The Walking Dead Season 7: 5 Ups And 3 Downs From 'Bury Me Here'

1. Lennie James

Despite sporadic appearances over the years, Morgan is one of the most interesting and well-developed characters on the show, and a large reason for that is Lennie James. He's constantly one of the standout members of the cast, hiding a haunted, dangerous quality behind his philosophising pacifist facade.

Morgan here is as thoughtful and quiet as ever, but that darkness has always been within him. It's why he stopped killing in the first place, because of the path he'd previously been down (and this episode makes sure we know it's calling back to Clear, one of the show's great episodes). James does it all with what he doesn't say, conveying anger and loss with his body and his eyes rather than words, before letting it all explode when he chokes Richard to death.

That's electric, but the real highlight - and the one that makes the transformation work - is what comes after, when he refers to Benjamin as Duane. That's when it goes from being revenge for this young guy we haven't seen him interact with much, it being overcome by the grief, pain, and mental torment that he's always been carrying with him, and it's that stumble - and the surprise Morgan reacts with - that makes the moment, and so much of that is down to James' performance. Yes, the badass Morgan is back, but that's as much a tragedy as it is a moment of triumph.