The Walking Dead Season 6: 15 WTF Moments From 'East'

They wouldn't, would they?

by Andrew Pollard

Well, that was certainly a hard-hitting and downbeat episode by the time all was said and done. Despite starting off relatively mundane, East rocketed along to a conclusion that saw nearly every possible thing go wrong.

With Carol having last week up sticks and left Alexandria, the troubled €˜don€™t make me kill you€™ Walking Dead veteran soon ran into trouble in the form of some of Negan€™s Saviors. But due to Carol€™s disappearance, certain members of the Alexandria community took it upon themselves to go out in search of one of the show€™s longest-standing characters.

Elsewhere, Daryl is clearly struggling with Denise€™s death, particularly as the guy who killed her, Dwight, was someone Daryl let live earlier in the season. Oh, and Denise€™s death was also executed using Daryl€™s own, iconic crossbow. Double ouch.

Much like how our familiar group went out looking for Carol, the same applied for Daryl, although the guys going after Daryl certainly ended up in a worse predicament come the end of East. And then there was that final moment€

This latest Walking Dead offering was most definitely one to set the pulse racing as we head into next week€™s season finale, and it was an episode full of shocking, surprising and random WTF moments€ and here€™s the best of them.

15. The Calm Before The Storm

The opening moments of East were ominous in their calm approach to what lay ahead.

Having rescued Maggie and Carol from The Saviors and apparently wiped out €œNegan€, all is far too calm in Alexandria. Glenn and Maggie are showering together, Rick and Michonne are enjoying some alone time in bed, and the rest of the group are going through the motions of mundanity. Well, apart from Daryl, but when is Daryl ever relaxed.

Considering that the audience all know that there€™s a sh*t-storm coming, it was a surprising WTF moment to see our familiar faces so oblivious to what promises to be some game-changing happenings.

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