but Steven Yeun thinks the moment in which he spares Nicholas was a turning point. "It can be misconstrued that he was being compassionate, and I don't think it was necessarily compassion. I think it was a selfish act – he saw the face of someone who could have been him, somebody pathetic and broken down, and he could either kill him and forever lose himself, or spare him and maintain some humanity."

3) Season six premiere 'First Time Again' is the show's most epic and cinematic episode to date, with a non-linear structure that blends its tone between the relative calm of season four's premiere and the no-holds-barred action of season five's.

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4) Deanna goes on "a pretty wild ride" following the death of her husband, and accordingcarries a lot of guilt for having made it to Alexandria when Bob and Tyrese didn't, but "there's been a lot of reflection, a lot of awareness, and an awakening that started in the prayer with Maggie and Father Gabriel".

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10) Morgan's badass stick isn't a weapon so much as an outlet. "Mostly when you see him swinging the stick, he's not hitting anybody with it – it's a way of keeping the dark side that we know he has calm," explains James. "Mostly it'll be at the beginning of a day or at the end of a day, and it's a way of keeping the beast at bay."



11) The season premiere is, unexpectedly, very funny, with Michonne and Eugene serving up some dry and non-dry humour