And then that final episode was not even the final episode.

The good news for fans is that season 11 will feel like a throwback.

Then it all keeps rolling from there."

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Norman Reedus on ‘The Walking Dead’.Jace Downs/AMC

“We’ve got some really intriguing stuff for Daryl,” says Kang.

“We’ll be putting him in a very different context than he’s been in before.”

“And I think it should be fascinating.

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan on ‘The Walking Dead’.Josh Stringer/AMC

Those two are really, really great across from each other.”

So what did that smile mean anyway?

“And those two, there’s no love lost between them.

And I really think that Negan was kind of going to accept that.

He was like, ‘Okay, I guess this is my fate.

It’s never going to work out.’

It’s never going to happen.'

I’ve earned my place here and I’m going to prove that I have a place here.