this article contains mild spoilers for fear the walking dead season 8 episode 6fear the walking dead has always been intrinsically linked to the walking dead with characters such as austin amelios dwight and lennie james morgan having major roles in both shows now it looks as if the spinoff is gearing up for another big crossover this time with the franchises upcoming rick and michonne seriesseason 8s midseason finale which aired on amc in the us on june 18 saw james last appearance as morgan on the show as the longtime apocalypse survivor took off in search of rick grimes andrew lincoln everything thats happened with grace with mo its got me thinking about the people i ran away from when i first came to texas morgan tells madison kim dickens prepping to leave on a boat moored on the beach theyre people that mean as much to me as you all do he continues i gotta find them i gotta see if theyre still there right my mistake and make sure theyre all okayfor me thats it james recently told decider its the end of the end really for me i mean if you see me again pick up the staff and start swinging it its because there was a story presented to me that i just could not say no to but as far as im concerned im up and out though what happens next kind of suggests otherwiselater morgan can be seen training mo in aikido and explaining the importance of finding inner peace then he grabs a walkie talkie and says aloud it wouldnt be the first time we found our way back to each other opening the line he adds this message is for rick grimes its morgan jones man im gonna come and look for you whether youre at alexandria or not i will leave this message every morning at dawn and ill leave the walkie on for a few minutes after who knows maybe you might even be listeningimage credit jace downsamcjust like how episode 6 is called all i see if red which references morgans crazed monologue to rick in the walking dead season 3 morgans call harks back to when rick used to do the same thing to try and find morgan after the two parted ways in the walking deads pilot episode in that first season rick would regularly update morgan or whoever else was listening to the channel as to his whereabouts hoping hed catch him up one day as fans know the pair reunited at alexandria near the end of season 5might we see james pop up in rick and michonnes outing which has been officially titled the walking dead summit only time will tell last we saw of rick he was being held up by a civic republic military helicopter on a muddy bank at bloodsworth island the place where michonne danai gurira found said things back in season 10 so thered have to be