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Negan decided to punish Rick's group for their crimes against him and used 'Lucille', a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, to beat one of them to death. And the season premiere reveals who is on the receiving end of Lucille.
You could call it a placeholder episode, but just enough happened to relate to the main storyline that you could also see it as a builder of anticipation for the moment when worlds collide.
TWD plays lightly but deliberately on the obvious comparison between Negan and Ezekiel-both charismatic, theatrical, clever leaders who know that their power derives solely from the devotion of their followers.
It presented a possible new direction for a series that's in dire need of one. One of -- brace yourself -- hope and happiness? What!? Happiness in The Walking Dead?
Played by Khary Payton, Ezekiel is an instantly intriguing character, as he not only has a massive pet tiger named Shiva sitting by his side, but speaks as though he is acting in a Shakespeare play.
No longer stuck with trying to wrong-foot the audience or play stupid tricks on them, The Well... lets the show get on with some good old-fashioned world-building, establishing another community beyond Alexandria and The Hilltop.
Self-consciously ridiculous, and utterly at peace with it, the regal zen of the new guy (played brilliantly by Khary Payton) is the perfect counterpart to Jeffrey Dean Morgan's anarchic Negan, and he'll likely be many people's favourite character.
The Walking Dead has been many things, but it has never been a show that ran when it could walk. And so, true to form, we ended up with a slow, contemplative episode checking in on Carol, Morgan and the Kingdom.