First of all, how INCREDIBLE was the premiere of The Walking Dead Season 5?
One thing I love about the show is how many hidden Easter Eggs and references FX guru Greg Nicotero slips in...and this is the most random Walking Dead Easter Egg yet.
During Rick & co.'s escape, they walk past this crate
It says: 'Ship to Horlicks University via Julia Carpenter'
Can you tell what it is yet? It's a nod to Creepshow, the George A. Romero horror anthology written by Stephen King, specifically the segment entitled 'The Crate.'
Nicotero explains:
You see it when Rick and the gang go running towards the train car to let the crazy tattoo guy out... There’s a bunch of crates around Terminus. One of the crates in the foreground says 'Arctic Expedition Horlicks University, Attn: Julia Carpenter,' which was the crate from Creepshow.
We ended up not doing a tribute zombie in that episode, but we were able to get a little Romero nod in there just to keep up the love.
This is what's inside the crate in Creepshow...