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Top 5 Moments from The Walking Dead S8E12 "The Key"

Warning: this blog contains TV and comic spoilers!

Okay, so the walker-blood battle at Hilltop is next episode. We hope.

Despite the fact that "The Key" was basically an episode about a detour/disruption on The Saviors' journey to Hilltop, the show may have set some major things in motion for the future.

From curious visitors to flaming Lucille, this episode had a lot of high points - here are our picks for the top five!


05. Daryl Apologizes to Rick

Rick had pretty much defeated Negan and The Saviors near the mid-season finale, but an overzealous Daryl inadvertently let them escape. Seeing the two old friends clear the air was a cool moment. It showed the writers still value the legendary bond Rick and Daryl have, which has been going strong for eight seasons. All those memories, man.

04. A Seed is Planted at Hilltop

What better place than the farming community, right? An interesting visitor offered Maggie a deal. After considering it, she accepted - and she ended up getting food and valuable information that could help her develop the community. Then the visitor left, promising a return at some point. There's a chance the showrunners just set up something huge from the comics.

03. Negan's Top Associates Move On

Simon and Dwight both betrayed Negan, though neither knows of the other's transgression. After a heart-to-heart about their disagreements regarding Negan's leadership, and after reasoning he was as good as dead, the two rallied their troops and moved on. This means Simon's plan of ending their rivals is in full-effect. But will Dwight really attack Hilltop? He switched sides once, and his main beef was with Negan himself - so it's a possibility.

02. Rick vs. Negan 2

This was better than their first battle at Alexandria. After running Negan's car off the road and chasing him into a run-down building, Rick revived his handy hatchet and Negan ended up tumbling through the darkness. Negan found out about The Scavengers being killed, and even tried to offer Rick a chance to go back to how things were. Sort of. But the battle culminated as they fought each other (and walkers) using an ignited Lucille. It looked like Negan was going to escape AGAIN, until...

01. Jadis Takes Negan for a Drive

In the final scene, we saw a groggy Negan regain consciousness in a car only to find out he was being held at gunpoint by the driver - Jadis! Does she believe Negan himself ordered the deaths of all her people? Even if he tells her the truth, will she buy it? Did Rick give Negan over as some kind of peace offering? If not, how did she capture him? And perhaps most important of all, why wasn't she in a garbage truck? It would've just been more fitting.

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