7 Questions We Have After The Walking Dead’s Midseason Premiere

4) How Long Will Daryl Stay At The Kingdom?

Back in the midseason finale, Daryl finally escaped from the Sanctuary and reunited with old pal Rick. These two badasses coming together again was something most fans were crying out for, since the pair had been separated and terrorized by Negan since the beginning of the season. Given that, we were looking forward to seeing a lot more of the duo in this next batch of episodes.

Sadly, their reunion turned out to be pretty short-lived. After Ezekiel invites him to stay, Daryl begrudgingly remains on at The Kingdom this episode, upon the instruction of Rick. As he says, it’s the “best play” open to them: staying at The Kingdom both ensures Daryl’s safety and while here’s there, he can try and win Ezekiel over.

For the last few seasons, it’s been common for the writers to split Rick and Daryl up, so we shouldn’t be surprised by this turn of events. Still, we were hoping that the show had gotten past this and was going to keep them together this time. On the upside, at least this should mean that we’ll have Daryl and Carol reuniting instead.

How long will Daryl stay at The Kingdom for, though? Will this be another half-season-long split from the group, or will he get Ezekiel, Carol, Morgan and everyone on board and return sooner rather than later?