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AMC welcomed “Talamasca: The Secret Order”<\/a> to its line-up on Sunday with a two-part premiere that included a “fun little rib” at one of the network’s longest-running franchises.<\/p>\n As Helen (Elizabeth McGovern) was preparing Guy (Nicholas Denton) for his newfound career in the supernatural, she laid out every manner of immortal creature he might come across: “vampires, witches, ghosts and demons.” When he asked, “What, no zombies?” she wryly replied, “No such thing. You watch too much telly.”<\/p>\n Without saying it, this was an obvious nod to “The Walking Dead,” the zombie-centric series that has dominated pop culture since its premiere on AMC in 2010, spawning multiple spinoffs that still air to this day.<\/p>\n “That was just a fun little rib at AMC that we thought would give them a chuckle and they wouldn’t be offended by,” co-showrunner John Lee Hancock tells TVLine.<\/p>\n But Helen’s off-handed response does raise an interesting question: Are there really no zombies in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe? Is that where we’re drawing the line?<\/p>\n “Our meticulous Anne Rice fact checkers at Gran Via [Productions] and AMC didn’t flag that one, so as far as we understand, there are no zombies in the Anne Rice Universe,” adds co-showrunner Mark Lafferty. “If there are, let us know. We could probably make some use of them.”<\/p>\n While you shouldn’t expect any traditional zombies to appear on any of the Anne Rice shows, however, Lafferty acknowledges that “there are definitely beings that sort of seem zombie-like. We have hybrid creatures and things where you go, ‘I don’t know quite what<\/em> that is.’ But yeah, for now I think ‘The Walking Dead’ has has grabbed that zip code and taken it fully from us.”<\/p>\n Did you catch that “Walking Dead” joke in Sunday’s “Talamasca” premiere? And what do you think of the latest installment in AMC’s ever-growing Anne Rice catalogue? Grade the episode below, then drop a comment with your full review.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read more: The Boys Body Count: Season 4’s Biggest Deaths, Ranked By Goriness<\/a><\/p>\n