Walton Goggins and Jeffrey Dean Morgan going head to head, that'd be a pretty cool, intense scene. But to put it more succinctly, I don't think Cecil would've gone to all the trouble of containing Conquest the way he did if Conquest was dead. So I think it's safe to say that Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Conquest will return in some capacity.

What Robert Kirkman’s Comments Mean For Invincible Season 4

It Was Unlikely Conquest Would Be Killed Off So Soon

If audiences had any lingering doubts that Conquest survived his battle with Mark during the Invincible season 3 finale, Kirkman’s comments will likely alleviate them in short order. As an undisputed fan-favorite actor from The Walking Dead, the prospect of introducing Morgan’s character in Invincible and killing him off in the span of a single episode would have been an unlikely move, even for those familiar with the character’s comic book fate.

With season 4 now looking as though it is ready to fully begin tackling the forthcoming Viltrumite War, it is likely that Morgan’s new Invincible villain will continue to play a significant role in assessing the Viltrumite Empire’s plans for Earth. Exactly how Conquest will react when he wakes to find himself being held captive by Cecil remains to be seen, but much as Kirkman suggests, a confrontation between the two would be a tense and exciting start to the new season.

Our Take On Conquest’s Survival

The Show Needs Every Viltrum Warrior It Can Muster

Earlier in Invincible season 3, J. K. Simmons’ Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man revealed that one of the Viltrumite Empire’s most closely guarded secrets was that they only had a limited number of full-blooded Viltrum warriors still living. With this in mind, Conquest’s continued survival is also necessary from an entirely practical standpoint. With a limited number of foes left to draw from, it makes sense to ensure that Morgan’s villain lives to fight another day in Invincible season 4.

Source: Entertainment Weekly