Daryl had a secret lover in the woods, once upon a time.

Find out all about Leah.

The six episodes added toThe Walking Deadseason 10 feel strictly like fan service.

“Find Me” is more like that.

I’m choosing to look at these episodes this way.

Otherwise, my cynicism jumps out.

“Has [the show’s] luck run out?

“The Walking Deadhad a “good, long run, longer than most.”

I’m stopping myself.

Let’s enjoy nice things, like how Daryl met Dog and the two became best friends.

In the present, Carol accompanies Daryl and Dog into the woods for a hunt.

Daryl begins to have flashes of his time with her and recounts those memories to Carol.

Dog was the one who found Daryl first, five years ago when he was just a puppy.

Carol would occasionally visit him to check in.

At first, Dog just popped in with an enthusiastic puppy hello before running back to Leah.

Daryl didn’t see him again for a couple years, after enduring some tough times.

She ties him up but lets him go later that night once she can size him up.

It’s like that, on and off, for Daryl, Leah, and Dog over the years.

Every few months or so, sometimes a full year, Dog and Leah would pop into his life.

She’d save him from walkers, he’d throw a fish on her doorstep.

You know, flirting.

One year, while Daryl is suffering from frost bite, Leah brings him to stay at her house.

Leah calls this woman “sister,” the same way Daryl refers to Rick as “brother.”

That night is the anniversary of Matthew’s death, who died the same day Dog was born.

The pair bond over their shared losses and start spending most of their time together.

They soon fall in love, but 10 months later, the relationship hits a pothole.

(Could Leah go with Daryl back to Alexandria?

Seems like a compromise, but the episode never addresses that.)

She says she’s going to live at the Kingdom and be with Ezekiel and Henry.

She hopes he can have a go at find some peace, too.

The place has been ransacked.

In the present, the note is still in the floorboards.

Daryl blames himself for not being there, and the discussion puts a wedge between him and Carol.

She takes responsibility for Connie, but doesn’t regret what she did with Negan and the horde.

Daryl is now tired of repeating these same conversations with her over and over.