The Walking Dead Season 7: 3 Things 'Sing Me A Song' Got Right (And 4 It Got Wrong)

1. Negan Offered Something A Little Different

This was another Negan-heavy episode, and the villain has been the most central character in Season 7 so far. That hasn't always been a good thing, but it works here more than it has in previous instalments.

Sure, the same problems with the character still exist. There's still a lot of threats, a lot of his grinning sadism, his twisted humour, and a lot of him talking and talking and just never shutting the f**k up.

But we also get a little bit more to him here; a slightly different shade to the one he's been coloured in since his arrival. The best example of this comes when he's in a room one-on-one with Carl. While he's still being his sick self, there's a moment when he's less showy, and almost genuine. He apologies to Carl, and says he forgets that he's just a kid. And when talking about his gross eye socket, he tells him to have it on display, as a show of strength, and he isn't just being horrible. It's a little more nuance than we've seen so far, and the sort Negan needs to work as a villain full time.

The scene with him at the end is effective too. We didn't need him cracking more fat jokes and then offering to sleep with Olivia, but Negan holding Judith like a proud parent is quietly but incredibly unsettling.

Now for what didn't work so well.