After years of watching two of The Walking Dead's main characters evolve from zombie-killing strangers, to life-entrusting allies, Rick Grimes and Michonne finally acknowledged their undeniable chemistry and they did the post-apocalyptic deed.


"It was an expected surprise," star Danai Gurira spilled of the new relationship to host Chris Hardwick on Sunday night's episode of Talking Dead. "I could feel it in the storytelling here and there."

Speaking of timing, fans were treated to a bit of a time jump from where we left off in last week's eye-popping episode. "It's been two months," Gurira explained. "They've settled down. They're actually able to get somewhere near normalcy."

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Gurira revealed that this new "mundane" life in Alexandria was the perfect catalyst for Michonne and Rick's big romantic step.

"These are two characters that are not going to fall for each other until they really have," she said. "They're not going to preconceive it. It really has to be the right moment, and I think this episode was definitely that moment."

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So how did the actors, who have been working together for the past four years, prepare for the highly anticipated smooch-filled sex scene? "We discussed it and we really got underneath it and thought about it a lot," Gurira said before bursting into giggles over her accidental bedroom pun.

"But we didn't rehearse the kiss," she continued. "We just wanted to do that while the cameras were rolling, and when we were done, and we did a first take of it, it just felt -- to use a world that Andy used, and I totally agree with is -- natural."

Hooray!

This was the best episode of The Walking Dead since Carol took down the Wolves back in episode 2 of the season. Not because of some massive shock, body count or mass amounts of zombie killing, no, this episode shone like a beacon in the gloom because it was essentially a light-hearted romp interspersed with some loose ends being tied up.

Whereas the last episode caused a lot of controversy for its lapses in consistency, and the few episodes that proceeded that caused trouble with its Glenn death fake-out, this is by far, the most satisfying episode of the season.

It’s a light-hearted joy, where Rick, Michonne and Carl play happy families with Judith and Rick and Daryl go on a supply run joshing each other and taking pleasure in getting one over on newcomer Jesus. Paul Rovia, aka Jesus, steals their truck of supplies, which the boys get back, only for it to end up lake bound after another run in with the new bearded member of the cast.

Apart from a few conversations about their once previously different views, Rick now wants to search out people, their part of the episode is like a Starsky and Hutch road trip with zombies. They bring Jesus back to Alexandria and tie him up, more on that later.

Elsewhere in the episode, Carl and Enid fall out over the correct treatment of zombie Deanna, Michonne and Spencer deal with said zombie, with Spencer getting a bit of character and closure and Carl and Michonne bond over how they essentially mean a lot to each other.

The second season of Fear the Walking Dead is still nearly two months away, but AMC has released a new teaser trailer that will give fans plenty to nosh on while waiting for the zombie apocalypse drama to return.

The video above reveals roughly just 10 seconds of action, from which our multiple viewings show:

1. Zombies lumbering on a beach near water…

2. … and in the water. Does this mean walkers can swim?! 

3. Travis (Cliff Curtis) is staring at a lineup of waterlogged (and dead?) walkers…

4. … while his son, Chris (Lorenzo James Henrie) is in the process of braining one with a baseball bat.

5. Strand (Colman Domingo), the mysterious rich guy whose Pacific Ocean estate Travis and company took refuge in at the end of Season 1, appears to have traded his fancy suit for more casual clothing… perhaps his outfit for boarding “Abigail,” the moored yacht he plans to escape to?

6. Madison (Kim Dickens) is running with supplies on a night beach where there are also several walkers milling about… is she running out of the water? As in, escaping the yacht?

7. Another figure, which looks like Chris, is shown diving from the yacht into the water… do the survivors board the yacht, only to find — as the teaser’s tagline states —there is “NO SAFE HARBOR”?

8. And is that Madison’s son Nick (Frank Dillane), also underwater?

9. Daniel (Ruben Blades) is pointing a gun at another man…

10. … a newbie who is pointing a rifle back at Daniel.

Season 2, which will span 15 episodes (split into two parts), is already confirmed to have several new cast members, including Desperate Housewives alum Dougray Scott, Daniel Zovatto (Revenge), Arturo del Puerto (The Lottery), and Veronica Diaz (Criminal Minds) as the “smart and deceptive” Vanessa.

The Walking Dead returned from winter hiatus, and according to Twitter, the premiere episode was not only “one of the greatest and best filmed,” it was also pretty explosive. The episode, titled “No Way Out,” picked up right where the last episode left off — with Daryl, Sasha, and Abraham being stopped by some of Negan’s crew. Unfortunately for the bad guys, Daryl used a rocket launcher to help get his buddies and himself out of the jam.

Rick and his small gang were wearing walker guts and tiptoeing through a crowd of walkers when Sam freaked out. This turned out to be a mistake as one of the walkers bit Sam’s forehead off. Stricken by grief, Sam’s mom, Jessie, started freaking out and was also eaten. After seeing his last two family members killed, Ron pulled a gun on Rick. Michonne killed Ron with her sword, but he still managed to get off one shot and it went right through Carl’s eye. He lived, but he’s not gonna have any depth perception.

In a fit of rage, Rick attacked the horde of walkers, and the townspeople were so inspired that they joined him in his fight. Just when it seemed like everyone from Alexandria was about to die, Daryl and the gang showed up and saved the day. They poured a bunch of gas into the lake, lighted it up, and drew the walkers in like moths to a flame.

The Walking Dead midseason premiere is an episode with major endings (read: deaths) and a big beginning for those who’ve been residents of Alexandria for any length of time. Most surprisingly for an installment that includes what is possibly the most devastating three minutes in Walking Dead history — an episode in which so much happens, and most of it not good — things end on a hopeful note. Not that that’s likely to last…

Negan’s Dudes

We saw a teaser of the episode’s opening scene as a postscript to last November’s midseason finale: Daryl, Sasha, and Abraham had the misfortune to have their trip home in the Pattrick’s Fuel Company truck interrupted by a group of motorcycle-riding baddies who identified themselves only as working on behalf of a man named Negan. 

“Working” = stealing from others, and when the full scene plays out in the midseason premiere, additional details are revealed: The leader of the pack is an oddly charismatic fellow whose name we don’t know, but who colorfully demands Daryl and company hand over their weapons. When Abraham hesitates, Head Negan Dude advises him, “If you have to eat s–t, best not to nibble. Bite, chew, swallow, repeat. Goes quicker.”

HND goes on to tell the trio not to ask questions, and then sends one of his men with Daryl to the back of the truck to see what other goodies they might have stashed. When Abraham — referred to by HND as “this ginger” — dares to ask “Who’s Negan?” HND is angered, and shares how he and his crew have a very specific way of introducing themselves to people: They kill one of the newbies. He wasn’t going to do that this time, he says, but now … he has a gun in each hand and points one at Abraham and one at Sasha.

Every week on The Walking Dead, someone does something stupid that needlessly endangers the lives of themselves and others. Here, we commemorate those decisions in the hopes that they won’t be repeated. But of course, they know they will be.

The Walking Dead groaned back to life this week with plenty of zombie-hacking action, and even a few character deaths. Well, no, no one you actually care about died — not on this show! — but a few red-shirt Alexandrians did bite the dust. And even they might’ve been spared if someone had noticed the big honking red flags surrounding Sam.

You remember Sam: He’s Jessie’s scaredy-cat son who probably had to change his underwear after Carol cornered him with that threatening monologue about “monsters” tearing him limb from limb. Now the poor kid has zombie PTSD — so he’s not a great candidate to stay calm and silent while walking through an enormous sea of walkers.

Still, a good opportunity to get rid of him arises when Father Gabriel volunteers to take Judith to the church to keep her safe. Jessie asks him to take Sam, too, but Sam refuses to leave his mom’s side. And Jessie lets him stay! Look, Jessie, we know you haven’t always been the best mom, what with making out with the guy who killed your kids’ father and all, but this might be a good time to start putting your foot down.

RIP, Sam. Hope there are plenty of cookies and old-timey records up there in heaven for ya.

Sam’s death, of course, sends Jessie into a hysterical screaming fit, and then she gets chomped by the herd of walkers. Which, forget Carl’s eye, is the real tragedy of this episode for Rick. He was just starting to get in there!

Well, all that happened. In one of the most action-packed episodes of the series, The Walking Dead resumed its sixth season with an episode that tied up the quarry walkers arc in dramatic and heartbreaking fashion, reunited Rick’s group, allowed Daryl the chance to get his heroic groove on after losing his weapon and motorcycle, re-enacted a major TWD comic book moment for Carl, gave us additional hints about the Saviors (aka Negan’s group), and finally forced the Alexandrians — and Father Gabriel! — to prove they’re willing to take some of the responsibility for keeping themselves alive.

TWD executive producer and special effects whiz Greg Nicotero directed “No Way Out,” and he talked to Yahoo TV about the visually spectacular, big-screen-worthy installment, that devastating walker attack that wiped out a whole family (and Rick’s immediate chance at romance), how Daryl Dixon got the chance to prove just what a hero he can be, and how he really didn’t mean to play with our Glenn-lovin’ hearts with Mr. Rhee’s latest near-death experience.

The premiere’s opening scene is incredible, and I love the fact that we saw one of those RPGs from “Always Accountable.” We knew they were going to come into play somewhere down the line. Was this always the plan for them? 
Yes. A lot of people talk about Daryl’s character, and there’s so many people that we need to serve on the show. One of the things that was very important was having Daryl play a very big part in saving Alexandria. Daryl’s the one who comes up with the plan to fill the lake with gasoline and ignite it and lead all the walkers into the lake. That whole story was [sparked] in Episode 606, when Daryl was in the woods with “D” and the two girls, and they were talking about the fact that they had used one of the tankers, ignited a tanker, and lured all of the walkers into the fire. It’s really important. 

He also saves Sasha and Abraham from being shot by obliterating the Saviors, and then he concocts his plan. We really wanted this to happen as if completely out of left field. I love Sonequa [Martin-Green’s] performance and Michael [Cudlitz’s] performance, where she’s like, “I’m trying to talk to the man.” And Negan’s guy is like, “You know what? Yes, I am” going to kill you. When we shot that, we actually had the cameras locked off, so that when he raises up the guns, we cut. We took all the actors and then we brought in dummies filled with giant blood bags and primer cord, and we physically blew dummies to pieces in the shot. There’s a lot of practical effects in this episode, because we really wanted everything to feel authentic. I didn’t want to go with a lot of fireballs and visual effects stuff. I wanted everything to feel real.

Hey, Walking Dead fans: If you were relieved about how great a performance British actor Tom Payne gave in introducing TWD comic book favorite Paul “Jesus” Rovia to the TV series in Sunday’s “The New World” episode, know this: He was even more relieved by the enthusiastic reception from viewers.

“I was so scared to check Twitter after the episode,” Payne tells Yahoo TV. “Then I checked it, and everyone was so nice. I really appreciate that because I’m just trying to do the best job that I can. Everyone respects the show, loves the show so much, that I don’t want to come in and do something which doesn’t honor it. I just want people to know that. I care about it as much they do.”

The actor, who auditioned, was cast, and began filming the role all in the span of about a week, is almost certainly going to be a familiar face around the apocalypse for awhile, as Jesus is likely to factor into Rick Grimes and his crew meeting up with a lot of new characters in the last six episodes of Season 6… including, yes, big baddie Negan.

Payne talked to Yahoo TV about whether or not Jesus is a trustworthy character, how the character’s playfulness and sense of humor will continue to play on the show, and about how his impressive skill set belies abilities we haven’t even seen yet.

Love was unexpectedly in the air for two unlikely survivors in The Walking Dead with Rick and Michonne finding passion in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. Their intimate moment unfolded after an exhausting day that saw the rest of the group piece Alexandria back together following the devastating events of the epic walker attack.

Picking up a couple of weeks after the traumatic No Way Out episode – which culminated in the deaths of Jessie, Sam and Ron in addition to Carl losing an eye – The Next World depicts the unlucky survivors working to rebuild their community from ruins. Although he was last seen unconsciously fighting for his life, Carl is in surprisingly good spirits as the episode opens and appears to be embracing his new life without a right eye.

With Alexandria short on, well, everything, best buddies Rick and Daryl head out on a supply run with a list of requests from their friends – essentials including soda, mint toothpaste and a sorghum plant. Despite the recent tragedies, the pair treat their mission like a fun day excursion, putting their feet up and blasting music in their car. The Next World is certainly taking on a much lighter tone than No Way Out.

They skipped most of the will they/won’t they and went straight to “they did!” The Walking Dead’s newest supercouple, long-time pals Rick and Michonne, were on many a fan’s shipper wish list — #Richonne, people! — but there was little concrete evidence that it was actually going to happen, and happen now. Seriously, in the comments below, tell us the exact moment in that final scene when you said to yourself, “They are really going there!”

In the meantime, Yahoo TV talked to Michonne herself, Danai Gurira, for her take on the new duo, including when she first started shippin’ Rick and Michonne, how she and co-star Andy Lincoln approached the sweet and sexy hook-up, and what she thinks led to this most momentous of TWD occasions.

This is an episode that needed to be watched with a big group of TWD fans, just to see what their reactions were.
I know! I’ve actually requested a watch-cam on a couple people to see what happens.

There has always been a special relationship between Michonne and the Grimes men, going back to “Clear” in Season 3, when they took the road trip and ran into Morgan, and in Season 4’s “After,” when Michonne reunites with Carl and Rick after The Governor’s attack on the prison. And then in “No Way Out,” Rick and Michonne worked together to save Carl. Still, this is a whole new situation. What did you think when you found out Michonne and Rick were going to become a couple?
I thought it made sense, honestly. I’ve also kind of felt that same thing, but I didn’t share it publicly at all. But I did feel that it made sense for those two to ultimately have this type of connection. It did seem like they had an intimacy that was, you know, really rich and organic and really kind of easy. For Michonne, he was just kind of the man she met who really was her match, who really was like a man she can really respect, you know?

The Midseason Premiere of The Walking Dead is behind us. It was an incredible, gore-soaked, explosion-packed stab-a-thon, and above all us, a STRESSFUL hour of walkerrific television.

We said our hasty goodbyes to the remaining members of the Anderson clan — Jessie, Sam and Ron — as well as the Alpha Wolf with those decaying chompers that made our stomachs churn with every evil smile. I think I speak for all of us when I say, he won’t be missed.

Outcast Gabriel and shamed Eugene both found redemption in a final standoff with the army of living dead that had taken over Alexandria, a showdown that rivaled the best classic Westerns. And Rick once more rediscovered a piece of his lost humanity while hacking walkers limb from limb in what can only be described as the most deadly fugue state of all time.

So what can we expect on next week’s Walking Dead? Now that the threat of the Wolves and the walker horde have been vanquished, Negan can’t be far off… because why would the show ever let good things happen to these characters we love so much?

And we explore the theory that Negan may even been down the road a piece from the biker gang just before Daryl blew them all to bits with a rocket launcher. Or… was that merely a passerby with terrible timing?

We also make our bets on how sweet Carl’s going to look with his new eyepatch as we say, R.I.P. to Carl’s right eye. 

Do you think Negan was watching his troops? And on a scale of Rooster Cogburn to Snake Plissken, how cool is Eyepatch Carl going to look? Let us know in the comments below!

the midseason premiere — i.e. the wipeout of the Anderson family and Carl’s right eye — and my, how things have changed. Rick’s suddenly become Mr. Sunshine, and the lightened moods of everyone in Alexandria almost make the episode feel like a sitcom. A Walking Dead comic book favorite could be the newest town resident. And, in one of the more shocking storylines ever that doesn’t involve a death, two major characters decide they’re going to turn friendship into romance. And no, we’re not talking about Rick and Daryl.

The Road Trip
Not that the Rick/Daryl bromance isn’t in full swing. With everyone in town pitching in to try to rebuild after the destruction caused by the tower falling and the quarry walker invasion, Rick and Daryl are going on a supply run. They’re armed with wish lists: Dr. Denise has asked Daryl to look for soda for her girlfriend, Tara, and Eugene has advised them that sorghum is a “criminally underrated grain that could change the game with our food situation, from scary to hunky-dunky.”

So with a grumpy Daryl begging him not to, a playful Rick pops a CD into the car’s sound system (the appropriately road trip-themed rockabilly tune “Action Packed” by Ronnie Dee) and begins to snap his fingers and sing along to the music, and they’re off.


“Thanks for letting us know,” says Rick. New guy: “Yeah. There’s more of them than us, right? Gotta stick together.”

New guy then asks if they have a camp, and Daryl says no. He apologizes for running into them, and says he’s leaving. “If this is the next world, I hope it’s good to you guys.”

Rick interrupts and tells the new guy his name, then asks his.

“Paul Rovia,” he says, pulling his mask down to reveal a neatly-trimmed beard and long hair.

“But my friends used to call me Jesus,” he adds, while standing with his arms spread out at his sides, cross-style, just to put a point on why his friends called him Jesus. “Your pick.”

Spoilers!!

The thing with The Walking Dead is that you gotta realise that sometimes it sucks. I’m saying this as someone who loves The Walking Dead, someone who will try to defend it and will always keep watching. Though I completely understand that around half the time it’s very flawed and highly frustrating, I’ve come to completely find myself enthralled by the shows twists and turns.

I wasn’t someone annoyed by the whole Glenn death fake-out and with this weeks half season premiere, I was completely gripped and chose to move past the glaring problems and get swept up in the sheer breathlessness of it. Because this episode was truly exciting despite its issues and it seems to me that the fans are loving it more than the critics.

In terms of character and consistency, it was all over the place. The day turned to night, character motivations bordered on ridiculous and Chekhov’s rocket launcher proved to be the best Deux ex Machina of the series to date. Yet, when the residents of Alexandria and our heroes all came together, in a ‘The Avengers’-style team-up, I couldn’t help but feel genuinely thrilled.

The final scenes as they all gathered around, hacking and chopping, taking down the horde one by one, was just awesome. Sometimes you do what you gotta do and I believed that they just needed to become a team to complete the job. Glenn went to save Maggie and it looked like he was about to get killed, again, with Maggie watching, but then Abraham and Sasha intervened followed by Daryl and his fire pond.

The midseason premiere of The Walking Dead opened with a bang, literally, with Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) taking out Negan's gang of bikers with a bazooka. Thank goodness Negan (to be played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) wasn't around to witness Daryl's display of defiance. Or was he?

A fan with the eyes of an eagle has spotted a mysterious car appearing in the far background of the scene. It comes into sight just as the leader of the pact says he's changed his mind about shooting Sasha and Abraham.

Was Negan in the car? Maybe. Maybe not. Either way, someone observed that encounter, and more than likely they too are a member of Negan's flock. Thus, that information is now probably in his hands, and someone from Rick's group will have to face... Lucille!

Check out the mysterious car in the tweet below.

Every week on The Walking Dead, someone does something stupid that needlessly endangers the lives of themselves and others. Here, we commemorate those decisions in the hopes that they won’t be repeated. But of course, they know they will be.

The Walking Dead groaned back to life this week with plenty of zombie-hacking action, and even a few character deaths. Well, no, no one you actually care about died — not on this show! — but a few red-shirt Alexandrians did bite the dust. And even they might’ve been spared if someone had noticed the big honking red flags surrounding Sam.

You remember Sam: He’s Jessie’s scaredy-cat son who probably had to change his underwear after Carol cornered him with that threatening monologue about “monsters” tearing him limb from limb. Now the poor kid has zombie PTSD — so he’s not a great candidate to stay calm and silent while walking through an enormous sea of walkers.

Still, a good opportunity to get rid of him arises when Father Gabriel volunteers to take Judith to the church to keep her safe. Jessie asks him to take Sam, too, but Sam refuses to leave his mom’s side. And Jessie lets him stay! Look, Jessie, we know you haven’t always been the best mom, what with making out with the guy who killed your kids’ father and all, but this might be a good time to start putting your foot down.

RIP, Sam. Hope there are plenty of cookies and old-timey records up there in heaven for ya.

The Walking Dead is back, and despite it’s continued flaws it still draws in the viewers and as a fan myself, I look forward to the return of Rick and Co.

I admit, there were times when the show was hard to watch. Season 3 was a slog but since then it’s vastly improved and the last couple of seasons have been mostly excellent, hospitals and shock deaths notwithstanding.

However, the last half season caused a lot of controversy with the whole Glenn fake-out story, though I didn’t mind, and the mid-season finale was a bit of a damp squib, so attitudes are once again back on cautiously optimistic.

The Walking Dead has a way of zig-zagging from good to bad every once in a while and despite everything it always seems to make everyone love it again.

What do you think? The Walking Dead, good or bad?

The Walking Dead kicked things off with a bang -- literally! -- during Sunday's highly anticipated midseason premiere with one of the most unexpected and satisfying moments of the series, and it only got more, and more intense as the hour continued.

With a total of 12 human casualties and an unexpected bullet wound, Sunday's episode proved to be the most deadly and gruesome episode of the entire adrenaline-pumping series and we've rounded up the nine biggest moments!

Forget the crossbow! Daryl's newest badass weapon of choice is a military-grade RPG -- aka a rocket propelled grenade -- and he used it in the most shockingly satisfying moment. Just as Negan's gang of motorcycle vigilantes were about to slaughter Abraham and Sasha in the middle of the street, Daryl came to their rescue with an explosive twist. He blew up seven members of the cocky crew (and killed another with his bare hands!) before giving the most Daryl-esque explanation: "What a bunch of assh**es."

An Eye for a Family: Despite falling to the ground from Michonne's attack, Ron still managed to pull the gun's trigger, but he missed his target. Rick remained stunned, but unharmed. Carl, on the other hand, did not fare as well as his father. As the teen raised his head up, trails of blood gushed out from under the brim of his sheriff's hat. He turned to Rick and let out a simple, "Dad?" before passing out on the ground. Just as it happened in the Walking Dead comics, Carl was shot in the face and subsequently lost his right eye.

The Walking Dead midseason premiere is an episode with major endings (read: deaths) and a big beginning for those who’ve been residents of Alexandria for any length of time. Most surprisingly for an installment that includes what is possibly the most devastating three minutes in Walking Dead history — an episode in which so much happens, and most of it not good — things end on a hopeful note. Not that that’s likely to last…


Negan’s Dudes

We saw a teaser of the episode’s opening scene as a postscript to last November’s midseason finale: Daryl, Sasha, and Abraham had the misfortune to have their trip home in the Pattrick’s Fuel Company truck interrupted by a group of motorcycle-riding baddies who identified themselves only as working on behalf of a man named Negan. 

“Wait!” Sasha says, launching into an attempt to reason with HND. Abraham tries to stop her, but she tells him, “I am talking to the man.”

“No, you’re not,” HND says, guns still aimed. “I’m not gonna kill you,” he continues, as Sasha breathes a sigh of relief. “Wait, wait, you know what? Yes, I am,” and he means it this time, which is why it’s great that Daryl has perfect timing. It’s this exact moment that Daryl chooses to step from behind the truck, RPG launcher (found by Abraham in “Always Accountable”) at the ready, and fires it at HND and his crew. They explode, with bike and body parts flying.

“I’m supposed to. I have to. I will,” Gabriel says, and Rick, without hesitation, agrees to put the life of his baby in Gabriel’s hands. Jessie also wants Sam to go with Gabriel, but her youngest, most vulnerable child won’t leave her side. She agrees to keep him with her, in a monumentally bad decision, and Gabriel walks, with Judith under his poncho, towards the church.


And that’s when a walker sneaks up behind him and starts eating him, alive, just like Carol had warned. That begins a brutal, three-minute domino effect in which:

* Sam is eaten by walkers;

* Jessie can do nothing but scream as she watches her child being devoured; 

* Carl tries to get Jessie, who’s still holding his hand, to move on, but she can’t; 

* More walkers, drawn by the commotion and Jessie’s screams, attack Jessie, as Rick watches, saying, “No, no,” as he flashes back to scenes of her smiling and laughing; 

* Carl yells for Rick to help him, as walkers are moving quickly towards him, and he can’t free his hand from Jessie so he can run; 

* Rick has to take out his ax and chop off Jessie’s arm — the arm of the woman who was likely to be his next love — so he can save his son’s life;

* As Carl gets free of Jessie, he stumbles and his gun drops to the ground; 

* Ron picks up the gun, and, having just watched the last two members of his family get eaten, points the gun at Rick, the man who killed his father;

* Ron, saying, “You… you,” is about to fire on Rick, when Michonne stabs him through the back with her katana; 

* As the katana goes through Ron, the gun goes off, but Rick is not shot; 

* Carl, who was standing near Rick, turns around and says, “Dad?” as Rick sees that Carl has been shot in his right eye. Carl collapses; 

* Rick scoops Carl up and runs toward the infirmary, as Michonne chops through the walkers to clear a path to get Carl to medical help. 

Well, all that happened. In one of the most action-packed episodes of the series, The Walking Dead resumed its sixth season with an episode that tied up the quarry walkers arc in dramatic and heartbreaking fashion, reunited Rick’s group, allowed Daryl the chance to get his heroic groove on after losing his weapon and motorcycle, re-enacted a major TWD comic book moment for Carl, gave us additional hints about the Saviors (aka Negan’s group), and finally forced the Alexandrians — and Father Gabriel! — to prove they’re willing to take some of the responsibility for keeping themselves alive.

TWD executive producer and special effects whiz Greg Nicotero directed “No Way Out,” and he talked to Yahoo TV about the visually spectacular, big-screen-worthy installment, that devastating walker attack that wiped out a whole family (and Rick’s immediate chance at romance), how Daryl Dixon got the chance to prove just what a hero he can be, and how he really didn’t mean to play with our Glenn-lovin’ hearts with Mr. Rhee’s latest near-death experience.

What can you say about what Carol’s reaction will be to Sam’s death? He trusted her maybe more than anyone. She obviously won’t know that he was tormented by her words in those final moments of his life, but I can imagine this will have some sort of impact on her. 

On to Glenn: It was just seconds, maybe one second, away from death again. Was that an intentional throwback to our big mystery from the first half of the season?

Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa on Fear the Walking Dead (Photo: Justina Mintz/AMC)

It’s just the beginning of the zombie apocalypse on Fear the Walking Dead… and this is just the beginning of kickass Fear the Walking Dead merch.

On Thursday, McFarlane Toys, the people behind the popular Walking Dead construction sets and action figures, announced on Yahoo TV that they’d be continuing their collaboration with AMC and creating collectible action figures for the spinoff show. And, today, we’ve got a sneak peek at the first character in the line, which is part of McFarlane’s new 2016 Collector Box Program.

The Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) action figure stands seven inches tall and features screen-accurate accessories and weapons. He looks pretty handsome, too, with his leather jacket and I’ll-protect-my-family-no-matter-what angry face. Plus, he has 15 points of articulation so fans can recreate pretty much any scene they want.