8 Questions We Want Answered When The Walking Dead Returns

The grisly yet engrossing season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead suggested lots of intriguing things to come. Sadly, the first half of the show's seventh outing has been decidedly lacklustre. Thankfully, though, the midseason finale - titled "Hearts Still Beating" - promised that the story and character arcs would pick up when the series returns for episode nine in February.

7) How Broken Is Daryl?

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After eight episodes of being captured by the Saviours, Daryl finally escaped their clutches in the midseason finale – to the joy of Walking Dead fans everywhere. Viewers have been desperately waiting for the beloved character to get back to his old self again.. and out of that hideous sweater. Unfortunately, it’s not all hunky dory for the guy as his imprisonment seems to have left him with some massive mental scarring.

On his way out of the Sanctuary, Daryl encounters Fat Joey, one of the Saviours. Even though he was willing to let him go without any trouble, Daryl lashes out with a pipe he’d found and bludgeons Joey to death. It’s an unwarranted and sickeningly brutal attack on a basically innocent man. Not like the old Daryl at all. Clearly, he’s not in a good place, to say the least. But what further affect will his time with the Saviours have on his psyche in future?

Now that Daryl’s been reunited with his friends, will they help him heal from his ordeal, or has he gone too far over the edge?


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