The Walking Dead Season 11 Review - 5 Ups & 3 Downs From "Lockdown"

8. Down - Lance Hornsby's Plot Armour

Introduced in the fifth episode of the final season, the Commonwealth's Deputy Governor initially came across as a charming man who believes in the cause of his society. But in the world of The Walking Dead, it didn't surprise many to see him reveal his more sinister side.

After taking over the communities of Oceanside, Hilltop, and Alexandria from the mid-season finale, he continues his pursuit of Daryl and Maggie after they killed Leah and several of his soldiers. Tired of running, they decide to fight back in an action-packed and gory opening scene.

Despite being a trained soldier and having survived for so long in the post-apocalyptic landscape, Daryl can't quite take a lethal shot at Lance, even though his armoured soldiers get killed fairly easily in comparison. While he does receive a shot in the arm to build some tension in the shootout, either Daryl seems to have been trained by Stormtroopers in this scene or Lance can dodge bullets like Neo in The Matrix.

The writers clearly have something planned with this foe, and as entertaining as he has been and, hopefully, will be during the final episodes, it doesn't excuse his ability to become so unharmed during an otherwise great scene.