The Walking Dead Season 11 Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs From "Promises Broken"

10. DOWN: What's Up With Leah?

When Leah was introduced at the end of season ten, the writers and actress Lynn Collins did a fantastic job of making her a compelling, three-dimensional character in just a single episode.

When she returned earlier in this season, revealed to be a member of the Reapers, her narrative potential swelled, and she's added great conflict to the show's central drama, Daryl's uneasy undercover work, and the Reapers themselves.

But in Promises Broken, it's hard to escape the fact that much of her development has been tough to follow: she's simultaneously loyal to her group, unsure about Pope's leadership, confused by her relationship with Daryl, and just generally tough to pin-down.

All we know about Leah is that she's constantly undermining Pope, despite him seeming to have a major soft spot for her, and that she says she's willing to do anything for her "family."

At the moment, her development feels somewhat stilted and uneventful, and she seems only to exist to add complexity to Daryl's arc instead of being her own, well-explored character.