Daryl has been a lone wolf ever since we have met him in season 1. He has had some deep connections with people like Carol, Rick, Beth, and even new comer, Connie. It was always that he never needed anyone to survive. All he needs is his crossbow and motorcycle. You see that Daryl has a Dog companion, first seen in season 9. Dog has an importance to the story in season 11. Dog was once owned by Leah, Daryl’s previous love interest first introduced in season 10 “Find Me”. I believe that AMC & The Walking Dead are setting the stones for a Leah & Daryl reunion for their ultimate meet up in episode 4. Showrunner, Angela Kang has said that Leah will not be going away and will have an important storyline in season 11. I am very excited to see how the Daryl & Leah relationship will develop in season 11. The synopsis of episode 4, “Rendition” is Daryl and Dog get captured by the Reapers and are taken to the Meridian and reconnect with someone.
That someone in episode 4 has to be Leah. Why do you think Dog keeps running away from Daryl? I know that Dog sees danger, but he usually sticks by Daryl’s side to help protect him. In the promo, you see Dog once again run away from Daryl and go into a strange pipe. I believe that this is because that Dog either “smells” something that is important to him or runs towards danger. That danger I believe that the danger are the Reapers that Maggie, Daryl, Negan, and company are fighting against in the first 8 episodes. I also believe that Leah could be a Reaper and lead Daryl to an interesting dilemma, if the group decides to kill them all. However, Daryl is the greatest judge of character, so I believe that he will do the right thing. In episode 7 “Promises Broken”, the synopsis of the episode is Maggie learns a survival tactic from Negan; Eugene's group clears walkers; Daryl hunts with Leah. This confirms that a Daryl & Leah reunion will be coming but we might have to wait until episode 7 for it to come to life. This also spoils and confirms that Maggie will not die in episode 2 from Negan and Maggie being together in episode 7, but Maggie wasn’t in any “real” danger anyways…
Watch the promo with Daryl & Dog below:
The other promo we get before episode 2 is the integration between Mercer & Eugene. Mercer is going to a fan favorite just like Negan is now. He reminds me of Negan in this scene, being a hard ass to Eugene, to scare him and to give him the answers that he wants. We all know that Eugene is a bad liar. Except in season 8 where he double crossed Negan when he was making bullets, Eugene has a bad a hard time bending the truth. He always gets too worried easily or ends up crying. However I believe that Eugene will not crack to Mercer and keep Alexandra and his group in peace. I am excited to see the Commonwealth soon though. I do not believe that we will see it in the first third, but maybe in episode 8, but definitely in episode 9.
Watch the integration between Mercer & Eugene below: