The Walking Dead Season 5 Finale: 10 Things That Should Happen

Expect more trauma for Daryl. Obviously.

Season 5 of AMC's gloriously gory zombie soap opera may have divided fans, but it has still offered up its fair share of heartbreaking and gut-wrenching moments, often at the same time. After much of last season was spent wandering along the train line into the eventual trap of Terminus, the group - assisted by Rambo Carol - broke free from their captors, who ended up barbecuing Bob's leg in front of his eyes after he was snatched from the group's new church HQ in the woods. From there it's all been pretty breathless: Rick exacted bloody vengeance on the cannibals in the church, Beth reappeared in Atlanta and Eugene finally got the beating he deserved after admitting he was a liar. Quite why anyone believed a scientist would have that haircut is anyone's guess. And then it was off to the Alexandria Safe Zone - with caution levels turned suitably high. But the relative "peace" of the community didn't stop some child threatening from Carol, a walker-killing rampage from Sasha, and the untimely death of Noah, which ripped the group into bits and led to another badass moment for Rick. With all of that already gone, quite how the finale will amp things up and deliver an appropriate sting at the end of the season is anyone's guess. However, there's a fairly good picture emerging already of what to expect...

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