‘The Walking Dead’ Is Teasing ‘The Punisher’ About His Sordid Past As Shane

Fans of The Walking Dead have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Marvel’s The Punisher ever since we learned the main role went to actor Jon Bernthal in season two of Daredevil. He played everyone’s favorite head-rubbing, best friend-betraying psychopath Shane on the hugely successful zombie apocalypse show. And while we still don’t have an official release date — Netflix continues to tease an ambiguous Fall 2017 premiere — the promotional push for The Punisher has kicked into high gear lately.

Take a look at the recent motion poster released on social media:

— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) September 29, 2017

The tweet tells you to ‘Read between the lines,’ and while there may be a deeper meaning to that which we’ll get to below, The Walking Dead‘s official Twitter account decided to have some fun with things.

— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) September 29, 2017

As fans of The Walking Dead would know, Shane spent a couple of months shacked up with Rick’s wife Lori while Rick was in a coma. That’s lead to questions regarding the paternity of their child Judith, although the fan base is certainly leaning towards one father over another.

The Punisher social media account reacted in the most Shane way possible:

— The Punisher (@ThePunisher) September 29, 2017

And even Netflix got in on the fun:

— Netflix US (@netflix) September 29, 2017

But there was more for fans to do with that motion poster than tweet snarky responses. Many believe that ‘reading between the lines’ that pop up over the 12 second video allows you to decode the true release date for the show, with two potential dates sticking out: October 13th and November 10th. Now go watch that thing until your eyes cross and tell us if you agree!